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Dartford Borough Council elections

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Dartford Borough Council is the local authority for the Borough of Dartford in Kent, England. The council is elected every four years.

By-election results

2011-2015

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The by-election was held following the resignation of Conservative Cllr Gary Reynolds.

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The by-election resulted from the death of Swanscombe and Greenhithe Residents Association Cllr Leslie Bobby.

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The by-election was held following the resignation of Labour Cllr John Adams.^[15]

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The by-election was held following the death of Conservative Cllr Nancy Wightman.^[17]

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The by-election was held following the death of Labour Cllr John Muckle.^[19]

2019-2023

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The by-election was held following the resignation of Conservative Cllr Ian Armitt.^[21]

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The by-election was held following the resignation of Conservative Cllr Calvin McLean.^[23]

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The by-election was held following the death of Conservative Cllr Ann Allen.^[25]

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The by-election was held following the resignation of Conservative Cllr Lucas Reynolds.^[27]

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The by-election was held following the resignation of Conservative Cllr Ellenor Palmer.

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Calvin McLean [@calvinmclean] (9 March 2021). "1/2 After 6 years as a councillor at Dartford I stand down tomorrow to take up a politically restricted post at a London local authority. I will really miss being a councillor but will be keeping a close eye on all the goings on,even if I am not able to participate in the banter" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

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Party in control		Years
	Labour	1973–1983
	Conservative	1983–1995
	Labour	1995–2003
	No overall control	2003–2007
	Conservative	2007–present

Councillor		From	To
John Muckle^[3]	Labour	1998	21 May 2003
Kenneth Leadbeater^[4]	Conservative	21 May 2003	20 Feb 2006
Jeremy Kite	Conservative	27 Feb 2006

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Residents Association	245	54.8	+54.8
	Labour	165	36.9	+7.3
	Independent Labour	20	4.5	-43.8
	Independent Democrat	17	3.8	+3.8
Majority		80	17.9
Turnout		447	19.0
	Residents gain from Independent Labour	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	410	45.4	+9.5
	Residents Association	314	34.8	+34.8
	Labour	179	19.8	-3.5
Majority		96	10.6
Turnout		903	23.0
	Conservative hold	Swing

Party		Votes	%
	Conservative	407	29.1
	Conservative	403	28.8
	Labour	237	16.9
	Labour	232	16.6
	Liberal Democrats	122	8.7
Turnout		1,401	28.0
	Conservative hold	Swing

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Dartford Borough Council elections

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2003-2007

2011-2015

2019-2023

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Francis	794	48.4	+3.4
	Conservative	Shiela East	521	31.8	+31.8
	Independent	Wayne Cunningham	326	19.9	+19.9
Majority			273	16.6
Turnout			1,641
	Labour gain from Residents		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Matthew Bryant	375	73.4	+0.5
	Conservative	Shirley Burton	77	15.1	-0.3
	UKIP	Mark Croucher	59	11.5	+11.5
Majority			298	58.3
Turnout			511	19.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Martin	617	53.7	-8.2
	Labour	Stephen de Winton	533	46.3	+8.2
Majority			84	7.4
Turnout			1,150	36.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jeremy Kite	1,417	22.0
	Conservative	(Robert) Alexander Dunn	1,393	21.6
	Conservative	Albert Bassam	1,383	21.5
	Independent	(Mary) Noreen Salway	715	11.1
	Independent	Frederick Grainger	402	6.3
	Independent	Anthony Mack	364	5.7
	Labour	Alistair Jordan	326	5.1
	Liberal Democrats	Sonia Keane	168	2.6
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Reeves	143	2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Mathias Toth	124	1.9
Turnout			6,435	45.6
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Andrew Lloyd	637	35.1
	Labour	Patrick Kelly	518	28.6
	BNP	Kevin Saunders	240	13.2
	UKIP	Robert Wiltshire	179	9.9
	English Democrat	Steven Uncles	174	9.6
	Green	Stuart Jeffery	65	3.6
Majority			119	6.5
Turnout			1,818	37.95
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patrick Kelly	592	50.2	+9.8
	Conservative	Jean Shippam	348	29.5	+5.2
	English Democrat	Mike Tibby	198	16.8	-4.9
	Liberal Democrats	Amanda Martin	22	1.9	+1.9
	UKIP	Arnold Tarling	19	1.6	-12.1
Majority			244	20.7
Turnout			1,179	27.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Paul Cutler	191	43.02
	Labour	Hayley Louisa Reece	111	25.00
	UKIP	Stephen Wilders	60	13.51
	Swanscombe and Greenhithe Residents Association	Vic Openshaw	50	11.26
	English Democrat	Frances Elizabeth Moore	32	7.21
Majority			80
Turnout			444	26.86
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	David John Baker	536	45.42
	Conservative	Rosanna Marina Currans	376	31.86
	UKIP	Ivan Paul Burch	268	22.71
Majority			160
Turnout			1180	23.01
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Steve Jacqueline Doran	274	29.43
	Swanscombe and Greenhithe Residents Association	Vic Openshaw	273	29.32
	UKIP	Stephen Wilders	200	21.48
	Independent	Richard John Lees	146	15.68
	Conservative	Steven Ronald Jarnell	38	4.08
Majority			1
Turnout			931	17.56
	Labour gain from Residents		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Catherine Stafford	426	37.7	-3.8
	Conservative	Stephanie Thredgle	397	35.1	-11.0
	UKIP	Jim Moore	307	27.2	+27.2
Majority			29	2.6
Turnout			1,130
	Labour hold		Swing

Littlebrook By-Election, 13 November 2014^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Daisy Page	358	47.7	-7.1
	UKIP	Sonia Keane	220	29.3	+29.3
	Conservative	Calvin McLean	172	22.9	-1.1
Majority			138	18.4
Turnout			750
	Labour hold		Swing

Darenth By-Election, 6 May 2021^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Maria Kelly	252	49.9	+2.6
	Labour	Bill Cook	218	43.2	+11.6
	Reform UK	Howard Bostridge	35	6.9	+6.9
Majority			34	6.7
Turnout			505
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wilmington, Sutton-at-Hone and Hawley By-Election, 6 May 2021^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ellenor Palmer	1,465	73.3	+22.4
	Labour	Maria Perry	445	22.3	+8.8
	Reform UK	Barry Taylor	88	4.4	+4.4
Majority			1,020	51.1
Turnout			1,998
	Conservative hold		Swing

Maypole and Leyton Cross By-Election, 27 January 2022^[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kyle Stealey	334	63.1	-21.1
	Green	Julian Hood	76	14.4	+14.4
	Labour	Leah Uwaibi	65	12.3	-3.5
	Liberal Democrats	Kyle Marsh	54	10.2	+10.2
Majority			258	48.8
Turnout			529
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rosanna Currans	579	42.0	-10.8
	Labour	Mark Maddison	482	35.0	-0.7
	UKIP	Shan-E-Din Choycha	316	22.9	+22.9
Majority			97	7.0
Turnout			1,377
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Holt	996	67.8	+16.9
	Labour	Maria Perry	272	18.5	+5.0
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Hatzimasouras	200	13.6	+13.6
Majority			724	49.3
Turnout			1,468
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eddy Lampkin	808	69.0	-4.3
	Labour	Jonathan Wynne	285	24.3	+2.0
	Green	Julian Hood	78	6.7	+6.7
Majority			523	44.7
Turnout			1,171
	Conservative hold		Swing