Swale Borough Council elections

Map showing the composition of Swale Borough Council after the 2011 election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red, Liberal Democrats in yellow and independent in light grey.

Swale Borough Council in Kent, England is elected every four years. Until 2011 one third of the council was elected every year, followed by one year without election. Since the last boundary changes in 2002, 47 councillors have been elected from 25 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]

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.^[3]

• Swale District Council election, 1973
• Swale Borough Council election, 1976
• Swale Borough Council election, 1979 (New ward boundaries)^[4]
• Swale Borough Council election, 1980
• Swale Borough Council election, 1982
• Swale Borough Council election, 1983 (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[5]
• Swale Borough Council election, 1984 (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[6]
• Swale Borough Council election, 1986
• Swale Borough Council election, 1987
• Swale Borough Council election, 1988

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

By-election results

By-elections occur when seats become vacant between council elections. Below is a summary of recent by-elections;^[24] full by-election results can be found by clicking on the by-election name.

References

External links

• Swale Borough Council

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 2017
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 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 Abolished
See also: Wards Boundary changes