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.

Council elections

Borough result maps

By-elections

1994-1998

Yalding Ward By-Election 1 May 1997[9]
CandidatePartyVotes%±%
 Conservative Party1,00044.44%+12.1%
 Liberal Democrats64328.58%-15.2%
 Labour Party60726.98%+7.3%
Total2,250100.00%
Rejected Ballot Papers
Ballot Papers Issued
Registered Electors
Turnout
 Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
Loose Ward By-Election 3 July 1997[10]
CandidatePartyVotes%±%
 Liberal Democrats28359.08%-13.8%
 Conservative Party11724.43%+8.2%
 Labour Party7916.49%+5.5%
Total479100.00%
Rejected Ballot Papers
Ballot Papers Issued
Registered Electors
Turnout25.4%
 Liberal Democrats hold
High Street Ward By-Election 13 November 1997[11]
CandidatePartyVotes%±%
 Liberal Democrats35039.64%-3.0%
 Labour Party31035.11%-5.8%
 Conservative Party12313.93%+0.1%
Maidstone First738.27%+8.3%
 Green Party273.06%+0.4%
Total883100.00%
Rejected Ballot Papers
Ballot Papers Issued
Registered Electors
Turnout19.8%
 Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

1998-2002

Allington Ward By-Election 29 October 1998[12][13]
CandidatePartyVotes%±%
 Cynthia Elizabeth RobertsonLiberal Democrats74472.16%+5.2%
 Margaret Helen June TaylorLabour Party15915.42%-0.3%
 Helen Violet MortimerConservative Party12812.42%+2.8%
Total1,031100.00%
Rejected Ballot Papers0
Ballot Papers Issued1,031
Registered Electors
Turnout18.5%
 Liberal Democrats hold
Boxley Ward By-Election 29 October 1998[14][15]
CandidatePartyVotes%±%
 Michael Ian YatesConservative Party63063.25%+23.1%
 John Brian DohertyLiberal Democrats20120.18%+6.1%
 Stephen GibsonLabour Party16516.57%-25.5%
Total996100.00%
Rejected Ballot Papers2
Ballot Papers Issued998
Registered Electors
Turnout14.1%
 Conservative gain from Independent
Hollingbourne Ward By-Election 29 October 1998[16][17]
CandidatePartyVotes%±%
 Tracy Ann Helen WarnerConservative Party19848.29%-12.0%
 Paul Geoffrey BeggLiberal Democrats19347.07%+25.1%
 Jeanne Mary GibsonLabour Party194.63%-13.1%
Total410100.00%
Rejected Ballot Papers0
Ballot Papers Issued410
Registered Electors
Turnout35.3%
 Conservative hold

2002-2006

Marden & Yalding Ward By-Election 27 November 2003[18][19]
CandidatePartyVotes%±%
 Paddy C. J. GermainConservative Party72649.83%-12.5%
 Carol A. JacquesLiberal Democrats53536.72%+18.4%
 John M. HughesLabour Party15310.50%-4.0%
 Brian HoggUK Independence Party432.95%-1.8%
Total1,457100.00%
Rejected Ballot Papers
Ballot Papers Issued
Registered Electors
Turnout24.4%
 Conservative hold
Downswood & Otham Ward By-Election 13 October 2005[20][21]
CandidatePartyVotes%±%
David MarchantIndependent31461.33%+15.0%
 Timothy M. CrockfordConservative Party18435.94%+17.2%
 Audrey D. GardnerLabour Party142.73%+2.3%
Total512100.00%
Rejected Ballot Papers
Ballot Papers Issued
Registered Electors
Turnout24.4%
Independent hold

2006-2010

Parkwood Ward By-Election 30 November 2006[22][23]
CandidatePartyVotes%±%
 Robert FieldLiberal Democrats34757.64%+23.5%
 Wesley MasonLabour Party13021.59%-13.3%
 Scott HahnefeldConservative Party12520.76%-10.1%
Total602100.00%
Rejected Ballot Papers2
Ballot Papers Issued604
Registered Electors
Turnout19.3%
 Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
Shepway South Ward By-Election 6 December 2007[24][25]
CandidatePartyVotes%±%
 Sheena WilliamsConservative Party25135.96%-9.7%
 Gill AnnanLabour Party24034.38%+34.4%
 Bryan Charles VizzardLiberal Democrats17324.79%-22.0%
 Stephen Fraser MuggeridgeGreen Party344.87%-2.6%
Total698100.00%
Rejected Ballot Papers
Ballot Papers Issued
Registered Electors
Turnout16.1%
 Conservative gain from Labour
Fant Ward By-Election 1 October 2009[26]
CandidatePartyVotes%±%
 Fran SmithLiberal Democrats70246.37%+18.8%
 Paul ButcherConservative Party39325.96%-7.4%
 Stuart JefferyGreen Party31720.94%+4.9%
 Bruce HealdLabour Party1026.74%-16.3%
Total1,514100.00%
Rejected Ballot Papers
Ballot Papers Issued
Registered Electors
Turnout23.6%
 Liberal Democrats hold

2010-2014

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]
CandidatePartyVotes%±%
 Belinda Janet WatsonLiberal Democrats88552.37%
 Barry Stephen GinleyConservative Party43425.68%
 Marianna Romeojuliet PoliszczukLabour Party17910.59%
 Gareth Anthony KendallUK Independence Party1629.59%
 Jill ShepherdGreen Party301.78%
Total1,690100.00%
Rejected Ballot Papers9
Ballot Papers Issued1,699
Registered Electors5,604
Turnout30.32%
 Liberal Democrats hold

2014-2018

Staplehurst By-Election 27 July 2014[30]
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 Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Fant By-Election 10 September 2015[31]
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
Conservative hold Swing
Shepway South By-Election 8 September 2016[32]
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
UKIP hold Swing
Bearsted By-Election 4 May 2017[33]
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
Conservative hold Swing
North Ward by-election, 30 November 2017[34][35]
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

2018-2022

Headcorn By-Election 13 September 2018[36]
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
Conservative hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ "Becoming a councillor". Maidstone Borough Council. Archived from the original on 28 December 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
  2. ↑ The Borough of Maidstone (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976
  3. ↑ The Maidstone and Swale (Areas) Order 1983
  4. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Kent (District Boundaries) Order 1987. Retrieved on 6 November 2015.
  5. ↑ "Maidstone". BBC News Online. Retrieved 3 October 2009.
  6. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Maidstone (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
  7. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Maidstone (Electoral Changes) Order 2008. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
  8. ↑ Electoral Commission - Statement on the UK Government's decision to postpone May's polls. Retrieved on 11 April 2021
  9. ↑ "Maidstone BC, Yalding". Local Authority Byelection Results.
  10. ↑ "Maidstone BC, Loose". Local Authority Byelection Results.
  11. ↑ "Maidstone BC, High Street". Local Authority Byelection Results.
  12. ↑ "Result of Poll". Maidstone Borough Council. Archived from the original on 25 June 2002.
  13. ↑ "Maidstone BC, Allington". Local Authority Byelection Results.
  14. ↑ "Result of Poll". Maidstone Borough Council. Archived from the original on 19 July 2001.
  15. ↑ "Maidstone BC, Boxley". Local Authority Byelection Results.
  16. ↑ "Result of Poll". Maidstone Borough Council. Archived from the original on 19 July 2001.
  17. ↑ "Maidstone BC, Hollingbourne". Local Authority Byelection Results.
  18. ↑ "Vote 2003 - By-Election". Maidstone Borough Council. Archived from the original on 3 January 2004.
  19. ↑ "Maidstone BC, Marden and Yalding". Local Authority Byelection Results.
  20. ↑ "Vote 2005 - By-Election". Maidstone Borough Council. Archived from the original on 17 January 2006.
  21. ↑ "Maidstone BC, Downswood & Otham". Local Authority Byelection Results.
  22. ↑ "Result of Poll" (PDF). Maidstone Borough Council.
  23. ↑ "Maidstone BC, Parkwood". Local Authority Byelection Results.
  24. ↑ "Result of Poll" (PDF). Maidstone Borough Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
  25. ↑ "Maidstone BC, Shepway South". Local Authority Byelection Results.
  26. ↑ "Maidstone BC, Fant". Local Authority Byelection Results.
  27. ↑ "Town's longest serving councillor dies". Kent Messenger. 10 August 2012.
  28. ↑ Kilpatrick, Dean (10 August 2012). "Kent councillor Malcom Robertson dies aged 67". KOS Media.
  29. ↑ "Election results for Allington Ward". Maidstone Borough Council. 18 October 2012.
  30. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Staplehurst Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  31. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Staplehurst Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  32. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Shepway South Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  33. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Bearsted Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
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  35. ↑ "Lib Dems win seat from Tories during town by-election". Kent Online. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
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