2023 Swale Borough Council election

The 2023 Swale Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Swale Borough Council in Kent, England.[1] This would be on the same day as other local elections across England.

2023 Swale Borough Council election
4 May 2023 (2023-05-04)
All 47 seats to Swale Borough Council
24 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
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Party Conservative Labour Swale Ind.
Last election 16 seats, 34.1% 11 seats, 23.7% 10 seats, 20.1%
Seats before 14 9 8
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
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Party Independent Liberal Democrats Green
Last election 2 seats, 4.6% 5 seats, 9.7% 2 seats, 5.7%
Seats before 8 4 2
  Seventh party
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Party Reform UK
Last election N/A
Seats before 1
Council control before election


No overall control

 Council control after election

TBD

Summary

Election result
2023 Swale Borough Council election
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 31 15 6 0 Increase6 31.92% 24.43% 13,343 Increase1.03%
  Conservative 44 12 3 7 Decrease4 25.53% 30.58% 16,703 Decrease3.42%
  Swale Independents 15 11 3 1 Increase2 23.4% 17.3% 9,449 Decrease2.8%
  Liberal Democrats 22 5 1 0 Increase1 10.64% 13.05% 7,127 Increase3.35%
  Green 13 3 1 0 Increase1 6.38% 8.65% 4,722 Increase2.95%
  Independent 7 1 0 5 Decrease5 2.13% 4.21% 2,301 Decrease0.39%
  Reform UK 4 0 0 1 Decrease1 0% 1.04% 569 New
  Heritage 1 0 0 0 0 0% 0.44% 240 New
  Monster Raving Loony 1 0 0 0 0 0% 0.3% 161 Decrease0.31%

Candidates

The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by X Council following the close of nominations on 4 April 2023.[2]

Abbey
Abbey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Hannah Perkin* 918 32.55%
Liberal Democrats Chris Williams 807 28.62%
Labour Trevor Payne 314 11.13%
Conservative Jay Brown 276 9.79%
Labour Co-op Frances Rehal 261 9.26%
Conservative Melanie Regan-Brown 244 8.65%
Majority
Turnout 2,820
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent Swing

Bobbing, Iwade and Lower Halstow
Bobbing, Iwade & Lower Halstow (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Swale Ind. Lloyd Chapman 501 22.45%
Conservative Rog Clark* 483 21.65%
Labour Olufemi Olukoya 401 17.97%
Conservative Gareth Randall 343 15.37%
Liberal Democrats Marc Wilson 267 11.97%
Green Carol Goatham 236 10.58%
Majority
Turnout 2,231
Swale Ind. hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Borden and Grove Park
Borden & Grove Park (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Swale Ind. Mike Baldock* 1,030 39.19%
Swale Ind. Ann Cavanagh 728 27.7%
Conservative Nicholas Hampshire* 424 16.13%
Conservative Conor Dobbs 262 9.97%
Labour Martin Singer 184 7%
Majority
Turnout 2,628
Swale Ind. hold Swing
Swale Ind. gain from Conservative Swing

Boughton and Courtenay
Boughton & Courtenay (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Rich Lehmann 1,123 32.65%
Green Alastair Gould* 1,122 32.62%
Conservative Piers Baker 392 11.4%
Conservative Oliver Lane 346 10.06%
Swale Ind. Jeff Tutt 278 8.08%
Liberal Democrats Sonia Fox 102 2.97%
Liberal Democrats Ida Linfield 77 2.24%
Majority 730
Turnout 3,440
Green hold Swing
Green hold Swing

Chalkwell
Chalkwell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Charlie Miller 298 55.29%
Conservative Richard Allsep 173 32.1%
Green Hannah Temple 68 12.62%
Majority
Turnout 539
Labour hold Swing

East Downs
East Downs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Terry Thompson 423 45.88%
Conservative David Simmons* 389 42.19%
Liberal Democrats Stephen Fisher 110 11.93%
Majority
Turnout 922
Green gain from Conservative Swing

Hartlip, Newington and Upchurch
Hartlip, Newington & Upchurch (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Swale Ind. Richard Palmer* 943 32%
Swale Ind. Chris Palmer 879 29.8%
Conservative Alan Horton* 513 17.39%
Conservative Asha Saroy 336 11.39%
Labour Margaret Cooper 279 9.46%
Majority
Turnout 2,950
Swale Ind. hold Swing
Swale Ind. gain from Conservative Swing

Homewood
Homewood (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Simon Clark* 511 20.62%
Labour Shelley Cheesman 483 19.49%
Swale Ind. Jason Clinch 395 15.94%
Conservative Danielle Hoynes 343 13.84%
Conservative John Wright 340 13.72%
Heritage Thomas Lee 240 9.69%
Liberal Democrats Frances Stennings 166 6.7%
Majority
Turnout 2,478
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Kemsley
Kemsley (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Swale Ind. Derek Carnell* 476 27.25%
Labour Ashley Wise 357 20.44%
Conservative Sue Gent 356 20.38%
Conservative Mike Dendor* 322 18.43%
Liberal Democrats Tony Clark 236 13.5%
Majority
Turnout 1,747
Swale Ind. hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Milton Regis
Milton Regis (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Anthony Winckless* 674 35.7%
Labour Angelica Valls 559 29.61%
Swale Ind. Stephen Davey* 303 16.05%
Conservative David Danaher 186 9.85%
Conservative Stuart Williams 166 8.79%
Majority
Turnout 1,888
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Swale Ind. Swing

Minster Cliffs
Minster Cliffs (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Swale Ind. Tom Nundy 656 18.59%
Conservative Andy Booth 561 15.9%
Conservative Ken Ingleton* 554 15.7%
Conservative Hollie Bolitho 466 13.2%
Independent Richard Darby* 457 12.5%
Labour Libby Tucker 396 11.22%
Green Josie Galvin 276 7.82%
Reform UK Will Fotheringham-Bray 163 4.62%
Majority
Turnout 3,529
Swale Ind. gain from Independent Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Murston
Murston (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Swale Ind. James Hall* 593 33.75%
Labour Mark Last 397 22.3%
Conservative Ann Hampshire* 211 12.01%
Conservative Glen Le Grys 171 9.73%
Liberal Democrats Alexander Stennings 139 7.91%
Liberal Democrats Mary Zeng 127 7.23%
Green Miriam Layton 119 6.77%
Majority
Turnout 1,757
Swale Ind. hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Priory
Priory
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Michael Henderson 394 54.65%
Conservative Andy Culham 174 24.13%
Labour Rob Crayford 98 13.59%
Green Sonia Jackson 55 7.63%
Majority
Turnout 721
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Queenborough and Halfway
Queenborough & Halfway (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ashley Shiel 603 16.3%
Conservative Peter Marchington* 586 15.84%
Conservative Mike Whiting 522 14.11%
Labour Donna Boakes 508 13.73%
Conservative Bailey Allison 498 13.46%
Labour Jordan Hartley 462 12.49%
Swale Ind. Lorraine St. John 293 7.92%
Liberal Democrats Linda Brinklow 227 6.14%
Majority
Turnout 3,699
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Roman
Roman (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tim Gibson* 652 31.74%
Labour Karen Watson 535 26.05%
Conservative Mark Quinton 300 14.61%
Conservative Alfred Okotie 266 12.95%
Green Debra Blacklock 167 8.13%
Liberal Democrats Rosemary Madgwick 134 6.52%
Majority
Turnout 2,054
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Sheerness
Sheerness (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Angela Harrison* 727 25.13%
Labour Hayden Brawn 612 21.15%
Labour Dolley White 573 19.81%
Conservative Patricia Rogers 394 13.62%
Independent Lee McCall* 382 13.2%
Reform UK Jeffrey Williams 205 7.09%
Majority
Turnout 2,893
Labour gain from Independent Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Sheppey Central
Sheppey Central (3 seas)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Swale Ind. Elliott Jayes* 794 22.65%
Conservative Peter Neal* 409 11.67%
Conservative Mark Tucker 389 11.1%
Labour Ian Edworthy 362 10.33%
Conservative Oliver Eakin 360 10.27%
Labour Alan Henry 333 9.5%
Independent Peter MacDonald* 298 8.5%
Green Sam Banks 200 5.71%
Liberal Democrats Edward Currie 200 5.71%
Monster Raving Loony Mad Mike Young 161 4.6%
Majority
Turnout 3,506
Swale Ind. hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Independent Swing

Sheppey East
Sheppey East (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lee-Anne Moore 347 21.24%
Conservative Tara Noe 315 19.28%
Labour Matt Wheatcroft 226 13.83%
Independent Pat Sandle 215 13.16%
Independent Gaynor Bidgood 191 11.69%
Green David Walton 129 7.89%
Reform UK Mini Nissanga* 108 6.61%
Independent Bill Tatton* 103 6.3%
Majority
Turnout 1,634
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Conservative gain from Reform UK Swing

St Ann's
St Ann's (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Carole Jackson* 846 25.2%
Labour Kieran Golding 765 22.79%
Liberal Democrats Charles Gibson 448 13.35%
Liberal Democrats Josh Rowlands 444 13.23%
Conservative Ben Fisher 398 11.86%
Conservative Frankie O'Brien 363 10.81%
Reform UK Seb Arrowsmith-Brown 93 2.77%
Majority
Turnout 3,357
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Teynham and Lynsted
Teynham & Lynsted (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lloyd Brown* 764 30.22%
Conservative Julien Speed 666 26.35%
Green Janet Bott 506 20.02%
Labour Georgina Jessiman 344 13.61%
Liberal Democrats Dorothee Barker 135 5.34%
Liberal Democrats Carol Morris 113 4.7%
Majority
Turnout 2,528
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

The Meads
The Meads
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Hunt* 395 68.22%
Liberal Democrats Shaun Wakelen 184 31.78%
Majority
Turnout 579
Conservative hold Swing

Watling
Watling (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Ben Martin* 1,009 26.92%
Liberal Democrats Claire Martin 830 22.15%
Conservative Jack Goodenough 496 13.23%
Conservative Jess Valentine 465 12.41%
Labour Robert Newman 350 9.34%
Labour James Scott 300 8%
Green Oliver Heyen 298 7.95%
Majority
Turnout 3,748
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

West Downs
West Downs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Monique Bonney* 655 75.29%
Conservative Margaret Benford 155 17.82%
Liberal Democrats Kris Barker 60 6.9%
Majority
Turnout 870
Independent hold Swing

Woodstock
Woodstock (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Swale Ind. Sarah Stephen* 830 33.31%
Swale Ind. Paul Stephen* 750 30.1%
Conservative Lee Burgess 584 23.44%
Labour James Beer 328 13.16%
Majority
Turnout 2,492
Swale Ind. hold Swing
Swale Ind. hold Swing

References
  1. "Notice of election" (PDF). Swale Borough Council. 16 March 2023. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  2. "May 4 2023 Election Notices". Swale Borough Council. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
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