2012 Maidstone Borough Council election

The 2012 Maidstone Borough Council elections took place on Thursday 3 May 2012 to elect members of Maidstone Borough Council in Kent, England. One third of the council (19 seats) were scheduled for election, whilst an additional vacancy caused by the resignation of a sitting councillor was also filled in Heath ward, meaning a total of 20 of the borough's 55 seats were elected.

Election result

Maidstone Local Election Result 2012
	Seats	Votes
Conservative	10	9,916
Labour	1	4,269
Liberal Democrats	6	7,446
Green	0	1,865
Independent	3	2,123
UKIP	0	565
National Front	0	97

Ward results

Allington^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Barry Ginley	613
	Labour	Wendy Hollands	266
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Robertson	1146
Majority
Turnout				36%

Barming^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Sue Black	182
	Independent	Fay Gooch	722
Majority
Turnout				46%

Bearsted^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Richard Ash	1340
	Labour	Steve Gibson	396
	Green	Ciaran Oliver	204
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Samme	154
Majority
Turnout				31%

Boughton Monchelsea and Chart Sutton^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Gill Annan	39
	Conservative	Andrew Le Hegarat	192
	Independent	Steve Munford	707
Majority
Turnout				46%

Boxley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Michael Beckwith	357
	Conservative	Wendy Hinder	1167
	Green	Andrew Waldie	186
Majority
Turnout				26%

Bridge^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Rob Field	407
	Labour	Bruce Heald	200
	Green	Robin Kinrade	141
	Conservative	James Ross	443
Majority
Turnout				26%

Coxheath and Hunton^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Denise Hay	114
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Rabicano	638
	Labour	Stella Randall	221
	Conservative	John Wilson	794
	UKIP	Keith Woollven	222
Majority
Turnout				34%

East^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Cox	1060
	Conservative	Tony Dennison	623
	Green	Hannah Patton	312
Majority
Turnout				30%

Fant^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Paul Harper	548
	Green	Stuart Jeffrey	442
	Conservative	Stephen Paine	610
	Liberal Democrats	Irene Shepherd	311
Majority
Turnout				28%

Headcorn^[1]
Party		Candidate
	Green	Penny Kemp
	Conservative	Richard Thick
Majority
Turnout

Heath (2)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Patrick Coates	217
	Labour	Richard Coates	217
	Conservative	Scott Hahnefeld	349
	Conservative	Brian Moss	428
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Naghi	369
	Green	James Shalice	120
	Liberal Democrats	Bryan Vizzard	499
Turnout				26%

High Street^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Paul Butcher	374
	Liberal Democrats	Denise Joy	649
	Green	Wendy Lewis	113
	Labour	Marianna Poliszczuk	233
	UKIP	John Stanford	176
Majority
Turnout				23%

Marden and Yalding^[1]
Party		Candidate
	Liberal Democrats	Ralph Austin
	Labour	Edith Davis
	Green	Ian McDonald
	Conservative	Steve McLoughlin
Majority
Turnout

North Downs^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Audrey Gardner	84
	Green	Sarah Goodwin	66
	Conservative	Daphne Parvin	442
	Independent	Carol Vizzard	115
Majority
Turnout				36%

North^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Keith Adkinson	206
	UKIP	Charles Elliott	167
	Liberal Democrats	Jenni Paterson	907
	Conservative	Jeff Tree	381
Majority
Turnout				27%

Park Wood^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Gary Cooke	214
	Labour	Debbie Fernandez	276
	Independent	Daniel Moriarty	319
Majority
Turnout				18%

Shepway North^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Christopher Garland	742	46.0
	Labour	Jim Grogan	591	37.0
	Green	Stephen Muggeridge	167	10.0
	National Front	Gary Butler	97	6.0
Majority			151
Turnout			1,597

Shepway South^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Bob Hinder	265
	Independent	Geoff Licence	260
	Labour	Malcolm McKay	418
Majority
Turnout				21%

South^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Chittenden	1306
	Conservative	Vianne Gibbons	757
Majority
Turnout				32%

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s "Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF). Maidstone Borough Council. 10 April 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 April 2012. Retrieved 2 May 2012.

[SOPN-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s "Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF). Maidstone Borough Council. 10 April 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 April 2012. Retrieved 2 May 2012.

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