2005 Kent County Council election

2005 Kent County Council election

5 May 2005 (2005-05-05)

All 84 seats to Kent County Council
43 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Sandy Bruce-Lockhart
Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats
Seats won 57 21 6
Seat change 5 1 4

Leader before election

Sandy Bruce-Lockhart
Conservative

Elected Leader

Sandy Bruce-Lockhart
Conservative

Kent County Council held its elections on 5 May 2005, on the same day as the 2005 United Kingdom general election. They were followed by the 2009 Kent County Council election.

Elections were held in all divisions across Kent, excepting Medway Towns which is a unitary authority.

Summary of 2005 results

Elections were held in 2005 across Kent.[1]

Summary of results
Party Ashford Canterbury Dartford Dover Gravesham Maidstone Sevenoaks Shepway Swale Thanet Tonbridge and Malling Tunbridge Wells Total
Conservative 5 8 2 2 1 6 6 6 5 4 5 7 57
Labour 1 0 4 5 4 1 1 0 2 3 0 0 21
Liberal Democrats 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 6

References

  1. ^ "Kent County Council election results". Archived from the original on 27 May 2009. Retrieved 2 March 2009.