- Dover local elections
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Dover District Council in Kent, England is elected every four years.
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Political control
Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[1]
Party in control Years Conservative 1973 - 1991 No overall control 1991 - 1995 Labour 1995 - 1999 No overall control 1999 - 2007 Conservative 2007 - present Council elections
Dover Council election, 1999
Dover Council election, 2003 (boundary changes reduced the number of seats by 11)[2]
Dover Council election, 2007
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 Democrat 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 Democrat 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 Democrat 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[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Margaret Philpott 749 60.5 -0.3 Liberal Democrat 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[4] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Christopher Smith 1,031 61.0 +0.2 Labour Ernest Brimmell 449 26.5 -12.7 Liberal Democrat 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)[5] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Susan Chandler 892 Conservative Jane Sheridan 748 Liberal Democrat Bryan Curtis 336 Liberal Democrat Sheila Smith 254 Labour Benet Bano 111 Labour Ernest Brimmel 110 Turnout 2,451 24.3 Conservative hold Swing Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat Swing 2007-2011
Aylesham By-Election 27 September 2007[6][7] 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[6][8] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Viviane Revell 365 33.7 -3.3 Liberal Democrat 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[9] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Mike Conolly 1,109 66.0 -1.9 Liberal Democrat 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 References
- ^ "Dover". BBC News Online. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/vote2007/councils/html/29ue.stm. Retrieved 2010-03-18.
- ^ "Local elections". BBC News Online. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/vote2003/locals/html/81.stm. Retrieved 2010-03-18.
- ^ "District Council Elections 15 April 2004". Dover District Council. http://www.dover.gov.uk/council__democracy_old/elections/election_results/15_april_2004.aspx. Retrieved 2010-03-18.
- ^ "Declaration of result of poll". Dover District Council. http://www.dover.gov.uk/pdf/PCS132.PDF. Retrieved 2010-03-18.
- ^ "Declaration of result of poll". Dover District Council. http://www.dover.gov.uk/docs/littlestour2006.doc. Retrieved 2010-03-18.
- ^ a b Siddique, Haroon; Mulholland, Helene (2007-09-289). "Unions on standby for imminent election". London: guardian.co.uk. http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2007/sep/28/conservatives.byelections. Retrieved 2010-03-18.
- ^ "Declaration of result of poll". Dover District Council. http://www.dover.gov.uk/pdf/270907aylesham.pdf. Retrieved 2010-03-18.
- ^ "Declaration of result of poll". Dover District Council. http://www.dover.gov.uk/pdf/270907maxton.pdf. Retrieved 2010-03-18.
- ^ "Declaration of result of poll". Dover District Council. http://www.dover.gov.uk/pdf/PCS58927.pdf. Retrieved 2010-03-18.
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Categories:- Dover (district)
- Council elections in Kent
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