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Swale Borough Council elections

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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

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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]

Composition of the council[3]
Year Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats[a] Swale Ind. Green UKIP Independents
& Others 		Council control
after election
Local government reorganisation; council established (50 seats)
1973 17 25 3 – – – 5 No overall control
1976 27 19 3 – 0 – 1 Conservative
New ward boundaries (49 seats)
1979 26 21 1 – 0 – 1 Conservative
1980 25 21 2 – 0 – 1 Conservative
1982 28 17 3 – 0 – 1 Conservative
1983 31 13 4 – 0 – 1 Conservative
1984 27 12 8 – 0 – 2 Conservative
1986 23 14 12 – 0 – 0 No overall control
1987 19 13 17 – 0 – 0 No overall control
1988 21 13 14 – 0 – 1 No overall control
1990 19 16 14 – 0 – 0 No overall control
1991 18 19 12 – 0 – 0 No overall control
1992 20 14 14 – 0 – 1 No overall control
1994 17 12 19 – 0 0 1 No overall control
1995 14 14 20 – 0 0 1 No overall control
1996 6 19 23 – 0 0 1 No overall control
1998 7 19 22 – 0 0 1 No overall control
1999 9 17 23 – 0 0 0 No overall control
2000 15 12 22 – 0 0 0 No overall control
New ward boundaries (47 seats)[4]
2002 25 10 12 – 0 0 0 Conservative
2003 25 11 11 – 0 0 0 Conservative
2004 26 11 10 – 0 0 0 Conservative
2006 28 10 8 – 0 0 1 Conservative
2007 26 10 6 – 0 0 5[b] Conservative
2008 26 9 5 – 0 0 7 Conservative
2010 33 10 3 – 0 0 1 Conservative
2011 32 13 1 – 0 0 1 Conservative
New ward boundaries (47 seats)[5]
2015 32 4 0 – 0 9 2 Conservative
2019 16 11 5 10 2 1 2 No overall control
2023 12 15 5 11 3 0 1 No overall control

Borough result maps

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  • 2002 results map
    2002 results map
  • 2003 results map
    2003 results map
  • 2004 results map
    2004 results map
  • 2006 results map
    2006 results map
  • 2007 results map
    2007 results map
  • 2008 results map
    2008 results map
  • 2010 results map
    2010 results map
  • 2011 results map
    2011 results map
  • 2015 results map
    2015 results map
  • 2019 results map
    2019 results map
  • 2023 results map
    2023 results map

By-election results

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By-elections occur when seats become vacant between council elections. Below is a summary of recent by-elections;[6] 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
Priory by-election 3 September 2024 Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats
Murston by-election 21 November 2024 Swale Ind. Swale Ind.
Milton Regis by-election 19 December 2024 Labour Reform UK

Notes

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  1. ^ Includes totals for the predecessors of the Liberal Democrats, the Liberal Party and SDP (both of which participated in the Alliance).
  2. ^ Including 4 Sheppy First

References

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  1. ^ "The Swale (Electoral Changes) Order 2012", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2012/2985, retrieved 29 September 2023
  2. ^ "Swale". BBC News Online. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  3. ^ "Composition calculator". Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
  4. ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Swale (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
  5. ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Swale (Electoral Changes) Order 2012. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
  6. ^ "Local Authority Byelection Results". Retrieved 26 March 2015.
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