Dover local elections

Dover District Council in Kent, England is elected every four years.

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[1]

Dover Council election, 1999

Dover Council election, 2003 (boundary changes reduced the number of seats by 11)^[2]

Dover Council election, 2007

Middle Deal By-Election 16 December 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		755	50.3	-16.0
	Conservative		665	44.3	+10.6
	Liberal Democrat		81	5.4	+5.4
Majority			90	6.0
Turnout			1,501	30.2
	Labour hold		Swing

St Margarets-at-Cliffe By-Election 13 April 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		619	71.2	+1.6
	Labour		158	18.2	-13.0
	Liberal Democrat		92	10.6	+1.6
Majority			461	53.0
Turnout			869	35.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Noningstone By-Election 8 March 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		245	59.5	-7.1
	Labour		99	24.0	-9.4
	Liberal Democrat		68	16.5	+16.5
Majority			146	35.5
Turnout			412	35.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Margaret's-At-Cliffe By-Election 15 April 2004^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Margaret Philpott	749	60.5	-0.3
	Liberal Democrat	Patrick Acarnley	234	18.9	+18.9
	Labour	John Adams	214	17.2	-4.9
	Independent	Stewart Dimmock	43	3.5	+0.0
Majority			515	41.6
Turnout			1,239	34.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Little Stour & Ashstone By-Election 20 July 2006 (2)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Susan Chandler	892
	Conservative	Jane Sheridan	748
	Liberal Democrat	Bryan Curtis	336
	Liberal Democrat	Sheila Smith	254
	Labour	Benet Bano	111
	Labour	Ernest Brimmel	110
Turnout			2,451	24.3
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Aylesham By-Election 27 September 2007^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Thompson	661	79.7	+11.4
	Conservative	Marianne Ford	108	13.0	-12.6
	Independent	Reginald Hansell	59	7.1	+0.9
	Independent	Edward Lee-Delisle	1	0.1	+0.1
Majority			553	66.7
Turnout			829	23.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Maxton, Elms Vale and Priory By-Election 27 September 2007^[6]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Viviane Revell	365	33.7	-3.3
	Liberal Democrat	John Mackie	274	25.3	+6.1
	Conservative	Jennifer Morgan	252	23.3	-8.2
	Independent	Graham Wanstall	70	6.5	-5.8
	UKIP	Peter Campbell-Marshall	65	6.0	+6.0
	Independent	Victor Morgan	56	5.2	+5.2
Majority			91	8.4
Turnout			1,082	20.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Little Stour and Ashtone By-Election 24 April 2008^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Conolly	1,109	66.0	-1.9
	Liberal Democrat	Bryan Curtis	459	27.3	+5.4
	Labour	John Bird	113	6.7	-3.5
Majority			650	38.7
Turnout			1,681	31.2
	Conservative hold		Swing