2019 Sevenoaks District Council election

The 2019 Sevenoaks District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Sevenoaks District Council. This was on the same day as other local elections. The entire council (54 seats) was up for election. The result was a reduced majority for the Conservatives (down 3 seats) but was still a large victory. Independents made gains, as did the Liberal Democrats.^[1] UKIP lost the 1 seat they had won in 2015. No contest was held in 4 wards (Cowden & Hever, Dunton Green & Riverhead, Leigh & Chiddingstone Causeway, and Penshurst, Fordcombe & Chiddingstone), as the same number of candidates as seats up for election ran.

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2019 Sevenoaks District Council election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	54	46	0	3	3	85.2	58.0	29,055	+3.4
	Liberal Democrats	18	3	1	0	1	5.6	14.9	7,444	+4.8
	Independent	14	2	2	1	1	3.7	8.1	4,040	+5.8
	Hextable Independent	2	2	2	0	2	3.7	2.4	1,227	N/A
	Labour	19	1	0	0		1.9	9.7	4,878	–2.3
	Green	10	0	0	0		0.0	6.5	3,254	–5.9
	UKIP	1	0	0	1	1	0.0	0.3	171	–6.9
	BNP	1	0	0	0		0.0	0.1	45	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Claire Pearsall	809	60.74
	Conservative	George Pender	724	54.35
	Conservative	Alan Pett	578	43.39
	Green	Barbara Ring	514	38.59
	Labour	Melvyn George	378	28.38
Turnout			1,354	29.40
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Anna Firth	908	56.54
	Conservative	Robert Piper	834	51.93
	Conservative	James London	822	51.18
	Independent	Steve Nash	516	32.13
	Independent	Paulette Furse	474	29.51
	Labour	Alex Walker	332	20.67
Turnout			1,627	33.35
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Matthew Dickins	N/A	N/A
Turnout			N/A	N/A
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Rachel Waterton	205	32.03
	Independent	Stephen Lindsay	187	29.21
	Conservative	Danny Lesage	155	24.22
	Labour	David Griffiths	66	10.31
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Hobson	23	3.59
Turnout			640	41.80
	Independent gain from UKIP

2019 Sevenoaks District Council election

Results by ward

Ash and New Ash Green

Brasted, Chevening and Sundridge

Cowden and Hever

Crockenhill and Well Hill

Dunton Green and Riverhead

Edenbridge North and East

Edenbridge South and West

Eynsford

Farningham, Horton Kirby and South Darenth

Fawkham and West Kingsdown

Halstead, Knockholt and Badgers Mount

Hartley and Hodsoll Street

Hextable

Kemsing

Leigh and Chiddingstone Causeway

Otford and Shoreham

Penshurst, Fordcombe and Chiddingstone

Seal and Weald

Sevenoaks Eastern

Sevenoaks Kippington

Sevenoaks Northern

Sevenoaks Town and St. John's

Swanley Christchurch and Swanley Village

Swanley St. Mary's

Swanley White Oak

Westerham and Crockham Hill

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Kim Bayley	N/A	N/A
	Conservative	Cameron Brown	N/A	N/A
Turnout			N/A	N/A
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	James Barnett	651	57.11
	Conservative	Stuart McGregor	519	45.53
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Damodaran	395	34.65
	Liberal Democrats	Jim Morgan	281	24.65
	Labour	Richard Williams	253	22.19
Turnout			1,164	31.59
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Margot McArthur	435	41.63
	Conservative	Alan Layland	423	40.48
	Liberal Democrats	Jon Aldridge	409	39.14
	Independent	Stephen Peddie	397	37.99
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Streatfeild	215	20.57
Turnout			1,064	33.54
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Alan Cheeseman	266	51.35
	Green	Michael Barker	249	48.07
Turnout			518	34.63
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Philip McGarvey	557	58.08
	Conservative	Brian Carroll	552	57.56
	Liberal Democrats	Tristan Ward	383	39.94
	Liberal Democrats	Laura Covill	294	30.66
Turnout			985	25.89
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Lynda Harrison	661	48.93
	Independent	Maxine Fothergill	650	48.11
	Conservative	Faye Parkin	590	43.67
	Conservative	Mike Pearsall	507	37.53
	Green	Mark Lindop	382	28.28
Turnout			1,372	27.91
	Conservative hold
	Independent gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Gary Williamson	754	76.08
	Conservative	John Grint	678	68.42
	Labour	Helen Fiorini	200	20.18
	Labour	Margaret Willis	187	18.87
Turnout			1,032	37.58
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Larry Abraham	1,023	74.89
	Conservative	Penny Cole	959	70.20
	Conservative	Perry Cole	878	64.35
	Green	Sue Hodge	408	29.87
	Green	James Macdonald	336	24.60
Turnout			1,398	29.12
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Hextable Independent	Darren Kitchener	687	62.57
	Hextable Independent	Chrissy Hudson	540	49.18
	Independent	John Pike	395	35.97
	Green	Phil Levy	173	15.76
	Conservative	John Kelly	131	11.93
	Conservative	Richard Parry	117	10.66
Turnout			1,107	33.68
	Hextable Independent gain from Conservative
	Hextable Independent gain from Independent

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Simon Reay	750	69.38
	Conservative	Dee Morris	703	65.03
	Labour	Theodore Michael	207	19.15
	Independent	Chris Haslam	161	14.89
Turnout			1,114	34.58
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Seal and Weald^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Julia Thornton	597	62.84
	Conservative	Roddy Hogarth	556	58.53
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Michaelides	403	42.42
Turnout			961	30.52
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Sevenoaks Eastern^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Purves	686	62.88
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Clayton	683	62.60
	Conservative	Linden Kemkaren	258	23.65
	Conservative	Jonathan London	241	22.09
	Green	Paul Wharton	204	18.70
Turnout			1,100	36.72
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Sevenoaks Kippington^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Avril Hunter	764	60.93
	Conservative	Andrew Eyre	748	59.65
	Liberal Democrats	Doreen Kinsler	531	42.34
Turnout			1,265	34.38
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Sevenoaks Northern^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Merilyn Canet	555	54.90
	Conservative	Irene Collins	405	40.06
	Conservative	Daniel Rossall-Valentine	394	38.97
	Liberal Democrats	Edward Waite	394	38.97
	Labour	Conor Sewell	145	14.34
Turnout			1,045	32.70
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	James Osborne-Jackson	N/A	N/A
Turnout			N/A	N/A
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Edwards-Winser	714	58.19
	Conservative	Irene Roy	651	53.06
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Kent	403	32.84
	Labour	Emily Aisher	233	18.99
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Wassell	225	18.34
Turnout			1,252	35.46
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Sue Coleman	N/A	N/A
Turnout			N/A	N/A
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Peter Fleming	866	49.34
	Conservative	Graham Clack	792	45.13
	Conservative	Simon Raikes	792	45.13
	Liberal Democrats	Lise Michaelides	614	34.99
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Morris	491	27.98
	Liberal Democrats	Gareth Willis	459	26.15
	Green	John Harris	390	22.22
	Green	Heather Styles	351	20.00
	Labour	Jill Griffiths	196	11.17
Turnout			1,788	36.78
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Clare Barnes	762	56.82
	Conservative	Laurence Ball	685	51.08
	Conservative	Melissa Foster	505	37.66
	Independent	Tony Searles	383	28.56
	Labour	Mark Fittock	302	22.52
	Labour	Elizabeth Eigbefoh	278	20.73
	Green	Abigail Blumzon	247	18.42
	Labour	Sultan George	226	16.85
Turnout			1,368	29.58
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Lesley Dyball	272	37.11
	Labour	Jackie Griffiths	248	33.83
	Conservative	Michael Horwood	235	32.06
	Labour	Ian Rashbrook	229	31.24
	UKIP	Jeremy Southworth	171	23.33
	Independent	Louise Mehmet	76	10.37
	Independent	Maddy Rogers	55	7.50
	BNP	Ron Ball	45	6.14
Turnout			740	22.82
	Conservative hold
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Sarah Andrews	555	48.98
	Conservative	Paul Darrington	535	47.22
	Conservative	Glynnis Darrington	517	45.63
	Labour	Angela George	346	30.54
	Labour	Denise Ware	331	29.21
	Labour	Charlie Zahra	319	28.16
	Independent	Nikki Hill	170	15.00
	Independent	Ian Laponder	135	11.92
	Independent	Karen Laponder	130	11.47
	Independent	Albert Venter	106	9.36
Turnout			1,170	24.56
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Diana Esler	626	61.61
	Conservative	Kevin Maskell	601	59.15
	Labour	Neil Proudfoot	402	39.57
Turnout			1,046	30.50
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

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