Local Election Results 2005
Kent
New division boundaries came into force at this election.
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Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Conservative |
286660 |
43.9% |
57 |
| Labour |
167713 |
25.7% |
21 |
| Liberal Democrat |
146666 |
22.5% |
6 |
| Green Party |
19271 |
2.9% |
0 |
| UK Independence Party |
13758 |
2.1% |
0 |
| Independent |
6731 |
1.0% |
0 |
| People First Party |
3322 |
0.5% |
0 |
| Ashford Independents |
3301 |
0.5% |
0 |
| New England Party |
2038 |
0.3% |
0 |
| Swanscombe and Greenhithe Residents Association |
1648 |
0.3% |
0 |
| British National Party |
815 |
0.1% |
0 |
| English Democrats Party |
396 |
0.1% |
0 |
| Peace Party |
356 |
0.1% |
0 |
| Rock 'n' Roll Loony Party |
351 |
0.1% |
0 |
| Official Monster Raving Loony Party |
235 |
0.0% |
0 |
| Elizabeth Tweed |
C |
2835 |
42.6% |
| Michael Hubert |
Lab |
2242 |
33.7% |
| Robert Cowley |
LD |
1156 |
17.4% |
| Marilyn Sansom |
Grn |
265 |
4.0% |
| Tony Serretiello |
Ashford |
164 |
2.5% |
| Serge Koowaree |
LD |
2553 |
36.8% |
| Bernard Heyes |
C |
2182 |
31.5% |
| Ivor Groves |
Lab |
1704 |
24.6% |
| Steven Dawe |
Grn |
257 |
3.7% |
| Di Nelson |
Ashford |
235 |
3.4% |
| Charles Findlay |
C |
4132 |
52.3% |
| Stuart Dove |
LD |
2212 |
28.0% |
| Sharon Harvey |
Grn |
954 |
12.1% |
| Jack Woodford |
Ashford |
604 |
7.6% |
| Michael Angell |
C |
3384 |
47.5% |
| Emily Neighbour |
LD |
1875 |
26.3% |
| Peter Davison |
Ashford |
1868 |
26.2% |
| Richard King |
C |
4913 |
55.3% |
| Geoffrey English |
LD |
1964 |
22.1% |
| Jessica Watts |
Lab |
1457 |
16.4% |
| Hilary Jones |
Grn |
558 |
6.3% |
| Derek Smyth |
Lab |
2476 |
41.5% |
| James Wedgbury |
C |
1636 |
27.4% |
| Robert Packham |
LD |
1131 |
19.0% |
| Melvyn Elliff |
Ashford |
430 |
7.2% |
| Hazel Dawe |
Grn |
291 |
4.9% |
| Charles Hibberd |
C |
4661 |
52.3% |
| Laura Higgs |
Lab |
2435 |
27.3% |
| Ken Hando |
LD |
1226 |
13.8% |
| Peter Condie |
UKIP |
584 |
6.6% |
| John Fullarton |
C |
5947 |
40.4% |
| William Hayton |
C |
5737 |
|
| Kay Dark |
Lab |
4349 |
29.5% |
| Stephen Ward |
Lab |
4270 |
|
| Patricia Cradduck |
LD |
3193 |
21.7% |
| Margaret Branscombe-Kent |
LD |
3038 |
|
| Sheila Jones |
UKIP |
1073 |
7.3% |
| Robert Marsh |
UKIP |
953 |
|
| Allen Wood |
BNP |
173 |
1.2% |
| Graham Gibbens |
C |
2154 |
38.5% |
| Jean Butcher |
Lab |
1547 |
27.6% |
| Alex Perkins |
LD |
1410 |
25.2% |
| Geoffrey Meaden |
Grn |
421 |
7.5% |
| Richard Wilkins-Oppler |
Ind |
68 |
1.2% |
| Martin Vye |
LD |
2806 |
40.1% |
| Robert Waters |
C |
1933 |
27.6% |
| Paul Prentice |
Lab |
1755 |
25.1% |
| Theodore Smyth |
Grn |
501 |
7.2% |
| Michael Northey |
C |
3573 |
44.1% |
| Brian Staley |
LD |
2474 |
30.6% |
| Andrew Fenyo |
Lab |
1396 |
17.2% |
| Emily Shirley |
Grn |
654 |
8.1% |
| John Simmonds |
C |
2803 |
43.1% |
| James Flanagan |
LD |
1890 |
29.1% |
| Michael Fuller |
Lab |
1332 |
20.5% |
| Richard Podger |
Grn |
476 |
7.3% |
| Roger Manning |
C |
4109 |
55.1% |
| Keith Brown |
LD |
1750 |
23.5% |
| David Burgess |
Lab |
918 |
12.3% |
| Matthew Robertson |
Grn |
394 |
5.3% |
| Oliver Clement |
UKIP |
280 |
3.8% |
| Roger Gough |
C |
3504 |
43.5% |
| Philip McGarvey |
LD |
2292 |
28.5% |
| Michael Hogg |
Lab |
1839 |
22.8% |
| James Halford |
UKIP |
419 |
5.2% |
| Christine Angell |
Lab |
2885 |
51.7% |
| Nancy Wightman |
C |
1916 |
34.3% |
| Michael Tibby |
NEP |
434 |
7.8% |
| Quentin Williamson |
UKIP |
343 |
6.1% |
| John Muckle |
Lab |
3204 |
52.1% |
| Geraldine Goy |
C |
1554 |
25.3% |
| Lucy Bovington-Key |
LD |
831 |
13.5% |
| Austen Brooker |
NEP |
557 |
9.1% |
| Albert Bassam |
C |
4585 |
54.5% |
| David Baker |
Lab |
3029 |
36.0% |
| Louise Uncles |
NEP |
436 |
5.2% |
| Geoffrey Pay |
Peace |
356 |
4.2% |
| Anthony Maddison |
Lab |
3126 |
40.6% |
| David Hammock |
C |
2964 |
38.5% |
| Roger Reeves |
LD |
1032 |
13.4% |
| Michael Wiltshire |
UKIP |
346 |
4.5% |
| Annette Quilter |
NEP |
236 |
3.1% |
| Terence Birkett |
Lab |
6197 |
40.9% |
| Michael Eddy |
Lab |
5774 |
|
| Julie Rook |
C |
5056 |
33.4% |
| Michael Terry |
C |
4472 |
|
| Patrick Acarnley |
LD |
2715 |
17.9% |
| John Featherstone |
LD |
2482 |
|
| Raymond Grinney |
Grn |
1188 |
7.8% |
| Eileen Rowbotham |
Lab |
3759 |
41.8% |
| Stephen Manion |
C |
3553 |
39.5% |
| Sheila Smith |
LD |
1674 |
18.6% |
| William Newman |
Lab |
6194 |
50.3% |
| Keith Sansum |
Lab |
5888 |
|
| Nigel Collor |
C |
3455 |
28.1% |
| Alison Williams |
C |
3122 |
|
| Antony Hook |
LD |
2658 |
21.6% |
| John Mackie |
LD |
2255 |
|
| Bryan Cope |
C |
4044 |
43.7% |
| Linda Cooper |
Lab |
2767 |
29.9% |
| Clive Meredith |
LD |
1659 |
17.9% |
| David Lloyd |
Ind |
455 |
4.9% |
| Arthur Norton |
UKIP |
323 |
3.5% |
| Susan Carey |
C |
5964 |
59.8% |
| Peter Smith |
LD |
2129 |
21.4% |
| Pamela Stevens |
Lab |
1096 |
11.0% |
| Carol Crees |
PFP |
502 |
5.0% |
| Nicholas Jack |
UKIP |
276 |
2.8% |
| Thomas Gates |
C |
3972 |
47.4% |
| Trevor Payne |
Lab |
2472 |
29.5% |
| Martin Bellis |
LD |
1385 |
16.5% |
| Gary Miller |
Grn |
550 |
6.6% |
| Richard Pascoe |
C |
2636 |
38.3% |
| Emily Sanger |
LD |
1989 |
28.9% |
| Brian Copping |
PFP |
1299 |
18.9% |
| Paul Bingham |
Lab |
965 |
14.0% |
| Roland Tolputt |
C |
2820 |
48.9% |
| Shaun Roberts |
LD |
1580 |
27.4% |
| Robert Leitch |
Lab |
861 |
14.9% |
| Peter Scarth |
Grn |
314 |
5.4% |
| Paul Marsh |
PFP |
187 |
3.2% |
| Robert Bliss |
C |
3214 |
45.3% |
| Tim Prater |
LD |
1909 |
26.9% |
| Adrian Cirket |
Lab |
948 |
13.4% |
| Linda Cufley |
PFP |
628 |
8.9% |
| Nicola Gregory |
Grn |
397 |
5.6% |
| Catherine Cribbon |
Lab |
7060 |
42.9% |
| Maureen Newell |
Lab |
6726 |
|
| Bronwen McGarrity |
C |
6304 |
38.3% |
| Adrian Warburton |
C |
5671 |
|
| Gillian McGill |
LD |
1990 |
12.1% |
| Ian Stevenson |
LD |
1909 |
|
| Ann Wakeman |
Grn |
1102 |
6.7% |
| Michael Snelling |
C |
7083 |
59.7% |
| Eileen Rice |
Lab |
2691 |
22.7% |
| Sheila Scott |
LD |
1291 |
10.9% |
| Richard Crawford |
Grn |
561 |
4.7% |
| Lord Toby Jug |
Loony |
235 |
2.0% |
| Alan Marsh |
C |
3370 |
42.8% |
| Michael Nee |
Lab |
2048 |
26.0% |
| Roger Matthews |
LD |
2018 |
25.6% |
| John Moore |
UKIP |
435 |
5.5% |
| David Hirst |
C |
5189 |
37.4% |
| John Law |
C |
5189 |
|
| Ron Flaherty |
LD |
4530 |
32.7% |
| Nigel Oakes |
LD |
3928 |
|
| Brian Hunter |
Lab |
3207 |
23.1% |
| John Neil |
Lab |
2879 |
|
| Ronald Garretty |
UKIP |
938 |
6.8% |
| Christopher Capon |
C |
4771 |
59.8% |
| Neil Matthews |
LD |
2190 |
27.5% |
| Andrew Paton |
Lab |
781 |
9.8% |
| Trevor Buss |
PFP |
230 |
2.9% |
| Daniel Daley |
LD |
6252 |
38.0% |
| Jeffrey Curwood |
C |
4486 |
27.3% |
| Mike Palmby |
LD |
4285 |
|
| Gary Cooke |
C |
4258 |
|
| Merello D'Souza |
Lab |
3567 |
21.7% |
| Patrick Coates |
Lab |
3231 |
|
| Ian McDonald |
Grn |
1294 |
7.9% |
| Stephen Dean |
UKIP |
854 |
5.2% |
| Margaret Featherstone |
LD |
3249 |
43.7% |
| Malcolm Parker |
C |
2237 |
30.1% |
| Richard Coates |
Lab |
1350 |
18.2% |
| Gareth Kendall |
UKIP |
303 |
4.1% |
| James Shalice |
Grn |
298 |
4.0% |
| Sandy Bruce-Lockhart |
C |
5505 |
63.5% |
| Thomas Lee |
Lab |
1439 |
16.6% |
| Stephen Morris |
LD |
1215 |
14.0% |
| Penelope Kemp |
Grn |
517 |
6.0% |
| Paul Carter |
C |
4721 |
49.2% |
| Ian Chittenden |
LD |
2291 |
23.9% |
| Jeanne Gibson |
Lab |
2018 |
21.0% |
| Stuart Jeffery |
Grn |
356 |
3.7% |
| Bill Hitches |
BNP |
211 |
2.2% |
| Eric Hotson |
C |
3917 |
54.4% |
| Hugh Laing |
LD |
2027 |
28.1% |
| Virginia Routh |
Lab |
1258 |
17.5% |
| Paulina Stockell |
C |
4276 |
47.1% |
| Brian Mortimer |
LD |
2690 |
29.7% |
| John Hughes |
Lab |
1601 |
17.6% |
| Andrew Waldie |
Grn |
504 |
5.6% |
| Alan Chell |
C |
2732 |
36.7% |
| Malcolm Luxton |
LD |
2247 |
30.2% |
| Frances Brown |
Lab |
1962 |
26.3% |
| Michael George |
UKIP |
257 |
3.5% |
| Stephen Muggeridge |
Grn |
249 |
3.3% |
| Brian Wood |
Lab |
2017 |
36.4% |
| Christopher Garland |
C |
1969 |
35.5% |
| Robert Field |
LD |
1097 |
19.8% |
| Stanley Dale |
UKIP |
288 |
5.2% |
| Jennifer Reid |
Grn |
173 |
3.1% |
| Trudy Dean |
LD |
4229 |
60.8% |
| Sylvia Stevens |
C |
2229 |
32.0% |
| Peter Stevens |
UKIP |
500 |
7.2% |
| Sarah Hohler |
C |
4258 |
56.1% |
| Julian Atkins |
Lab |
3338 |
43.9% |
| Richard Long |
C |
4143 |
55.7% |
| Sarah Drury |
Lab |
1475 |
19.8% |
| Elizabeth Simpson |
LD |
1356 |
18.2% |
| Stephen Kerby |
Grn |
463 |
6.2% |
| Geoffrey Rowe |
LD |
4644 |
51.7% |
| Peter Homewood |
C |
4346 |
48.3% |
| Valerie Dagger |
C |
3902 |
47.2% |
| Timothy Shaw |
Ind |
1988 |
24.1% |
| Geoffrey Bourne |
LD |
1439 |
17.4% |
| Stephen Hayman |
Lab |
937 |
11.3% |
| Clive Hart |
Lab |
4793 |
40.7% |
| Christopher Wells |
C |
4388 |
37.3% |
| Martin Wise |
C |
4319 |
|
| John Watkins |
Lab |
4314 |
|
| Yvonne Wills |
LD |
1582 |
13.5% |
| Nigel Whitburn |
LD |
1453 |
|
| Christina Stocks |
UKIP |
732 |
6.2% |
| Timothy Stocks |
UKIP |
659 |
|
| Paul Wellington |
BNP |
267 |
2.3% |
| Arthur Whiting |
BNP |
213 |
|
| Robert Burgess |
C |
2964 |
41.5% |
| Lynda Robinson |
Lab |
2472 |
34.6% |
| Peter Bloore |
LD |
1091 |
15.3% |
| George Jones |
UKIP |
454 |
6.4% |
| Robert Parker |
BNP |
164 |
2.3% |
| Leslie Christie |
Lab |
7580 |
46.5% |
| Raymond Parker |
Lab |
7347 |
|
| Lynne Ennis-Goatham |
C |
6378 |
39.1% |
| Raymonde Collins |
C |
5465 |
|
| Mervyn McGill |
LD |
2338 |
14.3% |
| Bruce Parmenter |
LD |
2075 |
|
| Elizabeth Green |
Lab |
6861 |
41.3% |
| Alan Poole |
Lab |
6222 |
|
| John Kirby |
C |
4391 |
26.4% |
| Frank Batt |
C |
3950 |
|
| Michael Taylor |
UKIP |
3305 |
19.9% |
| Ruth Monaghan |
LD |
2054 |
12.4% |
| Barbara Hooker |
LD |
1962 |
|
| Trevor Shonk |
UKIP |
1637 |
|
| Frederick Wood-Brignall |
C |
5933 |
53.1% |
| Julie White |
LD |
2763 |
24.7% |
| Michael Walsh |
Lab |
1999 |
17.9% |
| Shirley Maile |
PFP |
476 |
4.3% |
| Leyland Ridings |
C |
4189 |
44.4% |
| Marlene Burnham |
Lab |
2709 |
28.7% |
| Bryan Curtis |
LD |
2138 |
22.6% |
| Richard Goffin-Lecar |
UKIP |
404 |
4.3% |
| John London |
C |
4603 |
53.4% |
| Merilyn Canet |
LD |
2712 |
31.4% |
| Brian Sargeant |
Lab |
1035 |
12.0% |
| John Howells |
UKIP |
276 |
3.2% |
| Nick Chard |
C |
4375 |
53.5% |
| John Brigden |
LD |
2600 |
31.8% |
| Carol Theobald |
Lab |
1206 |
14.7% |
| David Brazier |
C |
4771 |
51.2% |
| Robert Carson |
Lab |
1803 |
19.4% |
| Philip Hobson |
LD |
1308 |
14.0% |
| Alan Pett |
Ind |
1032 |
11.1% |
| John Marshall |
EDP |
396 |
4.3% |
| Peter Lake |
C |
3688 |
51.8% |
| Vic Jennings |
LD |
2498 |
35.1% |
| Richard Dyton |
Grn |
930 |
13.1% |
| Richard Parry |
C |
4176 |
52.8% |
| Stanley Williams |
LD |
1549 |
19.6% |
| David Watson |
Lab |
1242 |
15.7% |
| Penny Kift |
Ind |
936 |
11.8% |
| Angela Harrison |
Lab |
3447 |
51.1% |
| Martin Goodhew |
C |
2370 |
35.1% |
| David Kemp |
LD |
934 |
13.8% |
| Adrian Crowther |
C |
3286 |
43.5% |
| Matthew Wheatcroft |
Lab |
2965 |
39.3% |
| Chrstine Martin |
LD |
1302 |
17.2% |
| Brenda Simpson |
C |
5931 |
38.7% |
| Roger Truelove |
Lab |
5464 |
35.7% |
| Alan Willicombe |
C |
4490 |
|
| Ghlin Whelan |
Lab |
4082 |
|
| Elvie Lowe |
LD |
3572 |
23.3% |
| Berick Tomes |
LD |
2723 |
|
| Jackie Davidson (Sheikh Mihand) |
RRLP |
351 |
2.3% |
| Andrew Bowles |
C |
4306 |
49.8% |
| Kenneth Rowles |
Lab |
2532 |
29.3% |
| David Evans |
LD |
1817 |
21.0% |
| Keith Ferrin |
C |
4251 |
52.5% |
| Joy Grice |
Lab |
2271 |
28.0% |
| Dave Manning |
LD |
1575 |
19.5% |
| Mark Fittock |
Lab |
2181 |
34.2% |
| Robert Brookbank |
C |
1893 |
29.6% |
| Dee Morris |
Ind |
1437 |
22.5% |
| Tony Searles |
LD |
874 |
13.7% |
| Ivor Jones |
Lab |
2023 |
38.0% |
| Bryan Read |
SGRA |
1648 |
31.0% |
| Sheila East |
C |
1410 |
26.5% |
| Raymond Day |
UKIP |
236 |
4.4% |
| Peter Hill |
C |
4927 |
63.9% |
| Barry Wright |
LD |
2780 |
36.1% |
| Godfrey Horne |
C |
7367 |
48.0% |
| Tony Robinson |
C |
6851 |
|
| Paul Drury |
Lab |
3753 |
24.4% |
| David Bower |
Lab |
3640 |
|
| Garry Bridge |
LD |
3263 |
21.2% |
| Euan Munro |
LD |
3007 |
|
| Barney Richardson |
Grn |
978 |
6.4% |
| Storm Poorun |
Grn |
906 |
|
| Kevin Lynes |
C |
3128 |
39.6% |
| David Neve |
LD |
2893 |
36.6% |
| Jemima Blackmore |
Lab |
1394 |
17.7% |
| Toby Allen |
Grn |
481 |
6.1% |
| John Bullock |
C |
3369 |
40.8% |
| Marguerita Morton |
LD |
2285 |
27.7% |
| Roonie Ooi |
Lab |
2006 |
24.3% |
| Phyllis Leslie |
Grn |
601 |
7.3% |
| Alexander King |
C |
5179 |
53.4% |
| Lorraine Braam |
LD |
2204 |
22.7% |
| Raymond Moon |
Lab |
1737 |
17.9% |
| Ian Nightingale |
Grn |
579 |
6.0% |
| James Scholes |
C |
4354 |
51.6% |
| Jamie Johnson |
LD |
2375 |
28.1% |
| Sarah Carpenter |
Lab |
1065 |
12.6% |
| Richard Leslie |
Grn |
647 |
7.7% |
| John Davies |
C |
4424 |
53.6% |
| Christopher Gillmore |
LD |
2872 |
34.8% |
| Brian Leslie |
Grn |
951 |
11.5% |
| Mark Dance |
C |
7339 |
42.2% |
| Michael Harrison |
C |
7126 |
|
| Vincent Buchanan |
Lab |
4134 |
23.8% |
| Julia Hykin |
Lab |
3876 |
|
| Donna Dwight |
LD |
3039 |
17.5% |
| Richard Loxton-Barnard |
LD |
2763 |
|
| Philip Rogers |
Grn |
1367 |
7.9% |
| Grahame Birchall |
Ind |
815 |
4.7% |
| Terence Kendall |
UKIP |
695 |
4.0% |
| Ann Allen |
C |
4333 |
51.1% |
| Sally Russell |
Lab |
3339 |
39.4% |
| Arnold Tarling |
UKIP |
437 |
5.2% |
| Steven Uncles |
NEP |
375 |
4.4% |
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