2019 Folkestone and Hythe District Council election

Elections to Folkestone & Hythe District Council were held on 2 May 2019.[1]

2019 Folkestone and Hythe District Council election

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All 30 seats to Folkestone & Hythe District Council
16 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Party Conservative Green Labour
Last election 21 seats, 37.9% 0 seats, 12.8% 1 seat, 10.3%
Seats won 13 6 6
Seat change Decrease 9 Increase 6 Increase 5
Popular vote 22,072 15,268 11,422
Percentage 36.4% 25.2% 18.8%
Swing Decrease 1.5% Increase 12.4% Increase 8.5%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
  Blank Blank Blank
Party Liberal Democrats UKIP Independent
Last election 0 seats, 10.3% 7 seats, 19.6% 0 seats, 5.6%
Seats won 2 2 1
Seat change Increase 2 Decrease 5 Increase 1
Popular vote 6,821 2,162 2,423
Percentage 11.3% 3.6% 4.0%
Swing Increase 1.0% Decrease 16.0% Decrease 1.6%

Winner of each seat at the 2019 Folkestone and the Hythe District Council election

Council control before election


Conservative

Council control after election


No overall control

Summary edit

Election result edit

2019 Folkestone and Hythe District Council election
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 30 13 1 10   9 43.3 36.4 22,072 –1.5
  Green 15 6 6 0   6 20.0 25.2 15,268 +12.4
  Labour 30 6 5 0   5 20.0 18.8 11,422 +8.5
  Liberal Democrats 15 2 2 0   2 6.7 11.3 6,821 +1.0
  UKIP 3 2 1 6   5 6.7 3.6 2,162 –16.0
  Independent 5 1 1 0   1 3.3 4.0 2,423 –1.6
  Foundation 1 0 0 0   0.0 0.6 384 N/A
  Socialist (GB) 1 0 0 0   0.0 0.1 59 N/A

Ward results edit

Broadmead edit

Broadmead
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ann Berry* 582 59.4 +14.1
Labour John O'Hara 220 22.4 +9.5
Liberal Democrats Harrison Scott-Sansom 178 18.2 -4.2
Majority
Turnout 1,021 32.3
Conservative hold Swing

Cheriton edit

Cheriton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Gane* 854 34.4
Green Rebecca Shoob 846 34.0
Conservative John Collier* 793 31.9
Conservative Roger West 781 31.4
Labour Paul Bingham 662 26.6
Labour Jonathan Graham 655 26.3
Labour Laura Sullivan 579 23.3
Liberal Democrats Martin Berridge 532 21.4
Liberal Democrats Ross Clark 445 17.9 N/A
Turnout 2,486 26.8
Conservative hold
Green gain from UKIP
Conservative hold

East Folkestone edit

East Folkestone
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michelle Dorrell 639 32.5
Labour Jackie Meade 623 31.7
Labour Connor Mcconville 558 28.4
Conservative Dylan Jeffrey 546 27.7
Green Jennifer Hawkins 503 25.6 N/A
Conservative Dave Pascoe 502 25.5
Green Clive Hawkins 448 22.8 N/A
Conservative Neil Jones 395 20.1
Liberal Democrats Hugh Robertson-Ritchie 368 18.7
Independent Carol Sacre* 319 16.2
Turnout 1,968 23.1
Labour gain from UKIP
Labour gain from UKIP
Labour hold

Dylan Jeffrey stood as a Labour candidate in 2015, and Carol Sacre stood as a UKIP candidate.

Folkestone Central edit

Folkestone Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Laura Davidson 742 32.5
Conservative Dan Brook 726 31.8
Conservative David Monk* 675 29.5
Labour David Horton 656 28.7
Labour Belinda Walker 640 28.0
Conservative Dick Pascoe* 635 27.8
Liberal Democrats Sally Matthews 481 21.1
Liberal Democrats Tom McNeice 473 20.7
Liberal Democrats Oliver Robinson 422 18.5
Independent Bryan Rylands 357 15.6 N/A
Turnout 2,285 27.9
Labour gain from Conservative
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

David Horton stood as a Green candidate in 2015.

Folkestone Harbour edit

Folkestone Harbour
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Nicola Keen 402 28.5
Labour Ray Field 395 28.0
Foundation Mary Lawes* 384 27.2
Green Sandy McConnell 334 23.7 N/A
Conservative Sue Wallace* 286 20.3
Conservative Dhan Gurung 259 18.4
Liberal Democrats Danielle Anson 253 17.9
Socialist (GB) Andy Thomas 59 4.2 N/A
Turnout 1,411 28.0
Labour gain from UKIP
Labour gain from Conservative

Ray Field stood as a TUSC candidate in 2015, and Mary Lawes stood as a UKIP candidate.

Hythe edit

Hythe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Jim Martin 2,656 61.0
Green Lesley Whybrow 2,648 60.8
Green Georgina Treloar 2,408 55.3
Conservative Malcolm Dearden* 1,197 27.5
Conservative Alan Ewart-James* 1,150 26.4
Conservative David Owen* 1,136 26.1
Labour Christopher Deane 293 6.9 N/A
Labour Lynne Smith 265 6.2 N/A
Labour Gary Snow 222 5.2 N/A
Turnout 4,356 46.5
Green gain from Conservative
Green gain from Conservative
Green gain from Conservative

Hythe Rural edit

Hythe Rural
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Douglas Wade 978 51.5
Green John Wing 861 45.4 N/A
Conservative Paul Peacock* 545 28.7
Conservative Michael Lyons* 508 26.8
Independent Harry Williams 262 13.8 N/A
Labour Nicola Deane 174 9.2 N/A
Labour Tony Goode 131 6.9 N/A
Turnout 1,898 38.1
Green gain from Conservative
Green gain from Conservative

New Romney edit

New Romney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent David Wimble 1,032 48.0
Conservative Patricia Rolfe 624 29.0
Conservative Russell Tillson 583 27.1
Labour John Cramp 467 21.7
Green Malcolm Watkinson 431 20.0
Liberal Democrats Val Loseby 258 12.0
Labour Janet Paice 178 8.3 N/A
Turnout 2,152 36.6
Independent gain from UKIP
Conservative hold

North Downs East edit

North Downs East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Godfrey* 1,274 48.6
Conservative Stuart Peall* 1,213 46.2
Conservative Philip Martin* 1,181 45.0
Green Stephen Scoffham 797 30.4
Green David Williams 658 25.1
Liberal Democrats Cyril Trice 546 20.8
Labour Andy Csiszar 333 12.7
Labour Peter McLaren 329 12.5
Labour Joe Yusuf 250 9.5 N/A
Turnout 2,624 29.3
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

North Downs West edit

North Downs West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Susan Carey* 945 41.6
Conservative Jennifer Hollingsbee* 847 37.3
Green Susan Chivers 756 33.3
UKIP Liz Phillips 501 22.0 N/A
Liberal Democrats Neil Matthews 474 20.9
Labour Sophia Moffatt-White 262 11.5 N/A
Labour Sophie Mort 226 9.9 N/A
Turnout 2,273 44.4
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Sandgate and West Folkestone edit

Sandgate & West Folkestone
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Tim Prater 962 56.3 +42.9
Liberal Democrats Gary Fuller 844 49.4 +35.8
Conservative Rory Love* 487 28.5 -6.3
Conservative Jan Holben* 471 27.6 -18.4
Labour Verity Sandles 244 14.3 +2.9
Labour Abena Akuffo-Kelly 204 11.9 +1.7
Majority
Turnout
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Romney Marsh edit

Romney Marsh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UKIP Ian Meyers 851 34.9
UKIP Terry Mullard 810 33.3
Conservative Roger Wilkins* 630 25.9
Conservative Eddie Goddard 553 22.7
Green Penny Graham 552 23.7 N/A
Labour Chrissie Cooper 309 12.7
Labour Tony Cooper 285 11.7
Liberal Democrats Michel La Rue 272 11.2
Turnout 2,436 39.8
UKIP hold
UKIP gain from Conservative

Walland and Denge Marsh edit

Walland & Denge Marsh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Clive Goddard* 858 45.2 ±0.0
Conservative Tony Hills 836 44.1 +8.2
Independent Len Laws* 453 23.9 -13.3
Green Ross Carter 392 20.7 N/A
Liberal Democrats Ted Last 313 16.5 +8.4
Labour Paul Carey 248 13.1 +1.1
Labour John Davies 231 12.2 +1.6
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from UKIP Swing

References edit

  1. ^ "Recent election results – Folkestone & Hythe District Council". folkestone-hythe.gov.uk.