Dover local elections

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Dover Council is elected every four years.

Contents 1 Political control 2 Council elections 3 By-election results 4 External links

[edit] Political control

Conservative 1973 - 1991

No overall control 1991 - 1995

Labour 1995 - 1999

No overall control 1999 - 2006

Conservative 2006 -

[edit] Council elections

Dover Council election 1999

Dover Council election 2003

[edit] By-election results

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

Castle By-Election 18 May 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		558	69.2	+7.4
	Labour		248	30.8	-7.4
Majority			310	38.4
Turnout			806	34.1
	Conservative 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 Democrats		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 Democrats		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
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Margaret Philpott	749	60.5	-0.3
	Liberal Democrats	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

Walmer By-Election 23 June 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Smith	1,031	61.0	+0.2
	Labour	Ernest Brimmell	449	26.5	-12.7
	Liberal Democrats	John Featherstone	211	12.5	+12.5
Majority			582	34.5
Turnout			1,691	29.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

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

[edit] External links

• Dover Council