Gravesham Borough Council elections

Gravesham Borough Council in Kent, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2003, 44 councillors have been elected from 18 wards.^[1]

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[2]

Party in control	Years
Labour	1973 - 1976
Conservative	1976 - 1987
No overall control	1987 - 1995
Labour	1995 - 2007
Conservative	2007 - 2011
Labour	2011 - 2015
Conservative	2015 - present

Council elections

Gravesham Borough Council election, 1999
Gravesham Borough Council election, 2003 (boundary changes took place for this election)^[3]
Gravesham Borough Council election, 2007
Gravesham Borough Council election, 2011
Gravesham Borough Council election, 2015

Borough result maps

Gravesham UK local election 2003 map.svg

2003 results map
Gravesham UK local election 2007 map.svg

2007 results map
Gravesham UK local election 2011 map.svg

2011 results map

By-election results

1995-1999

Colharbour By-Election 26 June 1997
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	522	75.4	-4.0
	Conservative	86	12.4	+0.2
	Liberal Democrat	84	12.1	+3.7
Majority		437	63.0
Turnout		692	22.8
	Labour hold	Swing

Painters Ash By-Election 26 June 1997
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	719	80.0	+4.6
	Conservative	152	16.9	-1.7
	Liberal Democrat	28	3.1	-2.5
Majority		567	63.1
Turnout		899	22.8
	Labour hold	Swing

Riverside By-Election 26 June 1997
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	541	82.2	-2.9
	Conservative	77	11.7	-3.2
	Liberal Democrat	40	6.1	+6.1
Majority		464	70.5
Turnout		658	16.3
	Labour hold	Swing

Northfleet East By-Election 6 November 1997
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	807	70.1	-4.4
	Conservative	189	16.4	-0.5
	Liberal Democrat	155	13.5	+4.9
Majority		618	53.7
Turnout		1,151
	Labour hold	Swing

Cobham & Luddesdown By-Election 4 December 1997
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	265	72.6	+7.1
	Liberal Democrat	51	14.0	+2.7
	Labour	49	13.4	-9.8
Majority		214	58.6
Turnout		365	29.0
	Conservative hold	Swing

Central By-Election 9 July 1998
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	675	54.0	-3.6
	Conservative	575	46.0	+11.9
Majority		100	8.0
Turnout		1,250	36.0
	Labour hold	Swing

2003-2007

Meopham North By-Election 29 January 2004
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	643	79.8	+12.5
	Labour	105	13.0	-5.3
	Liberal Democrat	58	7.2	+7.2
Majority		538	66.8
Turnout		806	23.4
	Conservative hold	Swing

Central By-Election 27 December 2006^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Greta Goatley	689	54.6	-0.4
	Labour	Lana Aitchison	463	36.7	-8.3
	Liberal Democrat	Bruce Parmenter	109	8.6	+8.6
Majority			226	17.9
Turnout			1,261	28.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

2007-2011

Meopham North By-Election 21 June 2007 (2)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Michael Snelling	681
	Conservative	Laura Hryniewicz	662
	Liberal Democrat	James Willis	200
	Liberal Democrat	Gillian McGill	178
	Green	Richard Crawford	104
	Labour	Mary Williams	59
	Labour	Pamela Sales	57
	Monster Raving Loony	Lord Toby Jug	31
Turnout			1,972	29.0
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Painters Ash By-Election 4 June 2009^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Les Howes	626	34.6	-6.4
	Conservative	Veronica Craske	623	34.4	-11.6
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Stevenson	562	31.0	+18.0
Majority			3	0.2
Turnout			1,811	41
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Meopham South and Vigo By-Election 18 March 2010^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Derek Shelbrooke	515	59.5	-4.4
	UKIP	Geoffrey Clark	122	14.1	+14.1
	Labour	Douglas Christie	114	13.2	-2.5
	Liberal Democrat	Ann O'Brien	114	13.2	+13.2
Majority			393	45.4
Turnout			865	25.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

2011-2015

Meopham North By-Election 13 October 2011^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Cubitt	648	47.3	-23.8
	UKIP	Geoffrey Clark	462	33.7	+33.7
	Liberal Democrat	David Gibson	148	10.8	+10.8
	Labour	Andrew Mylett	112	8.2	-20.8
Majority			186	13.6
Turnout			1,370	38.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

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By-election results

External links

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v t e Council elections in Kent
Kent County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013
Ashford Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015
Canterbury City Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015
Dartford Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015
Dover District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015
Gravesham Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015
Maidstone Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016
Medway Council	1997 2000 2003 2007 2011 2015
Sevenoaks District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015
Shepway District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015
Swale Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2015
Thanet District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015
Tonbridge & Malling Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016
Rochester-upon-Medway City Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 Abolished
Gillingham Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 Abolished
See also: Wards Boundary changes

Gravesham Borough Council elections

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Political control

Council elections

Borough result maps

By-election results

1995-1999

2003-2007

2007-2011

2011-2015

References

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