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2019 Dover District Council election

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The 2019 Dover District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of the Dover District Council in Kent, England. It was held on the same day as other local elections. It was the first election to be held after boundary changes reduced the number of seats from 45 to 32.[2] The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council.[3]

Quick facts All 32 seats on Dover District Council 17 seats needed for a majority, First party ...
2019 Dover District Council election[1]
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All 32 seats on Dover District Council
17 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Conservative Labour Independent
Last election 18 13 0
Seats won 19 12 1
Seat change Increase1 Decrease1 Increase1
Council control before election


Conservative Party

 Council control after election


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Summary

Election result

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2019 Dover District Council election
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 31 19 N/A N/A Decrease 6 59.4 43.7 21,584 +1.2
  Labour 29 12 N/A N/A Decrease 5 37.5 29.0 14,345 –3.9
  Independent 6 1 N/A N/A Increase 1 3.1 5.6 2,755 +5.1
  Green 13 0 N/A N/A Steady 0.0 11.5 5,673 +10.6
  Liberal Democrats 12 0 N/A N/A Steady 0.0 8.0 3,944 +2.2
  Our Nation 4 0 N/A N/A Steady 0.0 1.5 721 N/A
  Renew 1 0 N/A N/A Steady 0.0 0.8 389 N/A
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Ward results

Alkham and Capel-le-Ferne

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Alkham and Capel-le-Ferne[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Rose 455 52.1
Liberal Democrats Aston Mannerings 317 36.3
Labour Susan Carlyle 101 11.6
Majority 138 15.8
Turnout 896 33.71
Rejected ballots 23 2.6
Registered electors 2,658
Conservative win (new seat)
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Aylesham, Eythorne and Shepherdswell

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Aylesham, Eythorne and Shepherdswell (3 seats)[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Linda Keen 997 39.9
Labour Charles Woodgate 915 36.6
Independent Peter Walker 914 36.6
Conservative Marjorie Ovenden 908 36.3
Labour Gordon Cowan 872 34.9
Conservative Martin Bates 786 31.4
Liberal Democrats Annabel Stogdon 450 18.0
Majority 6 0.2
Turnout 2,531 31.05
Rejected ballots 31 1.2
Registered electors 8,151
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)
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Buckland

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Buckland (2 seats)[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kevin Mills 504 41.1
Labour Charlotte Zosseder 463 37.8
Conservative John Morgan 387 31.6
Conservative Brian Rowland 334 27.3
Our Nation Graham Lane 297 24.2
Independent Neil Rix 229 18.7
Majority 76 6.2
Turnout 1,249 23.22
Rejected ballots 24 1.9
Registered electors 5,380
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
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Dover Downs and River

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Dover Downs and River (2 seats)[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Beaney 902 50.0
Conservative Mark Rose 850 47.1
Liberal Democrats Penelope James 490 27.2
Labour Lesley Stephenson 476 26.4
Liberal Democrats Stephen Green 411 22.8
Majority 360 20.0
Turnout 1,869 35.06
Rejected ballots 66 3.5
Registered electors 5,331
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
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Eastry Rural

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Eastry Rural (2 seats)[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nicholas Kenton 800 47.5
Conservative Stephen Manion 764 45.4
Green Simon Phillips 759 45.1
Labour Angela Ray 519 30.8
Majority 5 0.3
Turnout 1,712 34.92
Rejected ballots 28 1.6
Registered electors 4,903
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
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Guston, Kingsdown and St. Margaret's-at-Cliffe

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Guston, Kingsdown and St. Margaret's-at-Cliffe (2 seats)[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Keith Morris 1,159 52.1
Conservative Oliver Richardson 938 42.1
Green Nicolas Shread 531 23.9
Labour Margaret Cosin 431 19.4
Renew Stephen Wisbey 389 17.5
Labour Jeffrey Loffman 340 15.3
Independent Peter Powell 211 9.5
Majority 407 18.3
Turnout 2,248 39.14
Rejected ballots 22 1.0
Registered electors 5,743
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
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Little Stour and Ashstone

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Little Stour and Ashstone (2 seats)[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Trevor Bartlett 1,207 57.9
Conservative Michael Conolly 1,123 53.9
Green Fiona Mason 548 26.3
Liberal Democrats Luke Lyden 331 15.9
Liberal Democrats Nigel Whitburn 323 15.5
Labour Anthony Pollitt 284 13.6
Majority 575 27.6
Turnout 2,123 37.54
Rejected ballots 38 1.8
Registered electors 5,655
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
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Maxton and Elms Vale

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Maxton and Elms Vale[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Roger Walkden 373 44.7
Labour Ann Napier 339 40.6
Liberal Democrats Caroline Howden 122 14.6
Majority 34 4.1
Turnout 861 29.14
Rejected ballots 27 3.1
Registered electors 2,955
Conservative win (new seat)
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Middle Deal

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Middle Deal (2 seats)[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Trevor Bond 660 39.2
Labour David Cronk 620 36.9
Conservative David Hawkes 553 32.9
Labour Eileen Rowbotham 536 31.9
Green Anne Farrington 414 24.6
Liberal Democrats Bernadette Gosling 181 10.8
Our Nation Stephen Conner 157 9.3
Majority 67 4.0
Turnout 1,707 30.45
Rejected ballots 25 1.5
Registered electors 5,605
Conservative win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
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Mill Hill

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Mill Hill (2 seats)[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Joseph Burman 709 40.1
Labour Helen Williams 664 37.5
Conservative Derek Bond 530 30.0
Green Michael Eddy 509 28.8
Conservative Keith Lee 466 26.3
Green Christine Oliver 446 25.2
Majority 134 7.6
Turnout 1,816 30.08
Rejected ballots 47 2.6
Registered electors 6,038
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
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North Deal

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North Deal (2 seats)[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Susan Beer 891 42.4
Conservative Peter Jull 825 39.2
Conservative Daniel Friend 802 38.2
Labour William Gardner 790 37.6
Liberal Democrats Linda Hook 490 23.3
Majority 23 1.1
Turnout 2,178 37.24
Rejected ballots 76 3.5
Registered electors 5,849
Labour win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
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Sandwich

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Sandwich (2 seats)[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Holloway 883 42.8
Conservative Susan Chandler 872 42.3
Independent Paul Carter 639 31.0
Liberal Democrats Anne Fox 371 18.0
Labour Benet Bano 351 17.0
Green Peter Cutler 328 15.9
Labour David Wood 314 15.2
Majority 233 11.3
Turnout 2,086 40.31
Rejected ballots 23 1.1
Registered electors 5,175
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
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St. Radigund's

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St. Radigund's (2 seats)[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Susan Jones 425 42.8
Labour John Haste 319 32.2
Green Jacqueline Garnett 273 27.5
Conservative Andy Calder 271 27.3
Conservative Callum Warriner 242 24.4
Our Nation Amanda Heafey 157 15.8
Majority 46 4.6
Turnout 1,014 22.37
Rejected ballots 22 2.2
Registered electors 4,532
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
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Tower Hamlets

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Tower Hamlets[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Pamela Brivio 307 47.2 +13.9
Conservative Ann Jenner 133 20.5 −2.4
Our Nation Ben Glayzer 110 16.9 New
Green Brian Murphy 100 15.4 +4.3
Majority 174 26.8
Turnout 667 23.92
Rejected ballots 16 2.4
Registered electors 2,788
Labour Co-op win (new seat)
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Town and Castle

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Town and Castle (2 seats)[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Hannent 458 30.3
Labour Edward Biggs 425 28.1
Conservative Richard Jeacock 407 26.9
Independent Graham Wanstall 395 26.1
Independent Christopher Precious 367 24.3
Labour Miriam Wood 347 22.9
Green Rebecca Sawbridge 312 20.6
Majority 18 1.2
Turnout 1,548 26.93
Rejected ballots 35 2.3
Registered electors 5,748
Conservative win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
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Walmer

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Walmer (2 seats)[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Christopher Vinson 1,062 46.2
Conservative Derek Murphy 956 41.5
Green John Lonsdale 621 27.0
Green Daniel Symons 604 26.2
Labour Ruth Harris-Small 444 19.3
Labour Hilary Preidel 408 17.7
Liberal Democrats James Caple 234 10.2
Majority 335 14.6
Turnout 2,349 40.40
Rejected ballots 48 2.0
Registered electors 5,815
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
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Whitfield

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Whitfield (2 seats)[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Back 775 56.4
Conservative Nigel Collor 703 51.2
Labour Lee Kettlewell 298 21.7
Labour Roland Zosseder 256 18.6
Green Sarah Waite Gleave 228 16.6
Liberal Democrats Richard Beal 224 16.3
Majority 405 29.5
Turnout 1,402 29.40
Rejected ballots 29 2.1
Registered electors 4,769
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
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Changes 2019–2023

  • In October 2019, Conservative council leader Keith Morris resigned as leader and as councillor for Guston, Kingsdown and St Margaret's-at-Cliffe.[5] Trevor Bartlett was elected leader on 30 October 2019.[6]
  • In January 2023, Labour councillor John Haste (St Radigund's) died; his seat remained vacant until the 2023 election.[7]

By-elections

Guston, Kingsdown and St Margaret's-at-Cliffe

The Guston, Kingsdown and St Margaret's-at-Cliffe by-election was triggered by the resignation of Conservative councillor Keith Morris, who also stood down as leader of the council.[5]

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Guston, Kingsdown and St Margaret's-at-Cliffe by-election, 12 December 2019[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Martin Bates 2,523 59.1 +16.5
Labour Eileen Rowbotham 902 21.1 +5.3
Green Sarah Waite-Gleave 461 10.8 –8.7
Liberal Democrats Roben Franklin 382 9.0 N/A
Majority 1,621 38.0 N/A
Turnout 4,291 72.19
Rejected ballots 23 0.5
Registered electors 5,944
Conservative hold Swing Increase5.6
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Mill Hill

The Mill Hill by-election was called following the resignation of Labour councillor Joseph Burman in 2020.[9]

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Mill Hill by-election, 6 May 2021[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Hawkes 716 40.3 +10.3
Labour Jeffrey Loffman 608 34.2 −5.9
Green Michael Eddy 292 16.4 −12.4
Independent Christopher Tough 103 5.8 N/A
Liberal Democrats Richard Blackwell 59 3.3 N/A
Majority 108 6.1
Turnout 1,797 30.29
Rejected ballots 19 1.1
Registered electors 5,933
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
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Alkham and Capel-le-Ferne

The Alkham and Capel-le-Ferne by-election was triggered by the resignation of Conservative councillor James Rose.[11]

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Alkham and Capel-le-Ferne by-election, 22 July 2021[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Martin Hibbert 315 48.7 −3.4
Liberal Democrats Roben Franklin 173 26.7 −9.6
Labour Gordon Cowan 101 15.6 +4.0
Green Nicolas Shread 58 9.0 New
Majority 142 21.9
Turnout 651 24.72
Rejected ballots 4 0.6
Registered electors 2,634
Conservative hold Swing Increase3.1
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Sandwich

The Sandwich by-election followed the resignation of Conservative councillor Michael Holloway.[11]

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Sandwich by-election, 19 August 2021[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Daniel Friend 721 51.6 +8.8
Liberal Democrats Anne Fox 676 48.4 +30.4
Majority 45 3.2
Turnout 1,407 27.38
Rejected ballots 10 0.7
Registered electors 5,139
Conservative hold Swing
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