2019 Folkestone and Hythe District Council election

Elections to Folkestone & Hythe District Council were held on 2 May 2019.^[1]

Results summary[]

2019 Folkestone and Hythe District Council election

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	13	1	10	9	43.3	36.4	22,072	-1.5
	Green	6	6	0	6	20.0	25.2	15,268	+12.4
	Labour	6	5	0	5	20.0	18.8	11,422	+8.5
	Liberal Democrats	2	2	0	2	6.7	11.3	6,821	+1.0
	UKIP	2	1	6	5	6.7	3.6	2,162	-16.0
	Independent	1	1	0	1	3.3	4.0	2,423	-1.6
	Foundation Party	0	0	0		0.0	0.6	384	New
	Socialist (GB)	0	0	0		0.0	0.1	59	New

Ward results[]

Broadmead[]

Broadmead

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ann Berry*	582	59.4	+14.1
	Labour	John O'Hara	220	22.4	+9.5
	Liberal Democrats	Harrison Scott-Sansom	178	18.2	-4.2
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cheriton[]

Cheriton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Gane*	854	35.5	+3.3
	Green	Rebecca Shoob	846	35.2	+22.4
	Conservative	John Collier*	793	33.0	-1.8
	Conservative	Roger West	781	32.5	+7.2
	Labour	Paul Bingham	662	27.5	+5.1
	Labour	Jonathan Graham	655	27.2	+10.6
	Labour	Laura Sullivan	579	24.1	+10.1
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Berridge	532	22.1	-0.3
	Liberal Democrats	Ross Clark	445	18.5	N/A
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Green gain from UKIP		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

East Folkestone[]

East Folkestone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michelle Dorrell	639	33.2	+7.6
	Labour	Jackie Meade	623	32.4	+11.9
	Labour	Connor Mcconville	558	29.0	+9.6
	Conservative	Dylan Jeffrey	546	28.4	+9.0
	Green	Jennifer Hawkins	503	26.2	N/A
	Conservative	Dave Pascoe	502	26.1	+5.1
	Green	Clive Hawkins	448	23.3	N/A
	Conservative	Neil Jones	395	20.6	+0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Hugh Robertson-Ritchie	368	19.1	+10.5
	Independent	Carol Sacre*	319	16.6	-10.0
Majority
Turnout
	Labour gain from UKIP		Swing
	Labour gain from UKIP		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Dylan Jeffrey stood as a Labour candidate in 2015, and Carol Sacre stood as a UKIP candidate.

Folkestone Central[]

Folkestone Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Laura Davidson	742	33.4	+23.1
	Conservative	Dan Brook	726	32.7	+1.6
	Conservative	David Monk*	675	30.4	+1.7
	Labour	David Horton	656	29.5	+9.5
	Labour	Belinda Walker	640	28.8	+9.3
	Conservative	Dick Pascoe*	635	28.6	±0.0
	Liberal Democrats	Sally Matthews	481	21.7	+8.2
	Liberal Democrats	Tom McNeice	473	21.3	+8.8
	Liberal Democrats	Oliver Robinson	422	19.0	+7.5
	Independent	Bryan Rylands	357	16.1	N/A
Majority
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

David Horton stood as a Green candidate in 2015.

Folkestone Harbour[]

Folkestone Harbour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nicola Keen	402	29.2	+8.6
	Labour	Ray Field	395	28.6	+25.8
	Foundation Party	Mary Lawes*	384	27.8	-4.5
	Green	Sandy McConnell	334	24.2	N/A
	Conservative	Sue Wallace*	286	20.7	-7.6
	Conservative	Dhan Gurung	259	18.8	-7.3
	Liberal Democrats	Danielle Anson	253	18.3	+6.6
	Socialist (GB)	Andy Thomas	59	4.3	N/A
Majority
Turnout
	Labour gain from UKIP		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Ray Field stood as a TUSC candidate in 2015, and Mary Lawes stood as a UKIP candidate.

Hythe[]

Hythe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Jim Martin	2,656	62.1	+31.3
	Green	Lesley Whybrow	2,648	62.0	+28.8
	Green	Georgina Treloar	2,408	56.3	+24.7
	Conservative	Malcolm Dearden*	1,197	28.0	-20.3
	Conservative	Alan Ewart-James*	1,150	26.9	-17.5
	Conservative	David Owen*	1,136	26.6	-19.8
	Labour	Christopher Deane	293	6.9	N/A
	Labour	Lynne Smith	265	6.2	N/A
	Labour	Gary Snow	222	5.2	N/A
Majority
Turnout
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing

Hythe Rural[]

Hythe Rural

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Douglas Wade	978	52.5	+21.8
	Green	John Wing	861	46.2	N/A
	Conservative	Paul Peacock*	545	29.2	-18.6
	Conservative	Michael Lyons*	508	27.3	-24.6
	Independent	Harry Williams	262	14.1	N/A
	Labour	Nicola Deane	174	9.3	N/A
	Labour	Tony Goode	131	7.0	N/A
Majority
Turnout
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing

New Romney[]

New Romney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Wimble	1,032	48.7	+30.6
	Conservative	Patricia Rolfe	624	29.4	-2.8
	Conservative	Russell Tillson	583	27.5	-2.7
	Labour	John Cramp	467	22.0	+9.8
	Green	Malcolm Watkinson	431	20.3	+13.0
	Liberal Democrats	Val Loseby	258	12.2	+2.7
	Labour	Janet Paice	178	8.4	N/A
Majority
Turnout
	Independent gain from UKIP		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

North Downs East[]

North Downs East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Godfrey*	1,274	50.0	+5.2
	Conservative	Stuart Peall*	1,213	47.6	+20.8
	Conservative	Philip Martin*	1,181	46.4	+3.2
	Green	Stephen Scoffham	797	31.3	+18.8
	Green	David Williams	658	25.8	+15.2
	Liberal Democrats	Cyril Trice	546	21.4	+8.9
	Labour	Andy Csiszar	333	13.1	+0.7
	Labour	Peter McLaren	329	12.9	+0.6
	Labour	Joe Yusuf	250	9.8	N/A
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

North Downs West[]

North Downs West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Susan Carey*	945	41.9	-21.3
	Conservative	Jennifer Hollingsbee*	847	37.6	-18.8
	Green	Susan Chivers	756	33.5	+8.9
	UKIP	Liz Phillips	501	22.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Matthews	474	21.0	-2.1
	Labour	Sophia Moffatt-White	262	11.6	N/A
	Labour	Sophie Mort	226	10.0	N/A
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sandgate and West Folkestone[]

Sandgate & West Folkestone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Prater	962	56.3	+42.9
	Liberal Democrats	Gary Fuller	844	49.4	+35.8
	Conservative	Rory Love*	487	28.5	-6.3
	Conservative	Jan Holben*	471	27.6	-18.4
	Labour	Verity Sandles	244	14.3	+2.9
	Labour	Abena Akuffo-Kelly	204	11.9	+1.7
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Romney Marsh[]

Romney Marsh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Ian Meyers	851	35.5	+1.1
	UKIP	Terry Mullard	810	33.8	+2.2
	Conservative	Roger Wilkins*	630	26.3	-7.3
	Conservative	Eddie Goddard	553	23.1	-7.8
	Green	Penny Graham	552	23.0	N/A
	Labour	Chrissie Cooper	309	12.9	±0.0
	Labour	Tony Cooper	285	11.9	+1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Michel La Rue	272	11.3	+5.9
Majority
Turnout
	UKIP hold		Swing
	UKIP gain from Conservative		Swing

Walland and Denge Marsh[]

Walland & Denge Marsh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Clive Goddard*	858	45.2	±0.0
	Conservative	Tony Hills	836	44.1	+8.2
	Independent	Len Laws*	453	23.9	-13.3
	Green	Ross Carter	392	20.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Ted Last	313	16.5	+8.4
	Labour	Paul Carey	248	13.1	+1.1
	Labour	John Davies	231	12.2	+1.6
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing

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