Map showing the composition of Swale Borough Council after the 2023 election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red, Liberal Democrats in yellow, Green Party in green, Swale Independents in orange, and independents in light grey.

Swale Borough Council elections are held every four years to elect Swale Borough Council in Kent, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2015 the council has comprised 47 councillors representing 24 wards.[1] Until 2011 one third of the council was elected every year, followed by one year without election.

Council elections

Summary of the council composition after recent council elections, click on the year for full details of each election. Boundary changes took place for the 2002 election, leading to the whole council bring elected in that year and reducing the number of seats by two.[2]

Year Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats Green UKIP Swale Independents Independent Sheppey First Notes
1990[6] 19 16 14 0 0 0 0 0
1991[7] 18 19 12 0 0 0 0 0
1992[8] 20 14 14 0 0 0 1 0
1994[9] 17 12 19 0 0 0 1 0
1995[10] 14 14 20 0 0 0 1 0
1996[11] 6 19 23 0 0 0 1 0
1998[12] 7 19 22 0 0 0 1 0
1999[13] 9 17 23 0 0 0 0 0
2000[14] 15 12 22 0 0 0 0 0
2002[2] 25 10 12 0 0 0 0 0 New ward boundaries[15]
2003[16] 25 11 11 0 0 0 0 0
2004[17] 26 11 10 0 0 0 0 0
2006[18] 28 10 8 0 0 0 1 0
2007[19] 26 10 6 0 0 0 1 4
2008[20] 26 9 5 0 0 0 7 0
2010[21] 33 10 3 0 0 0 1 0
2011[22] 32 13 1 0 0 0 1 0
2015 32 4 0 0 9 0 2 0 New ward boundaries[23]
2019[24] 16 11 5 2 1 10 2 0
2023 12 15 5 3 0 11 1 0

Borough result maps

By-election results

By-elections occur when seats become vacant between council elections. Below is a summary of recent by-elections;[25] full by-election results can be found by clicking on the by-election name.

By-election Date Incumbent party Winning party
Eastern by-election 25 January 2001 Conservative Conservative
Minster Cliffs by-election 25 September 2008 Sheppey First Conservative
Sheerness East by-election 25 September 2008 Sheppey First Labour
Teynham and Lynsted by-election 2 October 2008 Conservative Conservative
Kemsley by-election 8 March 2012 Conservative Conservative
Sheppey Central by-election 16 October 2014 Conservative UKIP
Milton Regis by-election 3 August 2017 UKIP Labour
Sheppey East by-election 3 May 2018 Conservative Conservative
Sheerness by-election 6 May 2021 Labour Conservative
Priory by-election 30 September 2021 Independent Liberal Democrats
Minster Cliffs by-election 14 September 2023 Conservative Swale Ind.
Abbey by-election 14 December 2023 Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats

References

  1. ^ "The Swale (Electoral Changes) Order 2012", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2012/2985, retrieved 29 September 2023
  2. ^ a b "Swale". BBC News Online. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  3. ^ The District of Swale (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976
  4. ^ The Gillingham and Swale (Areas) Order 1982
  5. ^ The Maidstone and Swale (Areas) Order 1983
  6. ^ "Local election results". The Times. NewsBank. 5 May 1990.
  7. ^ "Complete round-up of results from Thursday's local council elections". The Times. NewsBank. 4 May 1991.
  8. ^ "Local election results 1992". The Times. NewsBank. 9 May 1992.
  9. ^ "Non Metropolitan Districts - Local elections". The Times. NewsBank. 7 May 1994. p. 9.
  10. ^ "Complete list of results from thursday's council elections". The Times. NewsBank. 6 May 1995. p. 8.
  11. ^ "Complete list of results". The Times. NewsBank. 4 May 1996. p. 8.
  12. ^ "Local Elections results". The Times. NewsBank. 9 May 1998. p. 46.
  13. ^ "How the nations voted". The Times. NewsBank. 8 May 1999. p. 48.
  14. ^ "Swale". BBC News Online. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  15. ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Swale (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
  16. ^ "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  17. ^ "Swale council". BBC News Online. 11 June 2004. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  18. ^ "Local elections: Swale". BBC News Online. 4 May 2006. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  19. ^ "Swale: Sheppey First! wins four seats". Kent Online. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  20. ^ "Swale". BBC News Online. 2 May 2008. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  21. ^ "Swale". BBC News Online. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  22. ^ "England council elections". BBC News Online. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  23. ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Swale (Electoral Changes) Order 2012. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
  24. ^ "Swale Borough Council". BBC News. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  25. ^ "Local Authority Byelection Results". Retrieved 26 March 2015.

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