2021_Kent_County_Council_election

2021 Kent County Council election
All 81 seats to Kent County Council; 41 seats needed for a majority
	Winner of each seat at the 2021 Kent County Council election
Council control before election; ; Conservative	Council control after election ; ; Conservative

2021 Kent County Council election

2021 UK local government election

Elections to Kent County Council were held on 6 May 2021, alongside other local elections.^[1]

Quick Facts All 81 seats to Kent County Council 41 seats needed for a majority, First party ...

81 councillors were elected from 71 electoral divisions.

Results by district

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2021 Kent County Council election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	81	62	4	9	5	76.3	49.1	217,904
	Labour	78	7	4	2	2	8.8	20.5	90,920
	Liberal Democrats	65	6	2	3	1	7.5	11.1	49,448
	Green	65	4	4	1	3	5.0	13.8	61,355
	Swale Independents	4	1	1	0	1	1.3	1.6	7,109
	Residents	2	1	0	0		1.3	0.5	2,155
	Independent	23	0	0	0		0.0	1.9	8,238
	Thanet Independents	2	0	0	0		0.0	0.4	1,861
	Reform UK	11	0	0	0		0.0	0.4	1,561
	Tunbridge Wells Alliance	1	0	0	0		0.0	0.3	1,337
	UKIP	5	0	0	0		0.0	0.2	927
	Foundation	1	0	0	0		0.0	0.1	561
	Workers Party	2	0	0	0		0.0	0.1	331
	Socialist (GB)	2	0	0	0		0.0	<0.1	144
	TUSC	1	0	0	0		0.0	<0.1	91
	Women's Equality	1	0	0	0		0.0	<0.1	78
	SDP	1	0	0	0		0.0	<0.1	23

	Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
Conservative	6	1	16,859	57.3	+2.2
Green	1	1	4,899	16.7	+10.9
Labour	0	1	5,140	17.5	+3.4
Liberal Democrat	0	1	2,240	7.6	–7.9
Independent	0		285	1.0	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Bartlett	2,144	55.8	–2.7
	Labour	Kate Leavey	920	24.0	+5.6
	Green	Liz Wright	535	13.9	+8.2
	Liberal Democrats	Valerie Mbali	242	6.3	–4.3
Majority			1,224	32	8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Steve Campkin	1,854	45	39
	Conservative	Graham Galpin	1,428	34	6
	Labour	Sojan Joseph	596	14	1
	Independent	Garry Harrison	149	4	6
	Liberal Democrats	Samuel Strolz	136	3	38
Majority			426	10	N/A
	Green gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Clair Bell	2,878	57	3
	Green	Geoffery Meaden	858	17	9
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline Knight	656	13	3
	Labour	Alan Dean	627	12	2
Majority			2,020	40	4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Robey	2,420	61	1
	Labour	Mark Silvester	560	14
	Green	Dawn Nilsson	463	12	8
	Liberal Democrats	Theresa Dickens	376	10	2
	Independent	Jason Smith	136	3	N/A
Majority			1,860	47	2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charlie Simkins	3,098	65	2
	Green	Hilary Jones	632	13	7
	Labour	Norma Smyth	612	13	3
	Liberal Democrats	Adrian Gee-Turner	391	8	5
	Libertarian	Andrew Lewin	51	1	N/A
Majority			2,466	52	2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dirk Ross	1,407	44	14
	Labour	Dara Farrell	1,319	41	9
	Green	Thom Pizzey	263	8	3
	Liberal Democrats	Hein Behrens	232	7	3
Majority			88	3	N/A
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Hill, OBE	3,484	69	2
	Green	Guy Pullen	663	13	8
	Labour	Emma MacLennan	506	10	4
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Grayling	366	7	2
Majority			2,821	56	6
	Conservative hold		Swing

	Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
Conservative	5	2	17,221	43.8	–1.4
Labour	2	2	11,348	28.8	+7.5
Liberal Democrat	1		6,188	15.7	–4.8
Green	0		4,327	11.0	+5.3
Independent	0		263	0.7	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Alister Brady	1,951	43	17
	Conservative	Naziyat Khan	1,077	24	12
	Liberal Democrats	Alex Lister	997	22	2
	Green	Henry Stanton	477	11	1
Majority			874	19	N/A
	Labour Co-op gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Mel Dawkins	2,095	41	17
	Conservative	Sergiu Barna	1,374	27	3
	Liberal Democrats	Ida Linfield	1,109	22	19
	Green	Patricia Marsh	527	10	3
Majority			721	14	N/A
	Labour Co-op gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Thomas	2,402	53	2
	Labour	Paul Prentice	1,002	22	6
	Liberal Democrats	Alex Ricketts	602	13	3
	Green	Anna Peckham	509	11	5
Majority			1,621	31	8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Sole	2,457	46	9
	Conservative	Michael Northey	1,966	37	8
	Labour	Connie Nolan	961	18	5
Majority			491	9	N/A
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dan Watkins	2,366	54	1
	Labour	Simon Warley	936	21	1
	Green	Brian Shelley	635	15	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	John Bowley	249	6	6
	Independent	Graeme Sergeant	177	4	N/A
Majority			1,430	33	2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Herne Village and Sturry
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Marsh	2,911	60
	Labour	Jean Butcher	1,015	21	3
	Green	Andy Harvey	640	13	7
	Liberal Democrats	Gwilym Maltby	259	5	4
Majority			1,896	39	3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Whitstable East and Herne Bay West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Neil Baker	2,703	54	6
	Labour	Dan Allen	1,162	23	5
	Green	Keith Bothwell	804	16	8
	Liberal Democrats	James Flanagan	342	7	8
Majority			1,541	31
	Conservative hold		Swing

Dartford North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kelly Jane Grehan	1,872	44	4
	Conservative	Peter Whapshott	1,763	41	1
	Green	Laura Edie	559	13	9
	Reform UK	Barry Taylor	106	2	N/A
Majority			109	3	N/A
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Swanscombe and Greenhithe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	Peter Harman	1,421	40	3
	Labour	Sacha Gosine	1,130	32	7
	Conservative	Danny Nicklen	911	26	1
	Reform UK	David Martin-Garcia	55	2	N/A
Majority			291	8	10
	Residents hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Dance	2,422	43	1
	Labour	Naomi Smith	2,236	40	7
	Green	Nicole David	735	13	6
	Liberal Democrats	Yvonne Hawkins	173	3	8
	Independent	Joseph Egerton	86	2	N/A
Majority			186	3	6
	Conservative hold		Swing

	Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
Conservative	4	1	12,211	52.9	–0.7
Labour	1	1	7,101	30.8	+4.9
Residents	1		2,155	9.3	+4.4
Green	0		1,157	5.0	+4.3
Reform UK	0		460	2.0	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Penny Cole	1,729	50	12
	Labour	Claire Pearce	1,015	29	7
	Residents	Katie Lynch	734	21	N/A
Majority			714	21	19
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jeremy Kite	3,172	74	4
	Labour	Joshua Grills	694	16
	Green	Mark Lindop	284	7	N/A
	Reform UK	Howard Bostridge	133	3	N/A
Majority			2,478	58	4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jan Ozog	2,649	60	11
	Labour	Lucy Robinson	1,565	36	4
	Reform UK	Gary Rogers	166	4	N/A
Majority			1,084	24	7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ann Allen	1,987	72	9
	Labour	Maria Perry	825	20
	Green	Deborah Edge	314	8	N/A
Majority			1,562	52	9
	Conservative hold		Swing

	Seats	Votes	%	+/-
Conservative	7	20,540	50.6	+1.8
Labour	0	11,834	29.1	–1.3
Green	0	4,216	10.4	+6.4
Liberal Democrats	0	2,084	5.1	–1.8
Independent	0	1,609	4.0	+3.6
Workers Party	0	331	0.8	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Trevor Bond	3,964	47
	Conservative	Derek Murphy	3,693	44	2
	Labour	Eileen Rowbotham	2,793	33
	Labour	Edward Biggs	2,407	29	5
	Green	Mike Eddy	1,604	19	13
	Liberal Democrats	Penelope James	462	5	4
	Liberal Democrats	John Gosling	377	4	3
	Independent	Chris Tough	341	4	2
	Independent	Bobby Falaise	269	3	N/A
	Workers Party	Christopher Tasker	70	1	N/A
Majority			900	11	3
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Manion	2,138	52	2
	Labour	Charles Woodgate	1,076	26	4
	Green	Sarah Waite-Gleave	747	18	10
	Liberal Democrats	Annabel Stogdon	168	4	N/A
Majority			1,062	26	2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Collor	2,987	43.7	+8.2
	Conservative	Oliver Richardson	2,287	39.7	–1.7
	Labour	Dom Howden	1,935	33.6	–4.0
	Labour	Charlotte Zosseder	1,867	30.7	+1.7
	Green	Beccy Sawbridge	924	16.1	+9.3
	Independent	Graham Wanstall	583	10.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Roben Franklin	367	6.4	+0.3
	Liberal Democrats	Luke Lyden	298	5.2	–0.4
	Workers Party	David Kerr	261	4.5	N/A
Majority			352	6	2
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

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Summary

Election result

Results by district

Ashford

District summary

District results

Canterbury

District summary

District results

Dartford

District summary

District results

Dover

District summary

District results

Folkestone and Hythe

District summary

District results

Gravesham

District summary

District results

Maidstone

District summary

District results

Sevenoaks

District summary

District results

Swale

District summary

District results

Thanet

District summary

District results

Tonbridge and Malling

District summary

District results

Tunbridge Wells

District summary

District results

By-elections

Wilmington

Hythe West

Sheppey

Maidstone Central

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Beaney	2,663	62	1
	Labour	Pamela Brivio	1,007	23	5
	Green	Nicolas Shread	433	10	6
	Liberal Democrats	Rick Blackwell	193	4	3
Majority			1,670	39	4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sue Chandler	2,808	60	1
	Labour	Barney Sadler	749	16	2
	Green	Abigail Stroud	508	11	6
	Independent	Paul Carter	416	9	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Vernon Recas	219	5	4
Majority			2,059	44	1
	Conservative hold		Swing

	Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
Conservative	5		12,920	47.1	+4.4
Labour	1	1	5,465	19.9	+8.0
Green	0	1	3,935	14.3	–0.6
Liberal Democrats	0		3,024	11.0	–1.8
Foundation	0		561	2.0	N/A
UKIP	0		498	1.8	–11.1
Independent	0		485	1.8	–2.6
Reform UK	0		309	1.1	N/A
Socialist (GB)	0		144	0.5	+0.3
TUSC	0		81	0.3	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rory Love	2,143	41.6	-0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Prater	2,122	41.2	+17.6
	Labour	Paul Bingham	792	15.4	-1.2
	TUSC	Eric Segal	91	1.8	N/A
Majority			21	0.4
Turnout			5,148	34.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	9.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Susan Carey	1,809	50.1	-4.2
	Green	Douglas Wade	1,335	37.0	+24.6
	Labour	Robin Potter	247	6.8	-3.4
	Independent	Andrew Russell	221	6.1	N/A
Majority			474	13.1	27.9
Turnout			3,620	25.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jackie Meade	1,324	38.2	+12.5
	Conservative	Dick Pascoe	1,132	32.7	-3.0
	Foundation	Mary Lawes	561	16.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Harry Scott-Sansom	361	10.4	-6.4
	Socialist (GB)	Max Hess	89	2.6	+1.1
Majority			192	5.5
Turnout			3,467	25.7
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	7.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dylan Jeffrey	2,105	43.1	-1.1
	Labour	Laura Davison	1,792	36.7	+16.4
	Liberal Democrats	Alison Pemberton	541	11.1	-1.5
	Independent	Diane Priestley	264	5.4	N/A
	Reform UK	David Smith	127	2.6	N/A
	Socialist (GB)	Andy Thomas	55	1.1	+0.5
Majority			313	6.4
Turnout			4,884	33.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	8.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andy Weatherhead	2,592	49.1	+11.2
	Green	Georgina Treloar	1,997	37.8	-3.6
	Labour	Anthony Goode	499	9.5	+3.2
	UKIP	Len Laws	189	3.6	-5.5
Majority			595	11.3
Turnout			5,277	39.9
	Conservative gain from Green		Swing	7.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Hills	3,139	62.2	+20.1
	Labour	Tony Cooper	811	16.1	+9.2
	Green	Malcolm Watkinson	603	12.0	+7.9
	UKIP	Ian Meyers	309	6.1	-14.3
	Reform UK	Eric Elliott	182	3.6	N/A
Majority			2,328	46.1
Turnout			5,044	33.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	5.5

	Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
Conservative	4	1	18,793	51.2	+4.3
Labour	1	1	14,006	38.1	+1.6
Liberal Democrats	0		2,033	5.5	+0.6
Green	0		1,895	5.2	+1.8