2021 Kent County Council election

2021 Kent County Council election
	2 May 2021
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

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

81 councillors were elected from 71 electoral divisions.

Summary

Election result

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 Ind.	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

Results by district

District summary

	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

District results

Ashford Central[2]
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

Ashford East
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

Ashford Rural East
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

Ashford Rural South
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

Ashford Rural West
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

Ashford South
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

Tenterden
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

District summary

	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

District results

Canterbury City North
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

Canterbury City South
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

Canterbury North
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

Canterbury South
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

Herne Bay East
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

Whitstable West
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

District summary

	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

District results

Dartford East
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

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

Dartford Rural
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

Dartford West
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

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

Wilmington
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

District summary

	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

District results

Deal and Walmer
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

Dover North
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

Dover Town
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

Dover West
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

Sandwich
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

District summary

	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

District results

Cheriton, Sandgate and Hythe East
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

Elham Valley
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

The election in Elham Valley was deferred to 17 June 2021 due to the death of a candidate after the close of nominations.

Folkestone East
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

Folkestone West
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

Hythe West
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

Romney Marsh
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

District summary

	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

District results

Gravesend East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jordan Meade	4,272	50	4
	Conservative	Alan Ridgers	3,813	44	2
	Labour	Emma Morley	3,335	39	4
	Labour	Tony Rana	2,993	35	1
	Green	Martin Wilson	687	8	3
	Liberal Democrats	Ukonu Obasi	391	5
	Liberal Democrats	Kieran Wright	376	4	1
Majority			478	5	2
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Gravesham Rural
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bryan Sweetland	3,696	67	4
	Labour	Daniel Baber	814	15	2
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Banks	625	11	3
	Green	Susan Hodge	375	7	N/A
Majority			2,882	52	6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Northfleet and Gravesend West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Conrad Broadley	3,609	43	4
	Labour	Lauren Sullivan	3,461	41	1
	Labour	John Burden	3,403	40	4
	Conservative	Gary Harding	3,403	40	4
	Green	Richard Bayfield	833	10	6
	Liberal Democrats	Sharan Virk	641	8	4
Majority			58	1	N/A
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

District summary

	Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
Conservative	7	1	24,293	48.1	+0.2
Liberal Democrats	2	1	10,150	20.1	–11.1
Labour	0		7,570	15.0	+6.1
Green	0		6,340	12.6	+7.8
Independent	0		1,903	3.8	+3.5
Reform UK	0		250	0.5	N/A

District results

Maidstone Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tom Cannon	3,484	40.5	+2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Dan Daley	2,880	33.5	–15.2
	Conservative	John Perry	2,562	29.8	–1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Passmore	2,207	25.7	–17.5
	Labour	Patrick Coates	1,817	21.1	+3.0
	Labour	Paul Harper	1,748	20.3	N/A
	Green	Donna Greenan	1,389	16.2	+9.7
	Green	Stuart Jeffery	1,098	12.8	+6.7
Majority			318	4	N/A
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
	Liberal Democrats hold

Maidstone North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Chittenden	1,793	39	11
	Conservative	Scott Hahnefeld	1,678	37	5
	Labour	John Randall	584	13	6
	Green	Kimberley Milham	517	11	8
Majority			115	2	16
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Maidstone Rural East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Shellina Prendergast	3,884	65	5
	Green	Susan Parr	1,073	18	14
	Labour	Marlyn Randall	515	9	1
	Liberal Democrats	Hannah Perkin	332	6	3
	Reform UK	Twiz Stripp	144	2	N/A
Majority			2,811	47	14
	Conservative hold		Swing

Maidstone Rural North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Carter	3,441	67	1
	Labour	Jo Burns	721	14	4
	Green	Ian McDonald	574	11	7
	Liberal Democrats	Sam Burrows	387	8	3
Majority			2,720	53	2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Maidstone Rural South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lottie Parfitt-Reid	2,495	46	22
	Independent	Eric Hotson	1,711	31	37
	Green	Steven Cheeseman	659	12	4
	Labour	Bob Millar	483	9
	Reform UK	Justin Randall	106	2
Majority			784	15	39
	Conservative hold		Swing

Maidstone Rural West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Webb	2,985	60	11
	Liberal Democrats	Ashleigh Kimmance	740	15	21
	Green	Mike Summersgill	738	15	12
	Labour	Richard Coates	509	10	5
Majority			2,245	45	32
	Conservative hold		Swing

Maidstone South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Cooper	1,770	42
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Clark	1,460	35
	Labour	Kim Roberts	461	11	3
	Green	Stephen Muggeridge	292	7	5
	Independent	Gary Butler	104	2	1
	Independent	Yolande Kenward	88	2
Majority			310	7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Maidstone South East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gary Cooke	1,994	65	13
	Labour	Dan Wilkinson	732	24	7
	Liberal Democrats	David Naghi	351	11	2
Majority			1,262	41	8
	Conservative hold		Swing

District summary

	Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
Conservative	5	1	17,662	56.3	–6.8
Liberal Democrats	1	1	5,468	17.4	+1.6
Green	0		4,318	13.8	+8.0
Labour	0		3,105	9.9	–1.2
Independent	0		837	2.7	+2.4

District results

Sevenoaks North and Darent Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Gough	3,491	64
	Green	Michael Barker	691	13	4
	Labour	David Griffiths	625	12	2
	Liberal Democrats	Tristan Ward	619	11	2
Majority			2,800	51	3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sevenoaks Rural North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Brazier	2,887	59	19
	Green	Laura Manston	1,632	33	21
	Labour	Ian Rashbrook	372	8	2
Majority			1,255	26	40
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sevenoaks Rural South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Margot McArthur	2,845	61	2
	Green	Hill Harris	638	14	8
	Liberal Democrats	Flora Nedelcu	599	13	7
	Labour	Neil Proudfoot	549	12	4
Majority			2,207	47	4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sevenoaks Town
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Streatfeild	2,919	46	6
	Conservative	Margaret Crabtree	2,740	43	5
	Green	Paul Wharton	497	6	N/A
	Labour	Jackie Griffiths	293	5	2
Majority			179	3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Sevenoaks West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nick Chard	3,224	59	4
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Mackay	1,135	21	6
	Green	Richard Cobbold	653	12	6
	Labour	Helen Fiorini	493	9
Majority			2,089	38	10
	Conservative hold		Swing

Swanley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Perry Cole	2,475	55	10
	Independent	Tony Searles	837	19	N/A
	Labour	Karimah Kelly	773	17	7
	Green	Philip Levy	207	5	2
	Liberal Democrats	Jon Alexander	196	4	2
Majority			1,638	36	5
	Conservative hold		Swing

District summary

	Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
Conservative	4	2	18,424	46.4	+2.9
Swale Ind.	1	1	7,109	17.9	N/A
Green	1	1	4,944	12.5	+8.7
Liberal Democrats	1		3,686	9.3	–1.6
Labour	0		4,831	12.2	–9.3
Independent	0		442	1.1	–0.8
Reform UK	0		252	0.6	N/A

District results

Faversham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Antony Hook	2,775	45	2
	Conservative	Andy Culham	1,907	31	4
	Labour	Andrew Birkin	1,099	18	4
	Independent	Benjamin Martin	442	7	N/A
Majority			868	14	6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Sheppey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Cameron Beart	4,680	62	20
	Conservative	Andy Booth	3,464	46	3
	Swale Ind.	Elliott Jayes	1,679	22	14
	Labour	Angela Harrison	1,526	20	5
	Green	Catherine Whittle	703	9	4
	Green	Sam Collins	647	9	6
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Brinklow	337	5	3
	Reform UK	Mini Nissanga	252	3	11
	Liberal Democrats	Ben Martin	203	3	N/A
Majority			1,216	24	7
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sittingbourne North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Dendor	1,695	42	1
	Labour	Steve Davey	1,021	25	7
	Swale Ind.	James Hall	912	23	N/A
	Green	Hannah Temple	218	5	3
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Zeng	164	4	5
Majority			674	17	8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sittingbourne South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Wright	1,868	40	2
	Swale Ind.	Richard Palmer	1,500	32	N/A
	Labour Co-op	Lola Oyewusi	765	16	25
	Green	David Walton	309	7	5
	Liberal Democrats	Alexander Stennings	207	4
Majority			368	8	7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Swale East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Rich Lehmann	3,067	52	44
	Conservative	Charlotte Whitney-Brown	2,443	41	13
	Labour Co-op	Frances Rehal	420	7	6
Majority			624	11	N/A
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing

Swale West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Swale Ind.	Mike Baldock	3,018	56	16
	Conservative	Mike Whiting	2,367	44	1
Majority			651	12	N/A
	Swale Ind. gain from Conservative		Swing

District summary

	Seats	Votes	%	+/-
Conservative	5	19,994	45.5	–0.3
Labour	2	10,797	24.6	–1.3
Green	0	8,558	19.5	+17.5
Thanet Independent	0	1,861	4.2	N/A
Liberal Democrats	0	1,771	4.0	–3.7
Independent	0	652	1.5	–1.5
Reform UK	0	216	0.5	N/A
Women's Equality	0	78	0.2	N/A
SDP	0	23	0.1	N/A

District results

Birchington and Rural
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Linda Ann Wright	4,013	50	4
	Conservative	Derek Crow-Brown	3,846	48	1
	Labour	Rob Yates	1,606	20	3
	Thanet Ind.	Bertie James Braidwood	1,525	19	N/A
	Green	Abi Smith	1,483	18	12
	Green	Rob Edwards	971	12	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Martyn Pennington	476	6	4
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy Ian de Rose	354	4	9
	Reform UK	Edwin Handford	216	3	N/A
Majority			2,240	28	4
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Broadstairs
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rosalind Binks	2,695	51	7
	Labour	Aram Ahmed Rawf	1,549	29	8
	Green	Mike Garner	905	17	13
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Stone	176	3	4
Majority				22
	Conservative hold		Swing	7

Cliftonville
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lesley Game	2,468	57	2
	Labour	Helen Whitehead	1,134	26	6
	Green	Michelle Thomas	445	10	7
	Liberal Democrats	George Metcalfe	148	3	2
	Women's Equality	Kanndiss Riley	78	2	N/A
	SDP	Josh Sims	23	1	N/A
Majority			1,334	31	4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Margate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barry Lewis	1,376	42	2
	Conservative	Ash Ashbee	1,292	40	2
	Green	Sue Rees	423	13	8
	Liberal Democrats	John Finnegan	178	5	1
Majority			84	2
	Labour hold		Swing

Ramsgate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Trevor Shonk	3,157	34.9	+3.2
	Labour	Karen Constantine	2,864	34.6	–0.6
	Green	Becky Wing	2,576	31.1	N/A
	Conservative	Christian Burwash	2,523	30.5	–1.9
	Labour	Mark Hopkinson	2,268	27.4	–7.2
	Green	Katie Gerrard	1,755	21.2	N/A
	Independent	Grahame Birchall	404	4.9	N/A
	Thanet Ind.	George Rusiecki	336	4.1	N/A
	Independent	Paul Messenger	248	3.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Gail Banks	239	2.9	–2.4
	Liberal Democrats	David Banks	200	2.4	–2.8
Majority			288	4	4
	Conservative hold
	Labour hold

District summary

	Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
Conservative	4	2	23,355	49.3	–8.7
Green	2	2	13,584	28.7	+20.8
Liberal Democrats	1		5,063	10.7	–7.8
Labour	0		3,920	8.3	–2.3
Independent	0		1,441	3.0	N/A

District results

Malling Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Trudy Dean	2,979	68	11
	Conservative	David Thompson	1,182	27	7
	Labour	Sarah Palmer	197	4	1
	Labour	Rizwana Shelley	45	1	4
Majority			1,797	41	18
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Malling North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sarah Hohler	2,757	64	2
	Labour	Wayne Mallard	875	20
	Liberal Democrats	Nick Stapleton	693	16	5
Majority			1,882	44	1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Malling North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Kennedy	3,807	73	4
	Labour	Thomas Shelley	587	11	2
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy Bishop	460	9	4
	Green	Archie Mitchell	387	7	2
Majority			3,220	62	6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Malling Rural East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sarah Hudson	3,299	65	9
	Green	Steve Crisp	731	14	4
	Labour	Robin Potter	380	7	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Russell	365	7	8
	No Description	Raja Zahidi	158	3	N/A
	Independent	Louis Westlake	150	3	N/A
Majority			2,568	51	8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Malling West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Harry Rayner	3,178	65	4
	Green	Richard Mountford	696	14	7
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Hobhouse	566	12	2
	Labour	Kathleen Garlick	479	10	3
Majority			2,482	51	8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Tonbridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Mark Hood	6,346	54.2	+42.3
	Green	Paul Stepto	5,424	46.3	+35.6
	Conservative	Michael Payne	4,608	39.3	–14.3
	Conservative	Richard Long	4,524	38.6	–12.9
	Labour	Carl Marten	750	6.4	–7.6
	Labour	Sean O'Malley	652	5.6	–6.0
	Independent	David Allen	599	5.1	N/A
	Independent	Colin Hussey	534	4.6	N/A
Majority			816	7	N/A
	Green gain from Conservative
	Green gain from Conservative

District summary

	Seats	Votes	%	+/-
Conservative	6	15,632	43.8	–9.1
Liberal Democrats	0	7,741	21.7	+4.5
Labour	0	6,003	16.8	+2.9
Green	0	4,182	11.7	+8.5
Alliance	0	1,337	3.7	N/A
UKIP	0	429	1.2	–3.6
Independent	0	321	0.9	–5.5
Reform UK	0	74	0.2	N/A

District results

Cranbrook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Seán Holden	2,967	52	8
	Alliance	Nancy Warne	1,337	23	3
	Labour	James Groome	455	8	2
	Green	John Hurst	417	7	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Gillian Douglass	316	6	7
	Independent	Venetia Carpenter	156	3	N/A
	Reform UK	Toby Stripp	74	1	N/A
Majority			1,630	29	11
	Conservative hold		Swing

Tunbridge Wells East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Barrington-King	2,693	48	7
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Bullion	1,272	23	4
	Labour	Martin Betts	1,023	18	6
	Green	Trevor Bisdee	645	11	N/A
Majority			1,421	25	3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Tunbridge Wells North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Oakford	2,048	35	7
	Labour	Mike Tapp	1,968	34	8
	Liberal Democrats	Aqab Malik	1,057	18	7
	Green	Anthony Hoskin	611	11	8
	UKIP	Christine Marshall	127	2	2
Majority			80	1	15
	Conservative hold		Swing

Tunbridge Wells Rural
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sarah Hamilton	2,656	47	18
	Liberal Democrats	Hugh Patterson	1,281	23	12
	Green	Christine Spicer	794	14	9
	Labour	Derek Boyle	777	14	1
	UKIP	Christopher Hoare	178	3	3
Majority			1,375	24	28
	Conservative hold		Swing

Tunbridge Wells South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Becki Bruneau	2,553	40	13
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Sullivan	1,980	31	14
	Labour	Lorna Blackmore	837	13	2
	Green	Evelien Hurst-Buist	803	12	8
	Independent	Penny Kift	165	3	N/A
	UKIP	Alun Elder-Brown	124	2	2
Majority			573	9	27
	Conservative hold		Swing

Tunbridge Wells West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James McInroy	2,715	42	13
	Liberal Democrats	David Osborne	1,835	29	11
	Labour	Anne Musker	943	15
	Green	Aimee Taylor	912	14	7
Majority			880	13	24
	Conservative hold		Swing

Changes 2021–2025

Wilmington

Wilmington: 27 January 2022
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	N/A
	Green	Julian Hood	200	6.5	-1.1
Majority			1,174	38.0
Turnout			3,087
	Conservative hold		Swing	7.2

Hythe West

Hythe West: 2 March 2023[3]
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	N/A
	Independent	Andy Weatherhead	237	6.6	N/A
Majority			487	13.6
Turnout			3,576
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing	12.5

Sheppey

Sheppey: 5 May 2023
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	0.8
Turnout			7,018	22.2
Registered electors			31,624
	Conservative hold		Swing	16.0

Maidstone Central

Maidstone Central: 6 July 2023
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	N/A
	Independent	Yolande Kenward	56	0.9	N/A
Majority			11	0.1
Turnout			6,531
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	7.8

Trevor Shonk, elected as a Conservative, joined the Thanet Independents in March 2024.[4]

Mike Whiting was suspended from the Conservatives in March 2024, after which he sat as an indepedendent.[5]

References

"Kent County Council election". www.kent.gov.uk. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
"Election results for Ashford Central". 6 May 2021. Archived from the original on 8 May 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
"Local Elections Archive Project — Hythe West Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
Austin, Ben (9 March 2024). "Kent County Council's Trevor Shonk leaves Conservative Party to join Thanet Independents". Kent Online. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
Finlay, Simon (26 March 2024). "Cllr Mike Whiting has been suspended from the Conservative Party after drink driving conviction". Kent Online. Retrieved 12 May 2024.

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[1] "Kent County Council election". www.kent.gov.uk. Retrieved 3 February 2021.

[2] "Election results for Ashford Central". 6 May 2021. Archived from the original on 8 May 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

[3] "Local Elections Archive Project — Hythe West Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 2 March 2023.

[4] Austin, Ben (9 March 2024). "Kent County Council's Trevor Shonk leaves Conservative Party to join Thanet Independents". Kent Online. Retrieved 12 May 2024.

[5] Finlay, Simon (26 March 2024). "Cllr Mike Whiting has been suspended from the Conservative Party after drink driving conviction". Kent Online. Retrieved 12 May 2024.