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Elections to Maidstone Borough Council in Kent, United Kingdom are held each year to elect one-third of its members, followed by one year without election. Since the last boundary changes in 2002, 55 councillors have been elected from 26 wards.[1]

Political control

Since the foundation of the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[2]

Party in control Years
No overall control 1974 - 1976
Conservative 1976 - 1983
No overall control 1983 - 2008
Conservative 2008 - 2014
No overall control 2014–present

Council elections

Borough result maps

  • 2006 results map
    2006 results map
  • 2007 results map
    2007 results map
  • 2008 results map
    2008 results map
  • 2010 results map
    2010 results map
  • 2011 results map
    2011 results map

Changes between elections

1987 boundaries

Yalding Ward By-Election 1 May 1997[9]
Candidate Party Votes % ±%
bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color|  Conservative Party 1,000 44.44% +12.1%
bgcolor=Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color|  Liberal Democrats 643 28.58% -15.2%
bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color|  Labour Party 607 26.98% +7.3%
Total 2,250 100.00%
Rejected Ballot Papers
Ballot Papers Issued
Registered Electors
Turnout
bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color|  Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
Loose Ward By-Election 3 July 1997[10]
Candidate Party Votes % ±%
bgcolor=Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color|  Liberal Democrats 283 59.08% -13.8%
bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color|  Conservative Party 117 24.43% +8.2%
bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color|  Labour Party 79 16.49% +5.5%
Total 479 100.00%
Rejected Ballot Papers
Ballot Papers Issued
Registered Electors
Turnout 25.4%
bgcolor=Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color|  Liberal Democrats hold
High Street Ward By-Election 13 November 1997[11]
Candidate Party Votes % ±%
bgcolor=Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color|  Liberal Democrats 350 39.64% -3.0%
bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color|  Labour Party 310 35.11% -5.8%
bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color|  Conservative Party 123 13.93% +0.1%
Maidstone First 73 8.27% +8.3%
bgcolor=Template:Green Party of England and Wales/meta/color|  Green Party 27 3.06% +0.4%
Total 883 100.00%
Rejected Ballot Papers
Ballot Papers Issued
Registered Electors
Turnout 19.8%
bgcolor=Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color|  Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
Allington Ward By-Election 29 October 1998[12][13]
Candidate Party Votes % ±%
bgcolor=Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color|  Cynthia Elizabeth Robertson Liberal Democrats 744 72.16% +5.2%
bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color|  Margaret Helen June Taylor Labour Party 159 15.42% -0.3%
bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color|  Helen Violet Mortimer Conservative Party 128 12.42% +2.8%
Total 1,031 100.00%
Rejected Ballot Papers 0
Ballot Papers Issued 1,031
Registered Electors
Turnout 18.5%
bgcolor=Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color|  Liberal Democrats hold
Boxley Ward By-Election 29 October 1998[14][15]
Candidate Party Votes % ±%
bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color|  Michael Ian Yates Conservative Party 630 63.25% +23.1%
bgcolor=Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color|  John Brian Doherty Liberal Democrats 201 20.18% +6.1%
bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color|  Stephen Gibson Labour Party 165 16.57% -25.5%
Total 996 100.00%
Rejected Ballot Papers 2
Ballot Papers Issued 998
Registered Electors
Turnout 14.1%
bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color|  Conservative gain from Independent
Hollingbourne Ward By-Election 29 October 1998[16][17]
Candidate Party Votes % ±%
bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color|  Tracy Ann Helen Warner Conservative Party 198 48.29% -12.0%
bgcolor=Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color|  Paul Geoffrey Begg Liberal Democrats 193 47.07% +25.1%
bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color|  Jeanne Mary Gibson Labour Party 19 4.63% -13.1%
Total 410 100.00%
Rejected Ballot Papers 0
Ballot Papers Issued 410
Registered Electors
Turnout 35.3%
bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color|  Conservative hold

2002 boundaries

Marden & Yalding Ward By-Election 27 November 2003[18][19]
Candidate Party Votes % ±%
bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color|  Paddy C. J. Germain Conservative Party 726 49.83% -12.5%
bgcolor=Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color|  Carol A. Jacques Liberal Democrats 535 36.72% +18.4%
bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color|  John M. Hughes Labour Party 153 10.50% -4.0%
bgcolor=Template:UK Independence Party/meta/color|  Brian Hogg UK Independence Party 43 2.95% -1.8%
Total 1,457 100.00%
Rejected Ballot Papers
Ballot Papers Issued
Registered Electors
Turnout 24.4%
bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color|  Conservative hold
Downswood & Otham Ward By-Election 13 October 2005[20][21]
Candidate Party Votes % ±%
David Marchant Independent 314 61.33% +15.0%
bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color|  Timothy M. Crockford Conservative Party 184 35.94% +17.2%
bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color|  Audrey D. Gardner Labour Party 14 2.73% +2.3%
Total 512 100.00%
Rejected Ballot Papers
Ballot Papers Issued
Registered Electors
Turnout 24.4%
Independent hold
Parkwood Ward By-Election 30 November 2006[22][23]
Candidate Party Votes % ±%
bgcolor=Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color|  Robert Field Liberal Democrats 347 57.64% +23.5%
bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color|  Wesley Mason Labour Party 130 21.59% -13.3%
bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color|  Scott Hahnefeld Conservative Party 125 20.76% -10.1%
Total 602 100.00%
Rejected Ballot Papers 2
Ballot Papers Issued 604
Registered Electors
Turnout 19.3%
bgcolor=Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color|  Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
Shepway South Ward By-Election 6 December 2007[24][25]
Candidate Party Votes % ±%
bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color|  Sheena Williams Conservative Party 251 35.96% -9.7%
bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color|  Gill Annan Labour Party 240 34.38% +34.4%
bgcolor=Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color|  Bryan Charles Vizzard Liberal Democrats 173 24.79% -22.0%
bgcolor=Template:Green Party of England and Wales/meta/color|  Stephen Fraser Muggeridge Green Party 34 4.87% -2.6%
Total 698 100.00%
Rejected Ballot Papers
Ballot Papers Issued
Registered Electors
Turnout 16.1%
bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color|  Conservative gain from Labour
Fant Ward By-Election 1 October 2009[26]
Candidate Party Votes % ±%
bgcolor=Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color|  Fran Smith Liberal Democrats 702 46.37% +18.8%
bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color|  Paul Butcher Conservative Party 393 25.96% -7.4%
bgcolor=Template:Green Party of England and Wales/meta/color|  Stuart Jeffery Green Party 317 20.94% +4.9%
bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color|  Bruce Heald Labour Party 102 6.74% -16.3%
Total 1,514 100.00%
Rejected Ballot Papers
Ballot Papers Issued
Registered Electors
Turnout 23.6%
bgcolor=Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color|  Liberal Democrats hold

2011 boundaries

A by-election was held in Allington Ward following the death of Malcolm Robertson on 10 August 2012.[27][28]

Allington Ward By-Election 18 October 2012[29]
Candidate Party Votes % ±%
bgcolor=Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color|  Belinda Janet Watson Liberal Democrats 885 52.37%
bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color|  Barry Stephen Ginley Conservative Party 434 25.68%
bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color|  Marianna Romeojuliet Poliszczuk Labour Party 179 10.59%
bgcolor=Template:UK Independence Party/meta/color|  Gareth Anthony Kendall UK Independence Party 162 9.59%
bgcolor=Template:Green Party of England and Wales/meta/color|  Jill Shepherd Green Party 30 1.78%
Total 1,690 100.00%
Rejected Ballot Papers 9
Ballot Papers Issued 1,699
Registered Electors 5,604
Turnout 30.32%
bgcolor=Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color|  Liberal Democrats hold
North Ward by-election, 30 November 2017[30][31]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Cleator, Maureen 270 19.3%
Green Eagle, Derek 47 3.4%
Liberal Democrats Field, Rob 719 51.4%
Conservative Taylor-Maggio, Cheryl Janette 270 25.9%
Total votes 1399
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

All 4 of UKIP's councillors resigned from the party around 28 March 2018, and formed the Independent Maidstone party.[32]

Liberal Democrat councillor Richard Webb (Coxheath) was expelled from the party in March 2018.[33]

References

  1. ^ "Becoming a councillor". Maidstone Borough Council. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
  2. ^ "Vote 2012". BBC News. 8 May 2012.
  3. ^ The Borough of Maidstone (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976
  4. ^ The Maidstone and Swale (Areas) Order 1983
  5. ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Kent (District Boundaries) Order 1987. Retrieved on 6 November 2015.
  6. ^ "Maidstone". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-10-03. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  7. ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Maidstone (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
  8. ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Maidstone (Electoral Changes) Order 2008. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
  9. ^ "Maidstone BC, Yalding". Local Authority Byelection Results.
  10. ^ "Maidstone BC, Loose". Local Authority Byelection Results.
  11. ^ "Maidstone BC, High Street". Local Authority Byelection Results.
  12. ^ "Result of Poll". Maidstone Borough Council. Archived from the original on 25 June 2002.
  13. ^ "Maidstone BC, Allington". Local Authority Byelection Results.
  14. ^ "Result of Poll". Maidstone Borough Council. Archived from the original on 19 July 2001.
  15. ^ "Maidstone BC, Boxley". Local Authority Byelection Results.
  16. ^ "Result of Poll". Maidstone Borough Council. Archived from the original on 19 July 2001.
  17. ^ "Maidstone BC, Hollingbourne". Local Authority Byelection Results.
  18. ^ "Vote 2003 - By-Election". Maidstone Borough Council. Archived from the original on 3 January 2004.
  19. ^ "Maidstone BC, Marden and Yalding". Local Authority Byelection Results.
  20. ^ "Vote 2005 - By-Election". Maidstone Borough Council. Archived from the original on 17 January 2006.
  21. ^ "Maidstone BC, Downswood & Otham". Local Authority Byelection Results.
  22. ^ "Result of Poll" (PDF). Maidstone Borough Council.
  23. ^ "Maidstone BC, Parkwood". Local Authority Byelection Results.
  24. ^ "Result of Poll" (PDF). Maidstone Borough Council.
  25. ^ "Maidstone BC, Shepway South". Local Authority Byelection Results.
  26. ^ "Maidstone BC, Fant". Local Authority Byelection Results.
  27. ^ "Town's longest serving councillor dies". Kent Messenger. 10 August 2012.
  28. ^ Kilpatrick, Dean (10 August 2012). "Kent councillor Malcom Robertson dies aged 67". KOS Media.
  29. ^ "Election results for Allington Ward". Maidstone Borough Council.
  30. ^ "Notice of poll" (PDF). www.maidstone.gov.uk. Maidstone Borough Council. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  31. ^ "Lib Dems win seat from Tories during town by-election". Kent Online. Retrieved 2017-12-26.
  32. ^ "Ukip councillors leave to form new party". Kent Online. Retrieved 2018-04-08.
  33. ^ "Councillor in court on assault charge". Kent Online. Retrieved 2018-04-08.
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