Dover District Council elections

Dover District Council is the local authority for the Dover District in Kent, England. The council is elected every four years.

Political control

The first election to the council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority before coming into its powers on 1 April 1974. Political control of the council since 1973 has been held by the following parties:[1]

Party in controlYears
Conservative1973–1991
No overall control1991–1995
Labour1995–1999
No overall control1999–2007
Conservative2007–2023
Labour2023-Present

Leadership

The leaders of the council (formally the chair of the policy and resources committee prior to 2001) have been:[2][3]

CouncillorPartyFromTo
Alexander Greenway-Stanley Conservative19741976
Raymond Norley Conservative19761977
Alexander Greenway-Stanley Conservative19771978
Gwladys Payne Conservative19781986
Graham Forster Conservative1986Sep 1986
Paul Watkins ConservativeSep 19861989
George Tyler Conservative1989Oct 1989
Christopher Smith ConservativeOct 19891992
Paul Watkins Conservative1992Dec 1993
Tony Sansum LabourDec 1993Nov 1995
Terry Birkett LabourNov 19951998
Reg Hansell[4] LabourNov 19981999
Terry Birkett[5] Labour19992001
Peter Wells Labour200114 May 2003
Paul Watkins[6] Conservative14 May 200330 Sep 2017
Keith Morris[7] Conservative18 Oct 201714 Oct 2019
Trevor Bartlett Conservative30 Oct 2019

Council elections

Borough result maps
  • 2003 results map
    2003 results map
  • 2007 results map
    2007 results map
  • 2011 results map
    2011 results map
  • 2015 results map
    2015 results map
  • 2019 results map
    2019 results map

By-election results

1999-2003
Middle Deal By-Election 16 December 1999
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 755 50.3 -16.0
Conservative 665 44.3 +10.6
Liberal Democrats 81 5.4 +5.4
Majority 90 6.0
Turnout 1,501 30.2
Labour hold Swing
Castle By-Election 18 May 2000
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 558 69.2 +7.4
Labour 248 30.8 -7.4
Majority 310 38.4
Turnout 806 34.1
Conservative hold Swing
St Margarets-at-Cliffe By-Election 13 April 2000
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 619 71.2 +1.6
Labour 158 18.2 -13.0
Liberal Democrats 92 10.6 +1.6
Majority 461 53.0
Turnout 869 35.2
Conservative hold Swing
Noningstone By-Election 8 March 2001
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 245 59.5 -7.1
Labour 99 24.0 -9.4
Liberal Democrats 68 16.5 +16.5
Majority 146 35.5
Turnout 412 35.2
Conservative hold Swing

2003-2007
St Margaret's-At-Cliffe By-Election 15 April 2004[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Margaret Philpott 749 60.5 -0.3
Liberal Democrats Patrick Acarnley 234 18.9 +18.9
Labour John Adams 214 17.2 -4.9
Independent Stewart Dimmock 43 3.5 +0.0
Majority 515 41.6
Turnout 1,239 34.5
Conservative hold Swing
Walmer By-Election 23 June 2005[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Christopher Smith 1,031 61.0 +0.2
Labour Ernest Brimmell 449 26.5 -12.7
Liberal Democrats John Featherstone 211 12.5 +12.5
Majority 582 34.5
Turnout 1,691 29.2
Conservative hold Swing
Little Stour & Ashstone By-Election 20 July 2006 (2)[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Susan Chandler 892
Conservative Jane Sheridan 748
Liberal Democrats Bryan Curtis 336
Liberal Democrats Sheila Smith 254
Labour Benet Bano 111
Labour Ernest Brimmel 110
Turnout 2,451 24.3
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

2007-2011
Aylesham By-Election 27 September 2007[16][17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robert Thompson 661 79.7 +11.4
Conservative Marianne Ford 108 13.0 -12.6
Independent Reginald Hansell 59 7.1 +0.9
Independent Edward Lee-Delisle 1 0.1 +0.1
Majority 553 66.7
Turnout 829 23.7
Labour hold Swing
Maxton, Elms Vale and Priory By-Election 27 September 2007[16][18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Viviane Revell 365 33.7 -3.3
Liberal Democrats John Mackie 274 25.3 +6.1
Conservative Jennifer Morgan 252 23.3 -8.2
Independent Graham Wanstall 70 6.5 -5.8
UKIP Peter Campbell-Marshall 65 6.0 +6.0
Independent Victor Morgan 56 5.2 +5.2
Majority 91 8.4
Turnout 1,082 20.2
Labour hold Swing
Little Stour and Ashtone By-Election 24 April 2008[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mike Conolly 1,109 66.0 -1.9
Liberal Democrats Bryan Curtis 459 27.3 +5.4
Labour John Bird 113 6.7 -3.5
Majority 650 38.7
Turnout 1,681 31.2
Conservative hold Swing
St Radigund's By-Election 30 October 2008[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Viv REVELL 244 32.7
Conservative Mandy Marie SEHMBI 219 29.4
Liberal Democrats Dean STILES 93 12.5
Dover Alliance Raymond John WHITE 86 11.5
English Democrat Tony OVENDEN 72 9.7
UKIP Vic MATCHAM 32 4.3
Majority 25
Turnout 20.86
Labour gain from Independent Swing
Lydden and Temple Ewell By-Election 16 December 2010[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Geoffrey LYMER 239 62.2 -5.3
Labour Peter WALKER 90 23.4 +0.7
UKIP Victor Peter MATCHAM 55 14.3 +4.7
Majority 149
Turnout 20.3
Conservative hold Swing

2011-2015
Maxton, Elms Vale and Priory By-Election 2 May 2013[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter Michael WALLACE 744 53.7 +3.5
Conservative Deborah Nicholson BOULARES 642 46.3 -3.5
Majority 102
Turnout 26.58
Labour hold Swing

2015-2019
Aylesham By-Election 22 December 2016[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gordon Cowan 460 61.9 -6.5
Conservative Pauline Catterall 283 38.1 +38.1
Majority 177 23.8
Turnout 743
Labour hold Swing
Buckland By-Election 4 May 2017[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Nathaniel Richards 573 43.1 +2.6
Conservative Callum Warriner 566 42.5 +13.6
UKIP Timothy Turner 192 14.4 -16.2
Majority 7 0.5
Turnout 1,331
Labour hold Swing
Maxton, Elms Vale and Priory By-Election 4 May 2017[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ann Napier 647 43.6 +7.5
Conservative Roger Walkden 567 38.2 +8.0
UKIP Peter McDermott 159 10.7 -22.9
Independent Graham Wanstall 110 7.4 +7.4
Majority 80 5.4
Turnout 1,483
Labour gain from UKIP Swing
St Margaret's-at-Cliffe By-Election 23 November 2017[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Jull 750 70.5 +17.7
Labour Charles Woodgate 314 29.5 +7.6
Majority 436 41.0
Turnout 1,064
Conservative hold Swing

2019-2023
Guston, Kingsdown and St Margaret's-at-Cliffe By-Election 12 December 2019[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Martin Bates 2,523 59.1 +16.5
Labour Eileen Rowbotham 902 21.1 +5.3
Green Sarah White-Gleave 461 10.8 -8.7
Liberal Democrats Robert Franklin 382 9.0 +9.0
Majority 1,621 38.0
Turnout 4,268
Conservative hold Swing
Mill Hill By-Election 6 May 2021[28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Hawkes 716 40.3 +10.0
Labour Jeffrey Loffman 608 34.2 -6.4
Green Mike Eddy 292 16.4 -12.7
Independent Chris Tough 103 5.8 +5.8
Liberal Democrats Rick Blackwell 59 3.3 +3.3
Majority 108 6.1
Turnout 1,778
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Sandwich By-Election 19 August 2021[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Dan Friend 721 51.6 +17.3
Liberal Democrats Anne Fox 676 48.4 +34.0
Majority 45 3.2
Turnout 1,397
Conservative hold Swing

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