Canterbury City Council elections
Appearance
Canterbury City Council is elected every four years.
Political control
Party in control | Years | |
---|---|---|
Conservative | 1973–1991 | |
No overall control | 1991–2007 | |
Conservative | 2007–present |
Council elections
- 1973 Canterbury City Council election
- 1976 Canterbury City Council election
- 1979 Canterbury City Council election (New ward boundaries)[1]
- 1983 Canterbury City Council election
- 1987 Canterbury City Council election (City boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)[2][3]
- 1991 Canterbury City Council election
- 1995 Canterbury City Council election
- 1999 Canterbury City Council election
- 2003 Canterbury City Council election (New ward boundaries)[4]
- 2007 Canterbury City Council election
- 2011 Canterbury City Council election
- 2015 Canterbury City Council election (New ward boundaries)[5]
- 2019 Canterbury City Council election
Result maps
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2003 results map
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2007 results map
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2011 results map
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2015 results map
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2019 results map
By-election results
1995-1999
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 564 | 35.1 | |||
Liberal Democrats | 552 | 34.4 | |||
Labour | 490 | 30.5 | |||
Majority | 12 | 0.7 | |||
Turnout | 1,606 | 51.0 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 577 | 44.1 | −12.1 | ||
Conservative | 567 | 43.3 | +11.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 151 | 11.5 | −0.4 | ||
UKIP | 14 | 1.1 | +1.1 | ||
Majority | 10 | 0.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,309 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 313 | 49.8 | −13.2 | ||
Conservative | 183 | 29.1 | +2.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 133 | 21.1 | +13.8 | ||
Majority | 130 | 20.7 | |||
Turnout | 629 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
1999-2003
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Heather Lloyd | 329 | 38.3 | +21.6 | |
Conservative | Elizabeth Taylor | 289 | 33.7 | −0.6 | |
Labour | Alan Thomas | 241 | 28.1 | −21.0 | |
Majority | 40 | 4.6 | |||
Turnout | 859 | 44.3 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Nigel Oakes | 867 | 37.6 | +5.2 | |
Conservative | Alan White | 797 | 34.5 | +9.0 | |
Labour | David Hornsby | 344 | 14.9 | −2.6 | |
Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales | Carol Davis | 187 | 8.1 | −3.0 | |
UKIP | John Moore | 112 | 4.9 | +4.9 | |
Majority | 70 | 3.1 | |||
Turnout | 2,307 | 26.8 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Northey | 1,184 | 35.4 | −2.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Valerie Ainscough | 1,177 | 35.2 | −11.6 | |
Labour | Theresa Mawson | 824 | 24.6 | +9.0 | |
Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales | Steven Dawe | 163 | 4.9 | +4.9 | |
Majority | 7 | 0.2 | |||
Turnout | 3,348 | 62.4 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
2003-2007
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Anderson | 544 | 50.9 | −5.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Janet Horsley | 478 | 44.7 | +0.9 | |
UKIP | John Moore | 26 | 2.4 | +2.4 | |
Labour | Paul Todd | 21 | 2.0 | +2.0 | |
Majority | 66 | 6.2 | |||
Turnout | 1,069 | 53.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Northey | 820 | 44.8 | +10.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | James Flanagan | 697 | 38.0 | −4.3 | |
Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales | Keith Bothwell | 145 | 7.9 | +0.9 | |
Labour | Laurence Ward | 100 | 5.5 | −5.1 | |
Council Tax Payers Party | James Cooper | 70 | 3.8 | −2.0 | |
Majority | 123 | 6.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,832 | 31.8 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Vincent McMahan | 1,177 | 37.6 | −13.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Kevin Sims | 992 | 31.7 | +13.5 | |
Labour | Brian Hunter | 754 | 24.1 | −6.9 | |
UKIP | John Moore | 205 | 6.6 | +6.6 | |
Majority | 185 | 5.9 | |||
Turnout | 3,128 | 67.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Heather Taylor | 474 | 52.4 | −23.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Mummery | 318 | 35.1 | +23.3 | |
Labour | Andrew Fenyo | 89 | 9.8 | −2.8 | |
Independent | John Moore | 24 | 2.6 | +2.6 | |
Majority | 156 | 17.3 | |||
Turnout | 905 | 41.3 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
2007-2011
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Michael Steed | 993 | 51.8 | +9.3 | |
Conservative | Mark Evans | 701 | 36.6 | +2.7 | |
Green | Keith Bothwell | 121 | 6.3 | +6.3 | |
Independent | Blue Cooper | 102 | 5.3 | −0.7 | |
Majority | 292 | 15.2 | |||
Turnout | 1,917 | 33.1 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
References
- ^ The City of Canterbury (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976
- ^ The Canterbury and Shepway (Areas) Order 1985
- ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Kent (District Boundaries) Order 1987. Retrieved on 6 November 2015.
- ^ legislation.gov.uk - The City of Canterbury (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
- ^ "The Canterbury (Electoral Changes) Order 2014". legislation.gov.uk.
- ^ "Barton Ward By Election Results". Canterbury City Council. Archived from the original on 2012-12-23. Retrieved 2008-07-20.