Swale Borough Council elections
Swale Borough Council elections are held every four years to elect Swale Borough Council in Kent, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2015 the council has comprised 47 councillors representing 24 wards.[1] Until 2011 one third of the council was elected every year, followed by one year without election.
Council elections
Summary of the council composition after recent council elections, click on the year for full details of each election. Boundary changes took place for the 2002 election, leading to the whole council bring elected in that year and reducing the number of seats by two.[2]
| Year | Conservative | Labour | Liberal Democrats[a] | Swale Ind. | Green | UKIP | Independents & Others |
Council control after election | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Local government reorganisation; council established (50 seats) | |||||||||
| 1973 | 17 | 25 | 3 | – | – | – | 5 | No overall control | |
| 1976 | 27 | 19 | 3 | – | 0 | – | 1 | Conservative | |
| New ward boundaries (49 seats) | |||||||||
| 1979 | 26 | 21 | 1 | – | 0 | – | 1 | Conservative | |
| 1980 | 25 | 21 | 2 | – | 0 | – | 1 | Conservative | |
| 1982 | 28 | 17 | 3 | – | 0 | – | 1 | Conservative | |
| 1983 | 31 | 13 | 4 | – | 0 | – | 1 | Conservative | |
| 1984 | 27 | 12 | 8 | – | 0 | – | 2 | Conservative | |
| 1986 | 23 | 14 | 12 | – | 0 | – | 0 | No overall control | |
| 1987 | 19 | 13 | 17 | – | 0 | – | 0 | No overall control | |
| 1988 | 21 | 13 | 14 | – | 0 | – | 1 | No overall control | |
| 1990 | 19 | 16 | 14 | – | 0 | – | 0 | No overall control | |
| 1991 | 18 | 19 | 12 | – | 0 | – | 0 | No overall control | |
| 1992 | 20 | 14 | 14 | – | 0 | – | 1 | No overall control | |
| 1994 | 17 | 12 | 19 | – | 0 | 0 | 1 | No overall control | |
| 1995 | 14 | 14 | 20 | – | 0 | 0 | 1 | No overall control | |
| 1996 | 6 | 19 | 23 | – | 0 | 0 | 1 | No overall control | |
| 1998 | 7 | 19 | 22 | – | 0 | 0 | 1 | No overall control | |
| 1999 | 9 | 17 | 23 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | No overall control | |
| 2000 | 15 | 12 | 22 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | No overall control | |
| New ward boundaries (47 seats)[4] | |||||||||
| 2002 | 25 | 10 | 12 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | Conservative | |
| 2003 | 25 | 11 | 11 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | Conservative | |
| 2004 | 26 | 11 | 10 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | Conservative | |
| 2006 | 28 | 10 | 8 | – | 0 | 0 | 1 | Conservative | |
| 2007 | 26 | 10 | 6 | – | 0 | 0 | 5[b] | Conservative | |
| 2008 | 26 | 9 | 5 | – | 0 | 0 | 7 | Conservative | |
| 2010 | 33 | 10 | 3 | – | 0 | 0 | 1 | Conservative | |
| 2011 | 32 | 13 | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | 1 | Conservative | |
| New ward boundaries (47 seats)[5] | |||||||||
| 2015 | 32 | 4 | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | 2 | Conservative | |
| 2019 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | No overall control | |
| 2023 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | No overall control | |
Borough result maps
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2002 results map
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2003 results map
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2004 results map
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2006 results map
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2007 results map
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2008 results map
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2010 results map
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2011 results map
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2015 results map
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2019 results map
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2023 results map
By-election results
By-elections occur when seats become vacant between council elections. Below is a summary of recent by-elections;[6] full by-election results can be found by clicking on the by-election name.
Notes
- ^ Includes totals for the predecessors of the Liberal Democrats, the Liberal Party and SDP (both of which participated in the Alliance).
- ^ Including 4 Sheppy First
References
- ^ "The Swale (Electoral Changes) Order 2012", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2012/2985, retrieved 29 September 2023
- ^ "Swale". BBC News Online. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
- ^ "Composition calculator". Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
- ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Swale (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
- ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Swale (Electoral Changes) Order 2012. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
- ^ "Local Authority Byelection Results". Retrieved 26 March 2015.