Swale Borough Council

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Swale Borough Council
Swale Borough Council Logo
Type
Type
History
Founded1 April 1974
Leadership
Mayor
Cllr Paul Stephen, Swale Independents Alliance
Leader of the Council
Cllr Roger Truelove, Labour
Deputy Leader of the Council
Cllr Mike Baldock, Swale Independents Alliance
Leader of the Opposition
Cllr Alan Horton, Conservative
Chief Executive
Larissa Reed
Structure
Seats47 councillors
UK Swale Borough Council 2019.svg
Political groups
Administration (27)
  Labour (10)
  Swale Independents (8)
  Independent (3)
  Liberal Democrats (4)
  Green Party (2)
Opposition (20)
  Conservative (17)
  Independent (2)
  Reform UK (1)
Length of term
4 years
Elections
First-past-the-post
Last election
2019
Next election
Motto
Known By Their Fruits
Meeting place
Swale House, Sittingbourne
Website
www.swale.gov.uk

Swale Borough Council is the local authority for Swale in Kent, England.

History[]

The Local Government Act 1972 created the District of Swale by merging the Borough of Faversham; the Borough of Queenborough-in-Sheppey, which covered the whole of Sheppey; the Sittingbourne and Milton Urban District; and . The council started functioning on 1 April 1974.

Swale Borough Council was established as the local authority for the newly formed borough of Swale on 20 January 1978.

Chairmen[]

  • 1973-74 R. D. Sharrock
  • 1974-75 R. D. Sharrock
  • 1975-76 K. H. Burbidge
  • 1976-77 R. W. Barnicott

Mayors[]

  • 1977-78 R. W. Barnicott
  • 1978-79 J. M. Elliott
  • 1979-80 J. M. Elliott
  • 1980-81 A. M. North
  • 1981-82 T. T. Holden
  • 1982-83 L. A. Nash
  • 1983-84 H. T. Curling
  • 1984-85 William Boggia
  • 1985-86 Richard Moreton
  • 1986-87 Kenneth Ingleton
  • 1987-88 Peter Morgan
  • 1988-89 L. T. Vaughan
  • 1989-90 Mrs Jean Newman
  • 1990-91 Mrs Jean Newman
  • 1991-92 Keith Evans
  • 1992-93 Brian Groves
  • 1993-94 Brian Austen
  • 1994-95 L. T. Vaughan
  • 1995-96 Don Jordan
  • 1996-97 Ernest Madgwick
  • 1997-98 David Sargent
  • 1998-99 Gerry Lewin
  • 1999-00 Mrs Ann McLean
  • 2000-01 Peter Salmon
  • 2001-02 Mrs Brenda Simpson
  • 2002-03 Mrs Brenda Hammond
  • 2003-04 Mick Constable
  • 2004-05 Colin Prescott
  • 2005-06 Bryan Mulhern
  • 2006-07 John Morris
  • 2007-08 John Morris
  • 2008-09 Alan Willicombe
  • 2009-10 Adrian Crowther
  • 2010-11 Steve Worrall
  • 2011-12 Ben Stokes
  • 2012-13 Mrs Pat Sandle
  • 2013-14 Mrs Sue Gent
  • 2014-15 George Bobbin
  • 2015-16 Mrs Anita Walker
  • 2016-17 Mrs Lesley Ingham
  • 2017-18 Colin Prescott
  • 2018-19 Samuel Koffie-Williams
  • 2019-20 Kenneth Ingleton
  • 2020-21 Paul Stephen
  • 2021-22 Paul Stephen

Honorary Alderman[]

1974
  • R.S.Amor
  • A.L.Baker
  • W.A.G.Brett
  • J.W.Craddock
  • L.M.Easton
  • G.C.Ely
  • H.Foster
  • H.G.Harris
  • H.Knowles
  • E.M.Mills
  • D.W.Morgan-Kirby
  • H.I.Price

1976

  • R.D.Sharrock
  • W.H.White

1987

  • J.G.Bailey
  • W.E.Bishop
  • K.L.Day
  • R.W.Lewis
  • A.H.Osborne
  • C.B.W.Stevens

1989

  • P.Wilks

1990

  • B.R.Austen
  • K.I.Ingleton

1991

  • J.G.Ardley
  • W.Baron
  • P.J.Morgan

1992

  • W.G.Boggia
  • J.F.Donnellan
  • K.J.Evans
  • P.J.Salmon

1995

  • J.J.Burke

1996

  • R.W.Barnicott
  • Mrs A.Hill

1998

  • D.Grover

1999

  • Mrs J.Lebor
  • T.C.Ledger
  • E.J.Madgwick

2002

  • J.P.Crouch
  • Mrs M.Crouch
  • Val Dane
  • Mrs A.S.McLean
  • P.J.Mulcahy
  • Mrs J.M.Newman
  • D.T.Sargent
  • L.T.Vaughan

2006

  • R.Calvert
  • B.W.Lowe
  • J.Stanford
  • M.Constable

2007

  • D.Jordan
  • D.Manning
  • J.Ronan
  • B.Woodland

2008

  • M.Brown
  • Mrs B.E.Hammond

2010

  • Mrs C.Davis

2011

  • Mrs E.H.Lowe

2012

  • B.J.Simpson

2014

  • J.C.Morris

2015

  • R.W.Barnicott
  • M.W.Haywood
  • A.T.Willicombe
  • S.Worrall

2019

  • G.L.Bobbin
  • A.Booth
  • A.H.T.Bowles
  • D.T.Conway
  • M.R.Cosgrove
  • A.D.Crowther
  • D.Dewar-Whalley
  • Mrs S.A.Gent
  • M.S.Henderson
  • G.Lewin
  • B.Mulhern
  • C.Prescott
  • B.Stokes
  • Mrs A.I.Walker
  • J.G.Wright

Honorary Freemen of the Borough[]

  • 1978 D. Allen
  • 1982 Mrs D. M. Elvy JP DL
  • 1986 Bob Geldof KBE
  • 2004 Gerald David Thomsett
  • 2004 Peter James Salmon
  • 2018 Stephen Mark Brown
  • 2021 Peter Morgan MBE
  • 2021 Robin Castle MBE

Elections[]

See also: Swale Borough Council elections

Swale Borough Council is elected every four years, with currently 47 councillors being elected at each election. After the Conservatives had a majority on the council from 1976 to 1986, no party had overall control from 1986 until the 2002 election when the Conservatives regained control. The Conservatives held their majority until the when the council returned to no overall control. The council is currently composed of the following councillors:-[1]

Party Councillors
Conservative Party 17
Labour Party 10
Swale Independents 8
Independent 5
Liberal Democrats 4
Green 2
Reform UK 1

References[]

  1. ^ "Swale Borough Council". BBC News. Retrieved 2020-02-03.
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