Gravesham Borough Council elections

Gravesham Borough Council in Kent, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2003, 44 councillors have been elected from 18 wards.^[1]

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[2]

Party in control	Years
Labour	1973 - 1976
Conservative	1976 - 1987
No overall control	1987 - 1995
Labour	1995 - 2007
Conservative	2007 - 2011
Labour	2011 - 2015
Conservative	2015 - present

Council elections

• Gravesham Borough Council election, 1973
• Gravesham Borough Council election, 1976
• Gravesham Borough Council election, 1979 (New ward boundaries)^[3]
• Gravesham Borough Council election, 1983
• Gravesham Borough Council election, 1987 (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[4]
• Gravesham Borough Council election, 1991
• Gravesham Borough Council election, 1995
• Gravesham Borough Council election, 1999
• Gravesham Borough Council election, 2003 (New ward boundaries)^[5][6]
• Gravesham Borough Council election, 2007
• Gravesham Borough Council election, 2011
• Gravesham Borough Council election, 2015

Borough result maps

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  2003 results map

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  2007 results map

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  2011 results map

By-election results

1995-1999

Colharbour By-Election 26 June 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		522	75.4	-4.0
	Conservative		86	12.4	+0.2
	Liberal Democrat		84	12.1	+3.7
Majority			437	63.0
Turnout			692	22.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Painters Ash By-Election 26 June 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		719	80.0	+4.6
	Conservative		152	16.9	-1.7
	Liberal Democrat		28	3.1	-2.5
Majority			567	63.1
Turnout			899	22.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Riverside By-Election 26 June 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		541	82.2	-2.9
	Conservative		77	11.7	-3.2
	Liberal Democrat		40	6.1	+6.1
Majority			464	70.5
Turnout			658	16.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Northfleet East By-Election 6 November 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		807	70.1	-4.4
	Conservative		189	16.4	-0.5
	Liberal Democrat		155	13.5	+4.9
Majority			618	53.7
Turnout			1,151
	Labour hold		Swing

Cobham & Luddesdown By-Election 4 December 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		265	72.6	+7.1
	Liberal Democrat		51	14.0	+2.7
	Labour		49	13.4	-9.8
Majority			214	58.6
Turnout			365	29.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Central By-Election 9 July 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		675	54.0	-3.6
	Conservative		575	46.0	+11.9
Majority			100	8.0
Turnout			1,250	36.0
	Labour hold		Swing

2003-2007

Meopham North By-Election 29 January 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		643	79.8	+12.5
	Labour		105	13.0	-5.3
	Liberal Democrat		58	7.2	+7.2
Majority			538	66.8
Turnout			806	23.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Central By-Election 27 December 2006[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Greta Goatley	689	54.6	-0.4
	Labour	Lana Aitchison	463	36.7	-8.3
	Liberal Democrat	Bruce Parmenter	109	8.6	+8.6
Majority			226	17.9
Turnout			1,261	28.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

2007-2011

Meopham North By-Election 21 June 2007 (2)[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Snelling	681
	Conservative	Laura Hryniewicz	662
	Liberal Democrat	James Willis	200
	Liberal Democrat	Gillian McGill	178
	Green	Richard Crawford	104
	Labour	Mary Williams	59
	Labour	Pamela Sales	57
	Monster Raving Loony	Lord Toby Jug	31
Turnout			1,972	29.0
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Painters Ash By-Election 4 June 2009[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Les Howes	626	34.6	-6.4
	Conservative	Veronica Craske	623	34.4	-11.6
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Stevenson	562	31.0	+18.0
Majority			3	0.2
Turnout			1,811	41
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Meopham South and Vigo By-Election 18 March 2010[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Derek Shelbrooke	515	59.5	-4.4
	UKIP	Geoffrey Clark	122	14.1	+14.1
	Labour	Douglas Christie	114	13.2	-2.5
	Liberal Democrat	Ann O'Brien	114	13.2	+13.2
Majority			393	45.4
Turnout			865	25.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

2011-2015

Meopham North By-Election 13 October 2011[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Cubitt	648	47.3	-23.8
	UKIP	Geoffrey Clark	462	33.7	+33.7
	Liberal Democrat	David Gibson	148	10.8	+10.8
	Labour	Andrew Mylett	112	8.2	-20.8
Majority			186	13.6
Turnout			1,370	38.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

1. "Councillor details". Gravesham 24. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
2. "England council elections". BBC News Online. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
3. The Borough of Gravesham (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977
4. legislation.gov.uk - The Kent (District Boundaries) Order 1987. Retrieved on 6 November 2015.
5. "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-09-05.
6. legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Gravesham (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
7. "Conservatives hold Central Ward". Gravesham Borough Council. Archived from the original on March 19, 2007. Retrieved 2009-09-05.
8. "Election results for Meopham North". Gravesham Borough Council. Retrieved 2009-09-05.
9. "Labour councillor wins Painters Ash by-election". kentnews.co.uk. 2009-06-05. Retrieved 2009-09-05.
10. "UKIP candidate sees off Labour and Lib Dem rivals". kentnews.co.uk. 2010-03-19. Retrieved 2010-03-19.
11. "Gravesham by-election: Tories hold onto rural seat". Gravesend Messenger. 14 October 2011. Retrieved 15 October 2011.

• By-election results

External links

• Gravesham Council