2023 Folkestone and Hythe District Council election
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The 2023 Folkestone and Hythe District Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Folkestone and Hythe District Council in Kent, England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections in England.
Election result
The Green Party won the most seats, with the Conservatives falling into third place behind Labour. The leader of the council prior to the election, Conservative councillor David Monk, lost his seat.[2][3]
Following the election a coalition of the Greens and Liberal Democrats formed a minority administration, with Green councillor Jim Martin being appointed the new leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 24 May 2023.[4][5]
| 2023 Folkestone and Hythe District Council election[6] | ||||||||||
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| Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
| Green | 17 | 11 | 5 | 0 |  5 |
36.7 | 31.0 | 20,218 | +5.8 | |
| Labour | 21 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
33.3 | 20.9 | 13,631 | +2.1 | |
| Conservative | 30 | 5 | 1 | 9 |  8 |
16.7 | 27.8 | 18,137 | –8.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 |  |
6.7 | 11.3 | 7,353 | ±0.0 | |
| Independent | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
6.7 | 6.4 | 4,204 | +2.4 | |
| Reform UK | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
0.0 | 1.3 | 823 | N/A | |
| Foundation | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
0.0 | 0.9 | 608 | +0.3 | |
| Socialist (GB) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
0.0 | 0.2 | 126 | +0.1 | |
| UKIP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
0.0 | 0.2 | 124 | –3.4 | |
Ward results
The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Folkestone and Hythe District Council following the close of nominations on 5 April 2023.[7]
Broadmead
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Co-op | Belinda Walker | 454 | 39.5 | +17.1 | |
| Conservative | Kieran Leigh | 448 | 39.0 | –20.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | John Stokes | 246 | 21.4 | +3.2 | |
| Majority | 6 | 0.5 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 1,163 | 37.4 | +5.1 | ||
| Registered electors | 3,106 | ||||
| Labour Co-op gain from Conservative | Swing | 18.8 |
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Cheriton
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Rebecca Shoob* | 1,219 | 41.0 | +7.0 | |
| Green | Polly Blakemore | 1,078 | 36.3 | N/A | |
| Green | Mike Blakemore | 1,018 | 34.3 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Dhan Gurung | 691 | 23.3 | –11.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Gane* | 690 | 23.2 | +1.8 | |
| Labour | Paul Bingham | 624 | 21.0 | –5.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Roger West | 610 | 20.5 | +2.6 | |
| Conservative | Rory Love | 566 | 19.1 | –12.8 | |
| Conservative | John Collier* | 556 | 18.7 | –12.7 | |
| Labour | Jane Darling | 531 | 17.9 | –8.4 | |
| Labour | Charles Bain Smith | 522 | 17.6 | –5.7 | |
| Turnout | 2,971 | 31.6 | +4.8 | ||
| Registered electors | 9,405 | ||||
| Green hold | |||||
| Green gain from Conservative | |||||
| Green gain from Conservative | |||||
East Folkestone
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Jackie Meade* | 1,098 | 53.6 | +21.9 | |
| Labour | Connor McConville* | 1,030 | 50.3 | +21.9 | |
| Labour | Adrian Lockwood | 962 | 47.0 | +14.5 | |
| Green | Marianne Brett | 548 | 26.8 | +1.2 | |
| Conservative | Jeanne Brinton | 477 | 23.3 | –4.4 | |
| Conservative | Ema Deba | 435 | 21.2 | –4.3 | |
| Conservative | Sheila Reed | 434 | 21.2 | +1.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Danielle Anson | 419 | 20.5 | +1.8 | |
| Turnout | 2,048 | 24.8 | +1.7 | ||
| Registered electors | 8,262 | ||||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Labour hold | |||||
Folkestone Central
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Laura Davison* | 1,211 | 48.4 | +15.9 | |
| Labour | Abena Akuffo-Kelly | 1,058 | 42.3 | +13.6 | |
| Labour | Liz McShane | 981 | 39.2 | +11.2 | |
| Conservative | Claire Beresford | 659 | 26.3 | –5.5 | |
| Conservative | Stephen James | 647 | 25.9 | –3.6 | |
| Conservative | Dylan Jeffrey | 616 | 24.6 | –3.2 | |
| Green | Clive Hawkins | 545 | 21.8 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Matthew Horrox | 301 | 12.0 | –9.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Alison Pemberton | 285 | 11.4 | –9.3 | |
| Independent | Bryan Rylands | 260 | 10.4 | –5.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Aston Mannerings | 239 | 9.6 | –8.9 | |
| Socialist (GB) | Max Hess | 81 | 3.2 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 2,501 | 30.5 | +2.6 | ||
| Registered electors | 8,212 | ||||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | |||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | |||||
Folkestone Harbour
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Bridget Chapman | 695 | 47.2 | +19.2 | |
| Labour | Nicola Keen* | 681 | 46.3 | +17.8 | |
| Foundation | Mary Lawes | 372 | 25.3 | –1.9 | |
| Foundation | Frank McKenna | 236 | 16.0 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Glyn Hibbert | 230 | 15.6 | –4.7 | |
| Conservative | Richard Moffatt | 210 | 14.3 | –4.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Tom McNeice | 198 | 13.5 | –4.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Adam Rowledge | 121 | 8.2 | N/A | |
| Socialist (GB) | Andy Thomas | 45 | 3.1 | –1.1 | |
| Turnout | 1,471 | 30.0 | +2.0 | ||
| Registered electors | 4,897 | ||||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Labour hold | |||||
Hythe
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Anita Jones | 2,971 | 67.9 | +7.1 | |
| Green | Jim Martin* | 2,930 | 66.9 | +5.9 | |
| Green | Rich Holgate | 2,826 | 64.6 | +9.3 | |
| Conservative | Malcolm Dearden | 989 | 22.6 | –4.9 | |
| Conservative | David Owen | 946 | 21.6 | –4.8 | |
| Conservative | Ben Potter | 888 | 20.3 | –5.8 | |
| Reform UK | David Turner | 440 | 10.1 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 4,377 | 47.8 | +1.3 | ||
| Registered electors | 9,165 | ||||
| Green hold | |||||
| Green hold | |||||
| Green hold | |||||
Hythe Rural
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | John Wing* | 1,103 | 59.7 | +14.3 | |
| Green | Jeremy Speakman | 1,055 | 57.1 | +5.6 | |
| Conservative | John Gabris | 482 | 26.1 | –2.6 | |
| Conservative | Michael Lyons | 471 | 25.5 | –1.3 | |
| Labour | Edward Le Fanu | 229 | 12.4 | +3.2 | |
| Turnout | 1,847 | 36.7 | –1.4 | ||
| Registered electors | 5,030 | ||||
| Green hold | |||||
| Green hold | |||||
New Romney
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Paul Thomas | 680 | 35.1 | N/A | |
| Independent | David Wimble* | 653 | 33.7 | –14.3 | |
| Conservative | Patricia Rolfe* | 501 | 25.9 | –3.1 | |
| Conservative | Laurie Glover | 400 | 20.7 | –6.4 | |
| Green | Malcolm Watkinson | 317 | 16.4 | –3.6 | |
| Labour | Paul Carey | 315 | 16.3 | –5.4 | |
| Independent | John Davies | 246 | 12.7 | N/A | |
| Reform UK | Wendy Nevard | 181 | 9.4 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Hugh Robertson-Ritchie | 111 | 5.7 | –6.3 | |
| Independent | John Houston | 72 | 3.7 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 1,935 | 32.7 | –3.9 | ||
| Registered electors | 5,910 | ||||
| Independent gain from Conservative | |||||
| Independent hold | |||||
North Downs East
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Stephen Scoffham | 1,127 | 38.8 | +8.4 | |
| Green | James Butcher | 988 | 34.0 | +8.9 | |
| Conservative | David Godfrey* | 920 | 31.6 | –17.0 | |
| Green | Doug Wade | 903 | 31.1 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Stuart Peall* | 896 | 30.8 | –15.4 | |
| Conservative | David Monk* | 849 | 29.2 | –15.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Lynne Beaumont | 542 | 20.8 | –2.2 | |
| Labour | Nicola Hayden | 524 | 18.0 | +5.3 | |
| Labour | Lucy McGirr | 482 | 16.6 | +4.1 | |
| Independent | Philip Martin* | 419 | 14.4 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 2,907 | 32.2 | +2.9 | ||
| Registered electors | 9,035 | ||||
| Green gain from Conservative | |||||
| Green gain from Conservative | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
North Downs West
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Elaine Martin | 932 | 42.7 | +9.4 | |
| Conservative | Jennifer Hollingsbee* | 882 | 40.4 | +3.1 | |
| Conservative | Laszlo Dudas | 704 | 32.2 | –9.4 | |
| Labour | Senet Yohannes | 521 | 23.9 | +12.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Chani Sanger | 510 | 23.4 | +2.5 | |
| Reform UK | Gavin Braine | 202 | 9.3 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 2,183 | 40.6 | –3.8 | ||
| Registered electors | 5,380 | ||||
| Green gain from Conservative | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Romney Marsh
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Liz Grant | 647 | 31.6 | +5.7 | |
| Labour Co-op | Tony Cooper | 534 | 26.1 | +14.4 | |
| Conservative | Tony Hills* | 532 | 26.0 | +3.3 | |
| Independent | Andy Weatherhead | 491 | 24.0 | N/A | |
| Labour | Tony Goode | 481 | 23.5 | +10.8 | |
| Independent | Ian Meyers* | 451 | 22.1 | N/A | |
| Green | Jenni Hawkins | 357 | 17.5 | –6.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Neil Matthews | 161 | 7.9 | –3.3 | |
| Independent | Douglas Young | 60 | 2.9 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 2,045 | 34.4 | –5.4 | ||
| Registered electors | 5,938 | ||||
| Conservative gain from UKIP | |||||
| Labour Co-op gain from UKIP | |||||
Sandgate and West Folkestone
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Tim Prater* | 1,408 | 74.6 | +18.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Gary Fuller* | 1,190 | 63.1 | +13.7 | |
| Labour | Sarah Danby | 316 | 16.7 | +2.4 | |
| Conservative | Paul Jones | 314 | 16.6 | −11.9 | |
| Conservative | Dylan Moody | 261 | 13.8 | −13.8 | |
| Turnout | 1887 | 42.6 | +3.6 | ||
| Registered electors | 4,434 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Walland and Denge Marsh
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Clive Goddard* | 868 | 44.1 | −1.1 | |
| Conservative | Alan Martin | 618 | 31.4 | −12.7 | |
| Independent | Peter Webb | 406 | 20.6 | N/A | |
| Labour | Chrissie Cooper | 382 | 19.4 | +6.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Suzanne Piper | 322 | 16.4 | −0.1 | |
| Green | Ross Carter | 301 | 15.3 | −5.4 | |
| Independent | Kim Rye | 269 | 13.7 | N/A | |
| Independent | Jack Glass | 197 | 10.0 | N/A | |
| UKIP | Leonard Laws | 124 | 6.3 | −17.6 | |
| Turnout | 1,968 | 32.1 | +1.1 | ||
| Registered electors | 6,133 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
References
- ↑ "Notice of Election". Folkestone and Hythe District Council. 17 March 2023. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
- ↑ Leonard, Oliver (5 May 2023). "Kent local elections 2023: Greens and Labour win big in Folkestone and Hythe". Kent Online. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
- ↑ Adam, Lucinda (5 May 2023). "Folkestone and Hythe Tories 'frustrated and fatigued'". BBC News. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
- ↑ "Council minutes, 24 May 2023". Folkestone and Hythe District Council. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
- ↑ Esson, Daniel (26 May 2023). "Kent's first-ever 'Green' council in Hythe axes Princes Parade". Kent Online. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
- ↑ "District council 2023 election results". Folkestone and Hythe District Council. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
- ↑ "Election notices for 4 May 2023". Folkestone and Hythe District Council. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
