Canterbury local elections
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Canterbury Council is elected every four years.
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[edit] Political control
Conservative 1973 - 1991
No overall control 1991 - 2005
Conservative 2005 - present
[edit] Council elections
Canterbury Council election, 1999
Canterbury Council election, 2003
Canterbury Council election, 2007
[edit] By-election results
| Swalecliffe By-Election 3 April 1997 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | 564 | 35.1 | |||
| Liberal Democrat | 552 | 34.4 | |||
| Labour | 490 | 30.5 | |||
| Majority | 12 | 0.7 | |||
| Turnout | 1,606 | 51.0 | |||
| Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
| Gorrell By-Election 25 September 1997 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | 577 | 44.1 | -12.1 | ||
| Conservative | 567 | 43.3 | +11.3 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | 151 | 11.5 | -0.4 | ||
| UK Independence | 14 | 1.1 | +1.1 | ||
| Majority | 10 | 0.8 | |||
| Turnout | 1,309 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Marshside By-Election 25 September 1997 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | 313 | 49.8 | -13.2 | ||
| Conservative | 183 | 29.1 | +2.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | 133 | 21.1 | +13.8 | ||
| Majority | 130 | 20.7 | |||
| Turnout | 629 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Marshside By-Election 16 March 2000 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Heather Lloyd | 329 | 38.3 | +21.6 | |
| Conservative | Elizabeth Taylor | 289 | 33.7 | -0.6 | |
| Labour | Alan Thomas | 241 | 28.1 | -21.0 | |
| Majority | 40 | 4.6 | |||
| Turnout | 859 | 44.3 | |||
| Liberal Democrat gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| Herne By-Election 7 September 2000 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Nigel Oakes | 867 | 37.6 | +5.2 | |
| Conservative | Alan White | 797 | 34.5 | +9.0 | |
| Labour | David Hornsby | 344 | 14.9 | -2.6 | |
| Green | Carol Davis | 187 | 8.1 | -3.0 | |
| UK Independence | John Moore | 112 | 4.9 | +4.9 | |
| Majority | 70 | 3.1 | |||
| Turnout | 2,307 | 26.8 | |||
| Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
| Barton By-Election 7 June 2001 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Michael Northey | 1,184 | 35.4 | -2.3 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Valerie Ainscough | 1,177 | 35.2 | -11.6 | |
| Labour | Theresa Mawson | 824 | 24.6 | +9.0 | |
| Green | Steven Dawe | 163 | 4.9 | +4.9 | |
| Majority | 7 | 0.2 | |||
| Turnout | 3,348 | 62.4 | |||
| Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
| North Nailbourne By-Election 22 January 2004 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | John Anderson | 544 | 50.9 | -5.3 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Janet Horsley | 478 | 44.7 | +0.9 | |
| UK Independence | John Moore | 26 | 2.4 | +2.4 | |
| Labour | Paul Todd | 21 | 2.0 | +2.0 | |
| Majority | 66 | 6.2 | |||
| Turnout | 1,069 | 53.0 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Barton By-Election 7 October 2004 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Michael Northey | 820 | 44.8 | +10.4 | |
| Liberal Democrat | James Flanagan | 697 | 38.0 | -4.3 | |
| Green | Keith Bothwell | 145 | 7.9 | +0.9 | |
| Labour | Laurence Ward | 100 | 5.5 | -5.1 | |
| Council Tax Payers Party | James Cooper | 70 | 3.8 | -2.0 | |
| Majority | 123 | 6.8 | |||
| Turnout | 1,832 | 31.8 | |||
| Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
| West Bay By-Election 5 May 2005 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Vincent McMahan | 1,177 | 37.6 | -13.2 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Kevin Sims | 992 | 31.7 | +13.5 | |
| Labour | Brian Hunter | 754 | 24.1 | -6.9 | |
| UK Independence | John Moore | 205 | 6.6 | +6.6 | |
| Majority | 185 | 5.9 | |||
| Turnout | 3,128 | 67.5 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Sturry South By-Election 29 June 2006 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Heather Taylor | 474 | 52.4 | -23.1 | |
| Liberal Democrat | David Mummery | 318 | 35.1 | +23.3 | |
| Labour | Andrew Fenyo | 89 | 9.8 | -2.8 | |
| Independent | John Moore | 24 | 2.6 | +2.6 | |
| Majority | 156 | 17.3 | |||
| Turnout | 905 | 41.3 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
