Kent County Council elections

Kent Council is elected every four years.

Political control

Conservative 1973 - 1993

No overall control 1993 - 1997

Conservative 1997 - present

Council elections

Kent Council election, 2001

Kent Council election, 2005

Kent Council election, 2009

By-election results

Medway North Central By-Election 24 July 1997

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		979	72.0	+15.3
	Conservative		381	28.0	−3.3
Majority			598	44.0
Turnout			1,360
	Labour hold		Swing

Ashford South By-Election 9 July 1998

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		792	54.5	−0.5
	Liberal Democrats		370	25.5	+5.1
	Conservative		240	16.5	−8.1
	BNP		50	3.4	+3.4
Majority			422	29.0
Turnout			1,452	13.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Malling Rural NE By-Election 6 May 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats		1,894	44.2	+7.7
	Conservative		1,614	37.7	−1.0
	Labour		778	18.2	−6.5
Majority			280	6.5
Turnout			4,286	32.3
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Swanscombe & Stone By-Election 14 September 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		862	37.3	+9.0
	Labour		760	32.9	−5.3
	Independent		446	19.3	−1.4
	Liberal Democrats		245	10.6	−2.2
Majority			102	4.4
Turnout			2,313	15.1
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Cranbrook By-Election 19 September 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		1,708	65.0	+7.7
	Liberal Democrats		497	18.9	−6.0
	Labour		216	8.2	−9.6
	UKIP		207	7.9	+7.9
Majority			1,211	46.1
Turnout			2,628	23.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ashford South East By-Election 29 April 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	George Koowaree	1,089	34.1	−2.4
	Conservative	Noel Greaves	986	30.9	−1.8
	Labour	Leslie Lawrie	459	14.4	−20.0
	Independent	Melvyn Elliff	386	12.1	+12.1
	Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales	Stephen Dawe	140	4.4	+4.4
	National Front	John Kellam	135	4.2	+4.2
Majority			103	3.2
Turnout			3,195	26.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Maidstone North East By-Election 12 July 2007

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Chittenden	1,620	56.2	+12.5
	Conservative	Vanessa Jones	831	28.8	−1.3
	Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales	Stuart Jeffery	187	6.5	+2.5
	Labour	Patrick Coates	164	5.7	−12.5
	UKIP	Mark Croucher	81	2.8	−1.3
Majority			789	27.4
Turnout			2,883	24.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Dover Town By-Election 27 September 2007

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gordon Cowan	1,860	44.5	−5.8
	Conservative	Nigel Collor	1,348	32.2	+4.1
	Liberal Democrats	Dean Stiles	420	10.0	−11.6
	Independent	Victor Matcham	300	7.2	+7.2
	UKIP	Peter Campbell-Marshall	256	6.1	+6.1
Majority			512	12.3
Turnout			4,184	19.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Herne Bay By-Election 9 October 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jean Law	2,474	47.7	+9.0
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Flaherty	1,524	29.4	−2.2
	Labour	Michael Kenneth Britton	537	10.4	−12.4
	BNP	Dennis Whiting	399	7.7	+7.7
	UKIP	Brian Eric MacDowall	252	4.9	−2.1
Majority			950	18.1	+11.0
Turnout			5,196	23.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

External links

• Kent Council