# 2015 Dartford Borough Council election

The 2015 Dartford Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of the Dartford Borough Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections.

## Election result

"Residents Association" is the Swanscombe and Greenhithe Residents Association.
Turnout: 69.60%
Dartford Borough Council Election Result 7 May 2015 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| Conservative | 34 | 3 | - | +3 | 77 | 49.72 | 57,514 |
| Labour | 7 | - | 2 | -2 | 16 | 29.55 | 34,179 |
| Residents | 3 | - | 1 | -1 | 7 | 4.29 | 4,960 |
| UKIP | 0 | - | - | - | | 14.31 | 16,552 |
| Green | 0 | - | - | - | | 1.95 | 2,254 |
| Independent | 0 | - | - | - | | <1 | 210 |

## Ward results

In multi-member wards, "majority" is taken as the difference in votes between the lowest of the elected and the highest of the not elected.
Bean & Darenth (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | David Alan Hammock | 1318 | 19.57 |
| | Conservative | Ian Douglas Armitt | 1299 | 19.28 |
| | Conservative | Rebecca Louise Shanks | 1171 | 17.38 |
| | UKIP | Gary Paul Rogers | 821 | 12.19 |
| | Labour | Thomas William Cook | 795 | 11.80 |
| | Labour | Jeffrey Howard Froud | 721 | 10.70 |
| | Labour | Victoria Oguntope | 611 | 9.07 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 350 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6736 | 67.64 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Brent (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Rosanna Marina Currans | 1784 | 20.26 |
| | Conservative | Avtar Singh Sandhu | 1706 | 19.37 |
| | Conservative | Drew Swinerd | 1604 | 18.21 |
| | Labour | Eric James Grover | 1053 | 11.96 |
| | Labour | Charlton Edward Thornhill | 920 | 10.45 |
| | Labour | Afroz Sheikh Mohammad Ahsan | 905 | 10.28 |
| | UKIP | Colin Robert Taylor | 834 | 9.47 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 551 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8806 | 69.92 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Castle (1) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Paul Cutler | 654 | 53.96 |
| | Labour | Alan Oshioriame Omogbai | 257 | 21.20 |
| | UKIP | Keith Barry Thomas Ewers | 171 | 14.11 |
| | Residents | Linda Manchester | 130 | 10.73 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 397 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1212 | 62.62 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Greenhithe (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Keith Martin Kelly | 1175 | 15.99 |
| | Conservative | Maria Barbara Kelly | 1067 | 14.52 |
| | Conservative | David James Mote | 1049 | 14.27 |
| | Residents | Susan Patricia Butterfill | 700 | 9.52 |
| | Residents | Peter Martin Harman | 635 | 8.64 |
| | Labour | Julian Timothy Bryant | 565 | 7.69 |
| | Labour | Rosetta Mary Barnett | 558 | 7.59 |
| | UKIP | William Allan Mackie | 557 | 7.58 |
| | Residents | Bryan Richard Parry | 550 | 7.48 |
| | Labour | Sarah Wimhurst | 494 | 6.72 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 349 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7350 | 60.00 |
| | Conservative gain from Residents | Conservative gain from Residents | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Heath (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Andrew Ronald Lloyd | 1952 | 20.61 |
| | Conservative | Richard John Wells | 1706 | 18.01 |
| | Conservative | Patricia Anne Thurlow | 1697 | 17.92 |
| | Labour | David John Michael Stock | 906 | 9.57 |
| | Labour | Helen Mary Susan Flint | 896 | 9.46 |
| | Labour | Robert John Celino | 861 | 9.09 |
| | UKIP | Lisa Rogers | 775 | 8.18 |
| | UKIP | Ben Robert Fryer | 678 | 7.16 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 791 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9471 | 76.12 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Joyce Green (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Mark Andrew Maddison | 866 | 21.88 |
| | Labour | Bachchu Kailash Kaini | 846 | 21.37 |
| | Conservative | David William Butler | 802 | 20.26 |
| | UKIP | Linda Janet Moore | 713 | 18.01 |
| | Conservative | Oluwatobiloba Williams | 489 | 12.35 |
| | Green | Mark Simon Pilkington | 242 | 6.11 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 44 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3958 | 72.31 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Joydens Wood (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Ann Dorothy Allen | 2405 | 20.70 |
| | Conservative | Marilyn Iris Peters | 2225 | 19.15 |
| | Conservative | Brian Garden | 2188 | 18.83 |
| | UKIP | Christine Ann Doucy | 918 | 7.90 |
| | UKIP | Roger Errol Doucy | 876 | 7.54 |
| | Labour | Paul Frederick Blankley | 783 | 6.74 |
| | UKIP | Robert Edward Norman | 762 | 6.56 |
| | Labour | Barbara Ann Stockbridge | 737 | 6.34 |
| | Labour | Hasina Carroll | 725 | 6.24 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1270 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 11619 | 76.22 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Littlebrook (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Daisy Page | 916 | 27.22 |
| | Labour | Thomas Anthony Maddison | 799 | 23.74 |
| | Conservative | Adam Crinion | 629 | 18.69 |
| | UKIP | David Roberts | 560 | 16.64 |
| | Conservative | Cathryn Ann Snowball | 461 | 13.70 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 170 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3365 | 64.57 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Longfield, New Barn and Southfleet (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Jeremy Alan Kite | 2545 | 23.28 |
| | Conservative | Steven Hamilton Brown | 2384 | 21.81 |
| | Conservative | Roger Stephen Leonard Perfitt | 2098 | 19.19 |
| | UKIP | Diane Huxley | 778 | 7.12 |
| | UKIP | Roy William Alfred Huxley | 696 | 6.37 |
| | Labour | Michael John Allen | 537 | 4.91 |
| | Labour | Shaun Cummings | 459 | 4.20 |
| | Labour | John Roger Ward | 431 | 3.94 |
| | Green | Christopher John Burton | 294 | 2.69 |
| | Green | Sarah Lawrence | 285 | 2.61 |
| | Green | Andrew Danny Blatchford | 214 | 1.96 |
| | Independent | Jennifer Mary MacDonald | 210 | 1.92 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1320 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10931 | 82.20 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Newtown (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Calvin Samuel McLean | 1507 | 16.44 |
| | Conservative | Steven Ronald Jarnell | 1394 | 15.21 |
| | Conservative | Julie Anne Ozog | 1332 | 14.53 |
| | Labour | David John Baker | 1204 | 13.13 |
| | Labour | Phillip Rogers | 1117 | 12.18 |
| | UKIP | Clare Taylor | 940 | 10.25 |
| | Labour | Gurdial Singh Rai | 925 | 10.09 |
| | Green | Tessa Leigh Hampton | 435 | 4.74 |
| | Green | Jacqueline Burton | 314 | 3.42 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 128 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9168 | 68.22 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Princes (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Joshua Jones | 1155 | 16.35 |
| | Labour | Patrick Kelly | 1080 | 15.29 |
| | Conservative | Rebecca Florence Storey | 1061 | 15.02 |
| | Labour | Geoffrey Truscott Prout | 992 | 14.05 |
| | Conservative | Brian Walker | 968 | 13.71 |
| | Conservative | Jean Carol Shippam | 933 | 13.21 |
| | UKIP | Shan-E-Din Choycha | 874 | 12.37 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 69 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7063 | 63.91 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | |
Stone (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Lucy Alison Canham | 1251 | 16.48 |
| | Conservative | John Burrell | 1210 | 15.94 |
| | Labour | Jonathon Simon Hawkes | 989 | 13.03 |
| | Labour | Claire Pearce | 952 | 12.54 |
| | Conservative | Stephanie Anne Thredgle | 870 | 11.46 |
| | Labour | Catherine Mary Stafford | 850 | 11.20 |
| | UKIP | James Arthur Moore | 769 | 10.13 |
| | UKIP | Roger Arnold Cherrington Cockett | 699 | 9.21 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 37 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7590 | 66.53 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Sutton-at-Hone and Hawley (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Patrick Francis Coleman | 1364 | 35.80 |
| | Conservative | Lucas James Reynolds | 899 | 23.60 |
| | UKIP | Ivan Paul Burch | 729 | 19.13 |
| | Labour | Carole Ann Jones | 436 | 11.44 |
| | Labour | Brian Charles Matthews | 382 | 10.03 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 170 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3810 | 73.46 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Swanscombe (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Residents | Bryan Ernest Read | 1017 | 13.63 |
| | Residents | Richard John Lees | 999 | 13.39 |
| | Residents | John Alfred Hayes | 929 | 12.45 |
| | Labour | Steve Jacqueline Doran | 881 | 11.81 |
| | UKIP | Stephen Norman Wilders | 840 | 11.26 |
| | Labour | Alex Harvey | 837 | 11.22 |
| | Labour | Tina Flint | 781 | 10.47 |
| | Conservative | Dorcas Londres | 457 | 6.13 |
| | Conservative | Melissa Souza-Lima | 383 | 5.13 |
| | Conservative | Johannes Theodor Zumbusch | 337 | 4.52 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 48 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7461 | 59.02 |
| | Residents hold | Residents hold | Swing | |
| | Residents hold | Residents hold | Swing | |
| | Residents hold | Residents hold | Swing | |
Town (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Matthew John Davis | 752 | 22.09 |
| | Conservative | Christopher Jon Shippam | 650 | 19.09 |
| | Labour | Alina Gaskin | 568 | 16.68 |
| | Labour | Graham Christopher David Steele | 566 | 16.62 |
| | UKIP | Sonia Elizabeth Keane | 425 | 12.48 |
| | UKIP | Michael Robert Wiltshire | 296 | 8.69 |
| | Green | Richard Andrew Estcourt | 148 | 4.35 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 82 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3405 | 63.76 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
West Hill (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Arron Bardoe | 1733 | 18.35 |
| | Conservative | Jan Michael Ozog | 1568 | 16.61 |
| | Conservative | Denzil James Reynolds | 1564 | 16.56 |
| | Labour | Aaron Bowater | 1105 | 11.70 |
| | Labour | David Michael Brooker | 962 | 10.19 |
| | Labour | Garry Graham Sturley | 863 | 9.14 |
| | UKIP | Simon John Blanchard | 725 | 7.68 |
| | UKIP | Josephine Anne Shippam | 600 | 6.35 |
| | Green | David Richard Jones | 322 | 3.41 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 459 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9442 | 73.91 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Wilmington (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Derek Edward Hunnisett | 1526 | 35.64 |
| | Conservative | Edward John Lampkin | 1347 | 31.46 |
| | UKIP | Robert Francis McLeod | 516 | 12.05 |
| | Labour | Susan May Brooker | 487 | 11.37 |
| | Labour | Derek Alexander Hills | 406 | 9.48 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 831 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4282 | 76.81 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |