Gravesham Borough Council elections

Gravesham Borough Council elections are held every four years to elect Gravesham Borough Council in Kent, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2023, the council has comprised 39 councillors, representing 17 wards.^[1]

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Year	Conservative	Labour	Liberal Democrats^[a]	Independents & Others	Council control after election
Year					Council control after election
Local government reorganisation; council established (44 seats)
1973	15	28	0	1		Labour
1976	26	17	0	1		Conservative
New ward boundaries (44 seats)
1979	24	19	0	1		Conservative
1983	23	20	1	0		Conservative
1987	22	22	0	0		No overall control
1991	22	22	0	0		No overall control
1995	10	34	0	0		Labour
1999	15	29	0	0		Labour
New ward boundaries (44 seats)
2003	21	23	0	0		Labour
2007	28	16	0	0		Conservative
2011	19	25	0	0		Labour
2015	23	21	0	0		Conservative
2019	18	24	0	2		Labour
New ward boundaries (39 seats)
2023	17	22	0	0		Labour

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	522	75.4	−4.0
	Conservative	86	12.4	+0.2
	Liberal Democrats	84	12.1	+3.7
Majority		437	63.0
Turnout		692	22.8
	Labour hold	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	719	80.0	+4.6
	Conservative	152	16.9	−1.7
	Liberal Democrats	28	3.1	−2.5
Majority		567	63.1
Turnout		899	22.8
	Labour hold	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	541	82.2	−2.9
	Conservative	77	11.7	−3.2
	Liberal Democrats	40	6.1	+6.1
Majority		464	70.5
Turnout		658	16.3
	Labour hold	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	807	70.1	−4.4
	Conservative	189	16.4	−0.5
	Liberal Democrats	155	13.5	+4.9
Majority		618	53.7
Turnout		1,151
	Labour hold	Swing

Gravesham Borough Council elections

Council composition

Council elections

Borough result maps

By-election results

1995-1999

2003-2007

2007-2011

2011-2015

2015-2019

2019-2023

2023-2027

Notes

References

External links

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Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	265	72.6	+7.1
	Liberal Democrats	51	14.0	+2.7
	Labour	49	13.4	−9.8
Majority		214	58.6
Turnout		365	29.0
	Conservative hold	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	675	54.0	−3.6
	Conservative	575	46.0	+11.9
Majority		100	8.0
Turnout		1,250	36.0
	Labour hold	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	643	79.8	+12.5
	Labour	105	13.0	−5.3
	Liberal Democrats	58	7.2	+7.2
Majority		538	66.8
Turnout		806	23.4
	Conservative hold	Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Greta Goatley	689	54.6	−0.4
	Labour	Lana Aitchison	463	36.7	−8.3
	Liberal Democrats	Bruce Parmenter	109	8.6	+8.6
Majority			226	17.9
Turnout			1,261	28.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Michael Snelling	681
	Conservative	Laura Hryniewicz	662
	Liberal Democrats	James Willis	200
	Liberal Democrats	Gillian McGill	178
	Green	Richard Crawford	104
	Labour	Mary Williams	59
	Labour	Pamela Sales	57
	Monster Raving Loony	Lord Toby Jug	31
Turnout			1,972	29.0
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Les Howes	626	34.6	−6.4
	Conservative	Veronica Craske	623	34.4	−11.6
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Stevenson	562	31.0	+18.0
Majority			3	0.2
Turnout			1,811	41
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Derek Shelbrooke	515	59.5	−4.4
	UKIP	Geoffrey Clark	122	14.1	+14.1
	Labour	Douglas Christie	114	13.2	−2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Ann O'Brien	114	13.2	+13.2
Majority			393	45.4
Turnout			865	25.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Cubitt	648	47.3	−23.8
	UKIP	Geoffrey Clark	462	33.7	+33.7
	Liberal Democrats	David Gibson	148	10.8	+10.8
	Labour	Andrew Mylett	112	8.2	−20.8
Majority			186	13.6
Turnout			1,370	38.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Julia Burgoyne	419	54.6	−16.5
	UKIP	Geoffrey Clark	204	26.6	+26.6
	Labour	Douglas Christie	108	14.1	−14.8
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Wilson	36	4.7	+4.7
Majority			215	28.0
Turnout			767
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lenny Rolles	646	46.3	−10.5
	UKIP	Michael Dixon	382	27.4	+27.4
	Conservative	Alan Ridgers	367	26.3	−11.8
Majority			264	18.9
Turnout			1,395
	Labour hold		Swing

Coldharbour By-Election 22 May 2014^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Shane Mochrie-Cox	520	38.5	−24.8
	UKIP	Sarinder Duroch	486	35.9	+35.9
	Conservative	Bronwen McGarrity	289	21.4	−15.3
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Stevenson	35	2.6	+2.6
	TUSC	John Michael	22	1.6	+1.6
Majority			34	2.5
Turnout			1,352
	Labour hold		Swing

Pelham By-Election 18 August 2016^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jenny Wallace	494	46.2	−4.1
	Conservative	Conrad Broadley	325	30.4	−4.6
	Liberal Democrats	Sharan Virk	101	9.4	+9.4
	UKIP	Gary Harding	91	8.5	+8.5
	Green	Marna Gilligan	35	3.3	−11.4
	English Democrat	Emma Foreman	24	2.2	+2.2
Majority			169	15.8
Turnout			1,070
	Labour hold		Swing

Coldharbour By-Election 4 May 2017^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Shane Mochrie-Cox	490	44.3	+7.6
	Conservative	Gary Harding	349	31.5	−0.9
	UKIP	Tina Brooker	268	24.2	−6.7
Majority			141	15.8
Turnout			1,107
	Labour hold		Swing

Painters Ash By-Election 4 May 2017^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Conrad Broadley	873	55.9	+10.1
	Labour	Elizabeth Mulheran	561	35.9	−1.4
	UKIP	David Beattie	129	8.3	+8.3
Majority			312	20.0
Turnout			1,563
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gary Harding	721	64.0	+6.7
	Liberal Democrats	John Death	192	17.0	+17.0
	Labour	Doug Christie	155	13.8	−6.9
	UKIP	Tina Brooker	59	5.2	−16.8
Majority			529	46.9
Turnout			1,127
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Helen Ashenden	492	50.1	+20.9
	Labour	Lindsay Gordon	314	32.0	−5.5
	UKIP	Linda Talbot	116	11.8	−11.1
	Green	Marna Gilligan	60	6.1	+6.1
Majority			178	18.1
Turnout			982
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Samir Jassal	577	49.4	+20.2
	Labour	Karina O'Malley	534	45.8	+8.3
	Liberal Democrats	Ukonu Obasi	56	4.8	+4.8
Majority			43	3.7
Turnout			1,167
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Kim Glendenning	375	43.7
	Reform	John English	257	30.0
	Conservative	Thomas O'Keeffe	133	15.5
	Green	James Eagle	93	10.8
Majority			118	13.8
Turnout			858
	Labour hold		Swing