# 2007 Dartford Borough Council election

The 2007 Dartford Borough Council election to the Dartford Borough Council was held on 3 May 2007. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party took overall control of the council.

## Election result

Dartford Borough Council Election Result 2007 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes |
| Conservative | 26 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 59.1 | 28,081 |
| Labour | 12 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 27.3 | 19,117 |
| Residents | 6 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 13.6 | 4,592 |
| English Democrat | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 5,545 |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,026 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 858 |
| BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 328 |
| Peace | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 |

## Ward results

Bean & Darenth (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | David Alan Hammock | 842 |
| | Conservative | Ian Douglas Armitt | 794 |
| | Conservative | Rebecca Louise Shanks | 760 |
| | Labour | Bill Cook | 511 |
| | Labour | Neil Pearson-Coffey | 452 |
| | Labour | Derek Hills | 401 |
| | English Democrat | Peter Adamthwaite | 283 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,043 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
Brent (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Nancy Catherine Wightman | 905 |
| | Conservative | Steven Hamilton Brown | 902 |
| | Conservative | Amy Elizabeth Peters | 874 |
| | Labour | Sally Russell | 707 |
| | Labour | Garry Graham Sturley | 661 |
| | Labour | Dali Rai | 646 |
| | English Democrat | Ray Johnston | 341 |
| | English Democrat | Jerry Chatterton | 331 |
| | English Democrat | Lynne Gresley | 315 |
| | UKIP | Quentin Williamson | 136 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,818 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
Castle (1) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Sheila East | 236 | 61 |
| | Labour | Leila Pauline Blankley | 78 | 20 |
| | English Democrat | Frances Moore | 76 | 19 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 390 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Greenhithe (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Residents | Vic Openshaw | 679 |
| | Residents | Steve Johnston | 607 |
| | Residents | Pat Scanlan | 584 |
| | Conservative | Penny Cole | 376 |
| | Labour | John Wallace Masson | 178 |
| | Labour | Monica Lesley Masson | 176 |
| | Labour | Sarah Wimhurst | 165 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,756 |
| | Residents hold | Residents hold | Swing |
| | Residents gain from Conservative | Residents gain from Conservative | Swing |
Heath (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Andrew Lloyd | 1,065 |
| | Conservative | Terry Smith | 1,059 |
| | Conservative | Patsy Thurlow | 872 |
| | English Democrat | John Griffiths | 507 |
| | Labour | Susan May Brooker | 501 |
| | Labour | Rosa Eva Sweetland | 416 |
| | Labour | Joyce Wise | 404 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,824 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
Joyce Green (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Ann Muckle | 487 |
| | Labour | Matthew James Bryant | 447 |
| | BNP | Kevin Saunders | 328 |
| | Conservative | Terrence Raymond Martin | 173 |
| | UKIP | Ray Day | 157 |
| | Conservative | Ragbhir Singh Sandhu | 109 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,701 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
Joydens Wood (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Ann Dorothy Allen | 1,633 |
| | Conservative | Marilyn Iris Peters | 1,603 |
| | Conservative | Jennifer Ann Rickwood | 1,586 |
| | English Democrat | Jackie Brookman | 232 |
| | Labour | Rosa Barnett | 214 |
| | Labour | Steve Burleigh | 213 |
| | Labour | Valerie Maddison | 210 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,691 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
Littlebrook (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | John Ivan Muckle | 425 |
| | Labour | Tom Maddison | 391 |
| | English Democrat | Mike Tibby | 330 |
| | English Democrat | Alex Vaughan | 264 |
| | Conservative | Raymond John Marsh | 166 |
| | Conservative | Brian Garden | 138 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,714 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
| | Labour gain from English Democrat | Labour gain from English Democrat | Swing |
Longfield, New Barn and Southfleet (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Jeremy Alan Kite | 1,559 |
| | Conservative | Roger Stephen Leonard Perfitt | 1,420 |
| | Conservative | David Matthew Pickersgill | 1,080 |
| | Independent | (Mary) Noreen Salway | 858 |
| | Labour | Alec Jordan | 353 |
| | Labour | Peter Beckett | 335 |
| | Labour | Maureen Anna Jansseune | 297 |
| | English Democrat | Paul Cooper | 172 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,074 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
Newtown (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | David John Baker | 760 |
| | Conservative | Arron Bardoe | 653 |
| | Conservative | Chris Gallagher | 627 |
| | Labour | Paul Frederick Blankley | 620 |
| | Conservative | Avtar Sandhu | 598 |
| | Labour | Stephen Robert David de Winton | 577 |
| | English Democrat | Jim Read | 319 |
| | UKIP | Mark Christopher Croucher | 228 |
| | UKIP | Tracy Jane Latif | 205 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,587 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
| | Conservative gain from English Democrat | Conservative gain from English Democrat | Swing |
Princes (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | David Edward May | 712 |
| | Labour | Geoff Prout | 657 |
| | Labour | Margaret Anne Stock | 656 |
| | Conservative | Jean Carol Shippam | 428 |
| | English Democrat | Liz Painter | 382 |
| | Conservative | Drew Swinerd | 363 |
| | Conservative | Richard John Wells | 362 |
| | UKIP | Lauren Tawnee Sloan | 241 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,801 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
Stone (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Rosie Bryant | 570 |
| | Labour | Christine Angell | 566 |
| | Labour | Derek Ernest Lawson | 555 |
| | Conservative | John Alan Jarvis | 482 |
| | Conservative | Thurza Richards | 454 |
| | Conservative | Susan Elizabeth Martin | 418 |
| | English Democrat | Dianne Settle | 177 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,222 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
Sutton-at-Hone and Hawley (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Pat Coleman | 815 |
| | Conservative | Tony Martin | 664 |
| | English Democrat | Steven Uncles | 224 |
| | Labour | Kenneth Ronald Nicholls | 220 |
| | Labour | Carole Jones | 386 |
| | Peace | Geoffrey Peter Pay | 78 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,200 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
Swanscombe (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Residents | Bryan Read | 946 |
| | Residents | Les Bobby | 897 |
| | Residents | John Hayes | 879 |
| | Labour | Julian Timothy Bryant | 265 |
| | Labour | Jacqueline Goldstein | 246 |
| | Labour | Graham Christopher David Steele | 223 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,456 |
| | Residents hold | Residents hold | Swing |
| | Residents hold | Residents hold | Swing |
Town (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Matthew John Davis | 391 |
| | Conservative | Christopher Jon Shippam | 352 |
| | Labour | Trevor Alan Rogers | 288 |
| | Labour | Ram Appadoo | 263 |
| | English Democrat | Mitchell Jackson | 148 |
| | English Democrat | Teresa Cannon | 142 |
| | UKIP | Arnold Edwin Tarling | 59 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,643 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
West Hill (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Deborah Jane Stoate | 832 |
| | Conservative | Anthony Wells | 825 |
| | Conservative | Jan Michael Ozog | 768 |
| | Labour | Patrick Kelly | 754 |
| | Labour | Santha Kumari Blankley | 704 |
| | Conservative | Kapil Sangar | 687 |
| | English Democrat | Jo Shippam | 378 |
| | English Democrat | Caroline Starling | 352 |
| | English Democrat | Tony Wilson | 343 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,643 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Wilmington (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Derek Edward Hunnisett | 1008 |
| | Conservative | Eddy Lampkin | 906 |
| | Labour | John Kingston | 310 |
| | Labour | Mally May | 285 |
| | English Democrat | Louise Uncles | 229 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,738 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |