Maidstone council election, 2024

02/05/2024 · 22 wards · 49 seats contested

Most seats
13
Conservative and Unionist Party
Seats contested
49
across 22 wards
Turnout
—
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party 13 +8 26,353 30.9% -1.8
Liberal Democrats 12 +7 16,639 19.5% -3.3
Green Party 10 +8 18,470 21.7% +4.9
Labour Party 6 +4 10,415 12.2% -3.4
Independent 6 +2 8,016 9.4% -1.9
Fant & Oakwood Independents 2 +2 2,434 2.9% —
Reform UK 0 +0 2,264 2.7% +2.2
British Democratic Party 0 +0 452 0.5% —
Heritage Party 0 +0 107 0.1% -0.1

Changes are against the previous council election on 04/05/2023. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.

Candidates

Party Candidates Of a possible 49
Conservative and Unionist Party 49
Green Party 35
Liberal Democrats 29
Labour Party 28
Independent 10
Reform UK 8
Fant & Oakwood Independents 2
British Democratic Party 1
Heritage Party 1

A party standing a full slate could field 49 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.

Allington & Bridge 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Stuart Jeffery Elected 914 55.4% —
Green Party Rachel Elizabeth Rodwell Elected 822 49.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Mitu Chowdhury 385 23.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Rita Gintautaite 263 15.9% —
Liberal Democrats Michelle Englar 257 15.6% —
Labour Party Marianna Poliszczuk 203 12.3% —
Liberal Democrats Benjamin Webster-Whiting 202 12.2% —
Majority437
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,651

Barming Heath & Teston 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Fay Lynette Gooch Elected 765 34.6% —
Green Party Allison Juliet Sweetman Elected 712 32.2% —
Liberal Democrats Chris Passmore 707 32.0% —
Green Party Keira Rebecca Stuart Smith 618 28.0% —
Liberal Democrats Bryan Vizzard 409 18.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Reiss James Cordrey 376 17.0% —
Labour Party Mary Vesper Shaw 280 12.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Arek Zurawinski 182 8.2% —
Majority5
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,209

Bearsted & Downswood 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Val Springett Elected 1,200 42.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Denis Charles Spooner Elected 1,021 36.0% —
Green Party Ciaran Dominic Oliver Elected 1,013 35.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Paul Charles Cooper 984 34.7% —
Green Party Lee Robert Garrett 796 28.1% —
Green Party Edward Granville Wallace 659 23.2% —
Reform UK David Cockerham 481 17.0% —
Independent Gordon Newton 409 14.4% —
Liberal Democrats Ian Stephen Chittenden 398 14.0% —
Labour Party Theresa Ruby Lyons 343 12.1% —
Heritage Party Sean David Turner 107 3.8% —
Majority29
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,836

Boughton Monchelsea & Chart Sutton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Anne Dawes Elected 599 63.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party George Edward Burr 216 22.8% —
Labour Party Peter Oliver 134 14.1% —
Majority383
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast949

Boxley Downs 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Vanessa Ann Jones Elected 1,026 56.0% —
Green Party Stephen Roy Thompson Elected 810 44.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Heidi Bryant 414 22.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Stephen Seymour Banks 379 20.7% —
Labour Party Michael John Beckwith 279 15.2% —
Reform UK Mike Wardle 250 13.7% —
Majority396
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,831

Coxheath & Farleigh 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Claire Louise Kehily Elected 781 45.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Lottie Parfitt Elected 666 38.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party John Anthony Wilson 581 34.0% —
Green Party Caroline Anita Richer 547 32.0% —
Labour Party John Edward Randall 192 11.2% —
Liberal Democrats Alan Charles Cocks 171 10.0% —
Majority85
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,710

Fant & Oakwood 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Fant & Oakwood Independents Paul Harper Elected 1,285 52.1% —
Fant & Oakwood Independents Patrick Frederick Coates Elected 1,149 46.6% —
Green Party Kimberley Joan Milham Elected 909 36.8% —
Labour Party Valerie Jacobs 447 18.1% —
Labour Party Dennis Luchmun 410 16.6% —
Liberal Democrats Rojo Kurien 384 15.6% —
Labour Party Margaret Eleanor Rose 379 15.4% —
Liberal Democrats Lee Blake 316 12.8% —
Liberal Democrats Lorraine Humm 290 11.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Will Dinley 278 11.3% —
Reform UK Susan Jane Delamere 247 10.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Ramakrishna Goud Peeta 202 8.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Mudiwa Innocent Musindo 186 7.5% —
Majority462
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,467

Grove Green & Vinters Park 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Rob Field Elected 939 36.0% —
Liberal Democrats Mark David Naghi Elected 897 34.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Ronald Martin Burke Elected 834 32.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Michelle Hastie 830 31.9% —
Independent Martin Ashley Richard Cox 666 25.6% —
Liberal Democrats Jeeva Sampangi 661 25.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Jaison Musindo 654 25.1% —
Green Party Steven Mark Cheeseman 450 17.3% —
Labour Party Mark Dean Tickner 343 13.2% —
Green Party Susan Theresa Parr 331 12.7% —
Green Party Anna Marie Winterbottom 294 11.3% —
Majority4
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,605

Harrietsham, Lenham & North Downs 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Janetta Sams Elected 1,515 67.5% —
Independent Tom Sams Elected 1,455 64.8% —
Independent Kathy Cox Elected 923 41.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Julie-Anne Louise Clancy 435 19.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Emily Georgina Hudson 396 17.6% —
Labour Party Ryan Slaughter 364 16.2% —
Reform UK Ian Leonard Connor Stevens 305 13.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Onyekachukwu Ifechukwude Chukwuma 301 13.4% —
Majority488
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,244

Headcorn & Sutton Valence 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Martin Crispian Tinniswood Round Elected 975 45.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Ziggy Trzebinski Elected 903 41.9% —
Green Party Derek Roy Eagle 820 38.0% —
Green Party Thomas Alexander Dawber 725 33.6% —
Labour Party Henry Morgan 280 13.0% —
Liberal Democrats Martin Hougaard Richards 189 8.8% —
Majority83
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,157

High Street 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Clive Andrew English Elected 742 41.2% —
Liberal Democrats Dinesh Khadka Elected 654 36.4% —
Green Party Donna Louise Greenan Elected 514 28.6% —
Green Party Saf Buxy 513 28.5% —
Liberal Democrats Ashleigh Kimmance 444 24.7% —
Labour Party David Collier 401 22.3% —
Green Party Farris Willson 358 19.9% —
Independent Denise Joy 341 19.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Oliver James Bradshaw 314 17.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Alan Robert Chell 270 15.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Dylan Jeffrey 202 11.2% —
Majority1
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,799

Leeds & Langley 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Gill Fort Elected 600 47.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Gary Cooke Elected 559 44.5% —
Labour Party Joan Margaret Langrick 310 24.7% —
Green Party Simon David Murray Easton 275 21.9% —
Green Party Matthew Charles White 216 17.2% —
Reform UK Maxwell Stanley Harrison 209 16.7% —
Majority249
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,255

Loose & Linton 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Brian Eugene Clark Elected 1,307 62.7% —
Liberal Democrats Simon David Wales Elected 931 44.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Kenneth Amakye 423 20.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party James Howard Treloar Reid 326 15.6% —
Reform UK Bryan Martin James Hillman 265 12.7% —
Green Party Nicola Helen Dawber 215 10.3% —
Labour Party Alan Arthur Le Grys 149 7.1% —
Green Party Matthew John Fraser 119 5.7% —
Majority508
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,086

Marden & Yalding 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Claudine Jane Russell Elected 1,123 41.6% —
Green Party Michael Summersgill Elected 1,120 41.5% —
Green Party Grace Angela Couch Elected 1,089 40.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Annabelle Jane Blackmore 1,043 38.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Tristan Frank Russell 953 35.3% —
Green Party Kelly Andersen Rigden 772 28.6% —
Labour Party Maria Anita Kelly 389 14.4% —
Reform UK Teresa Hansford 298 11.0% —
Liberal Democrats William James Wilby 287 10.6% —
Majority46
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,699

Palace Wood 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Stan Forecast Elected 1,066 46.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Tom Cannon Elected 816 35.4% —
Liberal Democrats Cynthia Elizabeth Robertson 724 31.4% —
Liberal Democrats Diana Lewins 704 30.5% —
Green Party Ian Francis Stewart McDonald 403 17.5% —
Green Party Stephen Fraser Muggeridge 286 12.4% —
Labour Party Wendy Florence Hollands 225 9.7% —
Majority92
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,308

Park Wood & Mangravet 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Hilary Victoria Jenkins-Baldock Elected 512 62.6% —
Labour Party Dan Wilkinson Elected 492 60.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Joyce Gadd 241 29.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Lewis John McKenna 240 29.3% —
Majority251
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast818

Penenden Heath 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Tony Peter Harwood Elected 1,155 55.4% —
Liberal Democrats Richard John Walter Conyard Elected 1,086 52.1% —
Liberal Democrats David Naghi Elected 1,034 49.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Derek Ronald Nicholson 402 19.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Jeff Tree 396 19.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Andrew Mark Bradford 370 17.7% —
Labour Party Rachel Mary Slaughter 356 17.1% —
Green Party Phoebe Frewer 353 16.9% —
Green Party Andrew John Reilly 246 11.8% —
Green Party Daniel James Tin-yee Thompson 233 11.2% —
Majority632
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,085

Ringlestone

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Mike Thompson Elected 325 52.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Scott Hahnefeld 126 20.2% —
Labour Party Stella Marlyn Randall 116 18.6% —
Green Party Gareth Peter Henry 58 9.3% —
Majority199
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast625

Senacre

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Malcolm James McKay Elected 257 51.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Patrik Garten 239 48.2% —
Majority18
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast496

Shepway 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Joanna Wilkinson Elected 747 36.9% —
Labour Party Maureen Cleator Elected 728 35.9% —
Labour Party Sarah Barwick Elected 725 35.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Christopher John Garland 665 32.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Alan Bartlett 643 31.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Louise Elizabeth Bartlett 637 31.4% —
British Democratic Party Lawrence Rustem 452 22.3% —
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Richard Samme 360 17.8% —
Independent Gary Butler 317 15.6% —
Majority60
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,026

Staplehurst 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Paddy Riordan Elected 967 52.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party John Anthony Perry Elected 764 41.4% —
Labour Party Rory Lewis Frederick Silkin 598 32.4% —
Labour Party Julie Doreen Skinner 511 27.7% —
Liberal Democrats Thomas Gilbert Burnham 296 16.1% —
Green Party Stewart William Walter Lane 239 13.0% —
Majority166
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,844

Tovil 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Paul John Wilby Elected 393 38.0% —
Liberal Democrats Joe Higson Elected 377 36.4% —
Labour Party Ian Cleator 245 23.7% —
Reform UK Paul Thomas 209 20.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Rebecca Bruneau 177 17.1% —
Green Party Simon Milham 137 13.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Benjamin Peter Treloar Reid 130 12.6% —
Green Party Rosemary Christine Riepma 123 11.9% —
Majority132
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,035

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