Dartford Borough Council

Dartford Borough Council is the local authority for the Borough of Dartford in Kent.

Dartford Borough Council
Leadership
Mayor
Roger Perfitt
Leader of the Council
Jeremy Kite
Seats42 councillors
Elections
First past the post
Last election
2 May 2019
Meeting place
Civic Centre, Dartford
Website
www.dartford.gov.uk

Administration

The mayor for the year May 2014 to May 2015 is Councillor Avtar Sandhu MBE. The leader of the council, from February 2006, is Councillor Jeremy Kite (Conservative). Councillors represent the following seventeen wards as of 2018:[1]

  • Bean and Village Park
  • Brent
  • Bridge
  • Burnham
  • Darenth
  • Ebbsfleet
  • Greenhithe and Knockhall
  • Heath
  • Joydens Wood
  • Longfield, New Barn and Southfleet
  • Maypole and Leyton Cross
  • Newtown
  • Princes
  • Stone Castle
  • Stone House
  • Swanscombe
  • Temple Hill
  • Town
  • West Hill
  • Wilmington, Sutton-at-Hone and Hawley

NB the boundaries of these wards do not necessarily coincide with the parish boundaries, which follow

Political control

As of May 2019, the council is made up as follows:[2]

Party Councillors
Conservative Party 29
Labour Party 10
Swanscombe and Greenhithe Residents Association 3

References
  1. The Dartford (Electoral Changes) Order 2018 https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/1175/schedule/1/made
  2. Dartford Borough Council http://committeedmz.dartford.gov.uk/mgMemberIndex.aspx?FN=ALPHA&amp%3bJ=2
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