# Kent County Council elections

Kent County Council elections are held every four years to elect Kent County Council in England. Since the last boundary changes in 2019 the council has comprised 81 councillors representing 72 electoral divisions, with each division electing one or two councillors.

## Council elections

* 1973 Kent County Council election
* 1977 Kent County Council election
* 1981 Kent County Council election
* 1985 Kent County Council election
* 1989 Kent County Council election
* 1993 Kent County Council election
* 1997 Kent County Council election
* 2001 Kent County Council election
* 2005 Kent County Council election
* 2009 Kent County Council election
* 2013 Kent County Council election
* 2017 Kent County Council election
* 2021 Kent County Council election
* 2025 Kent County Council election

## County result maps

* 2005 results map
* 2009 results map
* 2013 results map
* 2017 results map
* 2021 results map

## By-election results
### 1997-2001

Medway North Central By-Election 24 July 1997 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | | 979 | 72.0 | +15.3 |
| | Conservative | | 381 | 28.0 | −3.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 598 | 44.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,360 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Ashford South By-Election 9 July 1998 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | | 792 | 54.5 | −0.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | | 370 | 25.5 | +5.1 |
| | Conservative | | 240 | 16.5 | −8.1 |
| | BNP | | 50 | 3.4 | +3.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 422 | 29.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,452 | 13.2 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Malling Rural NE By-Election 6 May 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | | 1,894 | 44.2 | +7.7 |
| | Conservative | | 1,614 | 37.7 | −1.0 |
| | Labour | | 778 | 18.2 | −6.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 280 | 6.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,286 | 32.3 | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Swanscombe & Stone By-Election 14 September 2000 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | | 862 | 37.3 | +9.0 |
| | Labour | | 760 | 32.9 | −5.3 |
| | Independent | | 446 | 19.3 | −1.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | | 245 | 10.6 | −2.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 102 | 4.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,313 | 15.1 | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### 2001-2005

Cranbrook By-Election 19 September 2002 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | | 1,708 | 65.0 | +7.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | | 497 | 18.9 | −6.0 |
| | Labour | | 216 | 8.2 | −9.6 |
| | UKIP | | 207 | 7.9 | +7.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,211 | 46.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,628 | 23.1 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Ashford South East By-Election 29 April 2004 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | George Koowaree | 1,089 | 34.1 | −2.4 |
| | Conservative | Noel Greaves | 986 | 30.9 | −1.8 |
| | Labour | Leslie Lawrie | 459 | 14.4 | −20.0 |
| | Independent | Melvyn Elliff | 386 | 12.1 | +12.1 |
| | Green | Stephen Dawe | 140 | 4.4 | +4.4 |
| | National Front | John Kellam | 135 | 4.2 | +4.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 103 | 3.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,195 | 26.9 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### 2005-2009

Maidstone North East By-Election 12 July 2007 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ian Chittenden | 1,620 | 56.2 | +12.5 |
| | Conservative | Vanessa Jones | 831 | 28.8 | −1.3 |
| | Green | Stuart Jeffery | 187 | 6.5 | +2.5 |
| | Labour | Patrick Coates | 164 | 5.7 | −12.5 |
| | UKIP | Mark Croucher | 81 | 2.8 | −1.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 789 | 27.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,883 | 24.3 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Dover Town By-Election 27 September 2007 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Gordon Cowan | 1,860 | 44.5 | −5.8 |
| | Conservative | Nigel Collor | 1,348 | 32.2 | +4.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Dean Stiles | 420 | 10.0 | −11.6 |
| | Independent | Victor Matcham | 300 | 7.2 | +7.2 |
| | UKIP | Peter Campbell-Marshall | 256 | 6.1 | +6.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 512 | 12.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,184 | 19.5 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Herne Bay By-Election 9 October 2008 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Jean Law | 2,474 | 47.7 | +9.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Margaret Flaherty | 1,524 | 29.4 | −2.2 |
| | Labour | Michael Kenneth Britton | 537 | 10.4 | −12.4 |
| | BNP | Dennis Whiting | 399 | 7.7 | +7.7 |
| | UKIP | Brian Eric MacDowall | 252 | 4.9 | −2.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 950 | 18.1 | +11.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,196 | 23.2 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### 2009-2013

Dover Town By-Election 16 December 2010 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Gordon Cowan | 1,491 | 43.7 | +14.3 |
| | Conservative | Patrick Sherratt | 1,348 | 39.5 | −4.3 |
| | UKIP | Victor Matcham | 404 | 11.8 | +11.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Trickey | 170 | 5.0 | −21.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 143 | 4.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,413 | | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Tonbridge By-Election 20 January 2011 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Alice Hohler | 3,229 | 56.6 | +9.3 |
| | Labour | Emily Williams | 1,216 | 21.3 | +11.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Garry Bridge | 561 | 9.8 | −5.9 |
| | Green | Hazel Dawe | 366 | 6.4 | −3.8 |
| | UKIP | David Waller | 337 | 5.9 | −6.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,013 | 35.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,709 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Romney Marsh By-Election 1 February 2011 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Carole Waters | 2,222 | 54.1 | +7.6 |
| | Labour | Doug Suckling | 748 | 18.2 | +11.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Val Loseby | 479 | 11.7 | −1.3 |
| | UKIP | David Cammegh | 420 | 10.2 | −13.3 |
| | Independent | Rochelle Saunders | 238 | 5.8 | +5.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,474 | 35.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,107 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Tunbridge Wells East By-Election 14 June 2012 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | James Tansley | 1,171 | 32.3 | −17.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Neve | 1,022 | 28.2 | −3.6 |
| | UKIP | Christopher Hoare | 1,000 | 27.6 | +15.4 |
| | Labour | Ian Carvell | 321 | 8.9 | +2.2 |
| | Green | Hazel Dawe | 109 | 3.0 | +3.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 149 | 4.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,623 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Maidstone Central By-Election 18 October 2012 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Bird | 2,169 | 40.1 | −5.7 |
| | Conservative | Paul Butcher | 1,301 | 24.1 | −1.6 |
| | Labour | Paul Harper | 943 | 17.4 | +11.2 |
| | UKIP | John Stanford | 510 | 9.4 | −3.7 |
| | Green | Stuart Jeffery | 393 | 7.3 | −2.0 |
| | English Democrat | Michael Walters | 83 | 1.6 | +1.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 868 | 16.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,405 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Gravesham Rural By-Election 20 December 2012 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Bryan Sweetland | 1,780 | 61.3 | +1.3 |
| | UKIP | Geoffrey Clark | 634 | 21.8 | +21.8 |
| | Labour | Douglas Christie | 397 | 13.7 | +4.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gill McGill | 91 | 3.1 | −6.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,146 | 39.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,902 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### 2013-2017

Romney Marsh By-Election 7 May 2015 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Carole Waters | 4,913 | 43.8 | +5.2 |
| | UKIP | Susanna Govett | 3,903 | 34.8 | −4.2 |
| | Labour | Arran Harvey | 1,342 | 12.0 | −0.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Valerie Loseby | 626 | 5.6 | +1.5 |
| | Green | Andrew South | 435 | 3.9 | −1.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,010 | 9.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 11,219 | | |
| | Conservative gain from UKIP | Conservative gain from UKIP | Swing | | |
Gravesham East By-Election 18 August 2016 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Diane Marsh | 1,758 | 36.0 | +8.4 |
| | Labour | Lyn Milner | 1,538 | 31.5 | −4.7 |
| | UKIP | Tina Brooker | 1,272 | 26.0 | +2.8 |
| | Green | Martin Wilson | 209 | 4.3 | +4.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mark Marsh | 110 | 2.3 | −1.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 220 | 4.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,887 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Swanley By-Election 13 October 2016 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Michael Horwood | 717 | 32.4 | −8.7 |
| | UKIP | James Halford | 615 | 27.8 | +7.9 |
| | Labour | Angela George | 518 | 23.4 | −8.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Woodbridge | 362 | 16.4 | +16.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 102 | 4.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,212 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### 2017-2021

Birchington and Rural By-Election 11 January 2018 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Liz Hurst | 2,534 | 56.6 | +6.1 |
| | Labour | Pauline Farrance | 856 | 19.1 | +2.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Angie Curwen | 561 | 12.5 | +0.5 |
| | UKIP | Zita Wiltshire | 357 | 8.0 | −7.8 |
| | Green | Natasha Ransom | 169 | 3.8 | −1.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,678 | 37.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,477 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Canterbury North By-Election 15 November 2018 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Robert Thomas | 1,355 | 42.3 | −12.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alex Lister | 756 | 23.6 | +7.1 |
| | Labour | Ben Hickman | 660 | 20.6 | +4.1 |
| | Green | Henry Stanton | 157 | 4.9 | −1.9 |
| | Independent | Joe Egerton | 155 | 4.8 | +4.8 |
| | UKIP | Joe Simons | 120 | 3.7 | −2.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 599 | 18.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,203 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Northfleet and Gravesend West By-Election 2 May 2019 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Burden | 3,713 | 43.5 | +0.6 |
| | Conservative | Jordan Meade | 2,404 | 28.1 | −10.3 |
| | UKIP | Emmanuel Feyisetan | 1,469 | 17.2 | +7.2 |
| | Green | Marna Gilligan | 624 | 7.3 | +3.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ukonu Obasi | 333 | 3.9 | −0.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,309 | 15.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,543 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Sittingbourne North By-Election 2 May 2019 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Swale Ind. | Jason Clinch | 1,496 | 35.7 | +35.7 |
| | Labour | Tony Winckless | 1,341 | 32.0 | +0.2 |
| | Conservative | Sarah Aldridge | 1,064 | 25.4 | −15.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alexander Stennings | 284 | 6.8 | −2.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 155 | 3.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,185 | | |
| | Swale Ind. gain from Conservative | Swale Ind. gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### 2021-2025

Wilmington By-Election 27 January 2022 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Av Sandhu | 1,787 | 57.9 | −14.5 |
| | Labour | Darren Povey | 613 | 19.9 | −0.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Amanda Capell | 487 | 15.8 | +15.8 |
| | Green | Julian Hood | 200 | 6.5 | −1.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,174 | 38.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,087 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Hythe West By-Election 2 March 2023 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Green | Jenni Hawkins | 1,568 | 43.8 | +6.0 |
| | Conservative | John Gabris | 1,081 | 30.2 | −18.9 |
| | Labour | Tony Cooper | 384 | 10.7 | +1.3 |
| | Independent | Ian Meyers | 306 | 8.6 | |
| | Independent | Andy Weatherhead | 237 | 6.6 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 487 | 13.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,576 | | |
| | Green gain from Conservative | Green gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Sheppey By-Election 2 March 2023 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Mike Whiting | 2,318 | 33.3 | −17.7 |
| | Swale Ind. | Elliott Jayes | 2,258 | 32.5 | +14.2 |
| | Labour | Peter Apps | 1,896 | 27.3 | +10.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Linda Brinklow | 481 | 6.9 | +3.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 60 | 0.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,953 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Maidstone Central By-Election 6 July 2023 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Chris Passmore | 1,860 | 28.5 | −1.6 |
| | Green | Stuart Jeffery | 1,849 | 28.4 | +13.9 |
| | Conservative | Stanley Forecast | 1,564 | 24.0 | −12.4 |
| | Labour | David Collier | 914 | 14.0 | −5.0 |
| | Reform UK | Graham Jarvis | 278 | 4.3 | +4.3 |
| | Independent | Yolande Kenward | 56 | 0.9 | +0.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 11 | 0.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,521 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Swanscombe and Greenhithe By-Election 21 November 2024 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Reform UK | Thomas Mallon | 695 | 29.1 | +27.5 |
| | Labour Co-op | Victoria Akintomide-Akinwamide | 588 | 24.6 | −7.5 |
| | Residents | Dawn Johnston | 395 | 16.5 | −23.9 |
| | Conservative | Carol Gale | 374 | 15.6 | −10.3 |
| | Green | Laura Edie | 296 | 12.4 | +12.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Willis | 44 | 1.8 | +1.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 107 | 4.5 | −3.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2392 | 15 | |
| | Reform UK gain from Residents | Reform UK gain from Residents | Swing | 25.7 | |