2019 Dover District Council election

2019 Dover District Council election^[1]
All 32 seats on Dover District Council; 17 seats needed for a majority
Council control before election; ; Conservative Party	Council control after election ; ; Conservative Party

The 2019 Dover District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of the Dover District Council in Kent, England. It was held on the same day as other local elections. It was the first election to be held after boundary changes reduced the number of seats from 45 to 32.^[2] The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council.^[3]

Summary

Election result

2019 Dover District Council election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	31	19	N/A	N/A	6	59.4	43.7	21,584	+1.2
	Labour	29	12	N/A	N/A	5	37.5	29.0	14,345	–3.9
	Independent	6	1	N/A	N/A	1	3.1	5.6	2,755	+5.1
	Green	13	0	N/A	N/A		0.0	11.5	5,673	+10.6
	Liberal Democrats	12	0	N/A	N/A		0.0	8.0	3,944	+2.2
	Our Nation	4	0	N/A	N/A		0.0	1.5	721	N/A
	Renew	1	0	N/A	N/A		0.0	0.8	389	N/A

Ward results

Alkham and Capel-le-Ferne

Alkham and Capel-le-Ferne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	James Rose	455	52.1
	Liberal Democrats	Aston Mannerings	317	36.3
	Labour	Susan Carlyle	101	11.6
Majority
Turnout			896	33.7
	Conservative win (new seat)

Aylesham, Eythorne and Shepherdswell

Aylesham, Eythorne and Shepherdswell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Linda Keen	997	39.9
	Labour	Charles Woodgate	915	36.6
	Independent	Peter Walker	914	36.6
	Conservative	Marjorie Ovenden	908	36.3
	Labour	Gordon Cowan	872	34.9
	Conservative	Martin Bates	786	31.4
	Liberal Democrats	Annabel Stogdon	450	18.0
Turnout			2,531	31.1
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Buckland

Buckland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Kevin Mills	504	41.1
	Labour	Charlotte Zosseder	463	37.8
	Conservative	John Morgan	387	31.6
	Conservative	Brian Rowland	334	27.3
	Our Nation	Graham Lane	297	24.2
	Independent	Neil Rix	229	18.7
Turnout			1,249	23.2
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Dover Downs and River

Dover Downs and River
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David Beaney	902	50.0
	Conservative	Mark Rose	850	47.1
	Liberal Democrats	Penelope James	490	27.2
	Labour	Lesley Stephenson	476	26.4
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Green	411	22.8
Turnout			1,869	35.1
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Eastry Rural

Eastry Rural
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Nicholas Kenton	800	47.5
	Conservative	Stephen Manion	764	45.4
	Green	Simon Phillips	759	45.1
	Labour	Angela Ray	519	30.8
Turnout			1,712	34.9
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Guston, Kingsdown and St. Margaret's-at-Cliffe

Guston, Kingsdown and St. Margaret's-at-Cliffe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Keith Morris	1,159	52.1
	Conservative	Oliver Richardson	938	42.1
	Green	Nicolas Shread	531	23.9
	Labour	Margaret Cosin	431	19.4
	Renew	Stephen Wisbey	389	17.5
	Labour	Jeffrey Loffman	340	15.3
	Independent	Peter Powell	211	9.5
Turnout			2,248	39.1
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Little Stour and Ashstone

Little Stour and Ashstone
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Trevor Bartlett	1,207	57.9
	Conservative	Michael Conolly	1,123	53.9
	Green	Fiona Mason	548	26.3
	Liberal Democrats	Luke Lyden	331	15.9
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Whitburn	323	15.5
	Labour	Anthony Pollitt	284	13.6
Turnout			2,123	37.5
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Maxton and Elms Vale

Maxton and Elms Vale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Roger Walkden	373	44.7
	Labour	Ann Napier	339	40.6
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline Howden	122	14.6
Majority
Turnout			861	29.1
	Conservative win (new seat)

Middle Deal

Middle Deal
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Trevor Bond	660	39.2
	Labour	David Cronk	620	36.9
	Conservative	David Hawkes	553	32.9
	Labour	Eileen Rowbotham	536	31.9
	Green	Anne Farrington	414	24.6
	Liberal Democrats	Bernadette Gosling	181	10.8
	Our Nation	Stephen Connor	157	9.3
Turnout			1,707	30.5
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Mill Hill

Mill Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Joseph Burman	709	40.1
	Labour	Helen Williams	664	37.5
	Conservative	Derek Bond	530	30.0
	Green	Michael Eddy	509	28.8
	Conservative	Keith Lee	466	26.3
	Green	Christine Oliver	446	25.2
Turnout			1,816	30.1
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

North Deal

North Deal
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Susan Beer	891	42.4
	Conservative	Peter Jull	825	39.2
	Conservative	Daniel Friend	802	38.2
	Labour	William Gardner	790	37.6
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Hook	490	23.3
Turnout			2,178	37.2
	Labour win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Sandwich

Sandwich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Michael Holloway	883	42.8
	Conservative	Susan Chandler	872	42.3
	Independent	Paul Carter	639	31.0
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Fox	371	18.0
	Labour	Benet Bano	351	17.0
	Green	Peter Cutler	328	15.9
	Labour	David Wood	314	15.2
Turnout			2,086	40.3
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

St. Radigund's

St. Radigund's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Susan Jones	425	42.8
	Labour	John Haste	319	32.2
	Green	Jacqueline Garnett	273	27.5
	Conservative	Andy Calder	271	27.3
	Conservative	Callum Warriner	242	24.4
	Our Nation	Amanda Heafey	157	15.8
Turnout			1,014	22.4
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Tower Hamlets

Tower Hamlets
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Pamela Brivio	307	47.2	+13.9
	Conservative	Ann Jenner	133	20.5	−2.4
	Our Nation	Ben Glayzer	110	16.9	New
	Green	Brian Murphy	100	15.4	+4.3
Majority
Turnout			667	23.9
	Labour Co-op win (new seat)

Town and Castle

Town and Castle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David Hannent	458	30.3
	Labour	Edward Biggs	425	28.1
	Conservative	Richard Jeacock	407	26.9
	Independent	Graham Wanstall	395	26.1
	Independent	Christopher Precious	367	24.3
	Labour	Miriam Wood	347	22.9
	Green	Rebecca Sawbridge	312	20.6
Turnout			1,548	26.9
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Walmer

Walmer
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Christopher Vinson	1,062	46.2
	Conservative	Derek Murphy	956	41.5
	Green	John Lonsdale	621	27.0
	Green	Daniel Symons	604	26.2
	Labour	Ruth Harris-Small	444	19.3
	Labour	Hilary Preidel	408	17.7
	Liberal Democrats	James Caple	234	10.2
Turnout			2,349	40.4
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Whitfield

Whitfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	James Back	775	56.4
	Conservative	Nigel Collor	703	51.2
	Labour	Lee Kettlewell	298	21.7
	Labour	Roland Zosseder	256	18.6
	Green	Sarah Waite Gleave	228	16.6
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Beal	224	16.3
Turnout			1,402	29.4
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

By-elections

Guston, Kingsdown and St Margaret's-at-Cliffe

Guston, Kingsdown and St Margaret's-at-Cliffe: 12 December 2019
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Martin Bates	2,523	59.1	+16.5
	Labour	Eileen Rowbotham	902	21.1	+5.3
	Green	Sarah Waite-Gleave	461	10.8	–8.7
	Liberal Democrats	Roben Franklin	382	9.0	N/A
Majority			1,621	38.0	N/A
Turnout			4,291	72.2
Registered electors			5,944
	Conservative hold		Swing	5.6

Mill Hill

Mill Hill: 6 May 2021
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Hawkes	716	40.3	+10.3
	Labour	Jeffrey Loffman	608	34.2	−5.9
	Green	Mike Eddy	292	16.4	−12.4
	Independent	Chris Tough	103	5.8	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Rick Blackwell	59	3.3	N/A
Majority			108	6.1
Turnout			1,778
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Alkham & Capel-Le-Ferne

Alkham & Capel-Le-Ferne: 22 July 2021
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Martin Hibbert	315	48.7	−3.4
	Liberal Democrats	Roben Franklin	173	26.7	−9.6
	Labour	Gordon Cowan	101	15.6	+4.0
	Green	Nick Shread	58	9.0	New
Majority			142	22.0
Turnout			651	24.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	3.1

Sandwich

Sandwich: 19 August 2021
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Daniel Friend	721	51.6	+8.8
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Fox	676	48.4	+30.4
Majority			45	3.2
Turnout			1,407	27.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

^ "Declaration of Result of Poll Dover District Council" (PDF). Dover District Council. 2 May 2019.
^ "The Dover (Electoral Changes) Order 2019". legislation.gov.uk. 29 January 2019.
^ "Dover District Council". BBC News. 2 May 2019.

[1] "Declaration of Result of Poll Dover District Council" (PDF). Dover District Council. 2 May 2019.

[2] "The Dover (Electoral Changes) Order 2019". legislation.gov.uk. 29 January 2019.

[3] "Dover District Council". BBC News. 2 May 2019.

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