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Folkestone and Hythe District Council elections

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Folkestone and Hythe District Council is the local authority for the Folkestone and Hythe District in Kent, England. The district was called Shepway prior to 2018. The council is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2015, 30 councillors have been elected from 13 wards.^[1]

By-election results

1999-2003

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Party in control		Years
	Conservative	1973–1987
	No overall control	1987–1991
	Liberal Democrats	1991–1995
	No overall control	1995–1999
	Conservative	1999–2003
	Liberal Democrats	2003–2004
	No overall control	2004–2007
	Conservative	2007–2019
	No overall control	2019–present

Councillor		From	To
Rory Love	Conservative	12 May 1999	14 May 2003
Linda Cufley^[4]	Liberal Democrats	14 May 2003	5 Aug 2004
Robert Bliss	Conservative	5 Aug 2004	15 May 2013
David Monk	Conservative	15 May 2013	7 May 2023
Jim Martin	Green	24 May 2023

Party		Votes	%
	Labour	593	47.9
	Conservative	429	34.7
	Liberal Democrats	215	17.4
Majority		164	13.2
Turnout		1,237	54.8
	Labour hold	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	278	42.2	+12.2
	Conservative	222	33.7	+5.1
	Liberal Democrats	158	24.0	-17.1
Majority		56	8.5
Turnout		658	20.8
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	387	43.0	+8.2
	Labour	273	30.4	-14.3
	Conservative	239	26.6	+6.1
Majority		114	12.6
Turnout		899	26.5
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour	Swing

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Folkestone and Hythe District Council elections

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1999-2003

2003-2007

2007-2011

2011-2015

2015-2019

2023-2027

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Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	480	51.9	-12.6
	Liberal Democrats	369	39.9	+17.0
	Labour	75	8.1	-4.5
Majority		111	12.0
Turnout		924	38.6
	Conservative hold	Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Gary George	424	36.3	+0.5
	Conservative	Dick Pascoe	407	34.8	+4.0
	Labour		339	29.0	-4.5
Majority			17	1.5
Turnout			1,170	32.7
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Smith	598	57.0	+57.0
	Conservative		451	43.0	-27.8
Majority			147	14.0
Turnout			1,049	34.7
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hugh Barker	358	61.5	+25.7
	Labour		224	38.5	+0.7
Majority			134	23.0
Turnout			582	19.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats		1,003	58.3	+14.8
	Conservative	Edwina Boyt	653	37.9	-5.6
	Labour		65	3.8	-9.3
Majority			350	20.4
Turnout			1,721	36.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Julie White	401	37.4	+17.4
	Conservative		365	34.0	-1.6
	Labour		262	24.4	+0.0
	UKIP		44	4.1	+4.1
Majority			36	3.4
Turnout			1,072	46.5
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Birchmore	550	48.1	+15.4
	Conservative	Derek Morgan	502	43.9	-9.5
	Labour	Albert Ryder	91	8.0	-5.9
Majority			48	4.2
Turnout			1,143	41.8
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Ashworth	349	50.6	-5.6
	Liberal Democrats	Sylvia Oiller	273	39.6	+15.3
	Labour	Adrian Cirket	68	9.9	-9.6
Majority			76	11.0
Turnout			690	40.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	575	52.5	+33.9
	Liberal Democrats	352	32.1	-30.9
	Labour	169	15.4	-3.0
Majority		223	20.4
Turnout		1,096	37.0
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats	Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Stephenson	560	66.2	+19.0
	Labour		175	20.7	-18.1
	Liberal Democrats		111	13.1	-0.8
Majority			385	45.5
Turnout			846	33.5
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Hythe West By-Election 4 June 2009^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Matthews	589	39.6	+22.1
	Conservative	Paul Peacock	483	32.5	-26.4
	UKIP	Barbara Johnson	255	17.2	+5.9
	BNP	Harry Williams	94	6.3	+6.3
	Shepway Independents	Colin Tearle	65	4.4	+4.4
Majority			106	7.1
Turnout			1,486	46.1
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Romney Marsh By-Election 4 June 2009^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Toby Clifton-Holt	430	58.7	-10.3
	Shepway Independents	Graham Snell	121	16.5	+16.5
	Liberal Democrats	Sally Matthews	114	15.6	-0.9
	Labour	Douglas Suckling	68	9.3	-5.3
Majority			309	42.2
Turnout			733	41.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

New Romney Coast By-Election 12 November 2009^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Shane Lawrence	452	51.4	+2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Wright	333	37.9	-12.9
	UKIP	Wendy Nevard	94	10.7	+10.7
Majority			119	13.5
Turnout			879	30.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lydd By-Election 10 February 2011^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Hills	591	49.3	-0.8
	Labour	Donald Russell	247	20.6	+20.6
	Liberal Democrats	Ted Last	184	15.3	-7.7
	Independent	Rochelle Saunders	177	14.8	+14.8
Majority			344	28.7
Turnout			1,199
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Philip Martin	409	53.4	+16.7
	Labour		237	30.9	+8.5
	Liberal Democrats		120	15.7	-21.8
Majority			172	22.5
Turnout			766	23.7
	Conservative gain from Green		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Lynne Beaumont	461	36.2	+12.2
	Conservative	Leo Griggs	320	25.1	-15.7
	People First Party	Patricia Copping	200	15.7	+1.5
	UKIP	Hod Birkby	153	12.0	+2.8
	Labour	Nicola Keen	111	8.7	+8.7
	Green	Derek Moran	29	2.3	+2.3
Majority			141	11.1
Turnout			1,274
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	David Callahan	287	27.9	+27.9
	Conservative	Rodica Wheeler	224	21.7	-17.4
	Liberal Democrats	Tom McNeice	198	19.2	+2.3
	Labour	Wendy Mitchell	196	19.0	-9.1
	Green	David Horton	96	9.3	+9.3
	TUSC	Seth Cruse	29	2.8	+2.8
Majority			63	6.1
Turnout			1,030
	UKIP gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Helen Barker	385	36.4	-18.8
	UKIP	Stephen Jardine	293	27.7	+27.7
	Liberal Democrats	Hugh Robertson-Ritchie	262	24.8	+3.4
	Green	Jasmine Heywood	61	5.8	+5.8
	Labour	Nicola Keen	57	5.4	-18.0
Majority			92	8.7
Turnout			1,058
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Russell Tillson	566	35.4	+6.4
	Labour	John Cramp	523	32.7	+21.7
	Independent	David Wimble	431	27.0	+27.0
	Liberal Democrats	Val Loseby	77	4.8	-3.7
Majority			43	2.7
Turnout			1,597
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Hills	375	24.2	-7.4
	Green	Malcolm Watkinson	332	21.4	+3.9
	Labour	Chrissie Cooper	295	19.0	-4.5
	Reform UK	Kim Wye	237	15.3	+15.3
	Independent	Paul Peacock	155	10.0	+10.0
	Independent	Dave Evans	62	4.0	+4.0
	Independent	Ian Meyers	51	3.3	-18.8
	No description	Dougie Young	31	2.0	-0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Matt Horrox	11	0.7	-7.2
Majority			43	2.8
Turnout			1,555	26.5	-7.9
	Conservative hold		Swing