Swale council election, 2023
Most seats
15
Labour Party
Seats contested
47
across 24 wards
Turnout
—
average of reporting wards
Summary
| Party | Seats | +/− | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | 15 | +4 | 13,738 | 25.0% | +1.6 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | 12 | -4 | 16,703 | 30.4% | -4.2 |
| Swale Independents | 11 | +1 | 9,449 | 17.2% | -2.8 |
| Liberal Democrats | 5 | +0 | 7,127 | 13.0% | +3.3 |
| Green Party | 3 | +1 | 4,722 | 8.6% | +2.9 |
| Independent | 1 | -1 | 2,301 | 4.2% | -0.4 |
| Reform UK | 0 | +0 | 569 | 1.0% | — |
| Heritage Party | 0 | +0 | 240 | 0.4% | — |
| The Official Monster Raving Loony Party | 0 | +0 | 161 | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 0 | -1 | 0 | — | — |
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 47 |
|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | 44 | |
| Labour Party | 31 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 22 | |
| Swale Independents | 15 | |
| Green Party | 13 | |
| Independent | 7 | |
| Reform UK | 4 | |
| Heritage Party | 1 | |
| The Official Monster Raving Loony Party | 1 |
A party standing a full slate could field 47 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.
Abbey 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Hannah Perkin Elected | 918 | 65.1% | +16.9 |
| Liberal Democrats | Chris Williams Elected | 807 | 57.2% | — |
| Labour Party | Trevor Payne | 314 | 22.3% | +4.5 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Jay Brown | 276 | 19.6% | +0.8 |
| Labour and Co-operative Party | Frances Rehal | 261 | 18.5% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Melanie Jane Regan-Brown | 244 | 17.3% | — |
| Majority | 493 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,410 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold
Bobbing, Iwade and Lower Halstow 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swale Independents | Lloyd Chapman Elected | 501 | 44.9% | -33.9 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Rog Clark Elected | 483 | 43.3% | -9.4 |
| Labour Party | Olufemi Oludamilare Olukoya | 401 | 35.9% | +7.7 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Gareth Randall | 343 | 30.7% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Marc Justin Wilson | 267 | 23.9% | — |
| Green Party | Carol Ann Goatham | 236 | 21.1% | — |
| Majority | 82 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,116 | |||
Swale Independents hold · Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Borden and Grove Park 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swale Independents | Mike Baldock Elected | 1,030 | 78.4% | -33.5 |
| Swale Independents | Ann Cavanagh Elected | 728 | 55.4% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Nicholas Hampshire | 424 | 32.3% | -16.3 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Coner Michael Dobbs | 262 | 19.9% | — |
| Labour Party | Martin Scott Singer | 184 | 14.0% | -25.6 |
| Majority | 304 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,314 | |||
Swale Independents gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Swale Independents hold
Boughton and Courtenay 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Party | Rich Lehmann Elected | 1,123 | 65.3% | +16.4 |
| Green Party | Alastair Gould Elected | 1,122 | 65.2% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Piers Henry McKenzie Baker | 392 | 22.8% | -10.4 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Oliver John Maitland Lane | 346 | 20.1% | — |
| Swale Independents | Jeff Tutt | 278 | 16.2% | -20.1 |
| Liberal Democrats | Sonia Christine Fox | 102 | 5.9% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Ida Linfield | 77 | 4.5% | — |
| Majority | 730 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,720 | |||
Green Party hold
Chalkwell
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Charlie William Miller Elected | 298 | 55.3% | -13.0 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Richard Allsep | 173 | 32.1% | +0.4 |
| Green Party | Hannah Temple | 68 | 12.6% | — |
| Majority | 125 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 539 | |||
Labour Party hold
East Downs
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Party | Terry Conrad Thompson Elected | 423 | 45.9% | +28.7 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | David Simmons | 389 | 42.2% | -3.7 |
| Liberal Democrats | Stephen Andrew Fisher | 110 | 11.9% | +3.2 |
| Majority | 34 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 922 | |||
Green Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party
Hartlip, Newington and Upchurch 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swale Independents | Richard Palmer Elected | 943 | 63.9% | -20.9 |
| Swale Independents | Chris Palmer Elected | 879 | 59.6% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Alan Horton | 513 | 34.8% | -13.1 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Asha Saroy | 336 | 22.8% | — |
| Labour Party | Margaret Anne Cooper | 279 | 18.9% | -3.7 |
| Majority | 366 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,475 | |||
Swale Independents gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Swale Independents hold
Homewood 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Simon Clark Elected | 511 | 41.2% | -34.7 |
| Labour Party | Shelley Cheesman Elected | 483 | 39.0% | — |
| Swale Independents | Jason Clinch | 395 | 31.9% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Danielle Hoynes | 343 | 27.7% | -0.8 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | John Wright | 340 | 27.4% | — |
| Heritage Party | Thomas Henry Lee | 240 | 19.4% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Frances Elizabeth Stennings | 166 | 13.4% | — |
| Majority | 88 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,239 | |||
Labour Party hold
Kemsley 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swale Independents | Derek William Carnell Elected | 476 | 54.5% | -8.3 |
| Labour Party | Ashley Wise Elected | 357 | 40.8% | +10.8 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Sue Gent | 356 | 40.7% | -6.5 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Michael Rodger Dendor | 322 | 36.8% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Tony Clark | 236 | 27.0% | +4.5 |
| Majority | 1 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 874 | |||
Swale Independents hold · Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party
Milton Regis 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Tony Winckless Elected | 674 | 71.4% | +8.9 |
| Labour Party | Angelica Tereza Valls Elected | 559 | 59.2% | — |
| Swale Independents | Stephen Arthur Davey | 303 | 32.1% | -10.6 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | David Graham Danaher | 186 | 19.7% | -4.3 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Stuart Roy Williams | 166 | 17.6% | — |
| Majority | 256 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 944 | |||
Labour Party hold
Minster Cliffs 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swale Independents | Tom Nundy Elected | 656 | 55.8% | -22.9 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Andy Booth Elected | 561 | 47.7% | -9.8 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Ken Ingleton Elected | 554 | 47.1% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Hollie Bolitho | 466 | 39.6% | — |
| Independent | Richard Darby | 457 | 38.9% | — |
| Labour Party | Libby Tucker | 396 | 33.7% | +9.2 |
| Green Party | Josie Galvin | 276 | 23.5% | -11.0 |
| Reform UK | William Fotheringham-Bray | 163 | 13.9% | — |
| Majority | 88 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,176 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold · Swale Independents hold
Murston 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swale Independents | James Hall Elected | 593 | 67.5% | -5.1 |
| Labour Party | Mark Anthony Last Elected | 397 | 45.2% | +14.6 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Ann Hampshire | 211 | 24.0% | -8.3 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Glen Dean Le Grys | 171 | 19.5% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Alexander Stennings | 139 | 15.8% | +3.1 |
| Liberal Democrats | Mary Zeng | 127 | 14.5% | — |
| Green Party | Miriam Natasha Layton | 119 | 13.6% | — |
| Majority | 186 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 878 | |||
Swale Independents hold · Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party
Priory
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Henderson Elected | 394 | 54.6% | +16.6 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Andy Culham | 174 | 24.1% | -6.5 |
| Labour Party | Rob Crayford | 98 | 13.6% | +4.9 |
| Green Party | Sonia Camilla Jackson | 55 | 7.6% | -15.0 |
| Majority | 220 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 721 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold
Queenborough and Halfway 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Ashley Roy Arthur Shiel Elected | 603 | 48.9% | +5.4 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Peter Marchington Elected | 586 | 47.5% | -21.8 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Mike Whiting Elected | 522 | 42.3% | — |
| Labour Party | Donna Margaret Boakes | 508 | 41.2% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Bailey Percival Allison | 498 | 40.4% | — |
| Labour Party | Jordan Hartley | 462 | 37.5% | — |
| Swale Independents | Lorraine St. John | 293 | 23.8% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Linda Ann Brinklow | 227 | 18.4% | — |
| Majority | 14 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,233 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold · Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party
Roman 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Tim Gibson Elected | 652 | 63.5% | +0.0 |
| Labour Party | Karen Anne Watson Elected | 535 | 52.1% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Mark Anthony Quinton | 300 | 29.2% | -16.1 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Alfred Okotie | 266 | 25.9% | — |
| Green Party | Debra Louise Blacklock | 167 | 16.3% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Rosemary Madgwick | 134 | 13.0% | — |
| Majority | 235 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,027 | |||
Labour Party hold
Sheerness 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Angela Harrison Elected | 727 | 75.4% | +43.1 |
| Labour Party | Hayden Anthony Brawn Elected | 612 | 63.5% | — |
| Labour Party | Dolley White Elected | 573 | 59.4% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Patricia Rogers | 394 | 40.9% | -0.6 |
| Independent | Lee McCall | 382 | 39.6% | — |
| Reform UK | Jeffrey Mark Vincent Williams | 205 | 21.3% | — |
| Majority | 179 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 964 | |||
Labour Party gain from Independent · Labour Party hold
Sheppey Central 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swale Independents | Elliott Matthew Jayes Elected | 794 | 67.9% | -23.5 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Peter Neal Elected | 409 | 35.0% | -8.8 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Mark Tucker Elected | 389 | 33.3% | — |
| Labour Party | Ian Christopher Edworthy | 362 | 31.0% | +0.6 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Oliver Eakin | 360 | 30.8% | — |
| Labour Party | Alan George Henley | 333 | 28.5% | — |
| Independent | Peter MacDonald | 298 | 25.5% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Edward Ernest Currie | 200 | 17.1% | — |
| Green Party | Sam Banks | 200 | 17.1% | -17.2 |
| The Official Monster Raving Loony Party | Mad Mike Young | 161 | 13.8% | -15.8 |
| Majority | 27 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,169 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold · Swale Independents hold
Sheppey East 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Lee-Anne Moore Elected | 347 | 42.5% | +0.7 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Tara Ilana Noe Elected | 315 | 38.6% | — |
| Labour Party | Matt Wheatcroft | 226 | 27.7% | +6.7 |
| Independent | Pat Sandle | 215 | 26.3% | — |
| Independent | Gaynor Teresa Bidgood | 191 | 23.4% | — |
| Green Party | David William Walton | 129 | 15.8% | — |
| Reform UK | Mini Nissanga | 108 | 13.2% | — |
| Independent | Bill Tatton | 103 | 12.6% | — |
| Majority | 89 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 817 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Swale Independents · Conservative and Unionist Party gain from UK Independence Party (UKIP)
St Ann's 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Carole Jackson Elected | 846 | 50.4% | +8.5 |
| Labour Party | Kieran Joseph Michael Golding Elected | 765 | 45.6% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Charles Alexander Gibson | 448 | 26.7% | -3.7 |
| Liberal Democrats | Josh Rowlands | 444 | 26.5% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Ben Fisher | 398 | 23.7% | -10.6 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Frankie O'Brien | 363 | 21.6% | — |
| Reform UK | Seb Arrowsmith-Brown | 93 | 5.5% | — |
| Majority | 317 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,678 | |||
Labour Party hold
Teynham and Lynsted 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Lloyd Bowen Elected | 764 | 60.4% | +13.4 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Julien Peter Speed Elected | 666 | 52.7% | — |
| Green Party | Janet Bott | 506 | 40.0% | +19.3 |
| Labour Party | Georgina Ruth Jessiman | 344 | 27.2% | +8.2 |
| Liberal Democrats | Dorothee Anne Barker | 135 | 10.7% | +0.8 |
| Liberal Democrats | Carol Morris | 113 | 8.9% | — |
| Majority | 160 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,264 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
The Meads
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | James Hunt Elected | 395 | 68.2% | +12.1 |
| Liberal Democrats | Shaun John Wakelen | 184 | 31.8% | — |
| Majority | 211 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 579 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Watling 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Ben J Martin Elected | 1,009 | 53.8% | -9.4 |
| Liberal Democrats | Claire Martin Elected | 830 | 44.3% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Jack Goodenough | 496 | 26.5% | -5.3 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Jess David Valentine | 465 | 24.8% | — |
| Labour Party | Robert John Newman | 350 | 18.7% | +3.6 |
| Labour Party | James Douglas Scott | 300 | 16.0% | — |
| Green Party | Oliver Heyen | 298 | 15.9% | — |
| Majority | 334 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,874 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold
West Downs
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Monique Bonney Elected | 655 | 75.3% | -11.7 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Margaret Agnes Benford | 155 | 17.8% | +4.8 |
| Liberal Democrats | Kris Barker | 60 | 6.9% | — |
| Majority | 500 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 870 | |||
Independent hold
Woodstock 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swale Independents | Sarah Stephen Elected | 830 | 66.6% | +10.2 |
| Swale Independents | Paul John Stephen Elected | 750 | 60.2% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Lee Burgess | 584 | 46.9% | +20.9 |
| Labour Party | James Leslie Rashleuigh Beer | 328 | 26.3% | +14.0 |
| Majority | 166 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,246 | |||
Swale Independents hold