Thanet District Council elections

Thanet District Council in Kent, England is elected every four years.

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[1]

Party in control	Years
Conservative	1973–1987
No overall control	1987–1991
Conservative	1991–1995
Labour	1995–2003
Conservative	2003–2011
No overall control	2011–2015
UKIP	2015–present

Council elections

Thanet District Council election, 1973
Thanet District Council election, 1976
Thanet District Council election, 1979 (New ward boundaries)^[2]
Thanet District Council election, 1983
Thanet District Council election, 1987
Thanet District Council election, 1991
Thanet District Council election, 1995
Thanet District Council election, 1999
Thanet District Council election, 2003 (New ward boundaries increased the number of seats by 2)^[3]^[4]
Thanet District Council election, 2007
Thanet District Council election, 2011
Thanet District Council election, 2015

By-election results

1995–1999

Northdown Park By-Election 20 March 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		548	43.2
	Conservative		338	26.6
	Independent		187	14.7
	Thanet Socialists		133	10.4
	Liberal Democrat		62	4.9
Majority			210	16.6
Turnout			1,268
	Labour hold		Swing

Pier By-Election 1 October 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		164	51.3	-14.6
	Conservative		137	42.8	+27.2
	Liberal Democrat		19	5.9	+0.8
Majority			27	8.5
Turnout			320	15.2
	Labour hold		Swing	-20.9

1999–2003

Margate West By-Election 18 November 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		565	72.9	+34.1
	Labour		210	27.1	-10.0
Majority			355	45.8
Turnout			775	15.5
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+22.1

Central Westcliffe By-Election 22 June 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		858	68.9	+68.9
	Labour		388	31.1	-20.4
Majority			470	37.8
Turnout			1,246	23.1
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+44.7

Cliftonville By-Election 22 February 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		1,026	60.4	-0.5
	Labour		544	32.0	-7.1
	Independent		130	7.6	+7.6
Majority			482	28.4
Turnout			1,700	27.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.3

2003–2007

Margate Central By-Election 30 October 2003^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Watkins	370	41.0	-4.8
	Conservative	Ramesh Chhabra	201	22.3	-23.2
	BNP	Robert Parker	172	19.1	+19.1
	Liberal Democrat	Guy Voizey	85	9.4	+9.4
	UKIP	Timothy Stocks	37	4.1	+4.1
	Socialist Alliance	Karen Cardwell	19	2.1	+2.1
	Independent	Francis Foy	18	2.0	-10.7
Majority			169	18.7
Turnout			902	25.9
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+9.2

Sir Moses Montefiore By-Election 15 July 2004^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Poole	378	33.2	-13.3
	Conservative	Robert Burgess	342	30.1	-6.1
	UKIP	Michael Taylor	288	25.3	+25.3
	Liberal Democrat	Vincent Knight	130	11.4	-5.9
Majority			36	3.1
Turnout			1,138	31.1
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.6

2007–2011

Thanet Villages By-Election 4 June 2009^[7]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Bob Grove	937	47.3	+4.0
	Conservative	Peter Landi	596	30.1	-6.5
	Liberal Democrat	Louisa Latham	316	15.9	+15.9
	Labour	Rebecca Scobie	133	6.7	-13.4
Majority			341	17.2
Turnout			1,982	41.0
	Independent hold		Swing	+5.3

Dane Valley By-Election 3 December 2009^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sandra Hart	318	34.2	-3.9
	Liberal Democrat	Bill Furness	260	28.0	+28.0
	Conservative	Ingrid Spencer	222	23.9	-19.7
	Independent	Wendy Allan	130	14.0	-4.4
Majority			58	6.2
Turnout			930	17.0
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

References

↑ "Thanet". BBC News Online. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
↑ The District of Thanet (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978
↑ "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-12-04.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The District of Thanet (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
↑ "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). Thanet District Council. Retrieved 2009-12-04.
↑ "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). Thanet District Council. Retrieved 2009-12-04.
↑ "Local elections round-up". Local Government Association. Retrieved 2009-12-04.
↑ "Election results for Thanet Villages Ward". Thanet District Council. Retrieved 2009-12-04.
↑ "Labour wins Dane Valley election". this is kent.co.uk. 2009-12-04. Retrieved 2009-12-04.

By-election results

External links

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Council elections in Kent

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See also: Wards Boundary changes

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