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Maidstone Borough Council elections

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Local government elections in Kent, England

Elections toMaidstone Borough Council inKent,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, 55councillors have been elected from 26wards.^[1] From 2024 onwards, the format of elections will change, with all 55 councillors being elected once every 4 years.

Council composition

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Composition of the council^[2]
Year	Conservative	Liberal Democrats^[a]	Labour	Green	UKIP	Independents & Others	Council control after election
Year							Council control after election
Local government reorganisation; council established (60 seats)
1973	13	19	12	–	–	16		No overall control
1976	39	7	7	0	–	7		Conservative
New ward boundaries (55 seats)
1979	34	7	10	0	–	0		Conservative
1980	32	9	10	0	–	4		Conservative
1982	28	15	9	0	–	3		Conservative
1983	27	17	8	0	–	3		No overall control
1984	24	20	8	0	–	3		No overall control
1986	20	23	9	0	–	3		No overall control
1987	20	25	8	0	–	2		No overall control
1988	22	23	8	0	–	2		No overall control
1990	20	23	8	0	–	4		No overall control
1991	20	22	9	0	–	4		No overall control
1992	27	16	8	0	–	4		No overall control
1994	23	17	10	0	0	5		No overall control
1995	17	17	15	0	0	6		No overall control
1996	11	21	18	0	0	5		No overall control
1998	13	21	16	0	0	5		No overall control
1999	15	22	13	0	0	5		No overall control
2000	16	22	12	0	0	5		No overall control
New ward boundaries (55 seats)
2002	19	21	12	0	0	3		No overall control
2003	21	21	10	0	0	3		No overall control
2004	23	20	9	0	0	3		No overall control
2006	27	20	5	0	0	3		No overall control
2007	26	21	4	0	0	4		No overall control
2008	29	20	1	0	0	5		Conservative
2010	28	23	0	0	0	4		Conservative
New ward boundaries (55 seats)
2011	30	21	0	0	0	4		Conservative
2012	30	19	1	0	0	5		Conservative
2014	25	19	2	0	4	5		No overall control
2015	25	20	2	0	4	4		No overall control
2016	23	22	2	0	5	3		No overall control
2018	27	19	3	0	1	0		No overall control
2019	25	20	4	0	1	5		No overall control
2021	29	17	4	0	0	5		Conservative
2022	27	12	5	1	0	10		No overall control
2023	24	12	6	3	0	10		No overall control
New ward boundaries (49 seats)
2024	13	12	6	10	0	8^[b]		No overall control

Borough result maps

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2002 results map
2003 results map
2004 results map
2006 results map
2007 results map
2008 results map
2010 results map
2011 results map
2012 results map
2014 results map
2015 results map
2016 results map
2018 results map
2019 results map
2021 results map
2022 results map
2023 results map
2024 results map

By-elections

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1994-1998

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Yalding Ward By-Election 1 May 1997^[3]
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
	Conservativegain fromLiberal Democrats

Loose Ward By-Election 3 July 1997^[4]
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 Democratshold

High Street Ward By-Election 13 November 1997^[5]
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 Democratsgain fromLabour

1998-2002

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Allington Ward By-Election 29 October 1998^[6]^[7]
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 Democratshold

Boxley Ward By-Election 29 October 1998^[8]^[9]
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%
	Conservativegain fromIndependent

Hollingbourne Ward By-Election 29 October 1998^[10]^[11]
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%
	Conservativehold

2002-2006

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Marden & Yalding Ward By-Election 27 November 2003^[12]^[13]
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%
	Conservativehold

Downswood & Otham Ward By-Election 13 October 2005^[14]^[15]
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%
	Independenthold

2006-2010

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Parkwood Ward By-Election 30 November 2006^[16]^[17]
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 Democratsgain fromLabour

Shepway South Ward By-Election 6 December 2007^[18]^[19]
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%
	Conservativegain fromLabour

Fant Ward By-Election 1 October 2009^[20]
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 Democratshold

2010-2014

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A by-election was held in Allington Ward following the death of Malcolm Robertson on 10 August 2012.^[21]^[22]

Allington Ward By-Election 18 October 2012^[23]
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 Democratshold

2014-2018

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Staplehurst By-Election 27 July 2014^[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Paulina Watson	609	36.2	+9.1
	Conservative	Louise Brice	603	35.9	+3.0
	UKIP	Jamie Kalmar	311	18.5	−5.0
	Labour	John Randall	117	7.0	−0.8
	Green	David George	41	2.4	−1.1
Majority			6	0.4
Turnout			1,681
	Liberal Democratsgain fromConservative		Swing

Fant By-Election 10 September 2015^[25]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Matt Boughton	477	27.1	−2.6
	Liberal Democrats	Rosaline Janko	424	24.1	+2.1
	Labour	Keith Adkinson	352	20.0	−0.4
	Green	Stuart Jeffery	249	14.2	+3.9
	UKIP	Colin Taylor	180	10.2	−7.4
	Independent	Mike Hogg	75	4.3	+4.3
Majority			53	3.0
Turnout			1,757
	Conservativehold		Swing

Shepway South By-Election 8 September 2016^[26]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	John Barned	432	45.5	+7.2
	Conservative	Bob Hinder	215	22.7	−5.1
	Labour	Dan Wilkinson	183	19.3	−5.5
	Independent	Jon Hicks	88	9.3	+9.3
	Liberal Democrats	Milden Choongo	31	3.3	−2.6
Majority			217	22.9
Turnout			949
	UKIPhold		Swing

Bearsted By-Election 4 May 2017^[27]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Denis Spooner	1,713	72.7	+36.1
	Labour	Tim Licence	253	10.7	+1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Davies	250	10.6	+7.4
	Green	Ciaran Oliver	141	6.0	+2.7
Majority			1,460	61.9
Turnout			2,357
	Conservativehold		Swing

North Ward by-election, 30 November 2017^[28]^[29]
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 Democratsgain fromConservative		Swing

2018-2022

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Headcorn By-Election 13 September 2018^[30]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Karen Chappell-Tay	686	57.3	−17.5
	Liberal Democrats	Merilyn Fraser	409	34.1	+19.6
	Labour	Jim Grogan	63	5.3	−5.5
	Green	Derek Eagle	40	3.3	+3.3
Majority			277	23.1
Turnout			1,198
	Conservativehold		Swing

2022-2026

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Harrietsham, Lenham and North Downs By-Election 2 October 2025 (3 seats)^[31]
	Candidate	Votes
Reform UK	Chris Houlihan	1,228
Reform UK	Steve Povey	1,226
Reform UK	Mariela Nedelcheva	1,153
Green	Callum Sweetman	459
Green	James Snyder	452
Green	Reshmi Kalam	430
Conservative	Isobelle Horne	342
Conservative	Darcy Rotherham	285
Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Horwood	236
Conservative	Onyekachukwu Chukwuma	234
Liberal Democrats	Sam Burrows	156
Liberal Democrats	Andrew Cockersole	123
Heritage	Sean Turner	97
Independent	Gary Butler	74
Independent	Sam Lawrence-Rose	69
Reform UKgain fromIndependent		Swing
Reform UKgain fromIndependent		Swing
Reform UKgain fromIndependent		Swing

Notes

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^Includes totals for the predecessors of the Liberal Democrats, theLiberal Party andSDP (both of which participated in theAlliance).
^Including 2 Fant & Oakwood Independents

References

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