Dartford Borough Council elections
Dartford Borough Council is elected every four years.
Political control
Labour 1973 - 1983
Conservative 1983 - 1995
Labour 1995 - 2003
No overall control 2003 - 2007
Conservative 2007 - present
Council elections
- Dartford District Council election, 1973
- Dartford Borough Council election, 1976 (New ward boundaries)[1]
- Dartford Borough Council election, 1979
- Dartford Borough Council election, 1983
- Dartford Borough Council election, 1987 (Some new ward boundaries & borough boundary changes also took place)[2]
- Dartford Borough Council election, 1991
- Dartford Borough Council election, 1995 (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)[3][4]
- Dartford Borough Council election, 1999
- Dartford Borough Council election, 2003 (New ward boundaries)[5]
- Dartford Borough Council election, 2007
- Dartford Borough Council election, 2011
- Dartford Borough Council election, 2015
By-election results
Galley Hill By-Election 27 November 1997
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Residents Association |
|
245 |
54.8 |
+54.8 |
|
Labour |
|
165 |
36.9 |
+7.3 |
|
Independent Labour |
|
20 |
4.5 |
-43.8 |
|
Independent Democrat |
|
17 |
3.8 |
+3.8 |
| Majority |
80 |
17.9 |
|
| Turnout |
447 |
19.0 |
|
|
Residents gain from Independent Labour |
Swing |
|
|
Joyce Green By-Election 21 February 2002
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Labour |
Matthew Bryant |
375 |
73.4 |
+0.5 |
|
Conservative |
Shirley Burton |
77 |
15.1 |
-0.3 |
|
UKIP |
Mark Croucher |
59 |
11.5 |
+11.5 |
| Majority |
298 |
58.3 |
|
| Turnout |
511 |
19.2 |
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
Sutton at Hone and Hawley By-Election 21 February 2002
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Conservative |
Anthony Martin |
617 |
53.7 |
-8.2 |
|
Labour |
Stephen de Winton |
533 |
46.3 |
+8.2 |
| Majority |
84 |
7.4 |
|
| Turnout |
1,150 |
36.2 |
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
This election was scheduled as part of the council elections of 1 May 2003. It was delayed following the death of Bob Dunn (who was standing for re-election), just one week before the ballot.
Castle By-Election 27 September 2012[6]
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Conservative |
Paul Cutler |
191 |
43.02 |
|
|
Labour |
Hayley Louisa Reece |
111 |
25.00 |
|
|
UKIP |
Stephen Wilders |
60 |
13.51 |
|
|
Swanscombe and Greenhithe Residents Association |
Vic Openshaw |
50 |
11.26 |
|
|
English Democrat |
Frances Elizabeth Moore |
32 |
7.21 |
|
| Majority |
80 |
|
|
| Turnout |
444 |
26.86 |
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
The by-election was held following the resignation of Conservative Cllr Gary Reynolds.
Swanscombe By-Election, 5 December 2013[8]
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Labour |
Steve Jacqueline Doran |
274 |
29.43 |
|
|
Swanscombe and Greenhithe Residents Association |
Vic Openshaw |
273 |
29.32 |
|
|
UKIP |
Stephen Wilders |
200 |
21.48 |
|
|
Independent |
Richard John Lees |
146 |
15.68 |
|
|
Conservative |
Steven Ronald Jarnell |
38 |
4.08 |
|
| Majority |
1 |
|
|
| Turnout |
931 |
17.56 |
|
|
Labour gain from Residents |
Swing |
|
|
The by-election resulted from the death of Swanscombe and Greenhithe Residents Association Cllr Leslie Bobby.
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