2021 Maidstone Borough Council election

The 2021 Maidstone Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2021, in order to elect members to the Maidstone Borough Council. These elections were originally due to take place on 7 May 2020, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the decision was taken to postpone them by a year.^[1] These elections took place in conjunction with other local elections on the same day. Nominations for Elections were published on 9 April 2021.^[2]

Background[edit]

These set of seats were last contested in 2016. These were due for re-election in 2020, but all local elections in the United Kingdom were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. One of the main issues in this election was housing, and it was reported that Maidstone had built 146% of its projected target, more than any other local authority in Kent.^[3] Neighbourhood Plan Referendums also took place in Boughton and Monchelsea^[4] and Lenham^[5]

These seats are due to be up for re-election in 2024.

Summary[edit]

2021 Maidstone Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	12	5	63.2	17	29	52.7	16,433	47.3	+7.7
	Liberal Democrats	4	4	21.1	13	17	30.9	6,785	19.5	-7.1
	Independent	2		10.5	3	5	9.1	1,819	5.2	-1.8
	Labour	1		5.3	3	4	7.3	4,881	14.1	+3.8
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	4,655	13.4	+2.4
	For Britain	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	25	0.1	New
	UKIP	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	N/A	N/A	-5.4

Ward Results[edit]

Allington[edit]

Allington^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stan Forecast	1,084	46	+22
	Liberal Democrats	Diana Joy Lewins	932	39	-11
	Labour	John Edward Randall	178	8	-1
	Green	Steven Mark Cheeseman	169	7	+6
Majority			152	7
Turnout			2393
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Barming and Teston[edit]

Barming and Teston^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Fay Lynette Gooch	607	65	-14
	Conservative	Andrew James Catley	204	22	+13
	Labour	Dennis Luchman	66	7	+3
	Green	Kimberley Joan Milham	50	5	+2
Majority			403	43
Turnout			941
	Independent hold		Swing

Bearsted[edit]

Bearsted^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Denis Charles Spooner	1,787	70	+33
	Labour Co-op	Jim Grogan	399	16	+7
	Green	Ciaran Dominic Oliver	381	15	+12
Majority			1388	54
Turnout			2583
	Conservative hold		Swing

Boughton Monchelsea and Chart Sutton[edit]

Boughton Monchelsea and Chart Sutton^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Steve Munford	512	53	-7
	Conservative	Karen Louise Chappell-Tay	271	28	+9
	Green	Caroline Rosemary Jessel	140	14	+8
	Labour	Bob Millar	43	4	0
Majority			241	25
Turnout			974
	Independent hold		Swing

Boxley[edit]

Boxley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Heidi Jacqueline Ann Bryant	1,481	67.0	+8.0
	Labour	Marsha Grace Beverley Todd	298	13.5	N/A
	Green	Ian Francis Stewart McDonald	229	10.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Thompson	204	9.2	-15.0
Majority			1,183	53.5
Turnout			2,212
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bridge[edit]

Bridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tom Cannon	743	42.4	+1.4
	Green	Donna Louise Greenan	541	30.9	+16.7
	Liberal Democrats	Ben Webster-Whiting	469	26.8	-7.2
Majority			202	11.5
Turnout			1,753
	Conservative hold		Swing

Coxheath and Hunton[edit]

Coxheath and Hunton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Noel Webb	1,380	58.9	+23.4
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Charles Stephen Lewis	570	24.3	-33.9
	Green	Claire Louise Kehily	394	16.8	N/A
Majority			810	34.6
Turnout			2,370
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

East[edit]

East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Ashley Richard Cox	762	33.2	-14.2
	Conservative	Harprit Singh Dogra	747	32.5	+3.9
	Independent	Kate Hammond	333	14.5	N/A
	Labour	Marlyn Randall	274	11.9	-1.0
	Green	James Edward Shalice	179	7.8	-3.4
Majority			15	0.7
Turnout			2,295
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Fant[edit]

Fant
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patrick Coates	940	43.4	+8.3
	Conservative	Mitu Chowdhury	756	34.9	+6.4
	Green	Christopher John Veasey Turner	468	21.6	+7.3
Majority			184	8.5
Turnout			2,164
	Labour hold		Swing

Headcorn[edit]

Headcorn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ziggy Trzebinski	1,127	63.9	-10.9
	Green	Susan Theresa Parr	226	12.8	N/A
	Labour	Barwich Sarah Joan	188	10.7	-0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Hougaard Richards	172	9.8	-4.7
	Reform UK	Twiz Stripp	50	2.8	N/A
Majority			901	50.0
Turnout			1,763
	Conservative hold		Swing

Heath[edit]

Heath
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter David Holmes	577	36.8	+8.3
	Liberal Democrats	Vizzard Bryan Charles	540	34.4	-11.9
	Labour	Jo Burns	307	19.6	+0.4
	Green	Stephen Roy Thompson	145	9.2	+3.2
Majority			37	2.4
Turnout			1,569
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

High Street[edit]

High Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Denise June Joy	675	37.4	-10.5
	Conservative	Sanjiv Kumar Brajkishore	514	28.5	+8.2
	Labour	Richard John Coates	360	19.9	+0.4
	Green	Gemma Sue Battrum	257	14.2	+1.9
Majority			161	8.9
Turnout			1,806
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Marden and Yalding[edit]

Marden and Yalding
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Claudine Jane Russell	1,695	61.7	+14.8
	Green	Mike Summersgill	504	18.3	-3.9
	Labour	Natalie Victoria Allen	313	11.4	+0.4
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen James Goffredi	175	6.4	N/A
	Reform UK	Justin Gregory Andre Randall	60	2.2	N/A
Majority			1,191	43.4
Turnout			2,747
	Conservative hold		Swing

North[edit]

North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Michelle Hastie	786	40.2	*N/A*
	Conservative	Scott Hahnefeld	722	36.9	+4.4
	Labour	David John Reay	244	12.5	-14.9
	Green	Derek Roy Eagle	203	10.4	-14.4
Majority			64	3.3
Turnout			1,955
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

North Downs[edit]

North Downs
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Patrik Garten	472	49.7	-22.5
	Green	Jeffery Stuart Robert	407	42.8	+29.6
	Labour	Theresa Ruby Lyons	46	4.8	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Zeina Toric-Azad	25	2.6	-12.1
Majority			65	6.9
Turnout			950
	Conservative hold		Swing

Park Wood[edit]

Park Wood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lewis John McKenna	647	52.3	+4.9
	Labour	Dan Wilkinson	473	38.2	-7.2
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Francis Cockersole	117	9.5	+2.3
Majority			174	14.1
Turnout			1,237
	Conservative hold		Swing

Shepway North[edit]

Shepway North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Charles Cooper	926	51.3	+12.4
	Labour	Lesley Frances McKay	329	18.2	+1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Joe Higson	286	15.8	+0.5
	Green	Stephen Fraser Muggeridge	165	9.1	+2.2
	Independent	Gary Butler	100	5.5	+2.9
Majority			597	33.1
Turnout			1,806
	Conservative hold		Swing

Shepway South[edit]

Shepway South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gary Cooke	375	39.4	+4.3
	Independent	Eddie Powell	267	28.1	N/A
	Labour	Maureen Cleator	210	22.1	-18.7
	Liberal Democrats	Arnold Tay	74	7.8	N/A
	For Britain	Lawrence Rustem	25	2.6	N/A
Majority			108	11.3
Turnout			951
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing

South[edit]

South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul John Wilby	998	42.8	-15.9
	Conservative	Will Dinley	925	39.6	+14.9
	Labour	Kim Roberts	213	9.1	+2.3
	Green	Simon Milham	197	8.4	+2.8
Majority			73	3.2
Turnout			2,333
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

References[edit]

^ Electoral Commission - Statement on the UK Government's decision to postpone May's polls. Retrieved on 11 April 2021
^ Maidstone Borough Council - Notice of Election - Borough Council Archived 2021-04-11 at the Wayback Machine - Retrieved on 11 April 2021
^ KentOnline - Maidstone exceeds government house-building targets. Retrieved on 6 May 2021
^ Maidstone Borough Council - Boughton Monchelsea Referendum Notice of Poll Archived 2021-05-06 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 6 May 2021
^ Maidstone Borough Council - Lenham Referendum Notice of Poll Archived 2021-05-06 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
^ Maidstone Borough Council - Allington Result. Retrieved 7 May 2021
^ Maidstone Borough Council - Barming and Teston Result. Retrieved 7 May 2021
^ Maidstone Borough Council - Bearsted Result. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
^ Maidstone Borough Council - Boughton Monchelse and Chart Sutton Results. Retrieved 7 May 2021

[1] Electoral Commission - Statement on the UK Government's decision to postpone May's polls. Retrieved on 11 April 2021

[2] Maidstone Borough Council - Notice of Election - Borough Council Archived 2021-04-11 at the Wayback Machine - Retrieved on 11 April 2021

[3] KentOnline - Maidstone exceeds government house-building targets. Retrieved on 6 May 2021

[4] Maidstone Borough Council - Boughton Monchelsea Referendum Notice of Poll Archived 2021-05-06 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 6 May 2021

[5] Maidstone Borough Council - Lenham Referendum Notice of Poll Archived 2021-05-06 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 6 May 2021.

[6] Maidstone Borough Council - Allington Result. Retrieved 7 May 2021

[7] Maidstone Borough Council - Barming and Teston Result. Retrieved 7 May 2021

[8] Maidstone Borough Council - Bearsted Result. Retrieved 7 May 2021.

[9] Maidstone Borough Council - Boughton Monchelse and Chart Sutton Results. Retrieved 7 May 2021

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