2014 Maidstone Borough Council election
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 Map of Borough Election Results 2014, Colour legend by wards won: Conservative party
Liberal Democrats
Independents
UKIP
Labour
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Elections to Maidstone Borough Council were held on 22 May 2014. One-third of the borough council (20 members) were up for election. European Parliament Elections were held on the same day.
Overall results
[edit]The Conservatives lost overall control of the council by losing four seats. The Liberal Democrats lost one seat. UKIP gained four seats, and Labour gained one seat.
| Maidstone Borough Council[1] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Elected Seats |
Total Seats |
+/- | |
| Conservative Party | 5 | 25 | -4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 9 | 19 | -1 | |
| Independent | 1 | 5 | 0 | |
| UK Independence Party | 4 | 4 | +4 | |
| Labour Party | 1 | 2 | +1 | |
| Total | 20 | 55 | ||
| Valid Ballot Papers | 37352 | |||
| Rejected Ballot Papers | 128 | |||
| Ballot Papers Issued | 37480 | |||
| Registered Electors | 95612 | |||
| Turnout | 39.2% | |||
Ward results
[edit]| Allington Ward (1)[2] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
| Dan Daley | Liberal Democrats | 1,273 | 50.42% | |
| Andy Airey | UK Independence Party | 543 | 21.50% | |
| Barry Stephen Ginley | Conservative Party | 483 | 19.13% | |
| Marianna Romeojuliet Poliszczuk | Labour Party | 168 | 6.65% | |
| David Michael Thompson | Green Party | 58 | 2.30% | |
| Total | 2,525 | 100.00% | ||
| Rejected Ballot Papers | 2 | |||
| Ballot Papers Issued | 2,527 | |||
| Registered Electors | ||||
| Turnout | ||||
| Bearsted Ward (1)[3] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % (Total) |
% (Valid) | |
| Mike Cuming | Conservative Party | 1,059 | 38.19% | ||
| Geoff Licence | Independent | 654 | 23.58% | ||
| Sarah Elizabeth Pettit | UK Independence Party | 593 | 21.38% | ||
| Jeanne Mary Gibson | Labour Party | 258 | 9.03% | ||
| Ciaran Dominic Oliver | Green Party | 112 | 4.04% | ||
| Geoffrey Richard Samme | Liberal Democrats | 97 | 3.50% | ||
| Total | 2773 | 100.00% | |||
| Rejected Ballot Papers | 10 | ||||
| Ballot Papers Issued | 2783 | ||||
| Registered Electors | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Bridge Ward (1)[4] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ||
| David Stewart Pickett | Liberal Democrats | 491 | 31.10% | ||
| Stuart James Mallison | Conservative Party | 421 | 26.66% | ||
| James Thomas Hill | UK Independence Party | 370 | 23.43% | ||
| Sandra Pauline McDowell | Labour Party | 164 | 10.39% | ||
| Donna Louise Greenan | Green Party | 133 | 8.42% | ||
| Total | 1579 | 100.00% | |||
| Rejected Ballot Papers | 8 | ||||
| Ballot Papers Issued | 1587 | ||||
| Registered Electors | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Boxley Ward (1)[5] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
| Derek George Butler | Conservative Party | 1035 | 45.24% | |
| Mike Wardle | UK Independence Party | 765 | 33.44% | |
| Steve Gibson | Labour Party | 249 | 10.88% | |
| Daniel Wright | Liberal Democrats | 131 | 5.73% | |
| Hannah Margaret Patton | Green Party | 108 | 4.72% | |
| Total | 2288 | 100.00% | ||
| Rejected Ballot Papers | 5 | |||
| Ballot Papers Issued | 2293 | |||
| Registered Electors | ||||
| Turnout | ||||
| Coxheath and Hunton (1)[6] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
| Brian Richard Edwin Mortimer | Liberal Democrats | 966 | 39.91% | |
| Clive Norman Parker | Conservative Party | 654 | 27.02% | |
| Keith Clement Woollven | UK Independence Party | 636 | 26.28% | |
| Stella Marlyn Randall | Labour Party | 164 | 6.78% | |
| Total | 2420 | 100.00% | ||
| Rejected Ballot Papers | 16 | |||
| Ballot Papers Issued | 2436 | |||
| Registered Electors | ||||
| Turnout | ||||
| East Ward (1)[7] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % (Total) |
% (Valid) | |
| Nicola Jane Fissenden | Liberal Democrats | 895 | 36.13% | ||
| Gareth Anthony Kendall | UK Independence Party | 643 | 25.96% | ||
| Tony Dennison | Conservative Party | 599 | 24.18% | ||
| Richard John Coates | Labour Party | 200 | 8.07% | ||
| James Edward Shalice | Green Party | 140 | 5.65% | ||
| Total | 2477 | 100.00% | |||
| Rejected Ballot Papers | 16 | ||||
| Ballot Papers Issued | 2493 | ||||
| Registered Electors | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Fant Ward (1)[8] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
| Paul Harper | Labour Party | 595 | 23.62% | |
| Roy Douglas Smith | UK Independence Party | 542 | 21.52% | |
| Stuart Robert Jeffery | Green Party | 513 | 20.37% | |
| Roger James Hogg | Conservative Party | 451 | 17.90% | |
| Sam Roach | Liberal Democrats | 418 | 16.59% | |
| Total | 2519 | 100.00% | ||
| Rejected Ballot Papers | 12 | |||
| Ballot Papers Issued | 2531 | |||
| Registered Electors | ||||
| Turnout | ||||
| Harrietsham & Lenham Ward (2)[9] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
| Janetta Sams | Independent | 979 | 29.73% | |
| Eddie Powell | UK Independence Party | 573 | 17.40% | |
| John Raymond Barned | Conservative Party | 527 | 16.00% | |
| Marino Andreas Michaelas | Conservative Party | 505 | 15.34% | |
| Mike Williams | UK Independence Party | 479 | 14.55% | |
| Jean Harvey | Labour Party | 129 | 3.92% | |
| Geoff Harvey | Labour Party | 101 | 3.07% | |
| Total | 3293 | 100.00% | ||
| Rejected Ballot Papers | 8 | |||
| Ballot Papers Issued | 2035 | |||
| Registered Electors | ||||
| Turnout | ||||
| Headcorn Ward (1)[10] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
| Martin Round | Conservative Party | 868 | 48.76% | |
| Peter Edwards-Daem | UK Independence Party | 580 | 32.58% | |
| Penelope Anne Kemp | Green Party | 208 | 11.69% | |
| Jim Grogan | Labour Co-Operative | 124 | 6.97% | |
| Total | 1780 | 100.00% | ||
| Rejected Ballot Papers | 3 | |||
| Ballot Papers Issued | 1783 | |||
| Registered Electors | ||||
| Turnout | ||||
| Heath Ward (1)[11] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
| James Martin Willis | Liberal Democrats | 650 | 43.05% | |
| Colin Green Taylor | UK Independence Party | 322 | 21.32% | |
| Brian Moss | Conservative Party | 307 | 20.33% | |
| Richard Stewart Chapman | Labour Party | 129 | 10.73% | |
| Irene Lilian Shepherd | Green Party | 69 | 4.57% | |
| Total | 1510 | 100.00% | ||
| Rejected Ballot Papers | 3 | |||
| Ballot Papers Issued | 1513 | |||
| Registered Electors | ||||
| Turnout | ||||
| High Street Ward (1)[12] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ||
| Clive Andrew English | Liberal Democrats | 596 | 30.50% | ||
| Jackie Hemsted | UK Independence Party | 563 | 28.81% | ||
| Sam Lain-Rose | Conservative Party | 336 | 17.20% | ||
| Lawrence Michael Peter Miller | Labour Party | 249 | 12.74% | ||
| Wendy Kathleen Lewis | Green Party | 146 | 7.47% | ||
| David Charles Savory | Independent | 64 | 3.28% | ||
| Total | 1,954 | 100.00% | |||
| Rejected Ballot Papers | 5 | ||||
| Ballot Papers Issued | 1,959 | ||||
| Registered Electors | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Marden & Yalding Ward (1)[13] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
| David Christopher Burton | Conservative Party | 825 | 33.81% | |
| Sir Nick Fenn | Liberal Democrats | 782 | 32.05% | |
| Ericka Ann Olivares-Penroz | UK Independence Party | 576 | 23.60% | |
| Edith Maud Davis | Labour Party | 158 | 6.48% | |
| Ian Francis Stewart McDonald | Green Party | 99 | 4.06% | |
| Total | 2,440 | 100.00% | ||
| Rejected Ballot Papers | 7 | |||
| Ballot Papers Issued | 2,447 | |||
| Registered Electors | ||||
| Turnout | ||||
| North Ward (2)[14] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
| Tony Peter Harwood | Liberal Democrats | 949 | 25.84% | |
| Thomas Daniel Long | Liberal Democrats | 597 | 16.25% | |
| Charles Richard Elliott | UK Independence Party | 529 | 14.40% | |
| Adrian Bryan Tilley | UK Independence Party | 479 | 13.04% | |
| Michael Hemsley | Conservative Party | 380 | 10.35% | |
| Jeff Tree | Conservative Party | 334 | 9.09% | |
| Keith Adkinson | Labour Party | 206 | 5.61% | |
| Derek Roy Eagle | Green Party | 199 | 5.42% | |
| Total | 3,673 | 100.00% | ||
| Rejected Ballot Papers | 6 | |||
| Ballot Papers Issued | 3,679 | |||
| Registered Electors | ||||
| Turnout | ||||
| Shepway North Ward (1)[15] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
| Marion Ann Ring | Conservative Party | 1,139 | 52.25% | |
| Geoff Harvey | Labour Party | 589 | 27.02% | |
| Geoffrey Richard Samme | Liberal Democrats | 193 | 8.85% | |
| Stephen Fraser Muggeridge | Green Party | 157 | 7.20% | |
| Gary Butler | British National Party | 102 | 4.68% | |
| Total | 2,180 | 100.00% | ||
| Rejected Ballot Papers | 8 | |||
| Ballot Papers Issued | 2,188 | |||
| Registered Electors | 6,504 | |||
| Turnout | 33.64% | |||
| South Ward (1)[16] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
| Mike Hogg | Conservative Party | 1,242 | 45.15% | |
| John Wilson | Liberal Democrats | 1,171 | 42.57% | |
| Richard John Coates | Labour Party[17] | 338 | 12.29% | |
| Total | 2,751 | 100.00% | ||
| Rejected Ballot Papers | 20 | |||
| Ballot Papers Issued | 2,771 | |||
| Registered Electors | 6,258 | |||
| Turnout | 44.28% | |||
| Staplehurst Ward (1)[18] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
| Richard Lusty | Conservative Party | 1,211 | 64.59% | |
| John Edward Randall | Labour Party | 288 | 15.36% | |
| Ralph Frederick Austin | Liberal Democrats | 228 | 12.16% | |
| Ian Francis Stewart McDonald | Green Party | 148 | 7.89% | |
| Total | 1,875 | 100.00% | ||
| Rejected Ballot Papers | 15 | |||
| Ballot Papers Issued | 1,890 | |||
| Registered Electors | 4,349 | |||
| Turnout | 43.46% | |||
| Sutton Valence & Langley Ward (1)[19] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
| Paulina Annette Veronica Stockell | Conservative Party | 735 | 73.28% | |
| Jean Harvey | Labour Party | 156 | 15.55% | |
| Susan Austin | Liberal Democrats | 112 | 11.17% | |
| Total | 1,003 | 100.00% | ||
| Rejected Ballot Papers | 6 | |||
| Ballot Papers Issued | 1,009 | |||
| Registered Electors | 2,059 | |||
| Turnout | 49.00% | |||
References & notes
[edit]- ^ "England council elections". BBC News. 23 May 2014.
- ^ "Election results for Allington Ward". Maidstone Borough Council.
- ^ "Election results for Bearsted Ward". Maidstone Borough Council.
- ^ "Election results for Bridge Ward". Maidstone Borough Council.
- ^ "Election results for Boxley Ward". Maidstone Borough Council.
- ^ "Election results for Coxheath and Hunton Ward". Maidstone Borough Council.
- ^ "Election results for East Ward". Maidstone Borough Council.
- ^ "Election results for Fant Ward". Maidstone Borough Council.
- ^ "Election results for Harrietsham and Lenham Ward". Maidstone Borough Council.
- ^ "Election results for Headcorn Ward". Maidstone Borough Council.
- ^ "Election results for Heath Ward". Maidstone Borough Council.
- ^ "Election results for High Street Ward". Maidstone Borough Council. Archived from the original on 26 June 2014.
- ^ "Election results for Marden and Yalding Ward". Maidstone Borough Council. Archived from the original on 26 June 2014.
- ^ "Election results for North Ward". Maidstone Borough Council. Archived from the original on 26 June 2014.
- ^ "Election results for Shepway North Ward". Maidstone Borough Council.
- ^ "Election results for South Ward". Maidstone Borough Council.
- ^ Labour and Co-operative Party
- ^ "Election results for Staplehurst Ward". Maidstone Borough Council.
- ^ "Election results for Sutton Valence and Langley Ward". Maidstone Borough Council.
