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Kent County Council elections are held every four years to elect Kent County Council in England. Since the last boundary changes in 2019 the council has comprised 81 councillors representing 72 electoral divisions, with each division electing one or two councillors.^[1]

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2009-2013

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

Party		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

Party		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

Party		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

Party		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

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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	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Chittenden	1,620	56.2	+12.5
	Conservative	Vanessa Jones	831	28.8	-1.3
	Green	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

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

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gordon Cowan	1,491	43.7	+14.3
	Conservative	Patrick Sherratt	1,348	39.5	-4.3
	UKIP	Victor Matcham	404	11.8	+11.8
	Liberal Democrats	John Trickey	170	5.0	-21.8
Majority			143	4.2
Turnout			3,413
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alice Hohler	3,229	56.6	+9.3
	Labour	Emily Williams	1,216	21.3	+11.9
	Liberal Democrats	Garry Bridge	561	9.8	-5.9
	Green	Hazel Dawe	366	6.4	-3.8
	UKIP	David Waller	337	5.9	-6.8
Majority			2,013	35.3
Turnout			5,709
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Carole Waters	2,222	54.1	+7.6
	Labour	Doug Suckling	748	18.2	+11.5
	Liberal Democrats	Val Loseby	479	11.7	-1.3
	UKIP	David Cammegh	420	10.2	-13.3
	Independent	Rochelle Saunders	238	5.8	+5.8
Majority			1,474	35.9
Turnout			4,107
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Tansley	1,171	32.3	-17.0
	Liberal Democrats	David Neve	1,022	28.2	-3.6
	UKIP	Christopher Hoare	1,000	27.6	+15.4
	Labour	Ian Carvell	321	8.9	+2.2
	Green	Hazel Dawe	109	3.0	+3.0
Majority			149	4.1
Turnout			3,623
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Bird	2,169	40.1	-5.7
	Conservative	Paul Butcher	1,301	24.1	-1.6
	Labour	Paul Harper	943	17.4	+11.2
	UKIP	John Stanford	510	9.4	-3.7
	Green	Stuart Jeffery	393	7.3	-2.0
	English Democrat	Michael Walters	83	1.6	+1.6
Majority			868	16.1
Turnout			5,405
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bryan Sweetland	1,780	61.3	+1.3
	UKIP	Geoffrey Clark	634	21.8	+21.8
	Labour	Douglas Christie	397	13.7	+4.2
	Liberal Democrats	Gill McGill	91	3.1	-6.0
Majority			1,146	39.5
Turnout			2,902
	Conservative hold		Swing

Romney Marsh By-Election 7 May 2015^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Carole Waters	4,913	43.8	+5.2
	UKIP	Susanna Govett	3,903	34.8	-4.2
	Labour	Arran Harvey	1,342	12.0	-0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Valerie Loseby	626	5.6	+1.5
	Green	Andrew South	435	3.9	-1.7
Majority			1,010	9.0
Turnout			11,219
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing

Gravesham East By-Election 18 August 2016^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Diane Marsh	1,758	36.0	+8.4
	Labour	Lyn Milner	1,538	31.5	-4.7
	UKIP	Tina Brooker	1,272	26.0	+2.8
	Green	Martin Wilson	209	4.3	+4.3
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Marsh	110	2.3	-1.5
Majority			220	4.5
Turnout			4,887
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Birchington and Rural By-Election 11 January 2018^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Liz Hurst	2,534	56.6	+6.1
	Labour	Pauline Farrance	856	19.1	+2.9
	Liberal Democrats	Angie Curwen	561	12.5	+0.5
	UKIP	Zita Wiltshire	357	8.0	-7.8
	Green	Natasha Ransom	169	3.8	-1.8
Majority			1,678	37.5
Turnout			4,477
	Conservative hold		Swing

Canterbury North By-Election 15 November 2018^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Thomas	1,355	42.3	-12.4
	Liberal Democrats	Alex Lister	756	23.6	+7.1
	Labour	Ben Hickman	660	20.6	+4.1
	Green	Henry Stanton	157	4.9	-1.9
	Independent	Joe Egerton	155	4.8	+4.8
	UKIP	Joe Simons	120	3.7	-2.0
Majority			599	18.7
Turnout			3,203
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Horwood	717	32.4	-8.7
	UKIP	James Halford	615	27.8	+7.9
	Labour	Angela George	518	23.4	-8.9
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Woodbridge	362	16.4	+16.4
Majority			102	4.6
Turnout			2,212
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Burden	3,713	43.5	+0.6
	Conservative	Jordan Meade	2,404	28.1	-10.3
	UKIP	Emmanuel Feyisetan	1,469	17.2	+7.2
	Green	Marna Gilligan	624	7.3	+3.1
	Liberal Democrats	Ukonu Obasi	333	3.9	-0.5
Majority			1,309	15.3
Turnout			8,543
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Swale Independents	Jason Clinch	1,496	35.7	+35.7
	Labour	Tony Winckless	1,341	32.0	+0.2
	Conservative	Sarah Aldridge	1,064	25.4	-15.2
	Liberal Democrats	Alexander Stennings	284	6.8	-2.0
Majority			155	3.7
Turnout			4,185
	Swale Ind. gain from Conservative

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Av Sandhu	1,787	57.9	-14.5
	Labour	Darren Povey	613	19.9	-0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Amanda Capell	487	15.8	+15.8
	Green	Julian Hood	200	6.5	-1.1
Majority			1,174	38.0
Turnout			3,087
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Jenni Hawkins	1,568	43.8	+6.0
	Conservative	John Gabris	1,081	30.2	-18.9
	Labour	Tony Cooper	384	10.7	+1.3
	Independent	Ian Meyers	306	8.6
	Independent	Andy Weatherhead	237	6.6
Majority			487	13.6
Turnout			3,576
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Whiting	2,318	33.3	-17.7
	Swale Ind.	Elliott Jayes	2,258	32.5	+14.2
	Labour	Peter Apps	1,896	27.3	+10.7
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Brinklow	481	6.9	+3.2
Majority			60	0.9
Turnout			6,953
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Passmore	1,860	28.5	-1.6
	Green	Stuart Jeffery	1,849	28.4	+13.9
	Conservative	Stanley Forecast	1,564	24.0	-12.4
	Labour	David Collier	914	14.0	-5.0
	Reform UK	Graham Jarvis	278	4.3	+4.3
	Independent	Yolande Kenward	56	0.9	+0.9
Majority			11	0.2
Turnout			6,521
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing