Maidstone Borough Council elections
Appearance
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 |
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No overall control | 1974 - 1976 |
Conservative | 1976 - 1983 |
No overall control | 1983 - 2008 |
Conservative | 2008 - 2014 |
No overall control | 2014–present |
Council elections
- Maidstone Borough Council election, 1973
- Maidstone Borough Council election, 1976
- Maidstone Borough Council election, 1979 (New ward boundaries)[3]
- Maidstone Borough Council election, 1980
- Maidstone Borough Council election, 1982
- Maidstone Borough Council election, 1983
- Maidstone Borough Council election, 1984 (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)[4]
- Maidstone Borough Council election, 1986
- Maidstone Borough Council election, 1987 (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)[5]
- Maidstone Borough Council election, 1988
- Maidstone Borough Council election, 1990
- Maidstone Borough Council election, 1991
- Maidstone Borough Council election, 1992
- Maidstone Borough Council election, 1994
- Maidstone Borough Council election, 1995
- Maidstone Borough Council election, 1996
- Maidstone Borough Council election, 1998
- Maidstone Borough Council election, 1999
- Maidstone Borough Council election, 2000
- Maidstone Borough Council election, 2002 (New ward boundaries)[6][7]
- Maidstone Borough Council election, 2003
- Maidstone Borough Council election, 2004
- Maidstone Borough Council election, 2006
- Maidstone Borough Council election, 2007
- Maidstone Borough Council election, 2008
- Maidstone Borough Council election, 2010
- Maidstone Borough Council election, 2011 (Some new ward boundaries)[8]
- Maidstone Borough Council election, 2012
- Maidstone Borough Council election, 2015
- Maidstone Borough Council election, 2016
Borough result maps
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2006 results map
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2007 results map
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2008 results map
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2010 results map
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2011 results map
Changes between elections
1987 boundaries
Yalding Ward By-Election 1 May 1997[9] | ||||||
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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] | ||||||
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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] | ||||||
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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] | ||||||
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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] | ||||||
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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] | ||||||
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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] | ||||||
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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] | ||||||
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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] | ||||||
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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] | ||||||
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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] | ||||||
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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] | ||||||
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
- ^ "Becoming a councillor". Maidstone Borough Council. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
- ^ "Vote 2012". BBC News. 8 May 2012.
- ^ The Borough of Maidstone (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976
- ^ The Maidstone and Swale (Areas) Order 1983
- ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Kent (District Boundaries) Order 1987. Retrieved on 6 November 2015.
- ^ "Maidstone". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-10-03.
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(help) - ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Maidstone (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
- ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Maidstone (Electoral Changes) Order 2008. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
- ^ "Maidstone BC, Yalding". Local Authority Byelection Results.
- ^ "Maidstone BC, Loose". Local Authority Byelection Results.
- ^ "Maidstone BC, High Street". Local Authority Byelection Results.
- ^ "Result of Poll". Maidstone Borough Council. Archived from the original on 25 June 2002.
- ^ "Maidstone BC, Allington". Local Authority Byelection Results.
- ^ "Result of Poll". Maidstone Borough Council. Archived from the original on 19 July 2001.
- ^ "Maidstone BC, Boxley". Local Authority Byelection Results.
- ^ "Result of Poll". Maidstone Borough Council. Archived from the original on 19 July 2001.
- ^ "Maidstone BC, Hollingbourne". Local Authority Byelection Results.
- ^ "Vote 2003 - By-Election". Maidstone Borough Council. Archived from the original on 3 January 2004.
- ^ "Maidstone BC, Marden and Yalding". Local Authority Byelection Results.
- ^ "Vote 2005 - By-Election". Maidstone Borough Council. Archived from the original on 17 January 2006.
- ^ "Maidstone BC, Downswood & Otham". Local Authority Byelection Results.
- ^ "Result of Poll" (PDF). Maidstone Borough Council.
- ^ "Maidstone BC, Parkwood". Local Authority Byelection Results.
- ^ "Result of Poll" (PDF). Maidstone Borough Council.
- ^ "Maidstone BC, Shepway South". Local Authority Byelection Results.
- ^ "Maidstone BC, Fant". Local Authority Byelection Results.
- ^ "Town's longest serving councillor dies". Kent Messenger. 10 August 2012.
- ^ Kilpatrick, Dean (10 August 2012). "Kent councillor Malcom Robertson dies aged 67". KOS Media.
- ^ "Election results for Allington Ward". Maidstone Borough Council.
- ^ "Notice of poll" (PDF). www.maidstone.gov.uk. Maidstone Borough Council. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
- ^ "Lib Dems win seat from Tories during town by-election". Kent Online. Retrieved 2017-12-26.
- ^ "Ukip councillors leave to form new party". Kent Online. Retrieved 2018-04-08.
- ^ "Councillor in court on assault charge". Kent Online. Retrieved 2018-04-08.