2019 Swale Borough Council election

Elections were held in Swale Borough Council in England as part of the United Kingdom local elections on 2 May 2019.[1]

Results summary

Map showing the political makeup of each ward following the 2019 Swale Borough Council election.

2019 Swale Borough Council election
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	16	0	16	16	34.0	34.1	20,146	-5.0
Labour	11	7	0	7	23.4	23.7	14,022	+2.2
Swale Independents	10	10	0	10	21.3	20.1	11,850	New
Liberal Democrats	5	5	0	5	10.6	9.7	5,708	+7.2
Green	2	2	0	2	4.3	5.7	3,345	+2.8
Independent	2	0	0		4.3	4.6	2,737	-0.7
UKIP	1	0	8	8	2.1	1.0	611	-27.3
Others	0	0	0		0.0	1.1	670	+0.8

Ward results

Abbey

Abbey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Hannah Perkin	760	24
	Liberal Democrats	Denise Knights	641	20
	Conservative	James Copland	297	9
	Conservative	Mark Evans	285	9
	Labour	Trevor Payne	280	9
	Labour	Anne Salmon	228	7
	UKIP	Jess Valentine	186	6
	Independent	Anita Walker	167	5
	Green	Phil Wyard	167	5
	Green	Henry Stanton	146	5
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Bobbing, Iwade & Lower Halstow

Bobbing, Iwade & Lower Halstow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Swale Independents	Corrie Woodford	852	39
	Conservative	Roger Clark	570	26
	Conservative	Tyrone Ripley	437	20
	Labour	Paul Hurd	305	14
Majority
Turnout
	Swale Independents gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold		Swing

Borden & Grove Park

Borden & Grove Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Swale Independents	Mike Baldock	1,640	56
	Conservative	Nicholas Hampshire	712	24
	Labour	Geoff Broughton	581	20
Majority
Turnout
	Swale Independents gain from UKIP
	Conservative hold		Swing

Boughton & Courtenay

Boughton & Courtenay
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Alastair Gould	915	24
	Green	Tim Valentine	825	22
	Swale Independents	Jeff Tutt	678	18
	Conservative	Andrew Bowles	621	17
	Conservative	Ian Henderson	416	11
	Independent	George Bobbin	287	8
Majority
Turnout
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing

Chalkwell

Chalkwell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ghlin Whelan	397	68
	Conservative	Richard Allsep	184	32
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

East Downs

East Downs
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David Simmons	424	46
	Swale Independents	Dave Austin	161	17
	Green	Angela Stoddart	159	17
	Labour	Jennifer Reeves	98	11
	Liberal Democrats	Kris Garsed	81	9
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hartlip, Newington & Upchurch

Hartlip, Newington & Upchurch
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Swale Independents	Richard Palmer	1,135	42
	Conservative	Alan Horton	641	24
	Conservative	John Wright	598	22
	Labour	Amy Leggatt	302	11
Majority
Turnout
	Swale Independents gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold		Swing

Homewood

Homewood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Roger Truelove	1,166	38
	Labour	Simon Clark	1,045	34
	Conservative	Gareth Randall	438	14
	Conservative	Danielle Hoynes	422	14
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Kemsley

Kemsley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Swale Independents	Derek Carnell	570	31
	Conservative	Michael Dendor	429	24
	Conservative	Samuel Koffie-Williams	340	19
	Labour	Andy Cooper	273	15
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Zeng	204	11
Majority
Turnout
	Swale Independents gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold		Swing

Milton Regis

Milton Regis
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Tony Winckless	635	31
	Labour	Steve Davey	446	22
	Swale Independents	Jason Clinch	434	21
	Conservative	Darryl Brown	244	12
	Conservative	Sylvia Marin	171	8
	Liberal Democrats	Alexander Stennings	103	5
Majority
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Minster Cliffs

Minster Cliffs
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Swale Independents	Richard Darby	943	26
	Conservative	Ken Pugh	690	19
	Conservative	Ken Ingleton	646	18
	Conservative	Andy Booth	613	17
	Green	Sam Collins	413	11
	Labour	Tom Nundy	293	8
Majority
Turnout
	Swale Independents gain from UKIP
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Murston

Murston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Swale Independents	James Hall	705	36
	Conservative	Ann Hampshire	314	16
	Labour	Ashley Wise	297	15
	Labour	Richard Raycraft	275	14
	Independent	Stephen Young	227	12
	Liberal Democrats	Rosemary Madgwick	124	6
Majority
Turnout
	Swale Independents gain from UKIP
	Conservative hold		Swing

Priory

Priory
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Benjamin Martin	382	52
	Conservative	Andy Culham	215	29
	Labour	Jennifer Hamilton	86	12
	Green	Peter Hutchinson	55	7
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing

Queenborough & Halfway

Queenborough & Halfway
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Cameron Beart	758	23
	Conservative	Pete Marchington	658	20
	Conservative	Simon Fowle	626	19
	Labour	Matt Brown	475	14
	Labour	Mike Rolfe	423	13
	Centre Progressive	Darren Bullen	340	10
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from UKIP

Roman

Roman
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Tim Gibson	810	32
	Labour	Ken Rowles	739	29
	Conservative	Sarah Aldridge	578	23
	Conservative	Dannis McFarlane	425	17
Majority
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from UKIP		Swing

Sheerness

Sheerness
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Lee McCall	807	20
	Labour	Angela Harrison	783	20
	Labour	Mark Ellen	684	17
	Labour	Nicola Nelson	630	16
	Conservative	Steve Ritchie	410	10
	Conservative	Lee-Anne Moore	326	8
	Conservative	Ian Driscoll	316	8
Majority
Turnout
	Independent gain from UKIP		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Sheppey Central

Sheppey Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Swale Independents	Elliott Jayes	1,019	30
	Conservative	Peter MacDonald	488	15
	Conservative	Pete Neal	461	14
	Green	Chris Shipley	383	11
	Labour	Paul Steele	339	10
	Monster Raving Loony	Mad Mike Young	330	10
	Conservative	Trudi Nicholls	325	10
Majority
Turnout
	Swale Independents gain from UKIP
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sheppey East

Sheppey East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Swale Independents	Bill Tatton	472	26
	UKIP	Mini Nissanga	425	24
	Conservative	Tina Booth	376	21
	Conservative	Lynd Taylor	339	19
	Labour Co-op	Gill Smith	189	10
Majority
Turnout
	Swale Independents gain from Conservative
	UKIP hold		Swing

St. Ann's

St. Ann's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Carole Jackson	695	21
	Labour	Julian Saunders	621	19
	Conservative	Mike Cosgrove	569	17
	Liberal Democrats	Kris Barker	504	15
	Conservative	Nigel Kay	497	15
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Cook	434	13
Majority
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Teynham & Lynsted

Teynham & Lynsted
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Lloyd Bowen	640	24
	Conservative	Mike Whiting	495	18
	Swale Independents	Hari Johnston	490	18
	Swale Independents	Colin Hopper	419	15
	Green	Janet Bott	282	10
	Labour	Ambrose Nwodoh	259	10
	Liberal Democrats	Carol Morris	135	5
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

The Meads

The Meads
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	James Hunt	355	56
	Swale Independents	Michael Page	277	44
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Watling

Watling
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Ben Martin	1,139	32
	Liberal Democrats	Eddie Thomas	1,093	30
	Conservative	Jane Hawkins	571	16
	Conservative	Geoff Wade	527	15
	Labour	Gareth Reeves	271	8
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

West Downs

West Downs
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Mochique Bonney	899	87
	Conservative	Christine Coles	135	13
Majority
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Woodstock

Woodstock
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Swale Independents	Paul Stephen	1,011	28
	Swale Independents	Sarah Stephen	1,004	28
	Conservative	Kane Blackwell	466	13
	Conservative	Lee Burgess	424	12
	Independent	Ash Bull	350	10
	Labour	Shelley Cheesman	220	6
	Liberal Democrats	Brenda Hammond	61	2
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Johnson	47	1
Majority
Turnout
	Swale Independents gain from Conservative
	Swale Independents gain from Conservative

Changes between 2019 and 2023

In October 2020, Cllr Denise Knights (Abbey Ward) and Cllr Ben A Martin (Priory Ward) resigned the Liberal Democrat whip and joined the Independent Group.

References

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