Local Election Results 2013

Kent

Whole council up for election.

Ashford = Ashford Independents
NEP = New England Party
PFP = People First Party
SGRA = Swanscombe and Greenhithe Residents Association

Other results for Kent:2005 2009 2017 2021 2025
By-elections for Kent (may be incomplete): 12th July 2007 (Maidstone N.E.) — 27th September 2007 (Dover Town) — 9th October 2008 (Herne Bay) — 16th December 2010 (Dover Town) — 20th January 2011 (Tonbridge) — 1st February 2011 (Romney Marsh) — 14th June 2012 (Tunbridge Wells E.) — 18th October 2012 (Maidstone C.) — 20th December 2012 (Gravesham R.) — 7th May 2015 (Romney Marsh) — 18th August 2016 (Gravesham E.) — 13th October 2016 (Swanley) — 11th January 2018 (Birchington & Rural) — 15th November 2018 (Canterbury N.) — 2nd May 2019 (Northfleet & Gravesend W.;Sittingbourne N.) — 27th January 2022 (Wilmington) — 2nd March 2023 (Hythe W.) — 4th May 2023 (Sheppey) — 6th July 2023 (Maidstone C.) — 21st November 2024 (Swanscombe & Greenhithe)
Results for district councils — Ashford2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 — Canterbury2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 — Dartford2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 — Dover2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 — Gravesham2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 — Maidstone2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024 — Sevenoaks2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 — Folkestone and Hythe2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 — Swale2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2015 2019 2023 — Thanet2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 — Tonbridge and Malling2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 — Tunbridge Wells2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024

Map of the results —Export spreadsheet

Consolidated results — Kent 2013

Party	Votes	Percent	Seats
Conservative	117487	36.5%	45
UK Independence Party	85475	26.5%	17
Labour	65018	20.2%	13
Liberal Democrat	31710	9.8%	7
Green Party	12714	3.9%	1
English Democrats Party	3465	1.1%	0
Independent	3351	1.0%	0
People First Party	846	0.3%	0
Swanscombe and Greenhithe Residents Association	673	0.2%	1
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	448	0.1%	0
Ashford Independents	296	0.1%	0
British National Party	281	0.1%	0
Official Monster Raving Loony Party	215	0.1%	0
New England Party	193	0.1%	0

Ashford Central

Jim Wedgbury	C	1170	37.4%
Norman Taylor	UKIP	913	29.2%
Dara Farrell	Lab	532	17.0%
Steven Campkin	Grn	273	8.7%
Chris Tock	LD	238	7.6%

Ashford East

George Koowaree	LD	972	28.0%
Elaine Evans	UKIP	827	23.8%
Richard Bunting	C	787	22.7%
Harriet Yeo	Lab	444	12.8%
Tony Bartlett	Ashford	296	8.5%
Mandy Rossi	Grn	143	4.1%

Ashford Rural East

Andrew Wickham	C	1741	44.0%
Eddy Barrows	UKIP	995	25.1%
Tom Reed	Lab	421	10.6%
Geoff Meaden	Grn	333	8.4%
Ken Blanshard	LD	241	6.1%
Jack Woodford	Ind	226	5.7%

Ashford Rural South

Mike Angell	C	1378	40.9%
Ann Taylor	UKIP	1095	32.5%
Vivien Wheatley	Lab	482	14.3%
Marilyn Sansom	Grn	195	5.8%
John Mackie	LD	175	5.2%
Michael Hook	BNP	48	1.4%

Ashford Rural West

Charlie Simkins	C	1871	43.9%
Pat Purnell	UKIP	1367	32.1%
Waheed Qureshi	Lab	371	8.7%
Hilary Jones	Grn	328	7.7%
Clare Hardwick	LD	326	7.6%

Ashford South [Lab gain from C]

Derek Smyth	Lab	1126	39.6%
Angharad Yeo	UKIP	827	29.0%
Larry Krause	C	486	17.1%
Adrian Gee-Turner	LD	290	10.2%
Tom Medhurst	Grn	118	4.1%

Birchington and Villages [UKIP gain from C]

Roger Latchford	UKIP	2156	46.7%
Michael Jarvis	C	1494	32.4%
Amy Rutland	Lab	649	14.1%
Bill Furness	LD	315	6.8%

Broadstairs and Sir Moses Montefiore (2) [2 UKIP gains from C]

Alan Terry	UKIP	2797	36.8%
Zita Wiltshire	UKIP	2756
Robert Bayford	C	2182	28.7%
Bill Hayton	C	2094
Jennifer Matterface	Lab	1854	24.4%
Dick Symonds	Lab	1608
Tim Spencer	Grn	427	5.6%
Louisa Latham	LD	338	4.4%
Seth Proctor	LD	265

Canterbury City North East

Graham Gibbens	C	1207	43.0%
Mike Bland	Lab	768	27.4%
Jim Gascoyne	UKIP	384	13.7%
Martin Ashton	LD	234	8.3%
Russell Page	Grn	213	7.6%

Canterbury City South West

Martin Vye	LD	1555	42.6%
Jeremy Bellamy	C	563	15.4%
David Perry	UKIP	562	15.4%
Howard Rowles	Lab	529	14.5%
Jo Kidd	Grn	439	12.0%

Canterbury South East

Michael Northey	C	1385	32.9%
Michael Sole	LD	1181	28.1%
Oliver Kent	UKIP	795	18.9%
Jean Butcher	Lab	549	13.1%
Emily Shirley	Grn	294	7.0%

Canterbury West

John Simmonds	C	1067	37.9%
David de Boick	UKIP	633	22.5%
Carol Goldstein	Lab	496	17.6%
Dam Smith	LD	383	13.6%
Steel Horton	Grn	236	8.4%

Cranbrook

Sean Holden	C	1553	40.9%
John Austen	UKIP	1065	28.0%
Francis Rook	LD	686	18.1%
David Burgess	Lab	293	7.7%
Marie Jones	Grn	202	5.3%

Darent Valley

Roger Gough	C	1677	48.6%
Alun Elder-Brown	UKIP	897	26.0%
Kevin Flack	Lab	647	18.7%
Philip Hobson	LD	166	4.8%
Jim Read	EDP	65	1.9%

Dartford East

Penny Cole	C	942	36.9%
Patrick Kelly	Lab	885	34.7%
Ivan Burch	UKIP	628	24.6%
Teresa Cannon	EDP	99	3.9%

Dartford North East [Lab gain from C]

Tom Maddison	Lab	1267	42.0%
Avtar Sandhu	C	1088	36.1%
Shan-e-din Choycha	UKIP	552	18.3%
Ronald Ball	BNP	111	3.7%

Dartford Rural

Jeremy Kite	C	2067	53.3%
Karl Smith	UKIP	990	25.5%
David Baker	Lab	688	17.7%
Steve Culliford	EDP	136	3.5%

Dartford West

Jan Ozog	C	1560	40.5%
Jo Shippam	UKIP	1112	28.9%
John Burden	Lab	1095	28.4%
Milly Uncles	EDP	84	2.2%

Deal (2) [2 Lab gains from C]

Mike Eddy	Lab	2983	35.8%
Eileen Rowbotham	Lab	2881
Trevor Bond	C	2670	32.1%
Adrian Friend	C	2564
Peter Ripley	UKIP	2081	25.0%
Robin Hook	LD	587	7.1%
Sarah Smith	LD	465

Dover North

Steve Manion	C	2034	44.7%
Linda Keen	Lab	1630	35.8%
Paul McMullan	Ind	579	12.7%
Linda Hook	LD	309	6.8%

Dover Town (2) [2 Lab gains from C]

Pam Brivio	Lab	2353	37.9%
Gordon Cowan	Lab	2195
Peter Myers	UKIP	1850	29.8%
Nigel Collor	C	1666	26.9%
Pauline Beresford	C	1622
Janet Hilton	LD	334	5.4%
Clive Meredith	LD	313

Dover West

Geoff Lymer	C	1778	38.3%
John Killip	UKIP	1653	35.6%
Mick Smith	Lab	855	18.4%
Peter Lodge	LD	237	5.1%
Vic Matcham	Ind	114	2.5%

Elham Valley

Susan Carey	C	2393	43.9%
Nick Jack	UKIP	1861	34.1%
Claire Jeffrey	Lab	799	14.7%
Tom McNiece	LD	398	7.3%

Faversham

Tom Gates	C	1958	45.2%
Trevor Payne	Lab	1337	30.9%
Benjamin Moss	UKIP	867	20.0%
David Spurling	LD	169	3.9%

Folkestone North East [UKIP gain from C]

Frank McKenna	UKIP	910	28.9%
Brian Copping	PFP	846	26.9%
Ann Berry	C	664	21.1%
Lynne Beaumont	LD	404	12.8%
Paul Bingham	Lab	324	10.3%

Folkestone South [UKIP gain from C]

Bob Neaves	UKIP	1006	33.2%
Rory Love	C	989	32.7%
Ben Hart	Lab	639	21.1%
Gary Fuller	LD	353	11.7%
Harry Williams	BNP	41	1.4%

Folkestone West [UKIP gain from LD]

Hod Birkby	UKIP	1155	33.0%
Tim Prater	LD	903	25.8%
Robert Bliss	C	763	21.8%
Peter Wallace	Lab	354	10.1%
Derek Moran	Grn	238	6.8%
Seth Cruse	TUSC	86	2.5%

Gravesham East (2) [2 Lab gains from C]

Colin Caller	Lab	3659	36.2%
Jane Cribbon	Lab	3581
John Cubitt	C	2786	27.6%
David Beattie	UKIP	2342	23.2%
Samir Jassal	C	2250
Jason Mee	EDP	663	6.6%
Martin Wilson	LD	380	3.8%
Chas Berry	TUSC	265	2.6%

Gravesham Rural

Bryan Sweetland	C	3213	63.1%
Douglas Christie	Lab	954	18.7%
Steven Clegg	EDP	922	18.1%

Herne and Sturry

Alan Marsh	C	1452	41.3%
Sarah Larkins	UKIP	1086	30.9%
Alan Holden	Lab	590	16.8%
Elisa de Vert	Grn	217	6.2%
Nigel Whitburn	LD	169	4.8%

Herne Bay (2) [2 UKIP gains from C]

Brian MacDowall	UKIP	2054	33.1%
Nicholas Bond	UKIP	2048
Jean Law	C	1817	29.2%
David Hirst	C	1724
Lynn Faux-Bowyer	Lab	1003	16.1%
Tom Mellish	Lab	948
Steve Coombes	Ind	509	8.2%
John Moore	Ind	484
Margaret Flaherty	LD	434	7.0%
Stanley Truelove	Ind	362
June Raybaud	LD	308
Elaine Godden	Grn	204	3.3%
Michael Coppin	Grn	202
Mike Tibby	NEP	193	3.1%
Nathan King	NEP	119

Hythe [Grn gain from C]

Martin Whybrow	Grn	1659	34.8%
David Monk	C	1346	28.2%
Georgina Baker	UKIP	1100	23.1%
Paul Brownscombe	Lab	418	8.8%
Neil Matthews	LD	248	5.2%

Maidstone Central (2)

Dan Daley	LD	3087	37.7%
Rob Bird	LD	2730
Simon Parry	UKIP	1635	19.9%
Paul Butcher	C	1604	19.6%
David Burton	C	1471
James Rosier	UKIP	1385
Paul Harper	Lab	1112	13.6%
Marianna Poliszczuk	Lab	839
Stuart Jeffery	Grn	645	7.9%
Wendy Lewis	Grn	486
Geoffrey Porter	EDP	115	1.4%

Maidstone North East

Ian Chittenden	LD	1542	41.6%
Charles Elliott	UKIP	894	24.1%
Annabele Blackmore	C	740	20.0%
Keith Adkinson	Lab	327	8.8%
Andrew Waldie	Grn	180	4.9%
Matthew Godden	EDP	25	0.7%

Maidstone Rural East

Jenny Whittle	C	2780	69.5%
Jim Grogan	Lab	555	13.9%
Penny Kemp	Grn	453	11.3%
Geoffrey Samme	LD	213	5.3%

Maidstone Rural North

Paul Carter	C	1915	45.7%
Terence Turner	UKIP	1291	30.8%
Mick Beckwith	Lab	473	11.3%
Brian Mortimer	LD	298	7.1%
Ciaran Oliver	Grn	217	5.2%

Maidstone Rural South

Eric Hotson	C	1884	58.5%
Derek Mortimer	LD	831	25.8%
Robin Kinrade	Grn	508	15.8%

Maidstone Rural West

Paulina Stockell	C	1886	43.2%
Keith Woollven	UKIP	1352	31.0%
Edith Davis	Lab	445	10.2%
Martin Cox	LD	420	9.6%
Ian McDonald	Grn	264	6.0%

Maidstone South [LD gain from C]

Brian Clark	LD	1790	47.2%
Christopher Garland	C	1112	29.3%
Geoff Harvey	Lab	586	15.5%
Ashley Wakeling	Grn	303	8.0%

Maidstone South East

Gary Cooke	C	1056	44.3%
Malcolm McKay	Lab	773	32.4%
Stephen Muggeridge	Grn	284	11.9%
David Naghi	LD	272	11.4%

Malling Central

Trudy Dean	LD	2209	55.0%
Russ Taylor	C	793	19.7%
Peter Stevens	UKIP	658	16.4%
Sarah Palmer	Lab	283	7.0%
Stephen Jackson	Grn	56	1.4%
Anna Cleves	EDP	20	0.5%

Malling North

Sarah Hohler	C	1869	45.7%
Paul Hickmott	Lab	1112	27.2%
Philip Granger	UKIP	803	19.6%
Liz Simpson	LD	158	3.9%
Mark West	Grn	118	2.9%
Lee Jon	EDP	31	0.8%

Malling Rural East

Matthew Balfour	C	1781	48.1%
David Waller	UKIP	1185	32.0%
Terry Scott	Lab	350	9.5%
Stephen Patt	LD	201	5.4%
Frances Long	Grn	158	4.3%
Liz Uncles	EDP	26	0.7%

Malling Rural North East

Peter Homewood	C	1856	45.6%
Angela Love	UKIP	1098	27.0%
James Yearsley	Lab	635	15.6%
Anita Oakley	LD	315	7.7%
Howard Porter	Grn	123	3.0%
Steves Uncle	EDP	42	1.0%

Malling West

Valerie Dagger	C	1949	55.2%
Clifford Millgate	UKIP	844	23.9%
Kathleen Garlick	Lab	319	9.0%
Richard Mountford	Grn	194	5.5%
Jason Lower	LD	186	5.3%
Helen Stevens	EDP	37	1.0%

Margate and Cliftonville (2) [1 UKIP gain from C, 1 Lab gain from C]

Mo Elenor	UKIP	2070	34.0%
William Scobie	Lab	2059	33.9%
Louise Drelaud	Lab	2000
Clinton Sear	UKIP	1811
Ian Gregory	C	1428	23.5%
Chris Wells	C	1354
Edward Targett	Grn	276	4.5%
Matt Brown	LD	247	4.1%
Tony Flaig	LD	222

Margate West [UKIP gain from C]

Jeffrey Elenor	UKIP	1292	36.3%
Robert Burgess	C	915	25.7%
John Edwards	Lab	728	20.4%
Thomas King	Ind	550	15.4%
Michael Steed	LD	77	2.2%

Northfleet and Gravesend West (2) [1 Lab gain from C]

Sue Howes	Lab	3884	44.3%
Narinderjit Singh Thandi	Lab	3471
Michael Dixon	UKIP	2104	24.0%
Harold Craske	C	2041	23.3%
Alan Ridgers	C	1710
Stephen Francis-Weatherall	EDP	748	8.5%

Ramsgate (2) [1 UKIP gain from C, 1 UKIP gain from Lab]

Trevor Shonk	UKIP	3347	38.7%
Martyn Heale	UKIP	3044
Elizabeth Green	Lab	2478	28.6%
Rick Everitt	Lab	2258
John Kirby	C	1583	18.3%
Jo Gideon	C	1458
Ian Driver	Ind	567	6.5%
Mike White	Grn	471	5.4%
Anne Jones	LD	211	2.4%

Romney Marsh [UKIP gain from C]

David Baker	UKIP	2233	39.0%
Carole Waters	C	2213	38.6%
Arran Harvey	Lab	725	12.7%
Ross Carter	Grn	319	5.6%
Ted Last	LD	237	4.1%

Sandwich

Leyland Ridings	C	2093	45.2%
Mark Stubbings	UKIP	1173	25.3%
David Pestell	Lab	983	21.2%
Russell Timpson	LD	381	8.2%

Sevenoaks Central

Margaret Crabtree	C	2171	55.7%
Marcus von Thiele	UKIP	603	15.5%
Lise Michaelides	LD	578	14.8%
Nick Dineen	Lab	389	10.0%
Mark Ellis	Ind	112	2.9%
Paul Cooper	EDP	48	1.2%

Sevenoaks East

Nick Chard	C	1715	50.8%
Christine Marshall	UKIP	830	24.6%
Richard Wassell	LD	455	13.5%
Meg Warne	Lab	332	9.8%
Darren Tomlin	EDP	45	1.3%

Sevenoaks North East

David Brazier	C	1843	48.6%
Richard Harrington	UKIP	1160	30.6%
Jim Weeks	Lab	495	13.1%
Mark Lindop	Grn	226	6.0%
Louise Uncles	EDP	67	1.8%

Sevenoaks South

Clive Pearman	C	1575	46.1%
Lorraine Millgate	UKIP	898	26.3%
Richard Streatfield	LD	573	16.8%
Thomas Geldard	Lab	329	9.6%
Chris Dunmall	EDP	41	1.2%

Sevenoaks West

Richard Parry	C	1687	51.0%
Andrew Osborne	UKIP	891	26.9%
Gregory Lovell	Lab	263	7.9%
Allan Wright	LD	227	6.9%
Amelie Boleyn	Grn	220	6.6%
Andy Waghorn	EDP	21	0.6%

Sheerness [Lab gain from C]

Angela Harrison	Lab	1185	40.1%
Maureen Morgan	UKIP	1036	35.1%
Richard Darby	C	734	24.8%

Sheppey [UKIP gain from C]

Adrian Crowther	UKIP	1791	44.3%
Ken Pugh	C	1066	26.4%
Patrick Wiggins	Lab	900	22.3%
David Kemp	LD	100	2.5%
Michael Rolfe	TUSC	97	2.4%
Mad Mike Young	Loony	88	2.2%

Swale Central (2) [1 Lab gain from C, 1 UKIP gain from C]

Roger Truelove	Lab	2729	33.4%
Lee Burgess	UKIP	2603	31.8%
Derek Carnell	UKIP	2415
Ghlin Whelan	Lab	2389
Mike Whiting	C	2334	28.5%
Alan Willicombe	C	2207
Anthea Spurling	LD	386	4.7%
Mary Zeng	LD	331
Sheikh Mihand	Loony	127	1.6%

Swale East

Andrew Bowles	C	1882	45.9%
Stephen Trafford	UKIP	1109	27.1%
Ashley Wise	Lab	825	20.1%
Dave Banks	LD	282	6.9%

Swale West [UKIP gain from C]

Mike Baldock	UKIP	2097	51.4%
Keith Ferrin	C	1314	32.2%
Leslie Hallybone	Lab	489	12.0%
Ann McLean	LD	181	4.4%

Swanley

Robert Brookbank	C	1032	41.1%
Michael Hogg	Lab	812	32.3%
Colin Attridge	UKIP	501	19.9%
Aleks Szram	Grn	77	3.1%
Steve Uncles	EDP	60	2.4%
Eric Elliott	BNP	32	1.3%

Swanscombe and Greenhithe

Peter Harman	SGRA	673	26.8%
Keith Kelly	C	650	25.9%
Val Ashenden	Lab	567	22.6%
Stephen Wilders	UKIP	528	21.0%
Michael Cope	BNP	49	2.0%
Charlie Wood	EDP	42	1.7%

Tenterden

Mike Hill	C	2074	50.8%
Robert Dobson	UKIP	1211	29.7%
Alex Ward	Lab	308	7.5%
Matt Stanley	Grn	292	7.2%
Stuart Dove	LD	196	4.8%

Tonbridge (2)

Richard Long	C	3406	46.2%
Christopher Smith	C	3123
Roy Philpott	UKIP	1664	22.5%
Adrian Stevens	UKIP	1443
Claire Leigh	Lab	1104	15.0%
Bob Ellard	Lab	1012
Hazel Dawe	Grn	633	8.6%
Garry Bridge	LD	573	7.8%
Nicholas Ford	LD	526
Steve Dawe	Grn	515

Tunbridge Wells East [UKIP gain from C]

Christopher Hoare	UKIP	1386	30.6%
James Tansley	C	1064	23.5%
David Neve	LD	1005	22.2%
Terry Cload	Ind	694	15.3%
Gerry Colley	Lab	379	8.4%

Tunbridge Wells North

Peter Oakford	C	1373	34.9%
Brian Ransley	UKIP	958	24.4%
Ian Carvell	Lab	672	17.1%
Trevor Poile	LD	666	16.9%
Phyllis Leslie	Grn	262	6.7%

Tunbridge Wells Rural

Alex King	C	2043	43.1%
Gabi Coleman	UKIP	1692	35.7%
Raymond Moon	Lab	632	13.3%
Lesley Herriot	LD	368	7.8%

Tunbridge Wells South

James Scholes	C	1926	46.0%
Zak Martin	UKIP	1109	26.5%
Lorna Blackmore	Lab	616	14.7%
Rachel Sadler	LD	534	12.8%

Tunbridge Wells West

John Davies	C	1831	40.7%
Victor Webb	UKIP	1502	33.4%
Alex Britcher	Lab	496	11.0%
Alan Bullion	LD	357	7.9%
David Holton	Grn	316	7.0%

Whitstable (2)

Mark Dance	C	2732	33.5%
Mike Harrison	C	2666
Mike Bull	UKIP	2476	30.4%
Howard Farmer	UKIP	2435
Christopher Cornell	Lab	1813	22.2%
Rita O'Brien	Lab	1781
Jolyon Trimingham	Grn	600	7.4%
Pat Marsh	Grn	566
Jonathan Dearth	LD	529	6.5%
Kevin McNamara	LD	344

Wilmington

Ann Allen	C	1790	48.8%
Gary Rogers	UKIP	891	24.3%
Mark Maddison	Lab	862	23.5%
Di Settle	EDP	128	3.5%

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