2019 Canterbury City Council election

2019 Canterbury City Council election
All 39 seats in the Canterbury City Council; 20 seats needed for a majority
	Map of the results of the 2019 Canterbury council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and Liberal Democrats in yellow.
Council control before election; ; Conservative	Council control after election ; ; Conservative

The 2019 Canterbury City Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of the Canterbury City Council in Kent, England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council.^[1]

Summary

Election result

2019 Canterbury City Council election^[2]
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	39	23	2	10	8	59.0	35.4	26,848	–3.4
	Labour	39	10	7	0	7	25.6	29.4	22,279	+6.0
	Liberal Democrats	34	6	3	0	3	15.4	19.7	14,972	+6.0
	Green	24	0	0	0		0.0	12.5	9,502	+1.9
	Independent	5	0	0	0		0.0	2.3	1,780	+2.0
	UKIP	2	0	0	2	2	0.0	0.5	344	–12.5
	Foundation	1	0	0	0		0.0	0.2	161	N/A

Results by Ward

Barton

Location of Barton ward

Barton (3)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pat Edwards	958	35.4	+11.0
	Labour	Connie Nolan	954	35.3	+11.4
	Labour	Dave Wilson	805	29.8	+8.2
	Liberal Democrats	Ida Linfield	795	29.4	+3.5
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Hopkins	758	28.0	+6.4
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Roche	670	24.8	+6.4
	Conservative	Steven Williams	622	23.0	−3.2
	Conservative	Len Brown	598	22.1	−4.7
	Green	Stephen Peckham	586	21.7	+7.4
	Conservative	Conor Dobbs	583	21.6	−4.5
	Independent	Blue Cooper Bem	233	8.6	N/A
Turnout			2,722	36
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Beltinge

Location of Beltinge ward

Beltinge (2)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Stockley	938	50.2	+4.0
	Conservative	Jeanette Stockley	921	49.3	+8.8
	Green	Nicholas Gadsby	426	22.8	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Anderson	388	20.8	N/A
	Labour	Tom Mellish	314	16.8	−3.8
	Labour	Christine Wheeldon	299	16.0	−7.0
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Palmer	193	10.3	N/A
Turnout			1,916	32
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Blean Forest

Location of Blean Forest ward

Blean Forest (3)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alex Ricketts	612	31.6	+8.6
	Conservative	Barbara Flack	583	30.1	−11.5
	Liberal Democrats	Dan Smith	567	29.3	+10.7
	Liberal Democrats	George Metcalfe	564	29.2	−2.4
	Conservative	Benjamin Fitter-Harding	534	27.6	−7.9
	Labour	Gethin Banks	454	23.5	−0.1
	Conservative	Sergiu Barna	434	22.4	−9.2
	Labour	Michael Prowse	429	22.2	+0.2
	Green	Anna Peckham	425	22.0	+5.7
	Labour	Ryan Smith	400	20.7	−0.1
	Independent	Joe Egerton	328	17.0	N/A
Turnout			1,954	35
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

George Metcalfe was elected as a Conservative in 2015. The change in voteshare is shown from his result then, rather than the Liberal Democrat candidate.

Chartham and Stone Street

Location of Chartham and Stone Street ward

Chartham and Stone Street (2)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Thomas	900	37.3	+2.4
	Conservative	Matthew Jones-Roberts	857	35.5	−5.3
	Labour	Peter Forrest	665	27.6	+12.0
	Labour	Lucas Pearce	648	26.9	+14.0
	Green	Jay Day	525	21.8	+7.7
	Liberal Democrats	James Galloway	410	17.0	−0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Smith	277	11.5	−0.7
	UKIP	Brian MacDowall	220	9.1	−7.9
Turnout			2,426	43
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chestfield

Location of Chestfield ward

Chestfield (2)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jenny Samper	1,084	54.9	−0.2
	Conservative	Pat Todd	1,071	54.3	+6.1
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Dearth	342	17.3	+8.0
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Wehner	340	17.2	+10.4
	Labour	Lynette Aitken	324	16.4	+1.2
	Green	Nicole David	314	15.9	+6.7
	Labour	Charlie Mower	257	13.0	−0.7
Turnout			2,013	35
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Gorrell

Location of Gorrell ward

Gorrell (3)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Caffery	1,418	42.3	+11.9
	Labour	Chris Cornell	1,416	42.3	+15.0
	Labour	Valerie Kenny	1,307	39.0	+12.0
	Green	Alex Stevens	1,298	38.7	+23.8
	Green	Jolyon Trimingham	894	26.7	+13.4
	Conservative	Brian Baker	889	26.5	−6.1
	Conservative	Derek Horne	707	21.1	−9.4
	Conservative	Crispin Rampling	690	20.6	−2.9
	Green	Beryl Wilson	638	19.0	+5.8
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Palmer	262	7.8	−1.0
Turnout			3,404	41
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Greenhill

Location of Greenhill ward

Greenhill (1)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dan Watkins	373	46.2	+11.3
	Labour	Roger Dengate	201	24.9	−3.1
	Foundation	David Hirst	161	20.0	−17.0
	Green	Job Dexters	78	9.7	N/A
Turnout			819	27
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing

Herne & Broomfield

Location of Herne and Broomfield ward

Herne & Broomfield (2)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joe Howes	914	54.8	+8.1
	Conservative	Anne Dekker	830	49.8	+9.5
	Liberal Democrats	John Bowley	390	23.4	N/A
	Labour	Karen Douglas	290	17.4	+1.2
	Green	Elliot Settle	259	15.5	+5.8
	Labour	Malcolm White	234	14.0	+1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy Wilson	209	12.5	N/A
Turnout			1,723	27
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Heron

Location of Heron ward

Heron (3)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Cook	1,226	44.1	+2.8
	Conservative	David Thomas	1,107	39.8	+7.6
	Conservative	Steve Wilson-Hamilton	1,021	36.7	+3.2
	Labour	Lynn Faux-Bowyer	703	25.3	+5.3
	Green	Nathan Tough	658	23.7	+12.5
	Labour	Gilbert House	618	22.2	+5.5
	Labour	Luke Sullivan	593	21.3	+6.7
	Independent	Michael Seymour	554	19.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Sole	353	12.7	+1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Cliff Arter	331	11.9	+2.6
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Wood	306	11.0	+4.6
Turnout			2,825	29
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Little Stour & Adisham

Location of Little Stour & Adisham

Little Stour & Adisham (1)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Louise Jones-Roberts	549	41.5	−7.4
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Duplock	351	26.5	+2.1
	Labour	Kevin Power	228	17.2	+2.6
	Green	Keith Bothwell	197	14.9	+2.9
Turnout			1,359	44
	Conservative hold		Swing

Nailbourne

Location of Nailbourne ward

Nailbourne (1)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Sole	831	49.9
	Conservative	Simon Cook	593	35.7
	UKIP	Mike Ferguson	124	7.5
	Labour	Evelyn Andrews	115	6.9
Turnout			1,669	53
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Northgate

Location of Northgate ward

Northgate (2)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Baldock	568	54.3	+12.7
	Labour	Jean Butcher	520	49.7	+11.5
	Conservative	Tom Barton	238	22.7	−9.3
	Conservative	Jake Warman	220	21.0	−4.2
	Green	Gillian Everatt	167	16.0	−7.5
	Liberal Democrats	Valerie Ainscough	133	12.7	+0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Brian McHenry	99	9.5	±0.0
	Green	Jo Kidd	87	8.3	N/A
Turnout			1,058	28
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Reculver

Location of Reculver ward

Reculver (1)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rachel Carnac	568	57.3	−13.7
	Labour	Barbara Ayling	227	22.9	−6.1
	Liberal Democrats	Monica Eden-Green	109	11.0	N/A
	Green	Terry Thompson	88	8.9	N/A
Turnout			1,015	33
	Conservative hold		Swing

Seasalter

Location of Sealsalter ward

Seasalter (2)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ashley Clark	1,260	54.2	+13.1
	Conservative	Colin Spooner	1,206	51.9	+17.3
	Labour	Clare Connerton	557	24.0	+5.3
	Labour	Helen Kirk	550	23.7	+7.7
	Green	Kathy Nalson	455	19.6	+9.6
	Liberal Democrats	John Brazier	223	9.6	+1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Yvonne Hawkins	205	8.8	+1.6
Turnout			2,370	38
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Stephen's

Location of St Stephen's ward

St Stephen's (2)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Terry Westgate	733	35.0	+5.8
	Labour	Mel Dawkins	710	33.9	+7.5
	Labour	Ben Hickman	659	31.5	+7.3
	Conservative	Sally Waters	644	30.7	+3.1
	Liberal Democrats	Nick Barnes	444	21.2	+3.7
	Liberal Democrats	Neasa MacErleen	442	21.1	+8.1
	Green	Tom Sharp	398	19.0	+1.1
Turnout			2,119	40
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Sturry

Location of Sturry ward

Sturry (2)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Georgina Glover	724	37.6	−5.8
	Conservative	Louise Harvey-Quirke	678	35.2	−2.9
	Labour	Amy License	487	25.3	+1.3
	Green	Martin Baker	426	22.1	+8.1
	Independent	Heather Taylor	426	22.1	−16.0
	Labour	Jane McNicholl	398	20.7	+2.4
	Green	Tim Palmer	397	20.6	+8.5
Turnout			1,952	33
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Swalecliffe

Location of Swalecliffe ward

Swalecliffe (1)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Thomas	537	46.3	+9.4
	Labour	Morag Warren	357	30.8	+6.4
	Green	Julie Ellis	185	15.9	+10.6
	Liberal Democrats	Archie Ratcliffe	81	7.0	−0.5
Turnout			1,198	37
	Conservative hold		Swing

Tankerton

Location of Tankerton ward

Tankerton (1)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Neil Baker	437	34.4	−13.4
	Liberal Democrats	James Flanagan	433	34.0	+19.4
	Labour	Tricia Cooney	402	31.6	+8.0
Turnout			1,295	46
	Conservative hold		Swing

West Bay

Location of West Bay ward

West Bay (1)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Vickery-Jones	443	48.5	+8.8
	Labour	Nigel Durrant	216	23.6	+3.0
	Green	Roger Everatt	147	16.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Hughes	108	11.8	N/A
Turnout			948	29
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing

Westgate

Location of Westgate ward

Westgate (2)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Dixey	884	40.3	+15.8
	Labour	Gill Gower	802	36.5	+16.3
	Labour	Simon Warley	763	34.7	+15.6
	Liberal Democrats	Alex Lister	699	31.8	+9.5
	Independent	Allen Tullet	239	10.9	N/A
	Conservative	Oliver Feaver	227	10.3	−17.6
	Green	Benjamin Grillet	220	10.0	−10.3
	Conservative	Daniel Sydenham	214	9.7	−12.9
	Green	Tom Williams	194	8.8	−7.7
Turnout			2,206	41
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Wincheap

Location of Wincheap ward

Wincheap (2)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Nick Eden-Green	1,201	47.9	+18.2
	Liberal Democrats	Derek Maslin	962	38.4	+12.5
	Labour	Zoila Santos	756	30.2	+5.3
	Labour	Paul Todd	677	27.0	+7.7
	Green	Pat Marsh	440	17.6	+2.5
	Conservative	Susan Kilczewski	353	14.1	−5.5
	Conservative	Christian Mills	342	13.7	−4.1
Turnout			2,524	42
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

By-elections

Swalecliffe

Swalecliffe: 6 May 2021
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Dance	616	42.6	−3.7
	Green	Keith Bothwell	527	36.5	+20.6
	Labour	Craig Potter	278	19.2	−11.6
	Independent	Joseph Egerton	24	1.7	N/A
Majority			89	6.1
Turnout			1,445
	Conservative hold		Swing	12.2

Westgate

Westgate: 6 May 2021
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pip Hazelton	842	39.2	+5.4
	Liberal Democrats	Alex Lister	661	30.8	−6.5
	Conservative	Jake Warman	404	18.8	+9.2
	Green	Terry Thompson	242	11.3	+2.0
Majority			181	8.4
Turnout			2,149
	Labour hold		Swing	6.0

Gorrell

Gorrell: 18 November 2021
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Clare Turnbull	1,149	43.9	+10.3
	Labour	Dane Buckman	803	30.7	−6.0
	Conservative	Stephen Spencer	608	23.2	+0.2
	Workers Party	Colin Gardner	58	2.2	New
Majority			346	13.2	N/A
Turnout			2,627	31.5
	Green gain from Labour		Swing	8.2

References

^ "Canterbury City Council". BBC News.
^ "Canterbury City Council". London Councils. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u "Local election declaration of results 2019". Canterbury City Council. 2 May 2019.

[1] "Canterbury City Council". BBC News.

[2] "Canterbury City Council". London Councils. Retrieved 11 February 2015.

[results-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u "Local election declaration of results 2019". Canterbury City Council. 2 May 2019.

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