Maidstone Borough Council elections
Local government elections in Kent, England
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Elections to Maidstone Borough Council in Kent, United Kingdom are held each year to elect one-third of its members, followed by one year without election. Since the last boundary changes in 2002, 55 councillors have been elected from 26 wards.[1] From 2024 onwards, the format of elections will change, with all 49 councillors being elected once every 4 years.
Council composition
| Year | Conservative | Liberal Democrats[a] | Labour | Green | UKIP | Independents & Others |
Council control after election | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Local government reorganisation; council established (60 seats) | ||||||||
| 1973 | 13 | 19 | 12 | – | – | 16 | No overall control | |
| 1976 | 39 | 7 | 7 | 0 | – | 7 | Conservative | |
| New ward boundaries (55 seats) | ||||||||
| 1979 | 34 | 7 | 10 | 0 | – | 0 | Conservative | |
| 1980 | 32 | 9 | 10 | 0 | – | 4 | Conservative | |
| 1982 | 28 | 15 | 9 | 0 | – | 3 | Conservative | |
| 1983 | 27 | 17 | 8 | 0 | – | 3 | No overall control | |
| 1984 | 24 | 20 | 8 | 0 | – | 3 | No overall control | |
| 1986 | 20 | 23 | 9 | 0 | – | 3 | No overall control | |
| 1987 | 20 | 25 | 8 | 0 | – | 2 | No overall control | |
| 1988 | 22 | 23 | 8 | 0 | – | 2 | No overall control | |
| 1990 | 20 | 23 | 8 | 0 | – | 4 | No overall control | |
| 1991 | 20 | 22 | 9 | 0 | – | 4 | No overall control | |
| 1992 | 27 | 16 | 8 | 0 | – | 4 | No overall control | |
| 1994 | 23 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | No overall control | |
| 1995 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 6 | No overall control | |
| 1996 | 11 | 21 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 5 | No overall control | |
| 1998 | 13 | 21 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 5 | No overall control | |
| 1999 | 15 | 22 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 5 | No overall control | |
| 2000 | 16 | 22 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 5 | No overall control | |
| New ward boundaries (55 seats) | ||||||||
| 2002 | 19 | 21 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | No overall control | |
| 2003 | 21 | 21 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | No overall control | |
| 2004 | 23 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | No overall control | |
| 2006 | 27 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | No overall control | |
| 2007 | 26 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | No overall control | |
| 2008 | 29 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | Conservative | |
| 2010 | 28 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Conservative | |
| New ward boundaries (55 seats) | ||||||||
| 2011 | 30 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Conservative | |
| 2012 | 30 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | Conservative | |
| 2014 | 25 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | No overall control | |
| 2015 | 25 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | No overall control | |
| 2016 | 23 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | No overall control | |
| 2018 | 27 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | No overall control | |
| 2019 | 25 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | No overall control | |
| 2021 | 29 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | Conservative | |
| 2022 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | No overall control | |
| 2023 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 10 | No overall control | |
| New ward boundaries (49 seats) | ||||||||
| 2024 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 8[b] | No overall control | |
Borough result maps
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By-elections
1994-1998
| Yalding Ward By-Election 1 May 1997[3] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ±% | ||
| Conservative Party | 1,000 | 44.44% | +12.1% | |||
| Liberal Democrats | 643 | 28.58% | -15.2% | |||
| Labour Party | 607 | 26.98% | +7.3% | |||
| Total | 2,250 | 100.00% | ||||
| Rejected Ballot Papers | ||||||
| Ballot Papers Issued | ||||||
| Registered Electors | ||||||
| Turnout | ||||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | ||||||
| Loose Ward By-Election 3 July 1997[4] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ±% | ||
| Liberal Democrats | 283 | 59.08% | -13.8% | |||
| Conservative Party | 117 | 24.43% | +8.2% | |||
| Labour Party | 79 | 16.49% | +5.5% | |||
| Total | 479 | 100.00% | ||||
| Rejected Ballot Papers | ||||||
| Ballot Papers Issued | ||||||
| Registered Electors | ||||||
| Turnout | 25.4% | |||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | ||||||
| High Street Ward By-Election 13 November 1997[5] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ±% | ||
| Liberal Democrats | 350 | 39.64% | -3.0% | |||
| Labour Party | 310 | 35.11% | -5.8% | |||
| Conservative Party | 123 | 13.93% | +0.1% | |||
| Maidstone First | 73 | 8.27% | +8.3% | |||
| Green Party | 27 | 3.06% | +0.4% | |||
| Total | 883 | 100.00% | ||||
| Rejected Ballot Papers | ||||||
| Ballot Papers Issued | ||||||
| Registered Electors | ||||||
| Turnout | 19.8% | |||||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | ||||||
1998-2002
| Allington Ward By-Election 29 October 1998[6][7] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ±% | ||
| Cynthia Elizabeth Robertson | Liberal Democrats | 744 | 72.16% | +5.2% | ||
| Margaret Helen June Taylor | Labour Party | 159 | 15.42% | -0.3% | ||
| Helen Violet Mortimer | Conservative Party | 128 | 12.42% | +2.8% | ||
| Total | 1,031 | 100.00% | ||||
| Rejected Ballot Papers | 0 | |||||
| Ballot Papers Issued | 1,031 | |||||
| Registered Electors | ||||||
| Turnout | 18.5% | |||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | ||||||
| Boxley Ward By-Election 29 October 1998[8][9] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ±% | ||
| Michael Ian Yates | Conservative Party | 630 | 63.25% | +23.1% | ||
| John Brian Doherty | Liberal Democrats | 201 | 20.18% | +6.1% | ||
| Stephen Gibson | Labour Party | 165 | 16.57% | -25.5% | ||
| Total | 996 | 100.00% | ||||
| Rejected Ballot Papers | 2 | |||||
| Ballot Papers Issued | 998 | |||||
| Registered Electors | ||||||
| Turnout | 14.1% | |||||
| Conservative gain from Independent | ||||||
| Hollingbourne Ward By-Election 29 October 1998[10][11] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ±% | ||
| Tracy Ann Helen Warner | Conservative Party | 198 | 48.29% | -12.0% | ||
| Paul Geoffrey Begg | Liberal Democrats | 193 | 47.07% | +25.1% | ||
| Jeanne Mary Gibson | Labour Party | 19 | 4.63% | -13.1% | ||
| Total | 410 | 100.00% | ||||
| Rejected Ballot Papers | 0 | |||||
| Ballot Papers Issued | 410 | |||||
| Registered Electors | ||||||
| Turnout | 35.3% | |||||
| Conservative hold | ||||||
2002-2006
| Marden & Yalding Ward By-Election 27 November 2003[12][13] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ±% | ||
| Paddy C. J. Germain | Conservative Party | 726 | 49.83% | -12.5% | ||
| Carol A. Jacques | Liberal Democrats | 535 | 36.72% | +18.4% | ||
| John M. Hughes | Labour Party | 153 | 10.50% | -4.0% | ||
| Brian Hogg | UK Independence Party | 43 | 2.95% | -1.8% | ||
| Total | 1,457 | 100.00% | ||||
| Rejected Ballot Papers | ||||||
| Ballot Papers Issued | ||||||
| Registered Electors | ||||||
| Turnout | 24.4% | |||||
| Conservative hold | ||||||
| Downswood & Otham Ward By-Election 13 October 2005[14][15] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ±% | ||
| David Marchant | Independent | 314 | 61.33% | +15.0% | ||
| Timothy M. Crockford | Conservative Party | 184 | 35.94% | +17.2% | ||
| Audrey D. Gardner | Labour Party | 14 | 2.73% | +2.3% | ||
| Total | 512 | 100.00% | ||||
| Rejected Ballot Papers | ||||||
| Ballot Papers Issued | ||||||
| Registered Electors | ||||||
| Turnout | 24.4% | |||||
| Independent hold | ||||||
2006-2010
| Parkwood Ward By-Election 30 November 2006[16][17] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ±% | ||
| Robert Field | Liberal Democrats | 347 | 57.64% | +23.5% | ||
| Wesley Mason | Labour Party | 130 | 21.59% | -13.3% | ||
| Scott Hahnefeld | Conservative Party | 125 | 20.76% | -10.1% | ||
| Total | 602 | 100.00% | ||||
| Rejected Ballot Papers | 2 | |||||
| Ballot Papers Issued | 604 | |||||
| Registered Electors | ||||||
| Turnout | 19.3% | |||||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | ||||||
| Shepway South Ward By-Election 6 December 2007[18][19] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ±% | ||
| Sheena Williams | Conservative Party | 251 | 35.96% | -9.7% | ||
| Gill Annan | Labour Party | 240 | 34.38% | +34.4% | ||
| Bryan Charles Vizzard | Liberal Democrats | 173 | 24.79% | -22.0% | ||
| Stephen Fraser Muggeridge | Green Party | 34 | 4.87% | -2.6% | ||
| Total | 698 | 100.00% | ||||
| Rejected Ballot Papers | ||||||
| Ballot Papers Issued | ||||||
| Registered Electors | ||||||
| Turnout | 16.1% | |||||
| Conservative gain from Labour | ||||||
| Fant Ward By-Election 1 October 2009[20] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ±% | ||
| Fran Smith | Liberal Democrats | 702 | 46.37% | +18.8% | ||
| Paul Butcher | Conservative Party | 393 | 25.96% | -7.4% | ||
| Stuart Jeffery | Green Party | 317 | 20.94% | +4.9% | ||
| Bruce Heald | Labour Party | 102 | 6.74% | -16.3% | ||
| Total | 1,514 | 100.00% | ||||
| Rejected Ballot Papers | ||||||
| Ballot Papers Issued | ||||||
| Registered Electors | ||||||
| Turnout | 23.6% | |||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | ||||||
2010-2014
A by-election was held in Allington Ward following the death of Malcolm Robertson on 10 August 2012.[21][22]
| Allington Ward By-Election 18 October 2012[23] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ±% | ||
| Belinda Janet Watson | Liberal Democrats | 885 | 52.37% | |||
| Barry Stephen Ginley | Conservative Party | 434 | 25.68% | |||
| Marianna Romeojuliet Poliszczuk | Labour Party | 179 | 10.59% | |||
| Gareth Anthony Kendall | UK Independence Party | 162 | 9.59% | |||
| Jill Shepherd | Green Party | 30 | 1.78% | |||
| Total | 1,690 | 100.00% | ||||
| Rejected Ballot Papers | 9 | |||||
| Ballot Papers Issued | 1,699 | |||||
| Registered Electors | 5,604 | |||||
| Turnout | 30.32% | |||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | ||||||
2014-2018
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Paulina Watson | 609 | 36.2 | +9.1 | |
| Conservative | Louise Brice | 603 | 35.9 | +3.0 | |
| UKIP | Jamie Kalmar | 311 | 18.5 | −5.0 | |
| Labour | John Randall | 117 | 7.0 | −0.8 | |
| Green | David George | 41 | 2.4 | −1.1 | |
| Majority | 6 | 0.4 | |||
| Turnout | 1,681 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Matt Boughton | 477 | 27.1 | −2.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Rosaline Janko | 424 | 24.1 | +2.1 | |
| Labour | Keith Adkinson | 352 | 20.0 | −0.4 | |
| Green | Stuart Jeffery | 249 | 14.2 | +3.9 | |
| UKIP | Colin Taylor | 180 | 10.2 | −7.4 | |
| Independent | Mike Hogg | 75 | 4.3 | +4.3 | |
| Majority | 53 | 3.0 | |||
| Turnout | 1,757 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UKIP | John Barned | 432 | 45.5 | +7.2 | |
| Conservative | Bob Hinder | 215 | 22.7 | −5.1 | |
| Labour | Dan Wilkinson | 183 | 19.3 | −5.5 | |
| Independent | Jon Hicks | 88 | 9.3 | +9.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Milden Choongo | 31 | 3.3 | −2.6 | |
| Majority | 217 | 22.9 | |||
| Turnout | 949 | ||||
| UKIP hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Denis Spooner | 1,713 | 72.7 | +36.1 | |
| Labour | Tim Licence | 253 | 10.7 | +1.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Karen Davies | 250 | 10.6 | +7.4 | |
| Green | Ciaran Oliver | 141 | 6.0 | +2.7 | |
| Majority | 1,460 | 61.9 | |||
| Turnout | 2,357 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Cleator, Maureen | 270 | 19.3% | ||
| Green | Eagle, Derek | 47 | 3.4% | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Field, Rob | 719 | 51.4% | ||
| Conservative | Taylor-Maggio, Cheryl Janette | 270 | 25.9% | ||
| Total votes | 1399 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
2018-2022
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Karen Chappell-Tay | 686 | 57.3 | −17.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Merilyn Fraser | 409 | 34.1 | +19.6 | |
| Labour | Jim Grogan | 63 | 5.3 | −5.5 | |
| Green | Derek Eagle | 40 | 3.3 | +3.3 | |
| Majority | 277 | 23.1 | |||
| Turnout | 1,198 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
2022-2026
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform | Chris Houlihan | 1,228 | |||
| Reform | Steve Povey | 1,226 | |||
| Reform | Mariela Nedelcheva | 1,153 | |||
| Green | Callum Sweetman | 459 | |||
| Green | James Snyder | 452 | |||
| Green | Reshmi Kalam | 430 | |||
| Conservative | Isobelle Horne | 342 | |||
| Conservative | Darcy Rotherham | 285 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Jennifer Horwood | 236 | |||
| Conservative | Onyekachukwu Chukwuma | 234 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Sam Burrows | 156 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew Cockersole | 123 | |||
| Heritage | Sean Turner | 97 | |||
| Independent | Gary Butler | 74 | |||
| Independent | Sam Lawrence-Rose | 69 | |||
| Reform gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
| Reform gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
| Reform gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
See also
- 2002 Maidstone Borough Council election (New ward boundaries)[32][33]
- 2011 Maidstone Borough Council election (Some new ward boundaries)[34]
- 2021 Maidstone Borough Council election (postponed from 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic)[35]
- 2023 Maidstone Borough Council election (last elections held under old format)
- 2024 Maidstone Borough Council election (first election under 4-year cycle)
Notes
- Includes totals for the predecessors of the Liberal Democrats, the Liberal Party and SDP (both of which participated in the Alliance).
- Including 2 Fant & Oakwood Independents