# 2011 Dartford Borough Council election

The 2011 Dartford Borough Council Election to the Dartford Borough Council was held on 5 May 2011. The whole council (44 seats) was up for election and the Conservative Party retained overall control of the council.
The Conservatives won seats from both the Labour Party and the Swanscombe and Greenhithe Residents Association, as well as retaining all their gains at the previous election.

## Election result

"Residents Association" is the Swanscombe and Greenhithe Residents Association.
Turnout: 41.21%
Dartford Borough Council Election Result 5 May 2011 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| Conservative | 31 | 5 | - | +5 | 70 | 52.87 | 37,819 |
| Labour | 9 | - | 3 | -3 | 20 | 31.20 | 22,122 |
| Residents | 4 | - | 2 | -2 | 9 | 6.62 | 4690 |
| English Democrat | 0 | - | - | - | | 6.25 | 4615 |
| UKIP | 0 | - | - | - | | <1 | 392 |
| Green | 0 | - | - | - | | <1 | 316 |
| Independent | 0 | - | - | - | | <1 | 287 |
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | - | - | - | | <1 | 159 |

## 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 | Ian Douglas Armitt | 908 | 20.92 |
| | Conservative | David Alan Hammock | 886 | 20.41 |
| | Conservative | Rebecca Louise Shanks | 824 | 18.98 |
| | Labour | Margaret Anne Eaton | 416 | 9.58 |
| | Labour | Alan William Pearson | 362 | 8.34 |
| | Labour | Sarah Wimhurst | 358 | 8.25 |
| | English Democrat | Stephen Richard Culliford | 227 | 5.23 |
| | English Democrat | Gary Paul Rogers | 185 | 4.26 |
| | English Democrat | Neil Charles Tibby | 175 | 4.03 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 408 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4341 | 38.49 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Brent (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Nancy Catherine Wightman | 1152 | 18.93 |
| | Conservative | Drew Swinerd | 1129 | 18.55 |
| | Conservative | Peter John Cannon | 1115 | 18.32 |
| | Labour | Julian Timothy Bryant | 779 | 12.80 |
| | Labour | Raghvir Singh Athwal | 638 | 10.48 |
| | Labour | Christian Arthur Nicholson | 616 | 10.12 |
| | English Democrat | Michael Terrence Tibby | 252 | 4.14 |
| | English Democrat | Jeremy Richard Chattenton | 211 | 3.47 |
| | English Democrat | Mitchell Roy Jackson | 193 | 3.17 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6085 | 44.80 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Castle (1) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Sheila East | 337 | 56.35 |
| | Labour | Dharma Ramdass Appadoo | 122 | 20.40 |
| | Residents | Richard John Lees | 83 | 13.88 |
| | English Democrat | Frances Elizabeth Moore | 56 | 9.36 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 215 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 598 | 32.20 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Greenhithe (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Residents | Susan Patricia Butterfill | 572 | 14.06 |
| | Conservative | Keith Martin Kelly | 550 | 13.52 |
| | Conservative | David James Mote | 537 | 13.20 |
| | Residents | Peter Martin Harman | 501 | 12.32 |
| | Conservative | Victoria Louise Morris | 478 | 11.75 |
| | Residents | Victor Openshaw | 467 | 11.48 |
| | Labour | John Wallace Masson | 295 | 7.25 |
| | Labour | Monica Lesley Masson | 289 | 7.11 |
| | Labour | Joyce Wise | 287 | 7.06 |
| | English Democrat | Dianne Cooper | 91 | 2.24 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4067 | 32.39 |
| | Residents hold | Residents hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative gain from Residents | Conservative gain from Residents | Swing | |
| | Conservative gain from Residents | Conservative gain from Residents | Swing | |
Heath (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Andrew Ronald Lloyd | 1501 | 24.13 |
| | Conservative | Patricia Anne Thurlow | 1401 | 22.52 |
| | Conservative | Richard John Wells | 1365 | 21.95 |
| | Labour | Rosetta Mary Barnett | 591 | 9.50 |
| | Labour | David John Michael Stock | 560 | 9.00 |
| | Labour | Robert John Celino | 534 | 8.59 |
| | English Democrat | Carol White-Griffiths | 268 | 4.31 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6220 | 48.24 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Joyce Green (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Ann Muckle | 543 | 28.85 |
| | Labour | Matthew James Bryant | 512 | 27.21 |
| | Conservative | Scott David Shewbridge | 281 | 14.93 |
| | Conservative | Terence Jonathan White | 211 | 11.21 |
| | English Democrat | Glenn Gardner | 176 | 9.35 |
| | Liberal Democrats | William Simmonds | 91 | 4.84 |
| | Liberal Democrats | George Sakellariou | 68 | 3.61 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1882 | 34.26 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Joydens Wood (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Ann Dorothy Allen | 1766 | 25.57 |
| | Conservative | Marilyn Iris Peters | 1717 | 24.86 |
| | Conservative | Jennifer Ann Rickwood | 1661 | 24.05 |
| | Labour | Paul Frederick Blankley | 515 | 7.46 |
| | Labour | Susan May Brooker | 515 | 7.46 |
| | Labour | Michael John Allen | 501 | 7.25 |
| | English Democrat | Laurence Williams | 232 | 3.36 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6907 | 47.03 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Littlebrook (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | John Ivan Muckle | 585 | 32.43 |
| | Labour | Thomas Anthony Maddison | 504 | 27.94 |
| | Conservative | Julie Anne Ozog | 256 | 14.19 |
| | Conservative | Ragbhir Singh Sandhu | 233 | 12.92 |
| | English Democrat | Paul Anthony Wells | 226 | 12.53 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1804 | 35.78 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Longfield, New Barn and Southfleet (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Jeremy Alan Kite | 1828 | 25.12 |
| | Conservative | Steven Hamilton Brown | 1747 | 24.01 |
| | Conservative | Roger Perfitt | 1562 | 21.46 |
| | Independent | Jennifer Mary MacDonald | 493 | 6.77 |
| | Labour | | | |
| | Labour | Catherine Mary Stafford | 449 | 6.17 |
| | Labour | Maureen Anna Jansseune | 378 | 5.19 |
| | Labour | John Roger Ward | 323 | 4.44 |
| | Green | Christopher John Burton | 316 | 4.34 |
| | UKIP | Sanya-Jeet Thandi | 181 | 2.49 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7277 | 53.05 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Newtown (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Gary Reynolds | 951 | 16.56 |
| | Conservative | Avtar Singh Sandhu | 938 | 16.33 |
| | Conservative | Michael John Street | 898 | 15.63 |
| | Labour | David John Baker | 842 | 14.66 |
| | Labour | Helen Mary Susan Flint | 733 | 12.76 |
| | Labour | Gurdial Singh Rai | 679 | 11.82 |
| | English Democrat | Daryl Saines | 265 | 4.61 |
| | English Democrat | James Thomas Read | 225 | 3.92 |
| | English Democrat | Louise Ann Uncles | 213 | 3.71 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5744 | 42.17 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | |
Princes (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Rosemary Bryant | 811 | 19.87 |
| | Labour | Patrick Kelly | 728 | 17.83 |
| | Labour | Geoffrey Truscott Prout | 684 | 16.76 |
| | Conservative | Rebecca Florence Storey | 536 | 13.13 |
| | Conservative | Jean Carol Shippam | 529 | 12.96 |
| | Conservative | Steven Ronald Jarnell | 526 | 12.89 |
| | English Democrat | Christine Lorraine Dunmall | 268 | 6.57 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4082 | 36.57 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Stone (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | John Burrell | 713 | 18.53 |
| | Labour | John Paul Adams | 642 | 16.68 |
| | Labour | Jonathon Simon Hawkes | 609 | 15.83 |
| | Conservative | Madeleine Barbara Phyllis Rogers | 588 | 15.28 |
| | Labour | Iqbal Badwal | 560 | 14.55 |
| | Conservative | Brian Walter Wells | 544 | 14.14 |
| | English Democrat | Paul David Cooper | 192 | 4.99 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3848 | 33.89 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Sutton-at-Hone and Hawley (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Patrick Francis Coleman | 960 | 36.82 |
| | Conservative | Anthony Robert Martin | 817 | 31.34 |
| | Labour | Stephen Robert David de Winton | 371 | 14.23 |
| | Labour | Samantha Kirsty Fallick | 322 | 12.35 |
| | English Democrat | Christopher Henry Bousfield | 137 | 5.26 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2607 | 45.18 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Swanscombe (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Residents | Bryan Ernest Read | 1063 | 24.82 |
| | Residents | Leslie James Bobby | 1011 | 23.61 |
| | Residents | John Alfred Hayes | 993 | 23.19 |
| | Labour | Anne Elizabeth Burke | 359 | 8.38 |
| | Labour | David Edward May | 342 | 7.99 |
| | Labour | Marilyn Sharon May | 303 | 7.08 |
| | UKIP | Stephen Wilders | 211 | 4.93 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4282 | 32.96 |
| | 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 | 533 | 25.66 |
| | Conservative | Christopher Jon Shippam | 495 | 23.83 |
| | Labour | Carole Ann Jones | 391 | 18.83 |
| | Labour | Ian Alexander Kettley | 354 | 17.04 |
| | English Democrat | Nathan Andrew (Potton) King | 129 | 6.21 |
| | English Democrat | Andrew Richard Charles Waghorn | 106 | 5.10 |
| | | Ashley Brown | 43 | 2.07 |
| | | Hasan Nurhakli | 26 | 1.25 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2077 | 37.55 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
West Hill (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Arron Bardoe | 1145 | 18.22 |
| | Conservative | Anthony Wells | 1142 | 18.17 |
| | Conservative | Jan Michael Ozog | 1028 | 16.35 |
| | Labour | Christine Angell | 756 | 12.03 |
| | Labour | Garry Graham Sturley | 666 | 10.59 |
| | Labour | Samuel Taiwo-Brown | 660 | 10.50 |
| | English Democrat | John Henry Griffiths | 258 | 4.10 |
| | English Democrat | Michelle Laura Duncan | 225 | 3.58 |
| | Independent | Josephine Anne Shippam | 218 | 3.47 |
| | English Democrat | Steven Thomas Uncles | 188 | 2.99 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6286 | 47.08 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | |
Wilmington (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Derek Edward Hunnisett | 1071 | 38.44 |
| | Conservative | Edward John Lampkin | 960 | 34.46 |
| | Labour | Derek Alexander Hills | 322 | 11.56 |
| | Labour | Graham Christopher David Steele | 316 | 11.34 |
| | English Democrat | Teresa Cannon | 117 | 4.20 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2786 | 47.34 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |