Maidstone

Every election cycle we have data for, most recent first.

8 cycles in our data

34.4% all-time seats elected below the quota (55 of 160)

13.1% all-time seats unfairly awarded (21 of 160 across 8 cycles)

Cycles

Council composition as of 2024

49 councillors, by party. One square per seat. Source: opencouncildata annual snapshot — reflects the council at the end of 2024 (after that year's elections, by-elections and defections). Hover any seat for the party.

Most recent election (2024)

In 2024, 49 seats were up across 22 wards. The table below shows what each party actually won — alongside what they would have won if the 49 seats had been shared in proportion to votes received (how, with caveats). The Δ column is the actual seat count minus the proportional seat count — positive numbers are parties First-Past-the-Post over-represented; negative are parties it under-represented.

Party	Votes	Vote %	Seats won	% of seats	Proportional seats	Proportional %	Δ
Conservative Party	26,353	30.9%	13	26.5%	16	32.7%	-3
Green Party	18,470	21.7%	10	20.4%	11	22.4%	-1
Liberal Democrats	16,639	19.5%	12	24.5%	10	20.4%	+2
Labour Party	10,415	12.2%	6	12.2%	6	12.2%	0
Independent	8,016	9.4%	6	12.2%	4	8.2%	+2
FANT and OAKWOOD INDEPENDENTS	2,434	2.9%	2	4.1%	1	2.0%	+1
Reform UK	2,264	2.7%	0	0.0%	1	2.0%	-1
British Democratic Party	452	0.5%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
Heritage Party	107	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
Total	85,150	100.0%	49	100.0%	49	100.0%	0

Vote share vs seats won

The top bar is each party's share of votes cast in this council. Below, one square per seat, coloured by the party that won it — first the actual First-Past-the-Post result, then what a proportional method would have produced from the same vote totals. Divergence between the bar and the actual grid is the indictment of the method.

Vote share

Actual seats

Proportional seats

Full ward-by-ward results for 2024 →

Composition history

One row per opencouncildata annual snapshot — the council at the end of each year (after that year's elections, by-elections and defections). Newest first; hover any seat for the party.

2024

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

Ward by ward

Each row is a ward, each column a cycle. Each cell shows the top-of-poll candidate's party (swatch) and their share of valid ballots. Wards are matched by name across cycles — boundary reviews can mean a ward of the same name is a slightly different area in a later cycle.

Ward	2016	2017	2018	2019	2021	2022	2023	2024
Allington	50%		62%	58%	46%	47%	39%
Allington and Bridge								60%
Barming	79%
Barming and Teston					65%
Barming Heath and Teston								38%
Bearsted	37%	73%	69%	67%	70%	58%	58%
Bearsted and Downswood								49%
Boughton Monchelsea and Chart Sutton	60%				53%			63%
Boxley	59%		74%	59%	67%	59%	44%
Boxley Downs								65%
Bridge	42%		41%		42%	50%
Coxheath and Farleigh								53%
Coxheath and Hunton	36%		48%	58%	59%	53%	40%
Detling and Thurnham				58%			50%
Downswood and Otham				59%			63%
East	46%		47%	47%	33%	48%	53%
Fant	29%		51%	35%	43%	61%	43%
Fant and Oakwood								59%
Grove Green and Vinters Park								41%
Harrietsham and Lenham			55%	58%		77%	73%
Harrietsham, Lenham and North Downs								80%
Headcorn	65%		75%		64%	55%
Headcorn and Sutton Valence								50%
Heath	57%		46%		37%	36%
High Street	38%		42%	48%	37%	43%	37%	47%
Leeds				69%			61%
Leeds and Langley								55%
Loose				55%			35%
Loose and Linton								70%
Marden and Yalding	47%		57%	47%	62%	54%	43%	48%
North	43%		52%	32%	40%	51%	51%
North Downs	72%				50%
Palace Wood								50%
Park Wood	31%		47%		52%	45%
Park Wood and Mangravet								69%
Penenden Heath								62%
Ringlestone								52%
Senacre								52%
Shepway								42%
Shepway North	37%		52%	39%	51%	40%	37%
Shepway South	38%		41%		39%	40%
South	42%		50%	59%	43%	48%	53%
Staplehurst			69%	55%		48%	50%	57%
Sutton Valence and Langley				69%			47%
Tovil								44%