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] From 2023 onwards, the format of elections will change, with all 55 councillors being elected once every 4 years.
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 - 2021 |
| Conservative | 2021–Present |
Council elections
- 1973 Maidstone Borough Council election
- 1976 Maidstone Borough Council election
- 1979 Maidstone Borough Council election (New ward boundaries)[3]
- 1980 Maidstone Borough Council election
- 1982 Maidstone Borough Council election
- 1983 Maidstone Borough Council election
- 1984 Maidstone Borough Council election (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)[4]
- 1986 Maidstone Borough Council election
- 1987 Maidstone Borough Council election (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)[5]
- 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 Maidstone Borough Council election (New ward boundaries)[6][7]
- 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 Maidstone Borough Council election (Some new ward boundaries)[8]
- 2012 Maidstone Borough Council election
- 2015 Maidstone Borough Council election
- 2016 Maidstone Borough Council election
- 2018 Maidstone Borough Council election
- 2019 Maidstone Borough Council election
- 2021 Maidstone Borough Council election (postponed from 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic)[9]
- 2022 Maidstone Borough Council election
- 2023 Maidstone Borough Council election (last elections held under old format)
- 2024 Maidstone Borough Council election (first election under 4-year cycle)
- 2028 Maidstone Borough Council election
Borough result maps
2006 results map
2007 results map
2008 results map
2010 results map
2011 results map
2021 results map
Changes between elections
1987 boundaries
| Yalding Ward By-Election 1 May 1997[10] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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[11] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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[12] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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[13][14] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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[15][16] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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[17][18] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||||
2002 boundaries
| Marden & Yalding Ward By-Election 27 November 2003[19][20] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||||
| Downswood & Otham Ward By-Election 13 October 2005[21][22] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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[23][24] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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[25][26] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||||
| Fant Ward By-Election 1 October 2009[27] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Heald | 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 | ||||||
2011 boundaries
A by-election was held in Allington Ward following the death of Malcolm Robertson on 10 August 2012.[28][29]
| Allington Ward By-Election 18 October 2012[30] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Cleator, Maureen | 270 | 19.3% | ||
| Green | Eagle, Derek | 47 | 3.4% | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Field, Rob | 719 | 51.4% | ||
| Conservative | Taylor-Maggio, Cheryl Janette | 270 | 25.9% | ||
| Total votes | 1399 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
All 4 of UKIP's councillors resigned from the party around 28 March 2018, and formed the Independent Maidstone party.[33]
Liberal Democrat councillor Richard Webb (Coxheath) was expelled from the party in March 2018.[34]
References
- "Becoming a councillor". Maidstone Borough Council. Archived from the original on 28 December 2012. 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 3 October 2009.
- 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.
- Electoral Commission - Statement on the UK Government's decision to postpone May's polls. Retrieved on 11 April 2021
- "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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
- "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.
- "Notice of poll" (PDF). www.maidstone.gov.uk. Maidstone Borough Council. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
- "Lib Dems win seat from Tories during town by-election". Kent Online. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
- "Ukip councillors leave to form new party". Kent Online. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
- "Councillor in court on assault charge". Kent Online. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
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