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

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	9	6	5
Popular vote	22,072	15,268	11,422
Percentage	36.4%	25.2%	18.8%
Swing	1.5%	12.4%	8.5%

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party

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	2	5	1
Popular vote	6,821	2,162	2,423
Percentage	11.3%	3.6%	4.0%
Swing	1.0%	16.0%	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

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

Summary

Election result

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

Broadmead

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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