Dover council election, 2023
Most seats
17
Labour Party
Seats contested
32
across 17 wards
Turnout
33.1%
average of reporting wards
Summary
| Party | Seats | +/− | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | 17 | +5 | 22,011 | 40.2% | +11.2 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | 14 | -5 | 20,449 | 37.4% | -6.3 |
| Independent | 1 | +0 | 2,746 | 5.0% | -0.6 |
| Green Party | 0 | +0 | 5,574 | 10.2% | -1.3 |
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | +0 | 3,474 | 6.4% | -1.6 |
| Heritage Party | 0 | +0 | 230 | 0.4% | — |
| Reform UK | 0 | +0 | 205 | 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 32 |
|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | 32 | |
| Labour Party | 31 | |
| Green Party | 12 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 12 | |
| Independent | 8 | |
| Heritage Party | 1 | |
| Reform UK | 1 |
A party standing a full slate could field 32 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.
Alkham & Capel-le-Ferne
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Martin Hibbert Elected | 428 | 49.7% | +1.0 |
| Labour Party | Bettine Walters | 274 | 31.8% | +16.2 |
| Liberal Democrats | Howard Arthur Evans | 160 | 18.6% | -8.2 |
| Majority | 154 | |||
| Turnout | 33.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 2,659 | |||
| Ballots cast | 862 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Aylesham, Eythorne & Shepherdswell 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Charles Woodgate Elected | 1,423 | 54.7% | +3.5 |
| Labour Party | Jamie Luke Pout Elected | 1,410 | 54.2% | — |
| Labour Party | Maria Shaz Mamjan Elected | 1,260 | 48.4% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | MaryAnn Richardson | 630 | 24.2% | -22.4 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Roger William Livesey | 599 | 23.0% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Arun Matthew | 593 | 22.8% | — |
| Independent | Derek Michael Garrity | 531 | 20.4% | -26.5 |
| Liberal Democrats | Barbara Mary Sim | 319 | 12.3% | -10.9 |
| Independent | Graham Armstrong | 288 | 11.1% | — |
| Majority | 630 | |||
| Turnout | 30.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 8,669 | |||
| Ballots cast | 2,602 | |||
Labour Party gain from Independent · Labour Party hold
Buckland 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Kevin Mills Elected | 692 | 62.9% | +17.3 |
| Labour Party | Charlotte Zosseder Elected | 615 | 55.9% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Jane Carrole | 373 | 33.9% | -1.1 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Paul James Reynolds | 350 | 31.8% | — |
| Majority | 242 | |||
| Turnout | 21.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 5,288 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,101 | |||
Labour Party hold
Dover Downs & River 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | David Garry Beaney Elected | 845 | 40.9% | -16.8 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Mark Rose Elected | 761 | 36.9% | — |
| Labour Party | Ben Cosin | 680 | 32.9% | +2.5 |
| Green Party | Ashley Tanton | 526 | 25.5% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Penelope Laetitia James | 525 | 25.4% | -5.9 |
| Liberal Democrats | Adrian Anthony Walker-Smith | 383 | 18.5% | — |
| Majority | 81 | |||
| Turnout | 39.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 5,323 | |||
| Ballots cast | 2,065 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Eastry Rural 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Nick Kenton Elected | 776 | 36.7% | -19.6 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Steve Manion Elected | 698 | 33.0% | — |
| Green Party | Sarah Gleave | 645 | 30.5% | -22.9 |
| Green Party | Sarah Waite-Gleave | 645 | 30.5% | — |
| Green Party | Pete Findley | 615 | 29.1% | — |
| Labour Party | David Pestell | 380 | 18.0% | -18.6 |
| Labour Party | Geoff Hack | 369 | 17.4% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Cheri Beth Pennington | 103 | 4.9% | — |
| Majority | 53 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | 4,792 | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 2,116 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Guston, Kingsdown & St Margaret's-at-Cliffe 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Martin Bates Elected | 960 | 40.2% | -18.9 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Oliver Richardson Elected | 941 | 39.4% | — |
| Green Party | John Lonsdale | 758 | 31.8% | +21.0 |
| Labour Party | Maggie Cosin | 690 | 28.9% | +7.8 |
| Labour Party | Brynley Hawkins | 604 | 25.3% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | John Francis Gosling | 262 | 11.0% | +2.0 |
| Heritage Party | Sylvia Jean Laidlow-Petersen | 230 | 9.6% | — |
| Majority | 183 | |||
| Turnout | 41.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 5,788 | |||
| Ballots cast | 2,386 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Little Stour & Ashstone 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Trevor Bartlett Elected | 1,103 | 54.6% | -8.6 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Martin Philip Porter Elected | 864 | 42.8% | — |
| Labour Party | John Charles Featherstone | 428 | 21.2% | +6.3 |
| Liberal Democrats | Russ Timpson | 401 | 19.9% | +2.5 |
| Labour Party | Gillian Anne Weaver | 360 | 17.8% | — |
| Green Party | Jenny Mathlin | 353 | 17.5% | -11.2 |
| Green Party | June May Sarah Sharpe | 289 | 14.3% | — |
| Majority | 436 | |||
| Turnout | 35.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 5,717 | |||
| Ballots cast | 2,019 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Maxton & Elms Vale
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Michael Joseph Nee Elected | 398 | 40.7% | +0.0 |
| Independent | Graham Richard Wanstall | 288 | 29.4% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Callum Warriner | 193 | 19.7% | -25.0 |
| Green Party | Nick Shread | 100 | 10.2% | — |
| Majority | 110 | |||
| Turnout | 34.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 2,948 | |||
| Ballots cast | 979 | |||
Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party
Middle Deal 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Stacey Blair Elected | 1,128 | 57.4% | +17.7 |
| Labour Party | David Graham Cronk Elected | 1,035 | 52.7% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Trevor Antony Bond | 710 | 36.2% | -6.2 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Susan Jennifer Davenport | 563 | 28.7% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Christine Linda Headley | 252 | 12.8% | +1.2 |
| Majority | 325 | |||
| Turnout | 36.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 5,593 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,964 | |||
Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Labour Party hold
Mill Hill 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Helen Marianne Williams Elected | 1,074 | 56.0% | +21.8 |
| Labour Party | Jeffrey Loffman Elected | 1,018 | 53.0% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | David Hawkes | 519 | 27.0% | -13.2 |
| Green Party | Christine Lilian Oliver | 496 | 25.8% | +9.4 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Chris Burwash | 472 | 24.6% | — |
| Majority | 499 | |||
| Turnout | 33.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 5,890 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,919 | |||
Labour Party hold
North Deal 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Dan Parks Elected | 1,359 | 59.5% | +12.6 |
| Labour Party | Sue Beer Elected | 1,357 | 59.4% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Peter David Jull | 896 | 39.2% | -4.2 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | John Morgan | 729 | 31.9% | — |
| Majority | 461 | |||
| Turnout | 41.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 5,705 | |||
| Ballots cast | 2,285 | |||
Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Labour Party hold
Sandwich 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Mark Winston Moorhouse Elected | 945 | 46.3% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Dan Friend Elected | 823 | 40.3% | -11.3 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Harry William Sampson | 701 | 34.3% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Martyn Harry Pennington | 442 | 21.6% | -26.7 |
| Labour Party | Paul Julien Louis | 336 | 16.5% | — |
| Labour Party | Martin Huw Garside | 333 | 16.3% | — |
| Majority | 122 | |||
| Turnout | 39.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 5,263 | |||
| Ballots cast | 2,042 | |||
Independent gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Conservative and Unionist Party hold
St Radigunds 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Lynne Marie Wright Elected | 464 | 47.6% | -2.7 |
| Labour Party | Gordan Cowan Elected | 433 | 44.5% | — |
| Independent | James Robert Defriend | 339 | 34.8% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Andy John Calder | 234 | 24.0% | -8.1 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Brenda Collins | 233 | 23.9% | — |
| Majority | 94 | |||
| Turnout | 22.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 4,578 | |||
| Ballots cast | 974 | |||
Labour Party hold
Tower Hamlets
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour and Co-operative Party | Pam Brivio Elected | 465 | 75.1% | +27.9 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Ann Corke Jenner | 154 | 24.9% | +4.4 |
| Majority | 311 | |||
| Turnout | 22.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 2,847 | |||
| Ballots cast | 619 | |||
Labour and Co-operative Party hold
Town & Castle 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Susan Hill Elected | 616 | 42.8% | +11.5 |
| Labour Party | Edward Biggs Elected | 600 | 41.7% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Richard Robert Kenneth Jeacock | 423 | 29.4% | -4.4 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Samantha Jane Reynolds | 390 | 27.1% | — |
| Green Party | Beccy Sawbridge | 238 | 16.5% | -6.5 |
| Independent | Kay Marsh | 207 | 14.4% | -14.7 |
| Independent | Ashley James Payne | 122 | 8.5% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Lynne O'Donoghue | 83 | 5.8% | — |
| Independent | Brian Philp | 26 | 1.8% | — |
| Majority | 177 | |||
| Turnout | 25.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 5,713 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,439 | |||
Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Labour Party hold
Walmer 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Chris Vinson Elected | 1,023 | 42.3% | -6.8 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Derek Murphy Elected | 999 | 41.3% | — |
| Green Party | Mike Eddy | 726 | 30.0% | +1.3 |
| Labour Party | Amanda Jane Holloway | 685 | 28.3% | +7.8 |
| Labour Party | Ben Bano | 656 | 27.1% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Rick Blackwell | 406 | 16.8% | +6.0 |
| Majority | 273 | |||
| Turnout | 43.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 5,742 | |||
| Ballots cast | 2,420 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Whitfield 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Roger Malcolm Knight Elected | 748 | 48.0% | -14.4 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Jim Back Elected | 718 | 46.1% | — |
| Labour Party | Claire Jane Bethany Hill | 462 | 29.7% | +5.7 |
| Labour Party | Ruth Dilys Milverton Harris-Small | 407 | 26.1% | — |
| Reform UK | Max McGillivray | 205 | 13.2% | — |
| Green Party | Steph O'Connor | 183 | 11.7% | -6.6 |
| Liberal Democrats | Bob Hope | 138 | 8.9% | -9.2 |
| Majority | 256 | |||
| Turnout | 30.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 5,209 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,558 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold