Canterbury council election, 2023
Most seats
18
Labour Party
Seats contested
39
across 21 wards
Turnout
—
average of reporting wards
Summary
| Party | Seats | +/− | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | 18 | +8 | 29,825 | 36.6% | +7.2 |
| Liberal Democrats | 9 | +3 | 17,935 | 22.0% | +2.3 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | 8 | -15 | 19,867 | 24.4% | -11.0 |
| Green Party | 4 | +4 | 11,350 | 13.9% | +1.4 |
| Independent | 0 | +0 | 2,259 | 2.8% | +0.4 |
| Reform UK | 0 | +0 | 296 | 0.4% | — |
Changes are against the previous council election on 02/05/2019. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.
Candidates
| Party | Candidates | Of a possible 39 |
|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | 39 | |
| Labour Party | 39 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 34 | |
| Green Party | 22 | |
| Independent | 6 | |
| Reform UK | 3 |
A party standing a full slate could field 39 candidates, one per seat.
Results by ward
Share is each candidate's share of ballots cast in the ward. Change compares each party's lead candidate with the ward's previous contest. Bold rows are elected candidates.
Barton 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Connie Nolan Elected | 1,476 | 55.5% | +17.5 |
| Labour Party | Pat Edwards Elected | 1,405 | 52.8% | — |
| Labour Party | Paul Stephen Leonard Prentice Elected | 1,257 | 47.3% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Martin Antony Arch | 718 | 27.0% | +2.3 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Scott Collins | 605 | 22.8% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Mary Cawston Streater | 555 | 20.9% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Graham Duplock | 397 | 14.9% | -16.6 |
| Liberal Democrats | George Fenwick Metcalfe | 374 | 14.1% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Julia Dorothea Zoettl | 345 | 13.0% | — |
| Green Party | Delia Hazrati | 320 | 12.0% | -11.2 |
| Green Party | Mary Claire Smith | 297 | 11.2% | — |
| Green Party | Nathan James Geoffrey Tough | 227 | 8.5% | — |
| Majority | 539 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 2,659 | |||
Labour Party hold
Beltinge 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Ian Stockley Elected | 944 | 49.8% | -4.1 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Jeanette Stockley Elected | 940 | 49.6% | — |
| Labour Party | Teresa Pearce | 454 | 24.0% | +5.9 |
| Labour Party | Christine Elizabeth Wheeldon | 425 | 22.4% | — |
| Green Party | Nicholas Gadsby | 417 | 22.0% | -2.5 |
| Green Party | Roger Everatt | 253 | 13.4% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Ann Margaret Anderson | 200 | 10.6% | -11.7 |
| Liberal Democrats | Paul Kinghorn Smith | 156 | 8.2% | — |
| Majority | 486 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,894 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Blean Forest 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Alex Ricketts Elected | 1,214 | 64.0% | +29.5 |
| Liberal Democrats | Steph Jupe Elected | 1,035 | 54.5% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Dan Smith Elected | 944 | 49.7% | — |
| Labour Party | Nicola Amy May | 444 | 23.4% | -2.2 |
| Green Party | Alexander Ian William Hilton | 398 | 21.0% | -2.9 |
| Labour Party | Howard Michael Needham | 383 | 20.2% | — |
| Labour Party | Sam Newman | 367 | 19.3% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | James Peter Somerville-Meikle | 329 | 17.3% | -15.5 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Gary David Albert Ovenden | 299 | 15.8% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Timothy Charles Streater | 281 | 14.8% | — |
| Majority | 500 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,898 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Liberal Democrats hold
Chartham & Stone Street 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour and Co-operative Party | Alister John Brady Elected | 1,169 | 49.6% | +20.1 |
| Labour and Co-operative Party | Mike Bland Elected | 1,153 | 48.9% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Laura Jane Hobbs | 593 | 25.2% | -14.8 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Elliot Stephen Curryer | 567 | 24.1% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Yvonne Hawkins | 485 | 20.6% | +2.4 |
| Liberal Democrats | James Angus Galloway | 407 | 17.3% | — |
| Green Party | Greg Lawrence | 338 | 14.3% | -9.0 |
| Majority | 560 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 2,356 | |||
Labour and Co-operative Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Labour and Co-operative Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party
Chestfield 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Peter John Old Elected | 1,381 | 57.4% | +21.9 |
| Liberal Democrats | James Flanagan Elected | 1,358 | 56.4% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Steve Bailey | 649 | 27.0% | -19.0 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Ben Fitter-Harding | 489 | 20.3% | — |
| Labour Party | Philippa Anne Langton | 349 | 14.5% | +5.7 |
| Labour Party | Sammy Roberts | 256 | 10.6% | — |
| Reform UK | Adrian John Kibble | 122 | 5.1% | — |
| Independent | Joe Egerton | 106 | 4.4% | -0.9 |
| Reform UK | Leslie Lilley | 101 | 4.2% | — |
| Majority | 709 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 2,406 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative and Unionist Party
Gorrell 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Party | Clare Margaret Turnbull Elected | 2,045 | 59.3% | +15.4 |
| Labour Party | Chris Cornell Elected | 1,643 | 47.7% | +17.0 |
| Green Party | Steven Gordon Wheeler Elected | 1,492 | 43.3% | — |
| Labour Party | Valerie Ann Kenny | 1,392 | 40.4% | — |
| Labour Party | Dan Allen | 1,293 | 37.5% | — |
| Green Party | Tom Sharp | 1,215 | 35.2% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Georgia Rose Bills | 434 | 12.6% | -10.6 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Janet Newcombe | 426 | 12.4% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Penelope Rose Elaine Wilson | 405 | 11.7% | — |
| Majority | 100 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 3,448 | |||
Green Party gain from Labour Party · Green Party gain from Labour Party · Labour Party hold
Greenhill
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Dan Watkins Elected | 421 | 46.7% | +0.8 |
| Labour Party | Andy Davidson | 350 | 38.8% | +14.1 |
| Liberal Democrats | Valerie Jane Ainscough | 130 | 14.4% | — |
| Majority | 71 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 901 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Herne & Broomfield 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Robert Stuart Jones Elected | 812 | 45.2% | -13.3 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Joe Howes Elected | 722 | 40.2% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Derek Stephen Maslin | 446 | 24.8% | -0.1 |
| Labour Party | Chris Gibson | 421 | 23.4% | +4.9 |
| Labour Party | Karen Margaret Douglas | 419 | 23.3% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Brian Edward McHenry | 291 | 16.2% | — |
| Independent | Anne Mary Decker | 197 | 11.0% | — |
| Green Party | Alex Stevens | 169 | 9.4% | -7.2 |
| Green Party | Tom Alan Williams | 117 | 6.5% | — |
| Majority | 276 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,797 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Heron 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Tom Mellish Elected | 1,079 | 40.6% | +12.3 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Liz Harvey Elected | 1,037 | 39.0% | -10.3 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | David Thomas Elected | 1,030 | 38.7% | — |
| Labour Party | Emma Elizabeth Wright | 1,023 | 38.5% | — |
| Labour Party | Fred Martin Pearce | 1,019 | 38.3% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Jane Thomas | 978 | 36.8% | — |
| Green Party | Michael John Vince | 656 | 24.7% | -1.8 |
| Liberal Democrats | Margaret Grace Flaherty | 600 | 22.6% | +8.4 |
| Liberal Democrats | Martin Ashton | 329 | 12.4% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Latchmi Old | 229 | 8.6% | — |
| Majority | 7 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 2,660 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold · Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party
Little Stour & Adisham
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Lee Robert Castle Elected | 1,161 | 72.0% | +45.5 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Hilary Jane Scott | 310 | 19.2% | -22.2 |
| Labour Party | Paul O'Neill | 142 | 8.8% | -8.4 |
| Majority | 851 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,613 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative and Unionist Party
Nailbourne
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Michael John Sole Elected | 1,341 | 84.0% | +34.0 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Cerise Thea Olivia Harriss | 170 | 10.6% | -25.0 |
| Labour Party | Mike Holman | 86 | 5.4% | -1.5 |
| Majority | 1,171 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,597 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold
Northgate 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour and Co-operative Party | Alan Baldock Elected | 682 | 66.6% | +10.7 |
| Labour and Co-operative Party | Jean Butcher Elected | 682 | 66.6% | — |
| Green Party | Martin Baker | 177 | 17.3% | +0.8 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Eamon David O'Reilly | 161 | 15.7% | -7.7 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Louie Alex Ralph | 156 | 15.2% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Mark Antony Leggatt | 97 | 9.5% | -3.6 |
| Liberal Democrats | Liz Pope | 93 | 9.1% | — |
| Majority | 505 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,024 | |||
Labour and Co-operative Party hold
Reculver
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Rachel Carnac Elected | 534 | 49.1% | -8.1 |
| Labour Party | Barbara Ann Ayling | 321 | 29.5% | +6.6 |
| Green Party | Stephen Peckham | 135 | 12.4% | +3.5 |
| Liberal Democrats | John Keith Bowley | 97 | 8.9% | -2.1 |
| Majority | 213 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,087 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Seasalter 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Naomi Smith Elected | 927 | 37.6% | +12.6 |
| Labour Party | Charlotte Cornell Elected | 826 | 33.5% | — |
| Independent | Ashley Clark | 825 | 33.5% | — |
| Independent | Colin Gerald Spooner | 789 | 32.0% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Stephen Ivor Spencer | 675 | 27.4% | -29.1 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Graham Paul Wells | 657 | 26.7% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Margaret Mackechnie | 114 | 4.6% | -5.4 |
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Raymond Dowling | 113 | 4.6% | — |
| Majority | 1 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 2,463 | |||
Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party
St Stephens 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour and Co-operative Party | Mel Dawkins Elected | 1,167 | 62.5% | +27.3 |
| Labour and Co-operative Party | Elizabeth Carr-Ellis Elected | 1,057 | 56.6% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Christopher Joslin Palmer | 366 | 19.6% | -2.4 |
| Green Party | Gillian Everatt | 314 | 16.8% | -2.9 |
| Liberal Democrats | Janet Mary Capper | 288 | 15.4% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Louie Kevin McNamara | 273 | 14.6% | -21.7 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Owen Laurence Sweetman | 266 | 14.3% | — |
| Majority | 691 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,866 | |||
Labour and Co-operative Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Labour and Co-operative Party hold
Sturry 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Harry McKenzie Elected | 783 | 39.0% | +11.4 |
| Labour Party | Keji Moses Elected | 658 | 32.8% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Louise Nicole Harvey-Quirke | 656 | 32.7% | -8.3 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Georgina Glover | 623 | 31.0% | — |
| Green Party | Peter Campbell | 418 | 20.8% | -3.3 |
| Green Party | Nicole Marie David | 270 | 13.4% | — |
| Independent | Ken Dekker | 173 | 8.6% | -15.5 |
| Independent | Heather Taylor | 169 | 8.4% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Eleo Berceanu | 136 | 6.8% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Helen Ann Sole | 132 | 6.6% | — |
| Majority | 2 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 2,009 | |||
Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party
Swalecliffe
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Party | Keith Bothwell Elected | 769 | 55.3% | +18.9 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Mark Dance | 370 | 26.6% | -16.0 |
| Labour Party | Alex Wescomb | 178 | 12.8% | -6.4 |
| Reform UK | Edna Wallace | 73 | 5.3% | — |
| Majority | 399 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,390 | |||
Green Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party
Tankerton
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Simon Warley Elected | 713 | 48.8% | +17.2 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Neil Stephen Baker | 560 | 38.4% | +4.0 |
| Liberal Democrats | Nick Parry | 187 | 12.8% | -21.2 |
| Majority | 153 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,460 | |||
Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party
West Bay
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Party | Andrew John Harvey Elected | 599 | 56.0% | +40.0 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Grace Taylor Paget | 339 | 31.7% | -16.8 |
| Labour Party | Brendan Brian Little | 131 | 12.3% | -11.4 |
| Majority | 260 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,069 | |||
Green Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party
Westgate 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Pip Hazelton Elected | 975 | 48.4% | +9.3 |
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Paul Dixey Elected | 936 | 46.5% | +15.8 |
| Labour Party | Rosanna Jackson | 802 | 39.8% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Henry Parkinson | 636 | 31.6% | — |
| Green Party | Benjamin Grillet | 321 | 15.9% | +4.7 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Rosemary Elaine Doyle | 196 | 9.7% | -9.0 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | John David Arthur Hippisley | 163 | 8.1% | — |
| Majority | 134 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 2,014 | |||
Labour Party hold · Liberal Democrats hold
Wincheap 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour and Co-operative Party | Dane Buckman Elected | 1,027 | 43.1% | +11.2 |
| Liberal Democrats | Roben Colin Franklin Elected | 971 | 40.8% | -10.0 |
| Liberal Democrats | Amina Inua | 946 | 39.7% | — |
| Labour and Co-operative Party | Paul Owen Todd | 891 | 37.4% | — |
| Green Party | Julie Ellis | 403 | 16.9% | -1.7 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Phil Collins | 276 | 11.6% | -3.3 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Ronald Nigel McWilliams | 248 | 10.4% | — |
| Majority | 25 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 2,381 | |||
Labour and Co-operative Party gain from Liberal Democrats · Liberal Democrats hold