2005 Kent County Council election
2005 UK local government election
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Kent County Council held its elections on 5 May 2005, on the same day as the 2005 United Kingdom general election. They were followed by the 2009 Kent County Council election.
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5 May 2005
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Elections were held in all divisions across Kent, excepting Medway Towns which is a unitary authority.
Summary of 2005 results
Elections were held in 2005 across Kent.[1]
| Party | Ashford | Canterbury | Dartford | Dover | Gravesham | Maidstone | Sevenoaks | Shepway | Swale | Thanet | Tonbridge and Malling | Tunbridge Wells | Total | |
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| Conservative | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 57 | |
| Labour | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |