2007 Dartford Borough Council election

The 2007 Dartford Borough Council election to the Dartford Borough Council was held on 3 May 2007 in Kent, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party took overall control of the council.
Election result
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 26 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 59.1 | 28,081 | |||
| Labour | 12 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 27.3 | 19,117 | |||
| Residents | 6 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 13.6 | 4,592 | |||
| English Democrat | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 5,545 | |||
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,026 | |||
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 858 | |||
| BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 328 | |||
| Peace | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | |||
Ward results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | David Alan Hammock | 842 | |||
| Conservative | Ian Douglas Armitt | 794 | |||
| Conservative | Rebecca Louise Shanks | 760 | |||
| Labour | Bill Cook | 511 | |||
| Labour | Neil Pearson-Coffey | 452 | |||
| Labour | Derek Hills | 401 | |||
| English Democrat | Peter Adamthwaite | 283 | |||
| Turnout | 4,043 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Nancy Catherine Wightman | 905 | |||
| Conservative | Steven Hamilton Brown | 902 | |||
| Conservative | Amy Elizabeth Peters | 874 | |||
| Labour | Sally Russell | 707 | |||
| Labour | Garry Graham Sturley | 661 | |||
| Labour | Dali Rai | 646 | |||
| English Democrat | Ray Johnston | 341 | |||
| English Democrat | Jerry Chatterton | 331 | |||
| English Democrat | Lynne Gresley | 315 | |||
| UKIP | Quentin Williamson | 136 | |||
| Turnout | 5,818 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Sheila East | 236 | 61 | ||
| Labour | Leila Pauline Blankley | 78 | 20 | ||
| English Democrat | Frances Moore | 76 | 19 | ||
| Turnout | 390 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residents | Vic Openshaw | 679 | |||
| Residents | Steve Johnston | 607 | |||
| Residents | Pat Scanlan | 584 | |||
| Conservative | Penny Cole | 376 | |||
| Labour | John Wallace Masson | 178 | |||
| Labour | Monica Lesley Masson | 176 | |||
| Labour | Sarah Wimhurst | 165 | |||
| Turnout | 2,756 | ||||
| Residents hold | Swing | ||||
| Residents gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Andrew Lloyd | 1,065 | |||
| Conservative | Terry Smith | 1,059 | |||
| Conservative | Patsy Thurlow | 872 | |||
| English Democrat | John Griffiths | 507 | |||
| Labour | Susan May Brooker | 501 | |||
| Labour | Rosa Eva Sweetland | 416 | |||
| Labour | Joyce Wise | 404 | |||
| Turnout | 4,824 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Ann Muckle | 487 | |||
| Labour | Matthew James Bryant | 447 | |||
| BNP | Kevin Saunders | 328 | |||
| Conservative | Terrence Raymond Martin | 173 | |||
| UKIP | Ray Day | 157 | |||
| Conservative | Ragbhir Singh Sandhu | 109 | |||
| Turnout | 1,701 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Ann Dorothy Allen | 1,633 | |||
| Conservative | Marilyn Iris Peters | 1,603 | |||
| Conservative | Jennifer Ann Rickwood | 1,586 | |||
| English Democrat | Jackie Brookman | 232 | |||
| Labour | Rosa Barnett | 214 | |||
| Labour | Steve Burleigh | 213 | |||
| Labour | Valerie Maddison | 210 | |||
| Turnout | 5,691 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John Ivan Muckle | 425 | |||
| Labour | Tom Maddison | 391 | |||
| English Democrat | Mike Tibby | 330 | |||
| English Democrat | Alex Vaughan | 264 | |||
| Conservative | Raymond John Marsh | 166 | |||
| Conservative | Brian Garden | 138 | |||
| Turnout | 1,714 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour gain from English Democrat | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Jeremy Alan Kite | 1,559 | |||
| Conservative | Roger Stephen Leonard Perfitt | 1,420 | |||
| Conservative | David Matthew Pickersgill | 1,080 | |||
| Independent | (Mary) Noreen Salway | 858 | |||
| Labour | Alec Jordan | 353 | |||
| Labour | Peter Beckett | 335 | |||
| Labour | Maureen Anna Jansseune | 297 | |||
| English Democrat | Paul Cooper | 172 | |||
| Turnout | 6,074 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | David John Baker | 760 | |||
| Conservative | Arron Bardoe | 653 | |||
| Conservative | Chris Gallagher | 627 | |||
| Labour | Paul Frederick Blankley | 620 | |||
| Conservative | Avtar Sandhu | 598 | |||
| Labour | Stephen Robert David de Winton | 577 | |||
| English Democrat | Jim Read | 319 | |||
| UKIP | Mark Christopher Croucher | 228 | |||
| UKIP | Tracy Jane Latif | 205 | |||
| Turnout | 4,587 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| Conservative gain from English Democrat | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | David Edward May | 712 | |||
| Labour | Geoff Prout | 657 | |||
| Labour | Margaret Anne Stock | 656 | |||
| Conservative | Jean Carol Shippam | 428 | |||
| English Democrat | Liz Painter | 382 | |||
| Conservative | Drew Swinerd | 363 | |||
| Conservative | Richard John Wells | 362 | |||
| UKIP | Lauren Tawnee Sloan | 241 | |||
| Turnout | 3,801 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Rosie Bryant | 570 | |||
| Labour | Christine Angell | 566 | |||
| Labour | Derek Ernest Lawson | 555 | |||
| Conservative | John Alan Jarvis | 482 | |||
| Conservative | Thurza Richards | 454 | |||
| Conservative | Susan Elizabeth Martin | 418 | |||
| English Democrat | Dianne Settle | 177 | |||
| Turnout | 3,222 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Pat Coleman | 815 | |||
| Conservative | Tony Martin | 664 | |||
| English Democrat | Steven Uncles | 224 | |||
| Labour | Kenneth Ronald Nicholls | 220 | |||
| Labour | Carole Jones | 386 | |||
| Peace | Geoffrey Peter Pay | 78 | |||
| Turnout | 2,200 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residents | Bryan Read | 946 | |||
| Residents | Les Bobby | 897 | |||
| Residents | John Hayes | 879 | |||
| Labour | Julian Timothy Bryant | 265 | |||
| Labour | Jacqueline Goldstein | 246 | |||
| Labour | Graham Christopher David Steele | 223 | |||
| Turnout | 3,456 | ||||
| Residents hold | Swing | ||||
| Residents hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Matthew John Davis | 391 | |||
| Conservative | Christopher Jon Shippam | 352 | |||
| Labour | Trevor Alan Rogers | 288 | |||
| Labour | Ram Appadoo | 263 | |||
| English Democrat | Mitchell Jackson | 148 | |||
| English Democrat | Teresa Cannon | 142 | |||
| UKIP | Arnold Edwin Tarling | 59 | |||
| Turnout | 1,643 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Deborah Jane Stoate | 832 | |||
| Conservative | Anthony Wells | 825 | |||
| Conservative | Jan Michael Ozog | 768 | |||
| Labour | Patrick Kelly | 754 | |||
| Labour | Santha Kumari Blankley | 704 | |||
| Conservative | Kapil Sangar | 687 | |||
| English Democrat | Jo Shippam | 378 | |||
| English Democrat | Caroline Starling | 352 | |||
| English Democrat | Tony Wilson | 343 | |||
| Turnout | 5,643 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Derek Edward Hunnisett | 1008 | |||
| Conservative | Eddy Lampkin | 906 | |||
| Labour | John Kingston | 310 | |||
| Labour | Mally May | 285 | |||
| English Democrat | Louise Uncles | 229 | |||
| Turnout | 2,738 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||