2019 Thanet District Council election

Elections to Thanet District Council took place on Thursday 2 May 2019, alongside other local elections across the country and parish council elections across Thanet, UK. ^[2] The result saw the Conservative Party return to being the largest party on the council, after UKIP formed a majority then split into groups.^[1][3][4] The Labour Party also became the second largest party on the council. Labour gained the most seats in Thanet over any council area in the country.^[5]

2019 Thanet District Council election

← 2015 2 May 2019 2023 →
56 seats to Thanet District Council 28 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	30.15%[1]
First party Second party Third party   Leader N/A Party Conservative Labour Independent Leader's seat N/A Last election 18 4 1 Seats after 25 20 8 Seat change 7 16 7   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Green UKIP Last election 0 33 Seats after 3 0 Seat change 3 33
Winner of each seat
Council control before election No Overall Control Council control after election No Overall Control

Initially after the 2019 election, the Conservative Party led the council with a minority^[6] - however, after a vote of no confidence in October 2019, Labour now operate a confidence-and-supply arrangement with the Greens and Thanet Independents.^[7]

Summary

Election result

2019 Thanet District Council election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	52	25	9	2	7	44.6	38.1	25,106	+7.0
	Labour	44	20	16	0	16	35.7	30.6	20,112	+6.8
	Thanet Independents	17	7	7	0	7	12.5	9.8	6,462	+9.4
	Green	14	3	3	0	3	5.4	9.2	6,046	+6.7
	Independent	9	1	1	1		1.8	4.3	2,824	+0.3
	Liberal Democrats	15	0	0	0		0.0	5.8	3,798	+4.6
	UKIP	3	0	0	33	33	0.0	1.4	940	–35.0
	Women's Equality	1	0	0	0		0.0	0.5	317	N/A
	For Britain	1	0	0	0		0.0	0.4	255	N/A

Ward results

Beacon Road

Beacon Road

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Moore	368	34.6
	Labour	Aram Rawf	363	34.1
	Labour	Jane Lee-Hopkinson	353	33.2
	Conservative	Charlie Leys	323	30.4
	Thanet Ind.	John Buckley	260	24.5
	Thanet Ind.	Hazel Slater	230	21.6
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Ellard	60	5.6
Turnout			1,063	30.6
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Birchington North

Birchington North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Day	739	62.4
	Conservative	Keith Coleman-Cooke	666	56.3
	Green	Karen Roper	423	35.7
	Labour	Jill Britcher	247	20.9
Turnout			1,184	36.3
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Birchington South

Birchington South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Linda Wright	743	47.3
	Conservative	Phil Fellows	720	45.9
	Conservative	George Kup	714	45.5
	Independent	Suzanne Brimm	616	39.2
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Wright	314	20.0
	Labour	Richard Lockwood	298	19.0
Turnout			1,570	30.1
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing

Bradstowe

Bradstowe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jill Bayford	619	50.4
	Conservative	David Parsons	577	46.9
	Green	Mel Winter	325	26.4
	Labour	Jemima Brown	309	25.1
	Labour	Margaret Symonds	272	22.1
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Stone	204	16.6
Turnout			1,229	38.2
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Central Harbour

Central Harbour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Raushan Ara	909	48.0
	Labour	Peter Campbell	878	46.4
	Green	Becky Wing	765	40.4
	Labour	Thomas King	556	29.4
	Thanet Ind.	Trevor Shonk	436	23.0
	Thanet Ind.	Mandy Shonk	386	20.4
	Conservative	John Davis	346	18.3
	Conservative	Morgan Harris	322	17.0
	Conservative	James Thomas	264	13.9
	Independent	Samara Jones-Hall	109	5.8
Turnout			1,894	32.2
	Labour gain from UKIP		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Green gain from UKIP		Swing

Cliffsend & Pegwell

Cliffsend & Pegwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brenda Rogers	648	44.8
	Conservative	David Stevens	596	41.2
	Green	Abigail Randall	319	22.1
	Independent	Grahame Birchall	278	19.2
	Labour	Christine Hudson	267	18.5
	For Britain	Michael Barnbrook	255	17.6
	Labour	Steve Ansell	227	15.7
Turnout			1,445	36.6
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing

Cliftonville East

Cliftonville East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lesley Game	1,076	65.1
	Conservative	Horace Shrubb	951	57.6
	Conservative	Cedric Towning	870	52.7
	Labour	Jane Hetherington	410	24.8
	Labour	Matthew Shoul	375	22.7
	Labour	Reg McLaughlin	349	21.1
	Women's Equality	Kanndiss Riley	317	19.2
Turnout			1,652	32.1
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing

Cliftonville West

Cliftonville West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Currie	724	46.4
	Labour	Heather Keen	672	43.0
	Labour	Harry Scobie	665	42.6
	Green	Ed Targett	442	28.3
	Thanet Ind.	Peter Cook	327	20.9
	Thanet Ind.	Steve Campbell	314	20.1
	Conservative	Mark Mulvihill	245	15.7
	Conservative	Jeremy Scarlett	241	15.4
	Liberal Democrats	Darryn Da La Soul	239	15.3
	Conservative	Avril Towning	209	13.4
Turnout			1,562	29.1
	Labour gain from UKIP		Swing
	Labour gain from UKIP		Swing
	Labour gain from UKIP		Swing

Dane Valley

Dane Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Thanet Ind.	Gary Taylor	631	46.5
	Thanet Ind.	Linda Potts	539	39.7
	Labour	Ruth Duckworth	437	32.2
	Labour	Martin Boyd	415	30.6
	Conservative	Ian Gregory	405	29.9
	Labour	Leo Britcher	391	28.8
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Brown	234	17.3
Turnout			1,356	25.1
	Thanet Ind. gain from UKIP		Swing
	Thanet Ind. gain from UKIP		Swing
	Labour gain from UKIP		Swing

Eastcliff

Eastcliff

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Albon	655	46.5
	Labour	Helen Crittenden	633	45.0
	Labour	Corinna Huxley	599	42.5
	Green	Tricia Hartley	553	39.3
	Independent	Sarah Larkins	303	21.5
	Conservative	David Kingham	275	19.5
	Conservative	Janet Kingham	272	19.3
	Conservative	Peter Parsons	254	18.0
Turnout			1,408	26.4
	Labour gain from UKIP		Swing
	Labour gain from UKIP		Swing
	Labour gain from UKIP		Swing

Garlinge

Garlinge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Thanet Ind.	John Dennis	386	46.0
	Conservative	Kerry Boyd	333	39.7
	Conservative	Peter Evans	305	36.4
	Thanet Ind.	Roy Potts	289	34.4
	Labour	Barry Lewis	149	17.8
	Labour	Michael Kleszcz	134	16.0
Turnout			839	22.5
	Thanet Ind. gain from UKIP		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kingsgate

Kingsgate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bob Bayford	413	67.4
	Labour Co-op	Richard Symonds	200	32.6
Turnout			613	34.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Margate Central

Margate Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Helen Whitehead	482	53.3
	Labour	Rob Yates	451	49.9
	Green	Sue Rees	174	19.2
	Independent	Gary-Paul Pieman	157	17.4
	Thanet Ind.	David Wells	157	17.4
	Conservative	Robin Haddon	147	16.3
	Conservative	Barry Millen	135	14.9
Turnout			904	24.6
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from UKIP		Swing

Nethercourt

Nethercourt

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elizabeth Green	509	44.1
	Labour	Anthony Ovenden	411	35.6
	Conservative	Colin Grostate	355	30.8
	Conservative	Stephen Byrne	312	27.1
	Green	Tim Spencer	249	21.6
	UKIP	Paul Weller	203	17.6
Turnout			1,153	31.9
	Labour gain from UKIP		Swing
	Labour gain from UKIP		Swing

Newington

Newington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Karen Constantine	412	54.2
	Labour	Rick Everitt	365	48.0
	Green	Katie Gerrard	209	27.5
	Conservative	David Spicer	188	24.7
	Conservative	Sandra Spicer	181	23.8
Turnout			760	20.5
	Labour gain from UKIP		Swing
	Labour gain from UKIP		Swing

Northwood

Northwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Thanet Ind.	Stuart Piper	516	43.5
	Thanet Ind.	Lynda Piper	494	41.7
	Thanet Ind.	George Rusiecki	425	35.8
	Labour	Mary Dwyer-King	371	31.3
	Labour	Peter Wharmby	368	31.0
	Labour	Donald Challinger	343	28.9
	Conservative	Keith Clark	263	22.2
	Conservative	Nickie Holding	210	17.7
	Conservative	Ross Holding	208	17.5
	Liberal Democrats	Jordan Williams	98	8.3
Turnout			1,186	23.8
	Thanet Ind. gain from UKIP		Swing
	Thanet Ind. gain from UKIP		Swing
	Thanet Ind. gain from UKIP		Swing

Salmestone

Salmestone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pauline Farrance	314	31.9
	Labour	Candy Gregory	286	29.1
	Conservative	David Wallin	265	27.0
	Thanet Ind.	Luke Evans	210	21.4
	Thanet Ind.	Robin Edwards	200	20.3
	Liberal Democrats	John Finnegan	199	20.2
	Independent	Richard Baxter	184	18.7
	Liberal Democrats	Callum Gurr	124	12.6
Turnout			983	24.8
	Labour gain from UKIP		Swing
	Labour gain from UKIP		Swing

Sir Moses Montefiore

Sir Moses Montefiore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pat Moore	416	38.3
	Labour	Mark Hopkinson	406	37.4
	Conservative	John Holmes	277	25.5
	Conservative	Vic Todd	255	23.5
	Independent	Paul Messenger	206	19.0
	Independent	Gary Perkins	195	18.0
	UKIP	Terry Connor	186	17.1
Turnout			1,086	29.5
	Labour gain from UKIP		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Peter's

St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roy Dexter	768	46.7
	Conservative	Jason Savage	755	45.9
	Green	Mike Garner	657	40.0
	Conservative	Marc Rattigan	652	39.7
	Labour	Philip Coulson	492	29.9
	Labour	Sarah St. John	455	27.7
	Liberal Democrats	Gail Banks	322	19.6
Turnout			1,644	30.2
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing

Thanet Villages

Thanet Villages

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Reece Pugh	638	37.0
	Conservative	David Hart	602	34.9
	Green	Trevor Roper	599	34.7
	Liberal Democrats	Angie Curwen	567	32.9
	UKIP	Derek Crow-Brown	551	31.9
	Conservative	Guy Wilson	460	26.7
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy Kitt	416	24.1
	Labour	Del Goddard	223	12.9
Turnout			1,726	30.9
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Green gain from UKIP		Swing

Viking

Viking

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mave Saunders	791	38.0
	Independent	Ruth Bailey	776	37.2
	Conservative	David Saunders	770	36.9
	Conservative	Roger Binks	770	36.9
	Labour	Fiona Crawford	625	30.0
	Green	Terry MacDonald	599	28.7
	Labour	Annie Watson	534	25.6
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy Rose	281	13.5
Turnout			2,084	36.4
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Westbrook

Westbrook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mick Tomlinson	431	44.9
	Conservative	Ash Ashbee	413	43.1
	Green	Tony Uden	262	27.3
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Hay	245	25.5
	Labour	Clementina Onwuegbute	223	23.3
	Labour	Barry O'Brien	211	22.0
Turnout			959	28.6
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing

Westgate-on-Sea

Westgate-on-Sea

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Matthew Scott	640	37.7
	Thanet Ind.	Bertie Braidwood	626	36.8
	Conservative	Sam Bambridge	598	35.2
	Conservative	Carol Messenger	528	31.1
	Green	Rob Edwards	470	27.7
	Labour	John Cornwall	366	21.5
	Labour	David Donaldson	362	21.3
	Liberal Democrats	Martyn Pennington	281	16.5
	Liberal Democrats	Cheri Pennington	214	12.6
Turnout			1,699	31.0
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Thanet Ind. gain from UKIP		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

By-elections

Central Harbour

Central Harbour: 6 May 2021

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Tricia Austin	776	41.1	+0.7
	Labour	David Green	631	33.4	−13.0
	Conservative	John Davis	480	25.4	+7.1
Majority			145
Turnout			1,887	7.7
	Green gain from Labour		Swing

Dane Valley

Dane Valley: 6 May 2021

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Wallin	491	39.4	+9.5
	Labour	Martin Boyd	461	37.0	+6.4
	Thanet Ind.	Mark Websper	294	23.6	−22.9
Majority			30	2.4
Turnout			1,246
	Conservative gain from Thanet Ind.		Swing

Newington

Newington: 6 May 2021

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Trevor Shonk	265	37.2	+12.5
	Labour	Mary King	260	36.5	−17.7
	Green	Katie Gerrard	144	20.2	−7.3
	Independent	Grahame Birchall	43	6.0	N/A
Majority			5	0.7
Turnout			712
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Cliftonville East

Cliftonville East: 22 July 2021

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charlie Leys	723	74.5	+9.4
	Labour	Don Challinger	211	21.7	−3.1
	Women's Equality	Kanndiss Riley	37	3.8	−15.4
Majority			512	52.8
Turnout			971
	Conservative hold		Swing

Thanet Villages

Thanet Villages: 11 November 2021

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Abi Smith	638	60.0	+25.3
	Conservative	Guy Wilson	358	33.7	+7.0
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy de Rose	67	6.3	−26.6
Majority			280	26.3
Turnout			1,065	18.4
	Green hold		Swing

Nethercourt

Nethercourt: 24 March 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anne-Marie Nixey	505	55.5	+15.8
	Conservative	John Davis	230	25.3	−1.7
	Thanet Ind.	Claire Tilbrook	175	19.2	+19.2
Majority			275	30.2
Turnout			910
	Labour hold		Swing