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Maidstone 2022

Local elections held 5 May 2022.

18 ward races
18 seats
9 elected below the proportional quota
50.0% of seats below quota

How to read this page

Each race below shows the share of valid ballots the marginal elected candidate actually won, and compares it to the proportional quota: the share that would be needed to be guaranteed that seat under any proportional voting method (1 seats + 1). For a 1-seat ward the quota is 50%; for 2 seats, 33.3%; for 3 seats, 25%.

Where the actual winning share fell below the quota, we show the gap as points under par — the editorial indictment. Above-par results are just majority mandates and pass without comment. The voting method is the subject of every observation here. Named candidates appear as the public election record requires; the cause being audited is the voting method, not the individuals. See the methodology page for derivations.

If votes were counted by party

Across the 18 wards in this cycle, parties received the vote totals below. The proportional column shows what each party would have won if the 18 seats had been allocated to those vote totals in proportion (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 in this council, negative are parties it under-represented.

PartyVotesVote %Seats won% of seatsProportional seatsProportional %Δ
Conservative and Unionist Party12,83339.0%738.9%738.9%0
Liberal Democrats8,08024.5%633.3%527.8%+1
Labour Party5,39316.4%316.7%316.7%0
Green Party4,61414.0%15.6%211.1%-1
Independent1,8925.7%15.6%15.6%0
BDP1170.4%00.0%00.0%0
Total32,929100.0%18100.0%18100.0%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

Wards in this council

Sorted with the largest gap below the quota first. Click any ward to jump to its full result.

Race results

Heath · single-seat

Marginal winner 36.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +13.9 pts below quota Valid ballots 1,469

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Kimmance A.Liberal Democrats53036.1%Elected
2Rai A.Conservative and Unionist Party45130.7%
3Swan D.Labour Party34823.7%
4White M.Green Party916.2%
5Butler G.Independent493.3%

Electorate 4,959 · Ballots cast 1,469 · EC ward code E05004995 · Back to ward index

Shepway South · single-seat

Marginal winner 39.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +10.2 pts below quota Valid ballots 856

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Cleator M.Labour Party34139.8%Elected
2Barned J.Conservative and Unionist Party33338.9%
3Rustem L.BDP11713.7%
4Samme G.Liberal Democrats657.6%

Electorate 4,196 · Ballots cast 856 · EC ward code E05005004 · Back to ward index

Shepway North · single-seat

Marginal winner 40.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +9.6 pts below quota Valid ballots 1,618

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Bartlett A.Conservative and Unionist Party65340.4%Elected
2Morgan H.Labour Party38924.0%
3Higson J.Liberal Democrats35021.6%
4Muggeridge S.Green Party1328.2%
5Butler M.Independent945.8%

Electorate 6,455 · Ballots cast 1,618 · EC ward code E05005003 · Back to ward index

High Street · single-seat

Marginal winner 42.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +7.4 pts below quota Valid ballots 1,721

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1English C.Liberal Democrats73342.6%Elected
2Coates R.Labour Party37521.8%
3Stephenson D.Conservative and Unionist Party37421.7%
4Cheeseman S.Green Party23913.9%

Electorate 7,546 · Ballots cast 1,721 · EC ward code E05004996 · Back to ward index

Park Wood · single-seat

Marginal winner 45.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +4.6 pts below quota Valid ballots 1,173

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Wilkinson D.Labour Party53245.4%Elected
2Graymead J.Conservative and Unionist Party43236.8%
3Jessel C.Green Party1139.6%
4Field R.Liberal Democrats968.2%

Electorate 6,076 · Ballots cast 1,173 · EC ward code E05005002 · Back to ward index

Allington · single-seat

Marginal winner 46.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +3.1 pts below quota Valid ballots 2,307

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Wilkinson T.Liberal Democrats1,08246.9%Elected
2Burton E.Conservative and Unionist Party87037.7%
3Randall J.Labour Party2008.7%
4McDonald I.Green Party1556.7%

Electorate 6,294 · Ballots cast 2,307 · EC ward code E05004982 · Back to ward index

Staplehurst · single-seat

Marginal winner 48.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +2.0 pts below quota Valid ballots 1,705

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Perry J.Conservative and Unionist Party81848.0%Elected
2Silkin R.Labour Party63237.1%
3Shepherd-Foster M.Green Party25515.0%

Electorate 5,346 · Ballots cast 1,705 · EC ward code E05005006 · Back to ward index

South · single-seat

Marginal winner 48.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +2.0 pts below quota Valid ballots 2,255

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Mortimer D.Liberal Democrats1,08348.0%Elected
2Thomas P.Conservative and Unionist Party78034.6%
3Randall M.Labour Party2129.4%
4Milham S.Green Party1808.0%

Electorate 7,390 · Ballots cast 2,255 · EC ward code E05008555 · Back to ward index

East · single-seat

Marginal winner 48.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +1.9 pts below quota Valid ballots 2,082

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Conyard R.Liberal Democrats1,00248.1%Elected
2Reid J.Conservative and Unionist Party59328.5%
3Fissenden N.Independent31014.9%
4Greenan D.Green Party1778.5%

Electorate 6,381 · Ballots cast 2,082 · EC ward code E05004991 · Back to ward index

Bridge · single-seat

Marginal winner 50.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −0.1 pts Valid ballots 1,638

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Jeffery S.Green Party82050.1%Elected
2Chowdhury M.Conservative and Unionist Party48329.5%
3Passmore C.Liberal Democrats17810.9%
4Reay D.Labour Party1579.6%

Electorate 4,852 · Ballots cast 1,638 · EC ward code E05004987 · Back to ward index

North · single-seat

Marginal winner 51.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −1.4 pts Valid ballots 1,889

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Harwood T.Liberal Democrats97151.4%Elected
2Hahnefeld S.Conservative and Unionist Party48725.8%
3Burns J.Labour Party29215.5%
4Thompson S.Green Party1397.4%

Electorate 6,515 · Ballots cast 1,889 · EC ward code E05005000 · Back to ward index

Coxheath & Hunton · single-seat

Marginal winner 52.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −2.6 pts Valid ballots 2,050

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Parfitt-Reid L.Conservative and Unionist Party1,07852.6%Elected
2Kehily C.Green Party50724.7%
3Wales S.Liberal Democrats46522.7%

Electorate 6,540 · Ballots cast 2,050 · EC ward code E05008553 · Back to ward index

Marden & Yalding · single-seat

Marginal winner 53.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −3.9 pts Valid ballots 2,265

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Burton D.Conservative and Unionist Party1,22053.9%Elected
2Summersgill M.Green Party59526.3%
3Whitlock A.Labour Party45019.9%

Electorate 7,208 · Ballots cast 2,265 · EC ward code E05004999 · Back to ward index

Headcorn · single-seat

Marginal winner 55.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −5.0 pts Valid ballots 1,614

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Round M.Conservative and Unionist Party88855.0%Elected
2Eagle D.Green Party32620.2%
3Barwick S.Labour Party23014.3%
4Richards M.Liberal Democrats17010.5%

Electorate 4,789 · Ballots cast 1,614 · EC ward code E05004994 · Back to ward index

Bearsted · single-seat

Marginal winner 57.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −7.5 pts Valid ballots 2,386

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Knatchbull S.Conservative and Unionist Party1,37357.5%Elected
2Chittenden I.Liberal Democrats56323.6%
3Oliver C.Green Party45018.9%

Electorate 6,524 · Ballots cast 2,386 · EC ward code E05004984 · Back to ward index

Boxley · single-seat

Marginal winner 59.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −9.4 pts Valid ballots 2,010

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Hinder B.Conservative and Unionist Party1,19459.4%Elected
2Thompson M.Liberal Democrats57728.7%
3Parr S.Green Party23911.9%

Electorate 6,714 · Ballots cast 2,010 · EC ward code E05004986 · Back to ward index

Fant · single-seat

Marginal winner 61.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −11.0 pts Valid ballots 2,025

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Harper P.Labour Party1,23561.0%Elected
2Musindo J.Conservative and Unionist Party37918.7%
3Batt J.Liberal Democrats21510.6%
4Milham K.Green Party1969.7%

Electorate 7,085 · Ballots cast 2,025 · EC ward code E05004992 · Back to ward index

Harrietsham & Lenham · single-seat

Marginal winner 77.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −27.1 pts Valid ballots 1,866

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Sams J.Independent1,43977.1%Elected
2Luck S.Conservative and Unionist Party42722.9%

Electorate 5,560 · Ballots cast 1,866 · EC ward code E05004993 · Back to ward index