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Folkestone & Hythe District Council is the local authority for the Folkestone & Hythe district in Kent, which was known as Shepway until 2018.

Wards

The District Council consists of 30 councillors representing 13 wards.:[1]

  • Folkestone: six wards (Broadmead; Cheriton; East Folkestone; Folkestone Central; Folkestone Harbour; Sandgate and West Folkestone)
  • Hythe
  • Hythe Rural
  • New Romney
  • North Downs East (including Elham and Hawkinge)
  • North Downs West (including Stelling Minnis, Lyminge and Sellindge)
  • Romney Marsh
  • Walland and Denge Marsh

Following the May 2015 elections, the composition of Folkestone & Hythe District Council is 22 Conservatives, seven UKIP and one Labour. In October 2016 the 1 Labour councillor 'crossed the floor' to join the Conservative group. The composition of Folkestone & Hythe District Council is now: 23 Conservatives and 7 UKIP.

Relationship with Lydd Airport

In 2011, Lydd Airport's owners, seeking to expand the airport, gave gifts to councillors that the councillors did not declare.[2]

References

  1. ^ Elections 2007 to Folkestone & Hythe wards
  2. ^ "Lifting the Lydd". Private Eye. No. 1300. November 2011. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
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