2019 Maidstone Borough Council election

The 2019 Maidstone Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Maidstone Borough Council in England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

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2019 Maidstone Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	9	1	50.0	16	25	45.5	11,548	39.6
	Liberal Democrats	6		33.3	14	20	36.4	7,758	26.6
	Independent	2		11.1	3	5	9.1	2,052	7.0
	Labour	1	1	5.6	3	4	7.3	3,005	10.3
	UKIP	0		0.0	1	1	1.8	1,562	5.4
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	3,212	11.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Cynthia Robertson	1,180	58.0
	Conservative	Barry Ginley	505	24.8
	Green	Ben Knowles	189	9.3
	Labour	Wendy Hollands	159	7.8
Majority
Turnout			2,033
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Val Springett	1,468	66.7
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Chittenden	377	17.1
	Green	Colin Chuter	355	16.1
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Anne Brindle	1,155	59.0
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Thompson	474	24.2
	UKIP	Mark McGiffin	329	16.8
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Webb	1,223	58.2
	Conservative	Simon Webb	753	35.5
	Labour	Richard Coates	134	6.3
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

2019 Maidstone Borough Council election

Ward results

Allington

Bearsted

Boxley

Coxheath & Hutton

Detling & Thurnham

Downswood & Otham

East

Fant

Harrietsham & Lenham

High Street

Leeds

Loose

Marden & Yalding

North

Shepway North

South

Staplehurst

Sutton Valence & Langley

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Nick de Wiggondene-Sheppard	475	58.0
	Green	James Shalice	208	25.4
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Cockersole	136	16.6
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Gordon Newton	434	58.6
	Conservative	Gary Cooke	182	24.6
	Independent	Paul Wooding	65	8.8
	Green	Stuart Jeffrery	60	8.1
Majority
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	David Naghi	942	47.4
	Conservative	Harprit Dogra	568	28.6
	Labour	Jo Burns	256	12.9
	Green	Christopher Turner	223	11.2
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Margaret Rose	659	35.1
	Conservative	Graham Jarvis	536	28.5
	Liberal Democrats	David Pickett	291	15.5
	Green	Ian McDonald	269	14.3
	Independent	Sue Delamere	124	6.6
Majority
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Tom Sams	1,107	57.5
	Conservative	Chris Roots	638	33.1
	Green	Susan Parr	105	5.5
	Labour	Stephen Rogers	75	3.9
Majority
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Dinesh Khadka	852	47.9
	Conservative	Andi Okoye	360	20.3
	Labour	Barbara Neill	346	19.5
	Green	Kimmy Milham	219	12.3
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Gill Fort	420	68.9
	UKIP	Ian Stevens	190	31.1
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Grigg	390	54.7
	Conservative	Bryan Hillman	218	30.6
	Green	Donna Greenan	80	11.2
	Labour	Richard Atkins	25	3.5
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Annabelle Blackmore	1,092	46.9
	Green	Mike Summersgill	518	22.2
	UKIP	Pamela Watts	330	14.2
	Labour	Dan Wilkinson	257	11.0
	Independent	June Winston	133	5.7
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Roberts Eves	579	32.5
	Labour	Maureen Cleator	489	27.4
	Green	Steve Cheeseman	443	24.8
	UKIP	Steve Bax	273	15.3
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Staplehurst
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Louise Brice	907	55.1
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy Watson	201	12.2
	Green	John Wright	187	11.4
	Labour	Marlyn Randall	179	10.9
	UKIP	Barry Watts	172	10.4
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Marion Ring	635	38.9
	Labour	Richard Neill	272	16.7
	UKIP	Stephen Young	268	16.4
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Hicks	249	15.3
	Green	Stephen Muggeridge	112	6.9
	Independent	Jon Hicks	52	3.2
	Independent	Gary Butler	43	2.6
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Clark	1,332	58.7
	Conservative	Les Letchford	561	24.7
	Labour	Patrick Coates	154	6.8
	Green	Simon Milham	128	5.6
	Independent	Yolande Kenward	94	4.1
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Wendy Young	496	68.6
	Green	Derek Eagle	116	16.0
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Francis	111	15.4
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

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