2023 Dartford Borough Council election#Swanscombe
{{Short description|2023 UK local government election}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 2023 Dartford Borough Council election
| country = Kent
| type = parliamentary
| previous_election = 2019 Dartford Borough Council election
| previous_year = 2019
| outgoing_members =
| election_date = {{Start date|2023|5|4|df=y}}
| elected_members =
| next_election = 2027 Dartford Borough Council election
| next_year = 2027
| seats_for_election= All 42 seats to Dartford Borough Council
| majority_seats = 22
| opinion_polls =
| turnout =
| image1 = File:No image wide.svg
| leader1 = Jeremy Kite
| party1 = Conservative Party (UK)
| leader_since1 =
| last_election1 = 29 seats, 53.1%
| leaders_seat1 =
| seats_before1 = 31
| seats1 = 29
| seats_after1 =
| seat_change1 = {{no change}}
| popular_vote1 = 27,404
| percentage1 = 55.8%
| swing1 = {{increase}} 3.0%
| image2 = File:No image wide.svg
| leader2 = Kelly Grehan
| party2 = Labour Party (UK)
| leader_since2 =
| leaders_seat2 =
| last_election2 = 10 seats, 29.4%
| seats_before2 = 7
| seats2 = 11
| seats_after2 =
| seat_change2 = {{increase}} 1
| popular_vote2 = 17,141
| percentage2 = 34.9%
| swing2 = {{increase}} 5.1%
| image3 = File:No image wide.svg
| leader3 = Laura Edie{{efn|Leading "Alliance Group" of the Green Party and one of the independent councillors.{{cite web |title=Council minutes, 11 May 2022 |url=http://committeedmz.dartford.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=102&MId=3050 |website=Dartford Borough Council |access-date=30 April 2023}}}}
| party3 = Green Party of England and Wales
| leader_since3 =
| leaders_seat3 =
| last_election3 = 0 seats, 0.6%
| seats_before3 = 1
| seats3 = 1
| seats_after3 =
| seat_change3 = {{increase}} 1
| popular_vote3 = 2,069
| percentage3 = 4.2%
| swing3 = {{increase}} 3.6%
| image4 = File:No image wide.svg
| leader4 =
| party4 = Residents Association
| leader_since4 =
| leaders_seat4 =
| last_election4 = 3 seats, 5.4%
| seats_before4 = 1
| seats4 = 1
| seats_after4 =
| seat_change4 = {{decrease}} 2
| popular_vote4 = 1,640
| percentage4 = 3.3%
| swing4 = {{decrease}} 2.1%
| image5 = File:No image wide.svg
| leader5 =
| party5 = Independent politician
| leader_since5 =
| leaders_seat5 =
| last_election5 = 0 seats, 1.6%
| seats_before5 = 2
| seats5 = 0
| seats_after5 =
| seat_change5 = {{steady}}
| popular_vote5 = 117
| percentage5 = 0.2%
| swing5 = {{decrease}} 1.4%
| map_image = File:Dartford UK ward map 2023.svg
| map_size =
| map_alt =
| map =
| map_caption = Results by ward
| title = Leader
| posttitle = Leader after election
| before_election = Jeremy Kite
| before_party = Conservative Party (UK)
| after_election = Jeremy Kite
| after_party = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
The 2023 Dartford Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect all 42 members of Dartford Borough Council in Kent, England.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dartford.gov.uk/downloads/file/1952/borough-notice-of-election |title=Notice of Election |date=17 March 2023 |access-date=20 April 2023 |publisher=Dartford Borough Council}}
This election took place alongside other local elections across England.
The council remained under Conservative majority control after the election.{{cite news |last1=Greenwood |first1=Keely |title=Kent local elections 2023: Dartford council remains under Tory control as Britain First falls short |url=https://www.kentonline.co.uk/dartford/news/tories-retain-council-control-as-britain-first-rejected-by-v-286523/ |access-date=26 September 2023 |work=Kent Online |date=5 May 2023}}
Changes since 2019 election
After Cllr Jonathon Hawkes, leader of the Labour Group, lost his seat in 2019, Cllr Sacha Gosine was elected as the new Leader of the Opposition. He was replaced by Cllr Kelly Grehan in 2022. Between 2019 and 2023, the Labour Group lost 3 councillors. Deputy Leader Cllr Adrian Oakley-Dow resigned from the party following the election of a new Deputy. Around this time, Cllr Romana Gosine was expelled by the party for an alleged "breach of the rules".{{Cite web|url=https://www.kentonline.co.uk/dartford/news/new-opposition-leader-amid-party-shake-up-265470/ |title=Dartford Labour vote in new opposition council leader amid local party shake up |date=12 April 2022 |access-date=5 May 2023 |publisher=Kent Online}} Cllr Laura Edie left the Labour Party after criticising the national party's policies, and sat as a Green Party councillor for the remainder of her term. She was re-elected as a Green councillor in 2023.{{Cite web|url=https://www.kentonline.co.uk/dartford/news/the-party-didnt-represent-my-socialist-values-240214/ |title=Dartford councillor for Newtown Laura Edie quits Labour Party over handling of school closures |date=5 January 2021 |access-date=5 May 2023 |publisher=Kent Online}}
In April 2021, 2 councillors from the Swanscombe and Greenhithe Residents Association, Cllrs Sue Butterfill and Anita Barham, left the party to form a new Independent Party Group. They later joined the Conservative Party. Cllr Barham stood as a Conservative candidate in Swanscombe in 2023, but was not elected.{{Cite web|url=https://www.kentonline.co.uk/dartford/news/council-stalwarts-split-to-form-new-independent-group-245959/ |title=Swanscombe and Greenhithe Resident's Association councillors quit to form new Independent Party Group on Dartford Council |date=21 April 2022 |access-date=6 May 2023 |publisher=Kent Online}}
Cllr Ann Allen died in October 2021, triggering a by-election in Maypole & Leyton Cross. Cllr Lucas Reynolds also stood down for personal reasons, triggering a by-election in Wilmington, Sutton-At-Hone & Hawley. Both seats were held by the Conservatives with large majorities.{{Cite web|url=https://www.kentonline.co.uk/dartford/news/dartfords-youngest-councillor-voted-in-261637/ |title=Conservatives retain three Wilmington by-election seats in Dartford council and Kent County Council |date=31 January 2022 |access-date=5 May 2023 |publisher=Kent Online}}
In May 2022, it was announced that Cllr Laura Edie and Cllr Peter Harman (of the Swanscombe and Greenhithe Residents Association) had formed the Alliance Group together.{{cite web |title=Council minutes, 11 May 2022 |url=http://committeedmz.dartford.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=102&MId=3050 |website=Dartford Borough Council |access-date=30 April 2023}}
A by-election was also held in February 2023, once again in Wilmington, Sutton-At-Hone & Hawley, where the Conservative majority was increased.{{Cite web|url=http://committeedmz.dartford.gov.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?ID=302&RPID=56421189 |title=Wilmington, Sutton-at-Hone & Hawley Borough Ward - Thursday 9 February 2023 |date=9 February 2023 |access-date=5 May 2023 |publisher=Dartford Borough Council}}
Summary
=Election result=
{{Local election summary begin|title=2023 Dartford Borough Council election{{cite web |title=Dartford Borough Council Elections - Thursday 4 May 2023 |url=https://committeedmz.dartford.gov.uk/mgElectionResults.aspx?XXR=0&ID=55&AC=EDIT_ELECTION&RPID=62284696 |website=Dartford Borough Council |access-date=26 September 2023}}}}
{{Local election summary party
|party =Conservative Party (UK)
|candidates =42
|seats =29
|gain = 1
|loss = 1
|net ={{nochange}}
|votes % =55.8
|seats % =69.0
|votes =27,404
|plus/minus =+2.7
}}
{{Local election summary party
|party =Labour Party (UK)
|candidates =42
|seats =11
|gain = 2
|loss =1
|net ={{increase}} 1
|votes % =34.9
|seats % =26.2
|votes =17,141
|plus/minus =+5.5
}}
{{Local election summary party
|party =Green Party of England and Wales
|candidates =9
|seats =1
|gain =1
|loss =0
|net ={{increase}} 1
|votes % =4.2
|seats % =2.4
|votes =2,069
|plus/minus =+3.6
}}
{{Local election summary party
|party =Residents Association
|candidates =4
|seats =1
|gain =0
|loss =2
|net ={{decrease}} 2
|votes % =3.3
|seats % =2.4
|votes =1,640
|plus/minus =–2.1
}}
{{Local election summary party
|party =Reform UK
|candidates =5
|seats =0
|gain =0
|loss =0
|net ={{nochange}}
|votes % =1.0
|seats % =0.0
|votes =503
|plus/minus =N/A
}}
{{Local election summary party
|party =Britain First
|candidates =2
|seats =0
|gain =0
|loss =0
|net ={{nochange}}
|votes % =0.3
|seats % =0.0
|votes =168
|plus/minus =N/A
}}
{{Local election summary party
|party =Independent politician
|candidates =1
|seats =0
|gain =0
|loss =0
|net ={{nochange}}
|votes % =0.2
|seats % =0.0
|votes =117
|plus/minus =–1.4
}}
{{Local election summary party
|party =Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidates =1
|seats =0
|gain =0
|loss =0
|net ={{nochange}}
|votes % =0.1
|seats % =0.0
|votes =63
|plus/minus =–0.1
}}
|-
{{Election box end}}
Ward results
The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Dartford Borough Council following the close of nominations on 4 April 2023.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dartford.gov.uk/downloads/file/1998/statement-of-persons-nominated-borough-wards |title=Statement of Persons Nominated |date=4 April 2023 |access-date=20 April 2023 |publisher=Dartford Borough Council}} The results for each ward were as follows:{{cite news |last1=Clarke |first1=Amy |title=Dartford Borough Council election results by ward |url=https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/23503277.dartford-borough-council-election-results-ward/ |access-date=26 September 2023 |work=News Shopper |date=5 May 2023}}
=Bean & Village Park=
{{Election box begin | title=Bean & Village Park}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = David Hammock*
|votes = 392
|percentage = 74.5
|change = -7.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Graham Windram
|votes = 134
|percentage = 25.5
|change = +7.0
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 526
|percentage = 27.42
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser =
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=Brent=
{{Election box begin | title=Brent (2 seats)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Rosanna Currans*
|votes = 840
|percentage = 63.4
|change = +1.5
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Peter Whapshott
|votes = 718
|percentage = 54.2
|change = -2.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Sarah Crook
|votes = 359
|percentage = 27.1
|change = +4.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Marian Benford
|votes = 355
|percentage = 26.8
|change = +5.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Claire Edie
|votes = 130
|percentage = 9.8
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Cullen O'Donnell
|votes = 63
|percentage = 4.8
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,324
|percentage = 30.33
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser =
|swing =
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{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser =
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=Bridge=
{{Election box begin | title=Bridge}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Clement Quaqumey
|votes = 316
|percentage = 61.5
|change = -0.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Peter Grehan
|votes = 198
|percentage = 38.5
|change = +16.7
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 514
|percentage = 19.93
|change = -5.17
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser =
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=Burnham=
{{Election box begin | title=Burnham}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Matthew Davis*
|votes = 358
|percentage = 56.1
|change = +5.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Amanda Cook
|votes = 280
|percentage = 43.9
|change = -5.1
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 638
|percentage = 28.94
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser =
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=Darenth=
{{Election box begin | title=Darenth}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Paul Denman
|votes = 215
|percentage = 35.8
|change = -11.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Catherine Stafford
|votes = 207
|percentage = 34.5
|change = +2.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Tony Prentice
|votes = 117
|percentage = 19.5
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Britain First
|candidate = Nicholas Scanlon
|votes = 61
|percentage = 10.2
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 600
|percentage = 30.32
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser =
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=Ebbsfleet=
{{Election box begin | title=Ebbsfleet (3 seats)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Danny Nicklen*
|votes = 615
|percentage = 55.3
|change = +17.5
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Jonathon Hawkes
|votes = 535
|percentage = 48.1
|change = +8.5
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Victoria Akintomie-Akinwamide
|votes = 507
|percentage = 45.6
|change = +7.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Victoria Oguntope
|votes = 479
|percentage = 43.1
|change = +6.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Subhash Goswami
|votes = 406
|percentage = 36.5
|change = +9.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Edith Nwachukwu
|votes = 392
|percentage = 35.3
|change = +12.7
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,112
|percentage = 27.51
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser =
|swing =
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{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser =
|swing =
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{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
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{{Election box end}}
=Greenhithe & Knockhall=
{{Election box begin | title=Greenhithe & Knockhall (3 seats)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Residents Association
|candidate = Peter Harman*
|votes = 623
|percentage = 51.7
|change = +8.0
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = David Mote*
|votes = 499
|percentage = 41.4
|change = +2.9
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Carol Gale
|votes = 359
|percentage = 29.8
|change = +0.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Residents Association
|candidate = Dawn Johnston
|votes = 354
|percentage = 29.4
|change = -14.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Safiul Azam
|votes = 345
|percentage = 28.7
|change = +0.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Residents Association
|candidate = Elizabeth Wickham
|votes = 335
|percentage = 27.8
|change = -5.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Lisa Bullock
|votes = 270
|percentage = 22.4
|change = +5.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Joshua Grills
|votes = 224
|percentage = 18.6
|change = +5.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = James Ray
|votes = 205
|percentage = 17.0
|change = +4.2
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,204
|percentage = 22.40
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Residents Association
|loser =
|swing =
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{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Residents Association
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{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser =
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{{Election box end}}
=Heath=
{{Election box begin | title=Heath (2 seats)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Andrew Lloyd*
|votes = 910
|percentage = 62.5
|change = -0.9
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Patsy Thurlow*
|votes = 837
|percentage = 57.4
|change = +1.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = David Celino-Stock
|votes = 405
|percentage = 27.8
|change = +4.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Sally Wainwright
|votes = 243
|percentage = 16.7
|change = -6.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Reform UK
|candidate = Michael Brown
|votes = 141
|percentage = 9.7
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,457
|percentage = 33.10
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser =
|swing =
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{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
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{{Election box end}}
=Joyden's Wood=
{{Election box begin | title=Joyden's Wood (2 seats)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Brian Garden*
|votes = 1,131
|percentage = 80.6
|change = +6.4
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Marilyn Peters*
|votes = 1,067
|percentage = 76.0
|change = +1.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Carole Jones
|votes = 253
|percentage = 18.0
|change = +5.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Peter Summers
|votes = 245
|percentage = 17.5
|change = +7.2
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,404
|percentage = 34.28
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser =
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{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
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{{Election box end}}
=Longfield, New Barn & Southfleet=
{{Election box begin | title=Longfield, New Barn & Southfleet (3 seats)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Jeremy Kite*
|votes = 1,431
|percentage = 71.7
|change = +2.5
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Steven Brown*
|votes = 1,406
|percentage = 70.4
|change = +4.3
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Roger Perfitt*
|votes = 1,317
|percentage = 65.9
|change = +5.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Timothy Cook
|votes = 388
|percentage = 19.4
|change = +6.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Lacey Povey
|votes = 375
|percentage = 18.8
|change = +7.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Allan Fisher
|votes = 327
|percentage = 16.4
|change = +4.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Alastair Humphreys
|votes = 256
|percentage = 12.8
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,997
|percentage = 36.36
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser =
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{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
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{{Election box end}}
=Maypole & Leyton Cross=
{{Election box begin | title=Maypole & Leyton Cross}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Kyle Stealey*
|votes = 435
|percentage = 68.7
|change = -15.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = David Brooker
|votes = 198
|percentage = 31.2
|change = +15.4
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 633
|percentage = 29.3
|change = +2.6
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser =
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=Newtown=
{{Election box begin | title=Newtown (2 seats)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Debbie Graham
|votes = 528
|percentage = 38.9
|change = -3.2
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Laura Edie*
|votes = 509
|percentage = 37.5
|change = +24.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Jonathan Wynne
|votes = 401
|percentage = 29.5
|change = -9.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Andrew Mensah
|votes = 399
|percentage = 29.4
|change = -6.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Sheun Oke
|votes = 365
|percentage = 26.9
|change = -6.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Julian Hood
|votes = 348
|percentage = 25.6
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1355
|percentage = 33.18
|change = -2.02
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser =
|swing =
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{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Green Party of England and Wales
|loser = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=Princes=
{{Election box begin | title=Princes (2 seats)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Ricky Jones*
|votes = 490
|percentage = 47.9
|change = +3.8
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Alina Vaduva
|votes = 395
|percentage = 38.6
|change = +0.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Monjur Showkat
|votes = 388
|percentage = 38.0
|change = +2.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Rebecca Storey*
|votes = 386
|percentage =37.8
|change = -0.8
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Ciara O'Hare
|votes = 76
|percentage =7.4
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Kerry O'Hare
|votes = 60
|percentage = 5.9
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Reform UK
|candidate = Lou Sparrow
|votes = 49
|percentage =2.7
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1021
|percentage = 24.73
|change = -6.77
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{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser =
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|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=Stone Castle=
{{Election box begin | title=Stone Castle (3 seats)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Paul Cutler*
|votes = 518
|percentage = 56.0
|change = +11.5
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Lucy Canham*
|votes = 491
|percentage = 53.0
|change = +2.8
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = John Burrell*
|votes = 440
|percentage = 47.5
|change = -0.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Trevor Donnelly
|votes = 362
|percentage = 39.1
|change = +4.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Pat Kelly
|votes = 320
|percentage = 34.6
|change = -0.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Rachel Gogo
|votes = 315
|percentage =34.1
|change = +5.7
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 925
|percentage = 17.10
|change = -7.1
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser =
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{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser =
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{{Election box end}}
=Stone House=
{{Election box begin | title=Stone House (2 seats)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Tom Oliver*
|votes = 667
|percentage = 52.4
|change = +9.7
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Rachael Anne
|votes = 556
|percentage = 43.7
|change = -2.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Milan Suter
|votes = 535
|percentage = 42.0
|change = +1.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Karl Harris
|votes = 491
|percentage =38.6
|change = +1.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Louise Maclean
|votes = 125
|percentage =9.8
|change =N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1272
|percentage = 27.3
|change = +1.5
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser =
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{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser =
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{{Election box end}}
=Swanscombe=
{{Election box begin | title=Swanscombe (2 seats)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Emma Ben Moussa*
|votes = 732
|percentage = 61.2
|change = +21.6
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Claire Pearce
|votes = 476
|percentage = 39.8
|change = +7.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Anita Barham*
|votes = 379
|percentage = 31.7
|change = -6.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Residents Association
|candidate = Lorna Cross
|votes = 328
|percentage = 27.4
|change = -10.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Santosh Patil
|votes = 125
|percentage = 10.4
|change = +1.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Britain First
|candidate = Paul Golding
|votes = 107
|percentage = 8.9
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,197
|percentage = 25.67
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser =
|swing =
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|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Residents Association
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=Temple Hill=
{{Election box begin | title=Temple Hill (3 seats)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Kelly Grehan*
|votes = 796
|percentage = 62.1
|change = +19.1
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Alina Gaskin*
|votes = 737
|percentage = 57.5
|change = +15.6
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Darren Povey
|votes = 704
|percentage = 55.0
|change = +15.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Thomas Denman
|votes = 393
|percentage = 30.7
|change = +3.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Thomas Shippam
|votes = 327
|percentage = 25.5
|change = +0.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Ganesh Malyala
|votes = 322
|percentage = 25.1
|change = +0.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Reform UK
|candidate = Barry Taylor
|votes = 102
|percentage = 8.0
|change = -17.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Reform UK
|candidate = Enrique Martin-Garcia
|votes = 93
|percentage = 7.3
|change = -16.7
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,281
|percentage = 21.14
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser =
|swing =
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{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser =
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|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser =
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{{Election box end}}
=Town=
{{Election box begin | title=Town (2 seats)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Christopher Shippam*
|votes = 544
|percentage = 62.4
|change = +9.4
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Richard Wells*
|votes = 530
|percentage = 60.8
|change = +10.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Justina Lambert
|votes = 309
|percentage = 35.4
|change = -1.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Jiri Marek
|votes = 292
|percentage = 33.5
|change = -2.4
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 872
|percentage = 23.83
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser =
|swing =
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{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser =
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{{Election box end}}
=West Hill=
{{Election box begin | title=West Hill (3 seats)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Julie Ozog*
|votes = 1,096
|percentage = 57.0
|change = +4.8
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Denzil Reynolds*
|votes = 1,062
|percentage = 55.2
|change = +4.9
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Drew Swinerd*
|votes = 969
|percentage = 50.4
|change = +3.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Robert Celino-Stock
|votes = 632
|percentage = 32.9
|change = +0.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Suyi Michelli
|votes = 600
|percentage = 31.2
|change = +0.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Sandra Woodeson
|votes = 580
|percentage = 30.2
|change = ±0.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Garry Turner
|votes = 374
|percentage = 19.4
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,923
|percentage = 33.04
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser =
|swing =
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{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser =
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{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser =
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{{Election box end}}
=Wilmington, Sutton-at-Hone & Hawley=
{{Election box begin | title=Wilmington, Sutton-at-Hone & Hawley (3 seats)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = George Holt*
|votes = 1,270
|percentage = 68.3
|change = +8.2
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Eddy Lampkin*
|votes = 1,162
|percentage = 62.5
|change = +6.1
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Av Sandhu
|votes = 1,047
|percentage = 56.3
|change = +4.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Abigail Jones
|votes = 449
|percentage = 24.1
|change = +8.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Raymond Kelleher
|votes = 414
|percentage = 22.3
|change = +5.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Geoffrey Prout
|votes = 375
|percentage = 20.2
|change = +5.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Richard Moore
|votes = 191
|percentage = 10.3
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Reform UK
|candidate = Marc Mason
|votes = 118
|percentage = 6.3
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,860
|percentage = 30.54
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser =
|swing =
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{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser =
|swing =
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{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser =
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
Changes 2023-2027
=Affiliation changes=
=By-elections=
==Greenhithe and Knockhall==
{{Election box begin | title=Greenhithe and Knockhall by-election: 21 November 2024}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Reform UK
|candidate = Michael Brown
|votes = 284
|percentage = 31.2
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Residents Association
|candidate = Dawn Johnston
|votes = 251
|percentage = 27.6
|change = –17.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Sacha Gosine
|votes = 150
|percentage = 16.5
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Peter Summers
|votes = 113
|percentage = 12.4
|change = –7.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Edith Nwachukwu
|votes = 112
|percentage = 12.3
|change = –23.5
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 33
|percentage = 3.6
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 914
|percentage = 16.1
|change = –6.3
}}
{{Election box registered electors
|reg. electors = 5,662
}}
{{Election box gain with party link no swing
|winner = Reform UK
|loser = Residents Association
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
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