Dartford local elections

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Dartford Council is elected every four years.

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[edit] Political control

Labour 1973 - 1983

Conservative 1983 - 1995

Labour 1995 - 2003

No overall control 2003 -

[edit] Council elections

Dartford Council election 1999

Dartford Council election 2003

[edit] By-election results

Galley Hill By-Election 27 November 1997
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Residents Association 245 54.8 +54.8
Labour 165 36.9 +7.3
Independent Labour 20 4.5 -43.8
Independent Democrat 17 3.8 +3.8
Majority 80 17.9
Turnout 447 19.0
style="background-color: Residents Association/meta/color" | Residents Association gain from Independent Labour Swing
Longfield By-Election 27 November 1997
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 410 45.4 +9.5
Residents Association 314 34.8 +34.8
Labour 179 19.8 -3.5
Majority 96 10.6
Turnout 903 23.0
Conservative hold Swing
Maypole By-Election 27 November 1997 (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 407
Conservative 403
Labour 237
Labour 232
Liberal Democrats 122
Turnout 1,401 28.0
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Greenhithe By-Election 7 June 2001
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 794 48.4 +3.4
Conservative 521 31.8 +31.8
Independent 326 19.9 +19.9
Majority 273 16.6
Turnout 1,641
style="background-color: {{:Labour/meta/color}}" | Labour gain from Residents Swing
Joyce Green By-Election 21 February 2002
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 375 73.4 +0.5
Conservative 77 15.1 -0.3
UK Independence 59 11.5 +11.5
Majority 298 58.3
Turnout 511 19.2
Labour hold Swing
Sutton at Hone and Hawley By-Election 21 February 2002
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 617 53.7 -8.2
Labour 533 46.3 +8.2
Majority 84 7.4
Turnout 1,150 36.2
Conservative hold Swing
Longfield, New Barn & Southfleet By-Election 19 June 2003 (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 1,417
Conservative 1,393
Conservative 1,383
Independent 715
Independent 402
Independent 364
Labour 326
Liberal Democrats 168
Liberal Democrats 143
Liberal Democrats 124
Turnout 6,435 45.6

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