2017 Kent County Council election

2017 Kent County Council election

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Map showing the results of the 2017 Kent County Council elections.
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Conservative

The 2017 Kent County Council election was held on 4 May 2017 as part of the 2017 local elections in the United Kingdom.^[1] All 81 councillors were elected from 72 electoral divisions, each of which returned either one or two county councillors by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office. The Conservative Party retained control. UKIP, previously the second-largest party on the council, lost all their seats.

The Liberal Democrats regained status as the second largest party, which they had been 2009-2013. A notable triumph for Liberal Democrats was Antony Hook winning the Faversham division, which had been considered a "safe" Conservative seat. Antony Hook's campaign increased the Liberal Democrat vote share from 4% in 2013 to a winning 43%. Faversham also saw the largest turnout of any seat. The Labour Party lost seats, including those of their Leader Roger Truelove and previous leaders Gordon Cowan and Dr. Mike Eddy. The Labour vote share also fell but they retained status as 3rd party.

Ward boundary changes took effect at this election after a review of the county by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England.^[2][3] Kent saw a large turnover of councillors. Of the 81 councillors elected in 2017, 39 had not served in the previous council.

Results[]

Kent County Council election, 2017

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	67	24	1	+23	82.71	50		16%
	Liberal Democrats	7	1	1	0	8.64	14		5%
	Labour	5	0	8	-8	6.17	19		4%
	Green	1	0	0	0	1.23	5		1%
	Swanscombe and Greenhithe Residents Association	1	0	0	0	1.23	<1		-
	UKIP	0	0	17	-17	0	10		16%

Results by district[]

Ashford[]

Ashford Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Bartlett	2,030	59	22
	Labour	John Charles Suddards	638	18	1
	Liberal Democrats	Adrian John Gee-Turner	366	11	3
	UKIP	Serge Xavier Goldenberg-Kosbab	236	7	22
	Green	Liz Wright	198	6	3
Majority			1,392	41	23
Turnout			3,468	27	1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ashford East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	George Koowaree	1,426	41	13
	Conservative	Larry William Krause	971	28	5
	Labour	Martin Chandler	534	15	2
	UKIP	Garry George Harrison	338	10	14
	Green	Steven Robert Campkin	191	6	2
Majority			455	13	9
Turnout			3,460	27	0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Ashford Rural East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Clair Bell	2,621	60	16
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart James Dove	686	16	10
	Labour	Lynda Suddards	429	10	1
	Green	Geoff Meaden	350	8	0
	UKIP	Pat Purnell	269	6	19
Majority			1,935	44	25
Turnout			4,355	35	2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ashford Rural South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Angell	2,405	62	21
	Labour	Vivien Wheatley	523	14	0
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Grayling	455	12	7
	UKIP	Liah Natasha MacPherson	321	8	24
	Green	Marilyn Sansom	161	4	2
Majority			1,882	48	39
Turnout			3,865	29	4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ashford Rural West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charlie Simkins	2,780	63	29
	Liberal Democrats	Clare Hardwick	579	13	5
	Labour	Sally Ann Gathern	439	10	1
	UKIP	Norman Taylor	349	8	24
	Green	Hilary Jones	283	6	2
Majority			2,201	50	38
Turnout			4,430	31	3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ashford South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dara Farrell	1,022	32	5
	Conservative	David Robey	966	30	12
	UKIP	Ryan Paul MacPherson	727	23	7
	Liberal Democrats	James Angus Galloway	312	10	1
	Green	Claire Madeleine Wallington	146	5	1
Majority			56	2	5
Turnout			3,173	23	0
	Labour hold		Swing

Tenterden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Hill, OBE	3,383	71	20
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Bowen	451	9	4
	UKIP	Eddy Barrows	360	8	22
	Labour	Alexander Ward	302	6	2
	Green	Guy Pullen	269	6	1
Majority			2,932	62	41
Turnout			4,765	36	2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Canterbury[]

* This constituency boundaries for Canterbury were redrawn and percentage changes should thus be taken as rough approximations, particularly for the previously two-seat Whitstable constituency.

Canterbury City North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Gibbens	1,665	36	7
	Labour	Mike Bland	1,198	26	1
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Lloyd Palmer	1,137	25	7
	Green	Henry Stanton	479	10	2
	UKIP	Richard Henry West	193	4	10
Majority			467	10	6
Turnout			4,672	37	13
	Conservative hold		Swing

Canterbury City South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ida Ann Linfield	1,863	41	2
	Labour	Simon Nicholas Warley	1,087	24	9
	Conservative	Joe Egerton	1,071	24	9
	Green	Pat Marsh	313	7	5
	UKIP	Carole Anne Riley	189	4	11
Majority			776	17	11
Turnout			4,523	33	5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Canterbury North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Simmonds, MBE	2,321	55	17
	Labour	Ben Hickman	700	16	2
	Liberal Democrats	David Norman Prevett	600	16	2
	Green	Andrew Peter Goatly	287	7	1
	UKIP	Trevor William Dockwray	240	6	16
Majority			1,621	39	23
Turnout			4,247	33	10
	Conservative hold		Swing

Canterbury South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Northey	2,151	44	11
	Liberal Democrats	Michael John Sole	1,788	37	9
	Labour	Jean Elizabeth Butcher	655	13	0
	Green	Frankie-Rose Taylor	285	6	1
Majority			363	7	2
Turnout			4,879	40	9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Herne Bay East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Cook	2,399	55	40
	Labour	Jon Beer	893	20	12
	UKIP	Nicholas Bond	580	13	4
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Margaret Anderson	506	12	9
Majority			1,506	35	n/a
Turnout			4,387	31	3
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing

Herne Village & Sturry

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Marsh	2,637	60	19
	Labour	Lynn Faux-Bowyer	769	18	1
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Dudley Wood	403	9	4
	UKIP	Mick O'Brien	391	9	22
	Green	Nathan James Geoffrey Tough	189	4	2
Majority			1,868	42	32
Turnout			4,389	29	2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Whitstable East & Herne Bay West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Thomas	2,111	48	31
	Labour	Naomi Ruth Smith	757	17	6
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Northern	674	15	12
	UKIP	David Hirst	649	15	1
	Green	Sarah Stanton	178	4	0
Majority			1,354	31	30
Turnout			4,369	32	0
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing

Whitstable West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Dance	2,225	42	25
	Labour	Rachel Natalie Goodwin	1,736	33	22
	Liberal Democrats	David John Mummery	557	11	8
	UKIP	Richard Peter Riley	414	8	8
	Green	Alex Stevens	364	7	3
Majority			489	9	8
Turnout			5,296	36	4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Dartford[]

Dartford East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Penny Cole	1,914	62	25
	Labour	Catherine Mary Stafford	696	22	13
	Liberal Democrats	Ashley MacTaggart	497	16	new
Majority			1,218	40	38
Turnout			3,007	23	3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Dartford North East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dave Butler	1,611	42	6
	Labour	Tom Maddison	1,523	40	2
	UKIP	Ben Robert Fryer	442	12	6
	Green	Andrew Danny Blatchford	163	4	new
	BNP	Ronald David Ball	61	2	2
Majority			88	2	n/a
Turnout			3,800	28	2
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Dartford Rural

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jeremy Kite, MBE	3,013	70	17
	Labour	Mandy Garford	680	16	2
	UKIP	Ivan Paul Burch	439	10	16
	Liberal Democrats	Edward Temple Waite	165	4	new
Majority			2,333	54	27
Turnout			4,297	33	6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Dartford West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jan Ozog	2,077	49	8
	Labour	Sacha Navindra Gosine	1,355	32	4
	UKIP	Jim Moore	442	10	19
	Liberal Democrats	Ashley Francis Edward Wassall	317	7	new
	BNP	Michael Godfrey Cope	36	1	new
Majority			722	17	5
Turnout			4,227	31	2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Swanscombe & Greenhithe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Swanscombe and Greenhithe Residents' Association	Peter Harman	1,093	43	17
	Conservative	Keith Martin Kelly	634	25	1
	Labour	Claire Pearce	634	25	2
	UKIP	Linda Janet Moore	208	8	13
Majority			459	18	17
Turnout			2,569	24	3
	Swanscombe and Greenhithe Residents' Association hold		Swing

Wilmington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ann Allen, MBE	2,610	63	14
	Labour	Joshua Jones	841	20	3
	UKIP	Roger Errol Doucy	497	12	12
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline Watkinson	195	5	new
Majority			1,769	43	18
Turnout			4,143	31	3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Dover[]

Deal & Walmer

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Trevor Antony Bond	3,969	47	28
	Conservative	Derek Murphy	3,544	42	23
	Labour	Mike Eddy	2,860	34	13
	Labour	Eileen Rowbotham	2,751	33	12
	Liberal Democrats	Will Darlington	779	9	5
	UKIP	Sylvia Angela Hanael	699	8	7
	Liberal Democrats	John Charles Trickey	610	7	3
	UKIP	Graham Francis Lane	497	6	9
	Green	John Lonsdale	491	6	new
	Independent	Christopher James David Tough	179	2	new
Majority			684	8	n/a
Turnout			8,434	35	1
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Dover North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Steve Manion	2,074	54	9
	Labour	Charles Francis Woodgate	1,173	30	6
	Green	Nick Fox	311	8	new
	UKIP	Tim Turner	303	8	new
Majority			901	24	15
Turnout			3,861	34	2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Dover Town

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pauline Margaret Beresford	2,832	41	25
	Conservative	Nigel Collor	2,681	39	25
	Labour	Pam Brivio	2,436	35	12
	Labour	Gordon Cowan	1,989	29	8
	UKIP	Ben John Glayzer	979	14	4
	UKIP	Georgette Rapley	845	12	6
	Green	Beccy Sawbridge	443	6	new
	Liberal Democrats	Adrian John Briggs	394	6	3
	Liberal Democrats	Carolyn Rose Hughes	365	5	2
Majority			245	4	n/a
Turnout			6,877	27	24
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Dover West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoff Lymer	2,589	61	23
	Labour	Miriam Wood	766	18	0
	UKIP	Peter John McDermott	421	10	26
	Liberal Democrats	Jim Caple	299	7	2
	Green	Sarah Gleave	182	4	new
Majority			1,823	43	41
Turnout			4,257	34	1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sandwich

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sue Chandler	2,868	61	16
	Labour	David Pestell	831	18	3
	Liberal Democrats	Wendy Ann Scott	442	9	1
	UKIP	Lesley Anne Ede	287	6	19
	Green	Aidan John Shanks	251	5	new
Majority			2,037	43	23
Turnout			4,684	36	2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Folkestone & Hythe[]

* All of the Folkestone & Hythe constituencies bar two were reorganised, therefore percentage changes have only been given for Elham Valley and Romney Marsh.

Cheriton, Sandgate & Hythe East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rory Cassian Love	2,172	42	n/a
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Prater	1,217	24	n/a
	Green	Ross Carter	856	17	n/a
	Labour	Paul Richard Bingham	506	10	n/a
	UKIP	Neil Lawrence Jones	398	8	n/a
Majority			955	18	n/a
Turnout			5,147	36	n/a
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing

Elham Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Susan Carey	2,706	54	10
	UKIP	Stephen Terence Priestley	639	13	21
	Green	Karen Jane White	616	12	new
	Liberal Democrats	Ross Clark	515	10	3
	Labour	Aaron Simon Roche	513	10	5
Majority			2,069	41	31
Turnout			4,989	36	1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Folkestone East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dick Pascoe	1,153	36	n/a
	Labour	Arran Harvey	831	26	n/a
	UKIP	Mary Lawes	660	20	n/a
	Liberal Democrats	Lynne Beaumont	542	17	n/a
	Socialist (GB)	Max Lionel Hess	48	1	n/a
Majority			322	10	n/a
Turnout			3,234	25	n/a
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing

Folkestone West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Drury Monk	1,834	44	n/a
	Labour	Laura Frances Davison	841	20	n/a
	Liberal Democrats	Gary Fuller	521	13	n/a
	UKIP	Stephen Jardine	412	10	n/a
	Green	Rebecca Tamsin Shoob	325	8	n/a
	Independent	Bryan Anthony Rylands	191	5	n/a
	Socialist (GB)	Andy Thomas	23	1	n/a
Majority			993	24	n/a
Turnout			4,150	31	n/a
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing

Hythe West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Martin Whybrow	2,234	41	n/a
	Conservative	David Lionel Godwin Owen	2,044	38	n/a
	UKIP	Ian Barry Meyers	493	9	n/a
	Labour	Christopher John Deane	340	6	n/a
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Matthews	515	5	n/a
Majority			190	3	n/a
Turnout			5,393	42	n/a
	Green hold		Swing

Romney Marsh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Hills	2,218	42	3
	UKIP	Susie Govett	1,077	20	19
	Independent	David Wimble	1,061	20	n/a
	Labour	Nicola Helen Deane	361	7	6
	Liberal Democrats	Ted Last	335	6	2
	Green	Andrew John South	215	4	2
Majority			1,141	22	n/a
Turnout			5,268	36	4
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing

Gravesham[]

Gravesend East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Diane Marsh	3,708	46	29
	Conservative	Alan Michael Ridgers	3,332	42	28
	Labour	Colin Caller	2,784	35	12
	Labour	Lyn Milner	2,730	34	12
	UKIP	Tina Brooker	1,182	15	0
	Green	Martin James Wilson	385	5	new
	Liberal Democrats	James Martin Willis	378	5	3
	Green	Marna Eilish Gilligan	310	4	new
	Liberal Democrats	Mason Cole	267	3	1
Majority			548	7	n/a
Turnout			7,987	26	3
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Gravesham Rural

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bryan Sweetland	3,975	71	8
	Labour	Doug Christie	740	13	6
	Liberal Democrats	John Richard Death	440	8	new
	UKIP	Ryan Andrew Waters	407	7	new
Majority			3,235	58	14
Turnout			5,562	36	5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Northfleet & Gravesend West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tan Dhesi	3,786	44	16
	Labour	Lauren Sullivan	3,621	42	17
	Conservative	Conrad Broadley	3,390	39	24
	Conservative	Gary John Harding	3,149	36	24
	UKIP	David Shaun Beattie	883	10	5
	UKIP	Emmanuel Korede Feyisetan	649	7	8
	Liberal Democrats	Sharan Virk	386	4	new
	Green	Erin Claire Johnson	374	4	new
	Liberal Democrats	Mark John Powell Marsh	365	4	new
	Green	Ruiha Gayle Smalley	218	3	new
Majority			231	3	7
Turnout			8,682	30	3
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Maidstone[]

Maidstone Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Dan Daley	3,540	42	22
	Liberal Democrats	Rob Bird	3,140	38	20
	Conservative	Alan Bartlett	2,746	33	22
	Conservative	Graham Alexander Jarvis	2,246	27	17
	Labour	Paul Harper	1,319	16	9
	UKIP	Pamela Elizabeth Watts	647	8	3
	Green	Stuart Robert Jeffery	470	6	2
	Green	Donna Louise Greenan	444	5	2
Majority			394	5	2
Turnout			8,367	30	2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Maidstone North East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Chittenden	2,232	50	8
	Conservative	Cheryl Janette Taylor Maggio	1,411	32	12
	Labour	Joanna Burns	332	7	2
	UKIP	Nick Goddard	310	7	17
	Green	Belinda Anne Bassett	148	3	2
Majority			821	18	0
Turnout			4,433	32	3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Maidstone Rural East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Shellina Prendergast	3,482	70	1
	UKIP	Mark John McGiffin	472	9	new
	Liberal Democrats	Paul John Wilby	458	9	4
	Labour	Malcolm McKay	397	8	6
	Green	Derek Roy Eagle	201	4	7
Majority			3,010	61	6
Turnout			5,010	36	6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Maidstone Rural North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Carter, CBE	3,042	66	20
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Ashley Richard Cox	530	11	4
	Labour	Tim Licence	441	10	1
	UKIP	Gordon Newton	408	9	22
	Green	Ciaran Dominic Oliver	197	4	1
Majority			2,512	55	42
Turnout			4,618	33	4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Maidstone Rural South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eric Hotson	2,912	68	10
	Liberal Democrats	Derek John Mortimer	610	14	12
	Labour	Stella Marlyn Randall	398	9	new
	Green	Caroline Jessel	356	8	8
Majority			2,302	54	12
Turnout			4,276	34	4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Maidstone Rural West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paulina Stockell	2,351	49	6
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Mortimer	1,716	36	26
	UKIP	Martin Peter Lack	348	7	24
	Labour	Richard John Coates	259	5	5
	Green	Geoffrey Wilkinson	140	3	3
Majority			635	13	1
Turnout			4,814	39	8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Maidstone South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Charles Cooper	1,872	42	13
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Clark	1,561	35	12
	UKIP	Michael Hogg	418	9	new
	Labour	Patrick Frederick Coates	371	8	7
	Green	Ian McDonald	101	2	6
	Independent	Yolande Ann Kenward	82	2	new
	Independent	Gary Butler	46	1	new
Majority			311	7	n/a
Turnout			4,451	33	5
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Maidstone South East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gary Cooke	1,496	52	8
	UKIP	Eddie Powell	543	19	new
	Labour	Dan Wilkinson	496	17	15
	Liberal Democrats	David Sandru Naghi	247	9	2
	Green	Steven Cheeseman	107	4	8
Majority			953	33	21
Turnout			2,888	24	4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sevenoaks[]

Sevenoaks North & Darent Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Gough	3,289	64	15
	Labour	Theo Michael	502	10	9
	Liberal Democrats	Krish Shanmuganathan	476	9	4
	Green	Philip Dodd	463	9	new
	UKIP	Graham Russell Cushway	374	7	19
Majority			2,787	54	31
Turnout			5,104	32	5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sevenoaks Rural North East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Brazier	3,371	78	27
	Labour	Lucas Jacob Pearce	539	12	2
	Green	Mark Richard Lindop	435	10	new
Majority			2,832	66	40
Turnout			4,345	30	4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sevenoaks Rural South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter William Ariel Lake	2,749	63	17
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Giles Streatfeild	878	20	3
	Labour	James Fredrick Charles Parish	354	8	2
	Green	Amelie Elisabeth Boleyn	280	6	new
	Independent	Alan Dharmendra Damodaran	72	2	new
Majority			1,871	43	23
Turnout			4,333	34	6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sevenoaks Town

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Margaret Crabtree	2,483	48	8
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Clayton	2,046	40	25
	Labour	Michael James Hogg	346	7	3
	UKIP	Gerald Michael O'Brien	293	6	9
Majority			437	8	33
Turnout			5,168	35	5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sevenoaks West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nick Chard	3,025	63	12
	Liberal Democrats	Merilyn Canet	719	15	8
	Labour	Neil Malcolm Proudfoot	432	9	1
	UKIP	Chris Stewart	301	6	21
	Green	Sarah Jane White	298	6	1
Majority			2,306	48	24
Turnout			4,775	32	5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Swanley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Horwood	2,411	65	24
	Labour	Angela George	886	24	8
	Liberal Democrats	John Owen Jones	213	6	new
	Green	Phil Levy	118	3	0
	BNP	Clifford Le May	94	3	2
Majority			1,525	41	32
Turnout			3,722	25	3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Swale[]

There are five single-member constituencies and one multi-member constituency within the District of Swale, which elect a total of seven councillors to Kent County Council. The electoral map of Swale was redrawn as a result of boundary changes which saw the old Swale Central multi-member ward split to create Sittingbourne North and Sittingbourne South, both single member divisions. Sheerness and Sheppey Divisions were merged to create the new Multi-member Sheppey Division. Swale District includes the Division of Faversham which saw Liberal Democrat Antony Hook winning the Faversham division, which had been considered a "safe" Conservative seat. Antony Hook's campaign increased the Liberal Democrat vote share from 4% in 2013 to a winning 43%. Faversham also saw the largest turnout of any seat. Boundary changes meant that Below are the results:^[4]

Faversham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Antony Hook	2,714	43	39
	Conservative	David Henry Simmons	2218	35	10
	Labour	Trevor Raymond Payne	863	14	17
	Green	Peter Hutchinson	261	4	new
	UKIP	Christine Margaret Palmer	243	4	16
Majority			496	8	n/a
Turnout			6,299	43	13
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Sheppey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andy Booth	3,093	43	18
	Conservative	Ken Pugh	3,009	42	16
	Labour	Angela Harrison	1,774	25	15
	UKIP	Richard William Darby	1,485	21	14
	Labour	Gill Smith	1,291	18	4
	UKIP	Mini Nissanga	998	14	30
	Independent	Elliott Jayes	593	8	n/a
	Monster Raving Loony	Mad Mike Young	339	5	3
	Green	Richard John Bishop	337	5	new
	Green	Dru Hopkins	201	3	new
	Liberal Democrats	David John Spurling	175	2	0
	Independent	Mike Walters	144	2	new
Majority			1,235	17	n/a
Turnout			7,194	24	3
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Sittingbourne North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sue Gent	1,526	41	23
	Labour	Ghlin Whelan	1,195	32	17
	UKIP	Jim Hall	639	17	1
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Clark	330	9	7
	Green	Huw Jones	72	2	new
Majority			331	9	n/a
Turnout			3,762	24	5
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Sittingbourne South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Wright	1,972	42	27
	Labour	Roger Truelove	1,955	41	23
	UKIP	Lee Burgess	527	11	6
	Liberal Democrats	Gareth Dominic Edmund Arnold	188	4	2
	Green	Jonathan Grace	76	2	new
Majority			17	1	n/a
Turnout			4,718	33	4
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing

Swale East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Bowles	2,597	54	8
	UKIP	Richard Frank Palmer	717	15	12
	Labour	Frances Rehal	624	13	7
	Liberal Democrats	Eddie Thomas	500	10	3
	Green	Alistair Gould	367	8	new
Majority			1,880	39	20
Turnout			4,805	37	9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Swale West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Whiting	2,159	43	11
	UKIP	Mike Baldock	2040	40	11
	Labour	Tony Winkless	495	10	2
	Liberal Democrats	Marc Wilson	228	5	1
	Green	Tim Valentine	120	2	new
Majority			119	3	n/a
Turnout			5,042	32	2
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing

Thanet[]

Birchington & Rural

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Emma Dawson	4,529	54	22
	Conservative	Ken Gregory	4,103	49	17
	Labour	Lynda Diana Robinson	1,455	17	3
	UKIP	Suzanne Brimm	1,418	17	30
	UKIP	Peter Evans	1,141	14	33
	Labour	Seamus Yener	1,115	13	4
	Liberal Democrats	Angie Curwen	1,076	13	6
	Liberal Democrats	Martyn Harry Pennington	819	10	3
	Green	Natasha Anne Ransom	499	6	new
Majority			684	32	n/a
Turnout			8,385	32	2
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing

* Previously the one seat Birchington and Villages division.

Broadstairs

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rosalind Binks	3,155	58	43
	Labour	Stuart James McCann	1,172	21	8
	UKIP	Zita Wiltshire	580	11	9
	Liberal Democrats	William Robert Hewer	379	7	5
	Green	Terry MacDonald	196	4	1
Majority			1,983	37	n/a
Turnout			5,482	38	5
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing

* Previously a two seat division.

Cliftonville

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lesley Game	2,679	55	43
	Labour	Aram Ahmed Rawf	965	20	2
	UKIP	Chris Wells	648	13	5
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew David Brown	246	5	3
	Independent	David Reginald Davidge	163	3	new
	Green	Mike White	129	3	1
Majority			1,714	35	n/a
Turnout			4,830	35	8
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing

Margate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barry Harvey Lewis	1,268	44	24
	Conservative	Kerry Jane Boyd	1,187	42	16
	Liberal Democrats	John Finnegan	169	6	4
	Green	Bernard Charles Kirkham	133	5	new
	Independent	Pip Rees	96	3	new
Majority			81	2	n/a
Turnout			3,485	24	5
	Labour gain from UKIP		Swing

* Previously Margate West, as well as part of the Cliftonville division.

Ramsgate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Karen Constantine	3,200	34	18
	Conservative	Paul Joesph Messenger	3,168	34	24
	Labour	Raushan Ara	3,145	34	19
	Conservative	Marc Rattigan	2,945	32	23
	UKIP	Trevor Shonk	1,846	20	2
	UKIP	Lin Fairbrass	1,746	19	1
	Independent	Ian Driver	505	5	1
	Independent	Colin Grostate	485	5	new
	Liberal Democrats	Jordan Luke Williams	479	5	4
	Liberal Democrats	Catherine Frances Hewer	472	5	4
	Independent	Stefan John Connor Costen	181	2	new
Majority			23	0.2	n/a
Turnout			9,333	30	1
	Labour gain from UKIP		Swing
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing

Tonbridge and Malling[]

There are five single-member constituencies and one multi-member constituency within the District of Tonbridge and Malling, which elect a total of seven councillors to Kent County Council. Below are the results:^[5]

Malling Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Trudy Dean	2,576	57	2
	Conservative	Dougie Dick	1,535	34	14
	Labour	Sarah Rosalind Palmer	239	5	2
	UKIP	Helen Jean Brown	182	4	12
Majority			1,041	23	12
Turnout			4,532	36	2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Malling North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sarah Hohler	2,512	65	19
	Labour	Wayne John Mallard	763	20	7
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Stephen Selkirk	411	11	7
	Green	Howard Porter	158	4	1
Majority			1,749	45	26
Turnout			3,844	28	3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Malling North East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Homewood	3,208	69	23
	Liberal Democrats	Darren Kent Nicholls	620	13	5
	Labour	Lola Ayeni	594	13	3
	Green	Steve Jackson	217	5	2
Majority			2,588	56	37
Turnout			4,639	32	3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Malling Rural East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Matthew Balfour	3,230	74	26
	Liberal Democrats	Nicola Marie Gibb	663	15	10
	Green	Jill Darby	450	10	6
Majority			2,567	59	43
Turnout			4,343	31	1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Malling West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Harry Rayner	3,208	69	14
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas George Stapleton	460	10	5
	Labour	Kathleen Maria Garlick	336	7	2
	Green	Richard Paul Mountford	312	7	2
	UKIP	Mike Jerrom	311	7	17
Majority			2,748	59	28
Turnout			4,627	36	6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Tonbridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Douglas Payne	4,647	52	28
	Conservative	Richard Long, TD	4,464	50	28
	Liberal Democrats	Frances Annabel Hoskins	1,413	16	12
	Labour	Mary Geraldine Ann Arigho	1,209	14	6
	Liberal Democrats	Garry Christopher Bridge	1,146	13	9
	Green	April Elizabeth Clark	1,028	12	7
	Labour	Sacha Marten	1,009	11	4
	Green	Mark Antony James Hood	923	10	6
	UKIP	David John Allen	766	9	3
	UKIP	Colin Robert Tarver Hussey	723	8	2
Majority			3,051	34	24
Turnout			8,874	33	5
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Tunbridge Wells[]

Cranbrook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Seán Holden	2,932	60	19
	Independent	Nancy Warne	988	20	new
	Liberal Democrats	Clare Katherine Bishop	647	13	5
	Labour	Ian Patrick Carvell	306	6	2
Majority			1,944	40	27
Turnout			4,873	35	2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Tunbridge Wells East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Vincent Barrington-King	1,953	41	18
	Liberal Democrats	Allen David Lear	912	19	2
	Independent	Terry Cload	850	18	3
	Labour	Tim Rich	567	12	4
	UKIP	Chris Hoare	429	9	2
Majority			1,041	22	n/a
Turnout			4,711	35	1
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing

Tunbridge Wells North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Oakford	2,017	42	7
	Labour	Martin Roland Betts	1,248	26	9
	Liberal Democrats	Marguerita Morton	1,172	25	8
	UKIP	William O'Shea	215	4	20
	Green	Anthony Hoskin	128	3	4
Majority			769	16	5
Turnout			4,780	35	6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Tunbridge Wells Rural

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sarah Hamilton	2,928	65	22
	Labour	Raymond Peter Moon	600	13	0
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Deacon	475	11	3
	UKIP	Colin Nicholson	266	6	30
	Green	Trevor Tyrone Bisdee	219	5	new
Majority			2,328	52	45
Turnout			4,488	35	4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Tunbridge Wells South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Catherine Rankin	2,716	53	7
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Thomas Hickey	888	17	4
	Labour	Lorna Blackmore	573	11	4
	Women's Equality	Céline Thomas	474	9	new
	UKIP	Naz Mian	219	4	22
	Green	John Anthony Hurst	215	4	new
Majority			1,828	36	16
Turnout			5,085	36	6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Tunbridge Wells West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James McInroy	2,720	55	14
	Liberal Democrats	Alan James Bullion	884	18	10
	Labour	Alex Britcher	718	15	4
	Green	David Charles Holton	350	7	0
	UKIP	Russell Robert Bishop	259	5	28
Majority			1,836	37	29
Turnout			4,931	35	3
	Conservative hold		Swing

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