2017_Kent_County_Council_election

2017 Kent County Council election
All 81 seats to Kent County Council; 41 seats needed for a majority
	Map showing the results of the 2017 Kent County Council elections.
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2017 Kent County Council election

2017 UK local government election

The 2017 Kent County Council election was held on 4 May 2017 as part of the 2017 local elections in the United Kingdom.^[1] All 81 councillors were elected from 72 electoral divisions, each of which returned either one or two county councillors by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office. The Conservative Party retained control. UKIP, previously the second-largest party on the council, lost all their seats.

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The Liberal Democrats regained status as the second largest party, which they had been from 2009 to 2013. A notable triumph for Liberal Democrats was Antony Hook winning the Faversham division, which had been considered a "safe" Conservative seat. Antony Hook's campaign increased the Liberal Democrat vote share from 4% in 2013 to a winning 43%. Faversham also saw the largest turnout of any seat. The Labour Party lost seats, including those of their Leader Roger Truelove and previous leaders Gordon Cowan and Dr. Mike Eddy. The Labour vote share also fell but they retained status as 3rd party.

Ward boundary changes took effect at this election after a review of the county by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England.^[2]^[3] Kent saw a large turnover of councillors. Of the 81 councillors elected in 2017, 39 had not served in the previous council.

Results by district

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	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	+/−
Conservative	67	24	1	+23	82.71	50	16%
Liberal Democrats	7	1	1	0	8.64	14	5%
Labour	5	0	8	-8	6.17	19	4%
Green	1	0	0	0	1.23	5	1%
Swanscombe and Greenhithe Residents Association	1	0	0	0	1.23	<1	-
UKIP	0	0	17	-17	0	10	16%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Bartlett	2,030	59	22
	Labour	John Charles Suddards	638	18	1
	Liberal Democrats	Adrian John Gee-Turner	366	11	3
	UKIP	Serge Xavier Goldenberg-Kosbab	236	7	22
	Green	Liz Wright	198	6	3
Majority			1,392	41	23
Turnout			3,468	27	1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	George Koowaree	1,426	41	13
	Conservative	Larry William Krause	971	28	5
	Labour	Martin Chandler	534	15	2
	UKIP	Garry George Harrison	338	10	14
	Green	Steven Robert Campkin	191	6	2
Majority			455	13	9
Turnout			3,460	27	0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Clair Bell	2,621	60	16
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart James Dove	686	16	10
	Labour	Lynda Suddards	429	10	1
	Green	Geoff Meaden	350	8	0
	UKIP	Pat Purnell	269	6	19
Majority			1,935	44	25
Turnout			4,355	35	2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Angell	2,405	62	21
	Labour	Vivien Wheatley	523	14	0
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Grayling	455	12	7
	UKIP	Liah Natasha MacPherson	321	8	24
	Green	Marilyn Sansom	161	4	2
Majority			1,882	48	39
Turnout			3,865	29	4
	Conservative hold		Swing

2017_Kent_County_Council_election

2017 Kent County Council election

Results

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Ashford

Canterbury

Dartford

Dover

Folkestone & Hythe

Gravesham

Maidstone

Sevenoaks

Swale

Thanet

Tonbridge and Malling

Tunbridge Wells

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charlie Simkins	2,780	63	29
	Liberal Democrats	Clare Hardwick	579	13	5
	Labour	Sally Ann Gathern	439	10	1
	UKIP	Norman Taylor	349	8	24
	Green	Hilary Jones	283	6	2
Majority			2,201	50	38
Turnout			4,430	31	3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dara Farrell	1,022	32	5
	Conservative	David Robey	966	30	12
	UKIP	Ryan Paul MacPherson	727	23	7
	Liberal Democrats	James Angus Galloway	312	10	1
	Green	Claire Madeleine Wallington	146	5	1
Majority			56	2	5
Turnout			3,173	23	0
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Hill, OBE	3,383	71	20
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Bowen	451	9	4
	UKIP	Eddy Barrows	360	8	22
	Labour	Alexander Ward	302	6	2
	Green	Guy Pullen	269	6	1
Majority			2,932	62	41
Turnout			4,765	36	2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Gibbens	1,665	36	7
	Labour	Mike Bland	1,198	26	1
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Lloyd Palmer	1,137	25	7
	Green	Henry Stanton	479	10	2
	UKIP	Richard Henry West	193	4	10
Majority			467	10	6
Turnout			4,672	37	13
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ida Ann Linfield	1,863	41	2
	Labour	Simon Nicholas Warley	1,087	24	9
	Conservative	Joe Egerton	1,071	24	9
	Green	Pat Marsh	313	7	5
	UKIP	Carole Anne Riley	189	4	11
Majority			776	17	11
Turnout			4,523	33	5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Simmonds, MBE	2,321	55	17
	Labour	Ben Hickman	700	16	2
	Liberal Democrats	David Norman Prevett	600	16	2
	Green	Andrew Peter Goatly	287	7	1
	UKIP	Trevor William Dockwray	240	6	16
Majority			1,621	39	23
Turnout			4,247	33	10
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Northey	2,151	44	11
	Liberal Democrats	Michael John Sole	1,788	37	9
	Labour	Jean Elizabeth Butcher	655	13	0
	Green	Frankie-Rose Taylor	285	6	1
Majority			363	7	2
Turnout			4,879	40	9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Cook	2,399	55	40
	Labour	Jon Beer	893	20	12
	UKIP	Nicholas Bond	580	13	4
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Margaret Anderson	506	12	9
Majority			1,506	35	n/a
Turnout			4,387	31	3
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Marsh	2,637	60	19
	Labour	Lynn Faux-Bowyer	769	18	1
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Dudley Wood	403	9	4
	UKIP	Mick O'Brien	391	9	22
	Green	Nathan James Geoffrey Tough	189	4	2
Majority			1,868	42	32
Turnout			4,389	29	2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Thomas	2,111	48	31
	Labour	Naomi Ruth Smith	757	17	6
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Northern	674	15	12
	UKIP	David Hirst	649	15	1
	Green	Sarah Stanton	178	4	0
Majority			1,354	31	30
Turnout			4,369	32	0
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing

Dartford East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Penny Cole	1,914	62	25
	Labour	Catherine Mary Stafford	696	22	13
	Liberal Democrats	Ashley MacTaggart	497	16	new
Majority			1,218	40	38
Turnout			3,007	23	3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Dartford West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jan Ozog	2,077	49	8
	Labour	Sacha Navindra Gosine	1,355	32	4
	UKIP	Jim Moore	442	10	19
	Liberal Democrats	Ashley Francis Edward Wassall	317	7	new
	BNP	Michael Godfrey Cope	36	1	new
Majority			722	17	5
Turnout			4,227	31	2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Swanscombe & Greenhithe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	Peter Harman	1,093	43	17
	Conservative	Keith Martin Kelly	634	25	1
	Labour	Claire Pearce	634	25	2
	UKIP	Linda Janet Moore	208	8	13
Majority			459	18	17
Turnout			2,569	24	3
	Residents hold		Swing

Dover North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Steve Manion	2,074	54	9
	Labour	Charles Francis Woodgate	1,173	30	6
	Green	Nick Fox	311	8	new
	UKIP	Tim Turner	303	8	new
Majority			901	24	15
Turnout			3,861	34	2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Dance	2,225	42	25
	Labour	Rachel Natalie Goodwin	1,736	33	22
	Liberal Democrats	David John Mummery	557	11	8
	UKIP	Richard Peter Riley	414	8	8
	Green	Alex Stevens	364	7	3
Majority			489	9	8
Turnout			5,296	36	4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dave Butler	1,611	42	6
	Labour	Tom Maddison	1,523	40	2
	UKIP	Ben Robert Fryer	442	12	6
	Green	Andrew Danny Blatchford	163	4	new
	BNP	Ronald David Ball	61	2	2
Majority			88	2	n/a
Turnout			3,800	28	2
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jeremy Kite, MBE	3,013	70	17
	Labour	Mandy Garford	680	16	2
	UKIP	Ivan Paul Burch	439	10	16
	Liberal Democrats	Edward Temple Waite	165	4	new
Majority			2,333	54	27
Turnout			4,297	33	6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ann Allen, MBE	2,610	63	14
	Labour	Joshua Jones	841	20	3
	UKIP	Roger Errol Doucy	497	12	12
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline Watkinson	195	5	new
Majority			1,769	43	18
Turnout			4,143	31	3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Trevor Antony Bond	3,969	47	28
	Conservative	Derek Murphy	3,544	42	23
	Labour	Mike Eddy	2,860	34	13
	Labour	Eileen Rowbotham	2,751	33	12
	Liberal Democrats	Will Darlington	779	9	5
	UKIP	Sylvia Angela Hanael	699	8	7
	Liberal Democrats	John Charles Trickey	610	7	3
	UKIP	Graham Francis Lane	497	6	9
	Green	John Lonsdale	491	6	new
	Independent	Christopher James David Tough	179	2	new
Majority			684	8	n/a
Turnout			8,434	35	1
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pauline Margaret Beresford	2,832	41	25
	Conservative	Nigel Collor	2,681	39	25
	Labour	Pam Brivio	2,436	35	12
	Labour	Gordon Cowan	1,989	29	8
	UKIP	Ben John Glayzer	979	14	4
	UKIP	Georgette Rapley	845	12	6
	Green	Beccy Sawbridge	443	6	new
	Liberal Democrats	Adrian John Briggs	394	6	3
	Liberal Democrats	Carolyn Rose Hughes	365	5	2
Majority			245	4	n/a
Turnout			6,877	27	24
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoff Lymer	2,589	61	23
	Labour	Miriam Wood	766	18	0
	UKIP	Peter John McDermott	421	10	26
	Liberal Democrats	Jim Caple	299	7	2
	Green	Sarah Gleave	182	4	new
Majority			1,823	43	41
Turnout			4,257	34	1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sue Chandler	2,868	61	16
	Labour	David Pestell	831	18	3
	Liberal Democrats	Wendy Ann Scott	442	9	1
	UKIP	Lesley Anne Ede	287	6	19
	Green	Aidan John Shanks	251	5	new
Majority			2,037	43	23
Turnout			4,684	36	2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rory Cassian Love	2,172	42	*n/a*
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Prater	1,217	24	n/a
	Green	Ross Carter	856	17	n/a
	Labour	Paul Richard Bingham	506	10	n/a
	UKIP	Neil Lawrence Jones	398	8	n/a
Majority			955	18	n/a
Turnout			5,147	36	n/a
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Susan Carey	2,706	54	10
	UKIP	Stephen Terence Priestley	639	13	21
	Green	Karen Jane White	616	12	new
	Liberal Democrats	Ross Clark	515	10	3
	Labour	Aaron Simon Roche	513	10	5
Majority			2,069	41	31
Turnout			4,989	36	1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dick Pascoe	1,153	36	*n/a*
	Labour	Arran Harvey	831	26	n/a
	UKIP	Mary Lawes	660	20	n/a
	Liberal Democrats	Lynne Beaumont	542	17	n/a
	Socialist (GB)	Max Lionel Hess	48	1	n/a
Majority			322	10	n/a
Turnout			3,234	25	n/a
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Drury Monk	1,834	44	*n/a*
	Labour	Laura Frances Davison	841	20	n/a
	Liberal Democrats	Gary Fuller	521	13	n/a
	UKIP	Stephen Jardine	412	10	n/a
	Green	Rebecca Tamsin Shoob	325	8	n/a
	Independent	Bryan Anthony Rylands	191	5	n/a
	Socialist (GB)	Andy Thomas	23	1	n/a
Majority			993	24	n/a
Turnout			4,150	31	n/a
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Martin Whybrow	2,234	41	*n/a*
	Conservative	David Lionel Godwin Owen	2,044	38	n/a
	UKIP	Ian Barry Meyers	493	9	n/a
	Labour	Christopher John Deane	340	6	n/a
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Matthews	515	5	n/a
Majority			190	3	n/a
Turnout			5,393	42	n/a
	Green hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Hills	2,218	42	3
	UKIP	Susie Govett	1,077	20	19
	Independent	David Wimble	1,061	20	n/a
	Labour	Nicola Helen Deane	361	7	6
	Liberal Democrats	Ted Last	335	6	2
	Green	Andrew John South	215	4	2
Majority			1,141	22	n/a
Turnout			5,268	36	4
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Diane Marsh	3,708	46	29
	Conservative	Alan Michael Ridgers	3,332	42	28
	Labour	Colin Caller	2,784	35	12
	Labour	Lyn Milner	2,730	34	12
	UKIP	Tina Brooker	1,182	15	0
	Green	Martin James Wilson	385	5	new
	Liberal Democrats	James Martin Willis	378	5	3
	Green	Marna Eilish Gilligan	310	4	new
	Liberal Democrats	Mason Cole	267	3	1
Majority			548	7	n/a
Turnout			7,987	26	3
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bryan Sweetland	3,975	71	8
	Labour	Doug Christie	740	13	6
	Liberal Democrats	John Richard Death	440	8	new
	UKIP	Ryan Andrew Waters	407	7	new
Majority			3,235	58	14
Turnout			5,562	36	5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tan Dhesi	3,786	44	16
	Labour	Lauren Sullivan	3,621	42	17
	Conservative	Conrad Broadley	3,390	39	24
	Conservative	Gary John Harding	3,149	36	24
	UKIP	David Shaun Beattie	883	10	5
	UKIP	Emmanuel Korede Feyisetan	649	7	8
	Liberal Democrats	Sharan Virk	386	4	new
	Green	Erin Claire Johnson	374	4	new
	Liberal Democrats	Mark John Powell Marsh	365	4	new
	Green	Ruiha Gayle Smalley	218	3	new
Majority			231	3	7
Turnout			8,682	30	3
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Dan Daley	3,540	42	22
	Liberal Democrats	Rob Bird	3,140	38	20
	Conservative	Alan Bartlett	2,746	33	22
	Conservative	Graham Alexander Jarvis	2,246	27	17
	Labour	Paul Harper	1,319	16	9
	UKIP	Pamela Elizabeth Watts	647	8	3
	Green	Stuart Robert Jeffery	470	6	2
	Green	Donna Louise Greenan	444	5	2
Majority			394	5	2
Turnout			8,367	30	2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Chittenden	2,232	50	8
	Conservative	Cheryl Janette Taylor Maggio	1,411	32	12
	Labour	Joanna Burns	332	7	2
	UKIP	Nick Goddard	310	7	17
	Green	Belinda Anne Bassett	148	3	2
Majority			821	18	0
Turnout			4,433	32	3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Shellina Prendergast	3,482	70	1
	UKIP	Mark John McGiffin	472	9	new
	Liberal Democrats	Paul John Wilby	458	9	4
	Labour	Malcolm McKay	397	8	6
	Green	Derek Roy Eagle	201	4	7
Majority			3,010	61	6
Turnout			5,010	36	6
	Conservative hold		Swing