Dartford local elections

Dartford Council is elected every four years.

Political control

Labour 1973 - 1983

Conservative 1983 - 1995

Labour 1995 - 2003

No overall control 2003 - 2007

Conservative 2007 - present

Council elections

Dartford Council election, 1999

Dartford Council election, 2003

Dartford Council election, 2007

By-election results

Galley Hill By-Election 27 November 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents Association		245	54.8	+54.8
	Labour		165	36.9	+7.3
	Independent Labour		20	4.5	-43.8
	Independent Democrat		17	3.8	+3.8
Majority			80	17.9
Turnout			447	19.0
	Residents gain from Independent Labour		Swing

Longfield By-Election 27 November 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		410	45.4	+9.5
	Residents Association		314	34.8	+34.8
	Labour		179	19.8	-3.5
Majority			96	10.6
Turnout			903	23.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Maypole By-Election 27 November 1997 (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		407
	Conservative		403
	Labour		237
	Labour		232
	Liberal Democrat		122
Turnout			1,401	28.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Greenhithe By-Election 7 June 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Francis	794	48.4	+3.4
	Conservative	Shiela East	521	31.8	+31.8
	Independent	Wayne Cunningham	326	19.9	+19.9
Majority			273	16.6
Turnout			1,641
	Labour gain from Residents		Swing

Joyce Green By-Election 21 February 2002
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Matthew Bryant	375	73.4	+0.5
	Conservative	Shirley Burton	77	15.1	-0.3
	UKIP	Mark Croucher	59	11.5	+11.5
Majority			298	58.3
Turnout			511	19.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Sutton at Hone and Hawley By-Election 21 February 2002
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Martin	617	53.7	-8.2
	Labour	Stephen de Winton	533	46.3	+8.2
Majority			84	7.4
Turnout			1,150	36.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Longfield, New Barn & Southfleet By-Election 19 June 2003 (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jeremy Kite	1,417
	Conservative	(Robert) Alexander Dunn	1,393
	Conservative	Albert Bassam	1,383
	Independent	(Mary) Noreen Salway	715
	Independent	Frederick Grainger	402
	Independent	Anthony Mack	364
	Labour	Alistair Jordan	326
	Liberal Democrat	Sonia Keane	168
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Reeves	143
	Liberal Democrat	Mathias Toth	124
Turnout			6,435	45.6

Heath By-Election 27 July 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Lloyd	637	35.1
	Labour	Patrick Kelly	518	28.6
	BNP	Kevin Saunders	240	13.2
	UKIP	Robert Wiltshire	179	9.9
	English Democrats	Steven Uncles	174	9.6
	Green	Stuart Jeffery	65	3.6
Majority			119	6.5
Turnout			1,818	37.95
	Conservative hold		Swing

Princes By-Election 21 February 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patrick Kelly	592	50.2	+9.8
	Conservative	Jean Shippam	348	29.5	+5.2
	English Democrats	Mike Tibby	198	16.8	-4.9
	Liberal Democrat	Amanda Martin	22	1.9	+1.9
	UKIP	Arnold Tarling	19	1.6	-12.1
Majority			244	20.7
Turnout			1,179	27.0
	Labour hold		Swing

External links

• Dartford Council