Dartford Borough Council elections

Dartford Borough Council is elected every four years.

Political control

Labour 1973 - 1983

Conservative 1983 - 1995

Labour 1995 - 2003

No overall control 2003 - 2007

Conservative 2007 - present

Council elections

Dartford District Council election, 1973
Dartford Borough Council election, 1976 (New ward boundaries)^[1]
Dartford Borough Council election, 1979
Dartford Borough Council election, 1983
Dartford Borough Council election, 1987 (Some new ward boundaries & borough boundary changes also took place)^[2]
Dartford Borough Council election, 1991
Dartford Borough Council election, 1995 (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[3]^[4]
Dartford Borough Council election, 1999
Dartford Borough Council election, 2003 (New ward boundaries)^[5]
Dartford Borough Council election, 2007
Dartford Borough Council election, 2011
Dartford Borough Council election, 2015

By-election results

Galley Hill By-Election 27 November 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents Association		245	54.8	+54.8
	Labour		165	36.9	+7.3
	Independent Labour		20	4.5	-43.8
	Independent Democrat		17	3.8	+3.8
Majority			80	17.9
Turnout			447	19.0
	Residents gain from Independent Labour		Swing

Longfield By-Election 27 November 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		410	45.4	+9.5
	Residents Association		314	34.8	+34.8
	Labour		179	19.8	-3.5
Majority			96	10.6
Turnout			903	23.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Maypole By-Election 27 November 1997 (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		407	29.1
	Conservative		403	28.8
	Labour		237	16.9
	Labour		232	16.6
	Liberal Democrat		122	8.7
Turnout			1,401	28.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Greenhithe By-Election 7 June 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Francis	794	48.4	+3.4
	Conservative	Shiela East	521	31.8	+31.8
	Independent	Wayne Cunningham	326	19.9	+19.9
Majority			273	16.6
Turnout			1,641
	Labour gain from Residents		Swing

Joyce Green By-Election 21 February 2002
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Matthew Bryant	375	73.4	+0.5
	Conservative	Shirley Burton	77	15.1	-0.3
	UKIP	Mark Croucher	59	11.5	+11.5
Majority			298	58.3
Turnout			511	19.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Sutton at Hone and Hawley By-Election 21 February 2002
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Martin	617	53.7	-8.2
	Labour	Stephen de Winton	533	46.3	+8.2
Majority			84	7.4
Turnout			1,150	36.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Longfield, New Barn & Southfleet By-Election 19 June 2003 (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jeremy Kite	1,417	22.0
	Conservative	(Robert) Alexander Dunn	1,393	21.6
	Conservative	Albert Bassam	1,383	21.5
	Independent	(Mary) Noreen Salway	715	11.1
	Independent	Frederick Grainger	402	6.3
	Independent	Anthony Mack	364	5.7
	Labour	Alistair Jordan	326	5.1
	Liberal Democrat	Sonia Keane	168	2.6
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Reeves	143	2.2
	Liberal Democrat	Mathias Toth	124	1.9
Turnout			6,435	45.6
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

This election was scheduled as part of the council elections of 1 May 2003. It was delayed following the death of Bob Dunn (who was standing for re-election), just one week before the ballot.

Heath By-Election 27 July 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Lloyd	637	35.1
	Labour	Patrick Kelly	518	28.6
	BNP	Kevin Saunders	240	13.2
	UKIP	Robert Wiltshire	179	9.9
	English Democrats	Steven Uncles	174	9.6
	Green	Stuart Jeffery	65	3.6
Majority			119	6.5
Turnout			1,818	37.95
	Conservative hold		Swing

Princes By-Election 21 February 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patrick Kelly	592	50.2	+9.8
	Conservative	Jean Shippam	348	29.5	+5.2
	English Democrats	Mike Tibby	198	16.8	-4.9
	Liberal Democrat	Amanda Martin	22	1.9	+1.9
	UKIP	Arnold Tarling	19	1.6	-12.1
Majority			244	20.7
Turnout			1,179	27.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Castle By-Election 27 September 2012^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Cutler	191	43.02
	Labour	Hayley Louisa Reece	111	25.00
	UKIP	Stephen Wilders	60	13.51
	Swanscombe and Greenhithe Residents Association	Vic Openshaw	50	11.26
	English Democrats	Frances Elizabeth Moore	32	7.21
Majority			80
Turnout			444	26.86
	Conservative hold		Swing

Newtown By-election - Thursday 27 June 2013^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David John Baker	536	45.42
	Conservative	Rosanna Marina Currans	376	31.86
	UKIP	Ivan Paul Burch	268	22.71
Majority			160
Turnout			1180	23.01
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

The by-election was held following the resignation of Conservative Cllr Gary Reynolds.

Swanscombe By-Election, 5 December 2013^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Steve Jacqueline Doran	274	29.43
	Swanscombe and Greenhithe Residents Association	Vic Openshaw	273	29.32
	UKIP	Stephen Wilders	200	21.48
	Independent	Richard John Lees	146	15.68
	Conservative	Steven Ronald Jarnell	38	4.08
Majority			1
Turnout			931	17.56
	Labour gain from Residents		Swing

The by-election resulted from the death of Swanscombe and Greenhithe Residents Association Cllr Leslie Bobby.

References

↑ The District of Dartford (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1975
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Kent (District Boundaries) Order 1987. Retrieved on 6 November 2015.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Greater London and Kent (County Boundaries) Order 1992. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Greater London and Kent (County Boundaries) (Variation) Order 1993. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Dartford (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
↑ http://committeedmz.dartford.gov.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?ID=121&RPID=5238286
↑ http://committeedmz.dartford.gov.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?ID=128&RPID=5636705
↑ http://committeedmz.dartford.gov.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?ID=129&RPID=7378939

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Council elections in Kent

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Ashford Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Canterbury City Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Dartford Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Dover District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Gravesham Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Maidstone Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Medway Council	1997 2000 2003 2007 2011 2015

Sevenoaks District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Shepway District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Swale Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2015

Thanet District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Tonbridge & Malling Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Tunbridge Wells Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Rochester-upon-Medway City Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 Abolished

Gillingham Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 Abolished

See also: Wards Boundary changes

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