Guston, Kingsdown & St Margaret's-at-Cliffe ward
Vote share over time
Each line is a party's lead candidate as a share of ballots cast. Hollow points are by-elections.
27/08/2026 By-election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Party | Ingrid Dodd Elected | 767 | 28.8% | -3.0 |
| Reform UK | James Robert Defriend | 733 | 27.5% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | David Hawkes | 456 | 17.1% | -23.1 |
| Labour Party | Steve Wisbey | 389 | 14.6% | -14.3 |
| Restore Britain | Jez Hermer | 284 | 10.7% | — |
| Independent | Graham Richard Wanstall | 35 | 1.3% | — |
| Majority | 34 | |||
| Turnout | 45.1% | |||
| Registered electors | 5,919 | |||
| Ballots cast | 2,664 | |||
Green Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party
04/05/2023 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
12/12/2019 By-election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Martin Bates Elected | 2,523 | 59.1% | +1.2 |
| Labour Party | Eileen Rowbotham | 902 | 21.1% | -0.4 |
| Green Party | Sarah Gleave | 461 | 10.8% | -15.7 |
| Liberal Democrats | Roben Colin Franklin | 382 | 9.0% | — |
| Majority | 1,621 | |||
| Turnout | 72.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 4,268 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
02/05/2019 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Keith Evans Morris Elected | 1,159 | 58.0% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Oliver Richardson Elected | 938 | 46.9% | — |
| Green Party | Nick Shread | 531 | 26.6% | — |
| Labour Party | Maggie Cosin | 431 | 21.6% | — |
| Renew | Steve Wisbey | 389 | 19.4% | — |
| Labour Party | Jeffrey Loffman | 340 | 17.0% | — |
| Independent | Peter Powell | 211 | 10.5% | — |
| Majority | 407 | |||
| Turnout | 39.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 2,000 | |||