Swale Borough Council

Abbey

There were 2 seats in the Abbey Ward election.

The results were:

• Jay Brown (Conservative) 276 votes
• Trevor Raymond Payne (Labour) 314 votes
• Hannah Perkin (Liberal Democrats) 918 votes
• Melanie Jane Regan-Brown (Conservative) 244 votes
• Frances Rehal (Labour and Co-operative) 261 votes
• Chris Williams (Liberal Democrats) 807 votes

Hannah Perkin (Liberal Democrats) and Chris Williams (Liberal Democrats) were elected.

Bobbing, Iwade and Lower Halstow

There were 2 seats in the Bobbing, Iwade and Lower Halstow Ward election.

The candidates were:

• Lloyd George Chapman (Swale Independents) 501 votes
• Rog Clark (Conservative) 483 votes
• Carol Ann Goatham (Green) 236 votes
• Olufemi Oludamilare Olukoya (Labour) 401 votes
• Gareth Randall (Conservative) 343 votes
• Marc Wilson (Liberal Democrats) 267 votes

Lloyd George Chapman (Swale Independents) and Roger Clark (Conservative) were elected.

Borden and Grove Park

There were 2 seats in the Borden and Grove Park Ward election.

The results were:

• Mike Baldock (Swale Independents) 1,030 votes
• Ann Cavanagh (Swale Independents) 728 votes
• Conor Michael Dobbs (Conservative) 262 votes
• Nicholas James Hampshire (Conservative) 424 votes
• Martin Scott Singer (Labour) 184 votes

Mike Baldock (Swale Independents) and Ann Cavanagh (Swale Independents) were elected.

Boughton and Courtenay

There were 2 seats in the Boughton and Courtenay Ward election.

The results were:

• Piers Henry McKenzie Baker (Conservative) 392 votes
• Sonia Christine Fox (Liberal Democrats) 102 votes
• Alastair Brian Gould (Green) 1,122 votes
• Oliver John Maitland Lane (Conservative) 346 votes
• Rich Lehmann (Green) 1,123 votes
• Ida Ann Linfield (Liberal Democrats) 77 votes
• Jeff Tutt (Swale Independents) 278 votes

Richard James Lehmann (Green) and Alastair Brian Gould (Green) were elected.

Chalkwell

There was 1 seat in the Chalkwell Ward election.

The results were:

• Richard Thomas Allsep (Conservative) has 173 votes
• Charlie William Miller (Labour) has 298 votes
• Hannah Temple (Green) has 68 votes

Charlie William Miller (Labour) was elected.

East Downs

There was 1 seat in the East Downs Ward election.

The results were:

• Stephen Andrew Fisher (Liberal Democrats) has 110 votes
• David Henry Seymour Simmons (Conservative) has 389 votes
• Terry Conrad Thompson (Green) has 423 votes

Terry Conrad Thompson (Green) was elected.

Hartlip, Newington and Upchurch

There were 2 seats in the Hartlip, Newington and Upchurch Ward election.

The results were:

• Margaret Anne Cooper (Labour) 279 votes
• Alan Campbell Horton (Conservative) 513 votes
• Chris Palmer (Swale Independents) 879 votes
• Richard Palmer (Swale Independents) 943 votes
• Asha Saroy (Conservative) 336 votes

Chris Palmer (Swale Independents) and Richard Palmer (Swale Independents) were elected.

Homewood

There were 2 seats in the Homewood Ward election.

The results were:

• Shelley Susannah Cheesman (Labour) 483 votes
• Simon David Clark (Labour) 511 votes
• Jason Clinch (Swale Independents) 395 votes
• Danielle Hoynes (Conservative) 343 votes
• Thomas Henry Lee (Heritage) 240 votes
• Frances Stennings (Liberal Democrats) 166 votes
• John Geoffrey Wright (Conservative) 340 votes

Shelley Susannah Cheesman (Labour) and Simon David Clark (Labour) were elected.

Kemsley

There were 2 seats in the Kemsley Ward election.

The results were:

• Derek William Carnell (Swale Independents) 476 votes
• Tony Clark (Liberal Democrats) 236 votes
• Mike Dendor (Conservative) 322 votes
• Sue Gent (Conservative) 356 votes
• Ashley Luke Wise (Labour) 357 votes

Derek William Carnell (Swale Independents) and Ashley Luke Wise (Labour) were elected.

Milton Regis

There were 2 seats in the Milton Regis Ward election.

The results were:

• David Graham Danaher (Conservative) 186 votes
• Stephen Arthur Davey (Swale Independents) 303 votes
• Angelica Tereza Valls (Labour) 559 votes
• Stuart Roy Williams (Conservative) 166 votes
• Anthony Charles Winckless (Labour) 674 votes

Angelica Tereza Valls (Labour) and Anthony Charles Winckless (Labour) were elected.

Minster Cliffs

There were 3 seats in the Minster Cliffs Ward election.

The results were:

• Hollie Bolitho (Conservative) 466 votes
• Andy Booth (Conservative) 561 votes
• Richard William Darby (Independent) 457 votes
• Will Fotheringham-Bray (Reform UK) 163 votes
• Josie Galvin (Green) 276 votes
• Ken Ingleton (Conservative) 554 votes
• Tom Nundy (Swale Independents) 656 votes
• Libby Tucker (Labour) 396 votes

Tom Nundy (Swale Independents), Andrew Booth (Conservative) and Ken Ingleton (Conservative) were elected.

Murston

There were 2 seats in the Murston Ward election.

The results were:

• James Hall (Swale Independents) 593 votes
• Ann Patricia Hampshire (Conservative) 211 votes
• Mark Anthony Last (Labour) 397 votes
• Miriam Natasha Layton (Green) 119 votes
• Glen Dean Le Grys (Conservative) 171 votes
• Alexander Stennings (Liberal Democrats) 139 votes
• Mary Zeng (Liberal Democrats) 127 votes

James Hall (Swale Independents) and Mark Anthony Last (Labour) were elected.

Priory

There was 1 seat in the Priory Ward election.

The results were:

• Rob Crayford (Labour) has 98 votes
• Andy Culham (Conservative) has 174 votes
• Michael Scott Henderson (Liberal Democrats) has 394 votes
• Sonia Camilla Jackson (Green) has 55 votes

Michael Scott Henderson (Liberal Democrats) was elected.

Queenborough and Halfway

There were 3 seats in the Queenborough and Halfway Ward election.

The results were:

• Bailey Percival Allison (Conservative) 498 votes
• Donna Margaret Boakes (Labour) 508 votes
• Linda Ann Brinklow (Liberal Democrats) 227 votes
• Jordan Desmond Hartley (Labour) 462 votes
• Peter Lionel Marchington (Conservative) 586 votes
• Ashley Roy Arthur Shiel (Labour) 603 votes
• Lorraine St. John (Swale Independents) 293 votes
• Mike Whiting (Conservative) 522 votes

Ashley Roy Arthur Shiel (Labour), Peter Lionel Marchington (Conservative) and Mike Whiting (Conservative) were elected.

Roman

There were 2 seats in the Roman Ward election.

The results were:

• Debra Louise Blacklock (Green)167 votes
• Tim Gibson (Labour) 652 votes
• Rosemary Madgwick (Liberal Democrats) 134 votes
• Alfred Okotie (Conservative) 266 votes
• Mark Anthony Quinton (Conservative) 300 votes
• Karen Anne Watson (Labour) 535 votes

Tim Gibson (Labour) and Karen Anne Watson (Labour) were elected.

Sheerness

There were 3 seats in the Sheerness Ward election.

The results were:

• Hayden Anthony Brawn (Labour) 612 votes
• Angela Harrison (Labour) 727 votes
• Lee Robert McCall (Independent) 382 votes
• Patricia Rogers (Conservative) 394 votes
• Dolley Jean White (Labour) 573 votes
• Jeffrey Mark Vincent Williams (Reform UK) 205 votes

Hayden Anthony Brawn (Labour), Angela Harrison (Labour) and Dolley Jean White (Labour) were elected.

Sheppey Central

There were 3 seats in the Sheppey Central Ward election.

The results were:

• Sam Banks (Green) 200 votes
• Edward Ernest Currie (Liberal Democrats) 200 votes
• Oliver Eakin (Conservative) 360 votes
• Ian Christopher Edworthy (Labour) 362 votes
• Alan George Henley (Labour) 333 votes
• Elliott Matthew Jayes (Swale Independents) 794 votes
• Peter John MacDonald (Independent) 298 votes
• Peter David Neal (Conservative) 409 votes
• Mark Roland Tucker (Conservative) 389 votes
• Mad Mike Young (Official Monster Raving Loony Party) 161 votes

Elliot Matthew Jayes (Swale Independents), Peter David Neal (Conservative) and Mark Roland Tucker (Conservative) were elected.

Sheppey East

There were 2 seats in the Sheppey East Ward election.

The results were:

• Gaynor Teresa Bidgood (Independent) 191 votes
• Lee-Anne Michele Moore (Conservative) 347 votes
• Mini Nissanga (Reform UK) 108 votes
• Tara Ilana Noe (Conservative) 315 votes
• Pat Sandle (Independent) 215 votes
• Bill Tatton (Independent) 103 votes
• David William Walton (Green) 129 votes
• Matt Wheatcroft (Labour) 226 votes

Tara llana Noe (Conservative) and Lee-Anne Michele Moore (Conservative) were elected.

St Ann's

There were 2 seats in the St Ann's Ward election.

The results were:

• Seb Arrowsmith-Brown (Reform UK) 93 votes
• Ben Fisher (Conservative) 398 votes
• Charles Gibson (Liberal Democrats) 448 votes
• Kieran Joseph Michael Golding (Labour) 765 votes
• Carole Hannah Jackson (Labour) 846 votes
• Frankie O'Brien (Conservative) 363 votes
• Josh Rowlands (Liberal Democrats) 444 votes

Carole Hannah Jackson (Labour) and Kieran Joseph Michael Golding (Labour) were elected.

Teynham and Lynsted

There were 2 seats in the Teynham and Lynsted Ward election.

The results were:

• Dorothee Anne Barker (Liberal Democrats) 135 votes
• Janet Lyn Bott (Green) 506 votes
• Lloyd Robert Bowen (Conservative) 764 votes
• Georgina Ruth Jessiman (Labour) 344 votes
• Carol Louvain Morris (Liberal Democrats) 113 votes
• Julien Peter Speed (Conservative) 666 votes

Lloyd Robert Bowen (Conservative) and Julien Peter Speed (Conservative) were elected.

The Meads

There was 1 seat in the The Meads Ward election.

The results were:

• James Christopher Hunt (Conservative) has 395 votes
• Shaun John Wakelen (Liberal Democrats) has 184 votes

James Christopher Hunt (Conservative) was elected.

Watling

There were 2 seats in the Watling Ward election.

The results were:

• Jack Geoffrey Goodenough (Conservative) 496 votes
• Oliver Heyen (Green) 298 votes
• Ben Jonathan Martin (Liberal Democrats) 1,009 votes
• Claire Martin (Liberal Democrats) 830 votes
• Robert John Newman (Labour) 350 votes
• James Douglas Scott (Labour) 300 votes
• Jess Valentine (Conservative) 465 votes

Ben Jonathan Martin (Liberal Democrats) and Claire Martin (Liberal Democrats) were elected.

West Downs

There was 1 seat in the West Downs Ward election.

The results were:

• Kris Barker (Liberal Democrats) has 60 votes
• Margaret Agnes Benford (Conservative) has 155 votes
• Monique Elaine Bonney (Independent) has 655 votes

Monique Elaine Bonney (Independent) was elected.

Woodstock

There were 2 seats in the Woodstock Ward election.

The results were:

• James Leslie Rashleuigh Beer (Labour) 328 votes
• Lee Burgess (Conservative) 584 votes
• Paul John Stephen (Swale Independents) 750 votes
• Sarah Ann Stephen (Swale Independents) 830 votes

Paul John Stephen (Swale Independents) and Sarah Ann Stephen (Swale Independents) were elected.

Kent County Council

Sheppey

There was 1 seat in the Sheppey Division election.

The results were:

• Peter Apps (Labour) 1,896 votes
• Linda Ann Brinklow (Liberal Democrats) 481 votes
• Elliott Matthew Jayes (Swale Independents) 2,258 votes
• Mike Whiting (Conservative) 2,318 votes

Mike Whiting (Conservative) was elected.

Town and parish councils

Faversham Town Council

Abbey Ward

There were 4 seats in the Abbey Ward election.

The results were:

• Jay Brown (Conservative) 281 votes
• Laura Margaret Coniam (Liberal Democrats) 812 votes
• Trevor Raymond Payne (Labour) 327 votes
• Hannah Perkin (Liberal Democrats) 957 votes
• Mel Regan-Brown (Conservative) 278 votes
• Frances Rehal (Labour) 279 votes
• Josh Rowlands (Liberal Democrats) 876 votes
• Anne Lucy Salmon (Labour) 265 votes
• Chris Williams (Liberal Democrats) 812 votes

Hannah Perkin (Liberal Democrats), Josh Rowlands (Liberal Democrats), Chris Williams (Liberal Democrats) and Laura Margaret Coniam (Liberal Democrats) were elected.

Priory Ward

There were 2 seats in the Priory Ward election.

The results were:

• Peter John Cook (Liberal Democrat) 386 votes
• Andy Culham (Conservative) 200 votes
• Alex Eyre (Liberal Democrats) 377 votes
• Mark Raymond Frank Sayer (Labour) 151 votes

Alex Eyre (Liberal Democrats) and Peter John Cook (Liberal Democrats) were elected.

St Ann's Ward

There were 4 seats in the St Ann's Ward election.

The results were:

• Seb Arrowsmith-Brown (Reform UK) 138 votes
• Graeme Victor Burrows (Social Democratic Party) 69 votes
• Rob Crayford (Labour) 750 votes
• Ben Fisher (Conservative) 441 votes
• Charles Gibson (Liberal Democrats) 551 votes
• Kieren Joseph Michael Golding (Labour) 782 votes
• Nick Mengham (Liberal Democrats) 418 votes
• Robert John  Newman (Labour) 755 votes
• Frankie O'Brien (Conservative) 417 votes
• Monroe Palmer (Liberal Democrats) 413 votes
• Susette Sandra Palmer (Liberal Democrats) 421 votes
• Julian Saunders (Labour) 795 votes

Rob Crayford (Labour), Kieren Joseph Michael Golding (Labour), Robert John Newman (Labour) and Julian Saunders (Labour) were elected.

Watling Ward

There were 4 seats in the Watling Ward election.

The results were:

• Piers Henry McKenzie Baker (Conservative) 450 votes
• Andrew Shaun Birkin (Labour) 463 votes
• Jack Goodenough (Conservative) 459 votes
• Ben Jonathan Martin (Liberal Democrats) 1,127 votes
• Claire Martin (Liberal Democrats) 1,028 votes
• Trevor John Martin (Liberal Democrats) 968 votes
• James Douglas Scott (Labour) 430 votes
• David Henry Seymour Simmons (Conservative) 530 votes
• Eddie Thomas (Liberal Democrats) 1,009 votes
• Jess Valentine (Conservative) 453 votes

Ben Martin (Liberal Democrats), Claire Martin (Liberal Democrats), Eddie Thomas (Liberal Democrats) and Trevor Martin (Liberal Democrats) were elected.

Queenborough Town Council

There were 7 seats in the Queenborough Ward election.

The results were:

• Jackie Constable 294 votes
• Mick Constable 264 votes
• Janet Mary Flew 197 votes
• Sandra Ann Fowle 196 votes
• Sue Simpson 174 votes
• Zoë Stockbridge 188 votes
• Zoë Swarbrick 220 votes
• Paula Louise Telford 199 votes

Jackie Constable, Mick Constable, Zoe Swarbrick, Paula Louise Telford, Janet Mary Flew, Sandra Ann Fowle and Zoe Stockbridge were elected.

Selling Parish Council

There were 7 seats in the Selling election.

The results were:

• Andrew Harry Thomas Bowles 193 votes
• Andrew Day 182 votes
• Garry William Evans 180 votes
• Sue Henderson 184 votes
• Kevin Michael Hobson 207 votes
• Sally Jean King 200 votes
• Tony Kitchen 147 votes
• Amanda Jane Saunders 59 votes

Andrew Harry Thomas Bowles, Andrew Day, Garry William Evans, Sue Henderson, Kevin Michael Hobson, Sally Jean King and Tony Kitchen were elected.