Maidstone Borough Council elections

Elections to Maidstone Borough Council in Kent, United Kingdom are held each year to elect one-third of its members, followed by one year without election. Since the last boundary changes in 2002, 55 councillors have been elected from 26 wards.^[1]

Political control

Since the foundation of the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[2]

Party in control	Years
No overall control	1974 - 1976
Conservative	1976 - 1983
No overall control	1983 - 2008
Conservative	2008 - 2014
No overall control	2014 - present

Council elections

Maidstone Borough Council election, 1973
Maidstone Borough Council election, 1976
Maidstone Borough Council election, 1979 (New ward boundaries)^[3]
Maidstone Borough Council election, 1980
Maidstone Borough Council election, 1982
Maidstone Borough Council election, 1983
Maidstone Borough Council election, 1984 (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[4]
Maidstone Borough Council election, 1986
Maidstone Borough Council election, 1987 (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[5]
Maidstone Borough Council election, 1988
Maidstone Borough Council election, 1990
Maidstone Borough Council election, 1991
Maidstone Borough Council election, 1992
Maidstone Borough Council election, 1994
Maidstone Borough Council election, 1995
Maidstone Borough Council election, 1996
Maidstone Borough Council election, 1998
Maidstone Borough Council election, 1999
Maidstone Borough Council election, 2000
Maidstone Borough Council election, 2002 (New ward boundaries)^[6]^[7]
Maidstone Borough Council election, 2003
Maidstone Borough Council election, 2004
Maidstone Borough Council election, 2006
Maidstone Borough Council election, 2007
Maidstone Borough Council election, 2008
Maidstone Borough Council election, 2010
Maidstone Borough Council election, 2011 (Some new ward boundaries)^[8]
Maidstone Borough Council election, 2012
Maidstone Borough Council election, 2015

Borough result maps

2006 results map
2007 results map
2008 results map
2010 results map
2011 results map

By-election results

1996-00

Yalding Ward By-Election 1 May 1997^[9]
Candidate		Party	Votes	%	±%
		Conservative Party	1,000	44.44%	+12.1%
		Liberal Democrats	643	28.58%	-15.2%
		Labour Party	607	26.98%	+7.3%
Total			2,250	100.00%
Rejected Ballot Papers
Ballot Papers Issued
Registered Electors
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Loose Ward By-Election 3 July 1997^[10]
Candidate		Party	Votes	%	±%
		Liberal Democrats	283	59.08%	-13.8%
		Conservative Party	117	24.43%	+8.2%
		Labour Party	79	16.49%	+5.5%
Total			479	100.00%
Rejected Ballot Papers
Ballot Papers Issued
Registered Electors
Turnout			25.4%
	Liberal Democrats hold

High Street Ward By-Election 13 November 1997^[11]
Candidate		Party	Votes	%	±%
		Liberal Democrats	350	39.64%	-3.0%
		Labour Party	310	35.11%	-5.8%
		Conservative Party	123	13.93%	+0.1%
		Maidstone First	73	8.27%	+8.3%
		Green Party	27	3.06%	+0.4%
Total			883	100.00%
Rejected Ballot Papers
Ballot Papers Issued
Registered Electors
Turnout			19.8%
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

Allington Ward By-Election 29 October 1998^[12]^[13]
Candidate		Party	Votes	%	±%
	Cynthia Elizabeth Robertson	Liberal Democrats	744	72.16%	+5.2%
	Margaret Helen June Taylor	Labour Party	159	15.42%	-0.3%
	Helen Violet Mortimer	Conservative Party	128	12.42%	+2.8%
Total			1,031	100.00%
Rejected Ballot Papers			0
Ballot Papers Issued			1,031
Registered Electors
Turnout			18.5%
	Liberal Democrats hold

Boxley Ward By-Election 29 October 1998^[14]^[15]
Candidate		Party	Votes	%	±%
	Michael Ian Yates	Conservative Party	630	63.25%	+23.1%
	John Brian Doherty	Liberal Democrats	201	20.18%	+6.1%
	Stephen Gibson	Labour Party	165	16.57%	-25.5%
Total			996	100.00%
Rejected Ballot Papers			2
Ballot Papers Issued			998
Registered Electors
Turnout			14.1%
	Conservative gain from Independent

Hollingbourne Ward By-Election 29 October 1998^[16]^[17]
Candidate		Party	Votes	%	±%
	Tracy Ann Helen Warner	Conservative Party	198	48.29%	-12.0%
	Paul Geoffrey Begg	Liberal Democrats	193	47.07%	+25.1%
	Jeanne Mary Gibson	Labour Party	19	4.63%	-13.1%
Total			410	100.00%
Rejected Ballot Papers			0
Ballot Papers Issued			410
Registered Electors
Turnout			35.3%
	Conservative hold

2000-04

Marden & Yalding Ward By-Election 27 November 2003^[18]^[19]
Candidate		Party	Votes	%	±%
	Paddy C. J. Germain	Conservative Party	726	49.83%	-12.5%
	Carol A. Jacques	Liberal Democrats	535	36.72%	+18.4%
	John M. Hughes	Labour Party	153	10.50%	-4.0%
	Brian Hogg	UK Independence Party	43	2.95%	-1.8%
Total			1,457	100.00%
Rejected Ballot Papers
Ballot Papers Issued
Registered Electors
Turnout			24.4%
	Conservative hold

2004-08

Downswood & Otham Ward By-Election 13 October 2005^[20]^[21]
Candidate		Party	Votes	%	±%
	David Marchant	Independent	314	61.33%	+15.0%
	Timothy M. Crockford	Conservative Party	184	35.94%	+17.2%
	Audrey D. Gardner	Labour Party	14	2.73%	+2.3%
Total			512	100.00%
Rejected Ballot Papers
Ballot Papers Issued
Registered Electors
Turnout			24.4%
	Independent hold

Parkwood Ward By-Election 30 November 2006^[22]^[23]
Candidate		Party	Votes	%	±%
	Robert Field	Liberal Democrats	347	57.64%	+23.5%
	Wesley Mason	Labour Party	130	21.59%	-13.3%
	Scott Hahnefeld	Conservative Party	125	20.76%	-10.1%
Total			602	100.00%
Rejected Ballot Papers			2
Ballot Papers Issued			604
Registered Electors
Turnout			19.3%
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

Shepway South Ward By-Election 6 December 2007^[24]^[25]
Candidate		Party	Votes	%	±%
	Sheena Williams	Conservative Party	251	35.96%	-9.7%
	Gill Annan	Labour Party	240	34.38%	+34.4%
	Bryan Charles Vizzard	Liberal Democrats	173	24.79%	-22.0%
	Stephen Fraser Muggeridge	Green Party	34	4.87%	-2.6%
Total			698	100.00%
Rejected Ballot Papers
Ballot Papers Issued
Registered Electors
Turnout			16.1%
	Conservative gain from Labour

2008-12

Fant Ward By-Election 1 October 2009^[26]
Candidate		Party	Votes	%	±%
	Fran Smith	Liberal Democrats	702	46.37%	+18.8%
	Paul Butcher	Conservative Party	393	25.96%	-7.4%
	Stuart Jeffery	Green Party	317	20.94%	+4.9%
	Bruce Healt	Labour Party	102	6.74%	-16.3%
Total			1,514	100.00%
Rejected Ballot Papers
Ballot Papers Issued
Registered Electors
Turnout			23.6%
	Liberal Democrats hold

2012-16

A by-election was held in Allington Ward following the death of Malcolm Robertson on 10 August 2012.^[27]^[28]

Allington Ward By-Election 18 October 2012^[29]
Candidate		Party	Votes	%	±%
	Belinda Janet Watson	Liberal Democrats	885	52.37%
	Barry Stephen Ginley	Conservative Party	434	25.68%
	Marianna Romeojuliet Poliszczuk	Labour Party	179	10.59%
	Gareth Anthony Kendall	UK Independence Party	162	9.59%
	Jill Shepherd	Green Party	30	1.78%
Total			1,690	100.00%
Rejected Ballot Papers			9
Ballot Papers Issued			1,699
Registered Electors			5,604
Turnout			30.32%
	Liberal Democrats hold

References

↑ "Becoming a councillor". Maidstone Borough Council. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
↑ "Vote 2012". BBC News. 8 May 2012.
↑ The Borough of Maidstone (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976
↑ The Maidstone and Swale (Areas) Order 1983
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Kent (District Boundaries) Order 1987. Retrieved on 6 November 2015.
↑ "Maidstone". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-10-03.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Maidstone (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Maidstone (Electoral Changes) Order 2008. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
↑ "Maidstone BC, Yalding". Local Authority Byelection Results.
↑ "Maidstone BC, Loose". Local Authority Byelection Results.
↑ "Maidstone BC, High Street". Local Authority Byelection Results.
↑ "Result of Poll". Maidstone Borough Council. Archived from the original on 25 June 2002.
↑ "Maidstone BC, Allington". Local Authority Byelection Results.
↑ "Result of Poll". Maidstone Borough Council. Archived from the original on 19 July 2001.
↑ "Maidstone BC, Boxley". Local Authority Byelection Results.
↑ "Result of Poll". Maidstone Borough Council. Archived from the original on 19 July 2001.
↑ "Maidstone BC, Hollingbourne". Local Authority Byelection Results.
↑ "Vote 2003 - By-Election". Maidstone Borough Council. Archived from the original on 3 January 2004.
↑ "Maidstone BC, Marden and Yalding". Local Authority Byelection Results.
↑ "Vote 2005 - By-Election". Maidstone Borough Council. Archived from the original on 17 January 2006.
↑ "Maidstone BC, Downswood & Otham". Local Authority Byelection Results.
↑ "Result of Poll" (PDF). Maidstone Borough Council.
↑ "Maidstone BC, Parkwood". Local Authority Byelection Results.
↑ "Result of Poll" (PDF). Maidstone Borough Council.
↑ "Maidstone BC, Shepway South". Local Authority Byelection Results.
↑ "Maidstone BC, Fant". Local Authority Byelection Results.
↑ "Town's longest serving councillor dies". Kent Messenger. 10 August 2012.
↑ Kilpatrick, Dean (10 August 2012). "Kent councillor Malcom Robertson dies aged 67". KOS Media.
↑ "Election results for Allington Ward". Maidstone Borough Council.

External links

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Council elections in Kent

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Medway Council	1997 2000 2003 2007 2011 2015

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See also: Wards Boundary changes

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