Local Election Results 2003
Dartford
Whole council up for election on new ward boundaries.
Note:— The election in Longfield, New Barn and Southfleet was postponed after the death of a candidate.
NEP = New England Party
SGRA = Swanscombe and Greenhithe Residents Association
Other results for Dartford:
2007
2011
2015
2019
By-elections for Dartford (may be incomplete): 27th July 2006 (Heath)
— 13th February 2008 (Princes)
— 27th September 2012 (Castle)
— 27th June 2013 (Newtown)
— 5th December 2013 (Swanscombe)
— 27th March 2014 (Stone)
— 13th November 2014 (Brent; Littlebrook)
— 6th May 2021 (Darenth; Wilmington, Sutton-at-Hone & Hawley)
Results for Kent county council: 2005
2009
2013
2017
2021
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Conservative |
9235 |
41.7% |
21 |
| Labour |
7616 |
34.4% |
17 |
| UK Independence Party |
1647 |
7.4% |
0 |
| Liberal Democrat |
1287 |
5.8% |
0 |
| Independent |
1134 |
5.1% |
0 |
| Swanscombe and Greenhithe Residents Association |
957 |
4.3% |
5 |
| New England Party |
276 |
1.2% |
1 |
| Simon Bull |
C |
750 |
48.2% |
| David Hammock |
C |
737 |
|
| Ian Armitt |
C |
667 |
|
| Thomas Cook |
Lab |
591 |
38.0% |
| Samson Carey |
Lab |
579 |
|
| Robert Carson |
Lab |
454 |
|
| Tanya O'Rourke |
LD |
142 |
9.1% |
| David Kent |
UKIP |
74 |
4.8% |
| Kenneth Fickling |
C |
800 |
46.6% |
| Sarah Karamuth |
C |
781 |
|
| Nancy Wightman |
C |
779 |
|
| Michael Dando |
Lab |
712 |
41.5% |
| Margaret Eaton |
Lab |
679 |
|
| Rosemary Bryant |
Lab |
678 |
|
| Peter Overy |
UKIP |
205 |
11.9% |
| Sheila East |
C |
130 |
41.4% |
| Andrew Reeves |
LD |
127 |
40.4% |
| Joyce Wise |
Lab |
57 |
18.2% |
| Martin Murphy |
SGRA |
329 |
37.2% |
| Brian Fitzpatrick |
SGRA |
322 |
|
| Conrad Broadley |
C |
316 |
35.7% |
| Victor Openshaw |
SGRA |
290 |
|
| Jan Ozog |
C |
234 |
|
| Rebecca Storey |
C |
232 |
|
| Brian Francis |
Lab |
196 |
22.2% |
| Michael Mahy |
Lab |
190 |
|
| Charles Prior |
Lab |
190 |
|
| Sara Reed |
UKIP |
43 |
4.9% |
| Amanda Fullagar |
UKIP |
23 |
|
| Terence Smith |
C |
874 |
47.3% |
| Kenneth Leadbetter |
C |
847 |
|
| Patricia Thurlow |
C |
788 |
|
| Patrick Kelly |
Lab |
486 |
26.3% |
| Marilyn May |
Lab |
481 |
|
| Jonathan Kingston |
Lab |
449 |
|
| Robert Howell |
UKIP |
261 |
14.1% |
| Pauline Cherek |
LD |
225 |
12.2% |
| Matthew Keane |
LD |
224 |
|
| Anne Muckle |
Lab |
321 |
53.3% |
| Matthew Bryant |
Lab |
303 |
|
| Raymond Day |
UKIP |
191 |
31.7% |
| Mark Croucher |
UKIP |
177 |
|
| Brian Garden |
C |
90 |
15.0% |
| Amy Peters |
C |
87 |
|
| Ann Allen |
C |
1060 |
66.9% |
| Marilyn Peters |
C |
1056 |
|
| Jennifer Rickwood |
C |
1050 |
|
| Valerie Maddison |
Lab |
398 |
25.1% |
| Stephen Sherrell |
Lab |
367 |
|
| Julian Bryant |
Lab |
362 |
|
| Arnold Tarling |
UKIP |
126 |
8.0% |
| John Muckle |
Lab |
321 |
34.5% |
| Michael Tibby |
NEP |
276 |
29.7% |
| Stephen de Winton |
Lab |
271 |
|
| Terrence Martin |
C |
131 |
14.1% |
| David Pickersgill |
C |
123 |
|
| Edward Llewellyn |
UKIP |
117 |
12.6% |
| Gordon Mayell |
UKIP |
88 |
|
| Roger Reeves |
LD |
85 |
9.1% |
|
C |
1417 |
54.0% |
|
C |
1393 |
|
|
C |
1383 |
|
|
Ind |
715 |
27.2% |
|
Ind |
402 |
|
|
Ind |
364 |
|
|
Lab |
326 |
12.4% |
|
LD |
168 |
6.4% |
|
LD |
143 |
|
|
LD |
124 |
|
| David Baker |
Lab |
661 |
52.9% |
| Austen Brooker |
Lab |
614 |
|
| Graham Steele |
Lab |
536 |
|
| Robert Etheridge |
C |
432 |
34.6% |
| Andrew Lloyd |
C |
415 |
|
| Avtar Sandhu |
C |
399 |
|
| Quentin Williamson |
UKIP |
157 |
12.6% |
| David May |
Lab |
661 |
56.7% |
| Margaret Stock |
Lab |
614 |
|
| Victor Stock |
Lab |
595 |
|
| Susan Martin |
C |
284 |
24.4% |
| David Strachan |
C |
267 |
|
| Edna Oborne |
C |
252 |
|
| Michael Wiltshire |
UKIP |
221 |
19.0% |
| Suzanne Wiltshire |
UKIP |
205 |
|
| Ivor Jones |
Lab |
601 |
65.0% |
| Derek Lawson |
Lab |
540 |
|
| Bryan Jones |
Lab |
517 |
|
| Barbara Bell |
C |
223 |
24.1% |
| Doreen Coleman |
C |
197 |
|
| Sheree Cox |
C |
191 |
|
| Jeffrey Reed |
UKIP |
100 |
10.8% |
| Patrick Coleman |
C |
875 |
76.7% |
| Anthony Martin |
C |
789 |
|
| Anne Burke |
Lab |
266 |
23.3% |
| Jacqueline Lineham |
Lab |
247 |
|
| Bryan Read |
SGRA |
628 |
39.9% |
| Leslie Bobby |
SGRA |
528 |
|
| John Hayes |
SGRA |
473 |
|
| Howard Dold |
Lab |
455 |
28.9% |
| Michael Crosby |
Ind |
419 |
26.6% |
| Derek Hills |
Lab |
312 |
|
| Angela Mahy |
Lab |
290 |
|
| Richard Green |
C |
71 |
4.5% |
| Joyce Kite |
C |
68 |
|
| Murdo MacLeod |
C |
59 |
|
| Trevor Rogers |
Lab |
264 |
37.4% |
| Dharma Appadoo |
Lab |
244 |
|
| Christopher Shippam |
C |
239 |
33.9% |
| Gary Shippam |
C |
176 |
|
| Anthony Easto |
LD |
127 |
18.0% |
| Alan Rice |
UKIP |
75 |
10.6% |
| Deborah Stoate |
Lab |
736 |
38.8% |
| Geoffrey Prout |
Lab |
714 |
|
| Francis Byrne |
Lab |
706 |
|
| Matthew Davis |
C |
673 |
35.4% |
| Josephine Shippam |
C |
657 |
|
| Teresa Wells |
C |
637 |
|
| Sonia Keane |
LD |
413 |
21.7% |
| Frida Melillo |
LD |
394 |
|
| Adam Gebbett |
LD |
388 |
|
| Thomas Roach |
UKIP |
77 |
4.1% |
| Derek Hunnisett |
C |
870 |
60.7% |
| Edward Lampkin |
C |
809 |
|
| Thomas Maddison |
Lab |
564 |
39.3% |
| Christine Settle |
Lab |
536 |
|
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