Maidstone Local Elections 2024: Every candidate after your vote including in East Farleigh and Bearsted

Tom van Klaveren
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All 49 seats on Maidstone Borough Council are up for grabs
All 49 seats on Maidstone Borough Council are up for grabs -Credit:Geograph


It could be all change on Maidstone Borough Council after the 2024 Local Elections as boundary changes mean that every seat on the council is up for grabs.

The number of councillors has been reduced by six, from 55 to 49, with each ward in the borough electing between one and three members depending on population size.

The council is currently in no overall control with the Conservatives as the largest party. The 55 seats are taken by 25 Conservatives, 12 Lib Dems, 6 Independents, 6 Green Independent Allianced, 4 Labour and 2 Fant and Oakwood Independents. 25 seats will be required if any party wants to take control of the council.

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The only other Kent borough with Local Elections in 2024 is Tunbridge Wells, which is also reelecting the whole council due to boundary changes. However, every area in the county will have a vote for the next Kent Police Crime Commissioner. All of the votes are being held on Thursday, May 2.

When are results expected?

It is expected that full results will be declared for Maidstone Borough Council at around 3pm on Friday, May 3.

List of Candidates

Every candidate for the Maidstone Borough Council elections 2024 is listed below, along with the wards they are standing in and the number of councillors that will be elected for each ward.

Allington and Bridge- 2 councillors

Mitu Chowdhury - Conservative

Michelle Englar - Lib Dem

Rita Ginatautaite - Conservative

Stuart Jeffery - Green

Marianna Poliszczuk - Labour

Rachel Rodwell - Green

Benjamin Webster-Whiting - Lib Dem

Barming Heath and Teston - 2 councillors

Reiss Cordrey - Conservative

Fay Gooch - Independent

Chris Passmore - Lib Dem

Mary Shaw - Labour

Keira Stuart Smith - Green

Allison Sweetman - Green

Bryan Vizzard - Lib Dem

Arek Zurawinski - Conservative

Bearsted and Downswood- 3 councillors

Ian Chittenden - Lib Dem

David Cockerham - Reform

Paul Cooper - Conservative

Lee Garrett - Green

Theresa Lyons - Labour

Gordon Newton - Independent

Ciaran Oliver - Green

Denis Spooner - Conservative

Val Springett - Conservative

Sean Turner - Heritage

Edward Wallace - Green

Boughton Monchelsea and Chart Sutton - 1 councillor

George Burr - Conservative

Anne Dawes - Independent

Peter Oliver - Labour

Boxley Downs - 2 councillors

Stephen Banks - Conservative

Michael Beckwith - Labour

Heidi Bryant - Conservative

Vanessa Jones - Independent

Stephen Thompson - Green

Mike Wardle - Reform

Coxheath and Farleigh - 2 councillors

Alan Cocks - Lib Dem

Claire Kehily - Green

Lottie Parfitt-Reid - Conservative

John Randall - Labour

Caroline Richer - Green

John Wilson - Conservative

Fant and Oakwood- 3 councillors

Lee Blake - Lib Dem

Patrick Coates - Fant and Oakwood Independents

Susan Delamere - Reform

Will Dinley - Conservative

Paul Harper - Fant and Oakwood Independents

Lorraine Humm - Lib Dem

Valerie Jacobs - Labour

Rojo Kurien - Lib Dem

Dennis Luchmun - Labour

Kimberley Milham - Green

Mudiwa Musindo - Conservative

Ramakrishna Peeta - Conservative

Margaret Rose - Labour

Grove Green and Vinters Park- 3 councillors

Ronald Burke - Conservative

Steven Cheeseman - Green

Martin Cox - Independent

Rob Field - Lib Dem

Michelle Hastie - Conservative

Jaison Musindo - Conservative

Mark Naghi - Lib Dem

Susan Parr - Green

Jeeva Sampangi - Lib Dem

Mark Tickner - Labour

Anna Winterbottom - Green

Harrietsham, Lenham and North Downs- 3 councillors

Onyekachukwu Chukwuma - Conservative

Julie-Anne Clancy - Conservative

Kathy Cox - Independent

Emily Hudson - Conservative

Janetta Sams - Independent

Tom Sams - Independent

Ryan Slaughter - Labour

Ian Stevens - Reform

Headcorn and Sutton Valence - 2 councillors

Thomas Dawber - Green

Derek Eagle - Green

Henry Morgan - Labour

Martin Richards - Lib Dem

Martin Round - Conservative

Ziggy Trzebinski - Conservative

High Street- 3 councillors

Oliver Bradshaw - Conservative

Saf Buxy - Green

Alan Chell - Conservative

David Collier - Labour

Clive English - Lib Dem

Donna Greenan - Green

Dylan Jeffrey - Conservative

Denise Joy - Independent

Dinesh Khadka - Lib Dem

Ashleigh Kimmance - Lib Dem

Farris Willson - Green

Leeds and Langley - 2 councillors

Gary Cooke - Conservative

Simon Easton - Green

Gill Fort - Conservative

Maxwell Harrison - Reform

Joan Langrick - Labour

Matthew White - Green

Loose and Linton - 2 councillors

Kenneth Amakye - Conservative

Brian Clark - Lib Dem

Nicola Dawber - Green

Matthew Fraser - Green

Bryan Hillman - Reform

Alan Le Grys - Labour

James Reid - Conservative

Simon Wales - Lib Dem

Marden and Yalding- 3 councillors

Annabelle Blackmore - Conservative

Grace Couch - Green

Maria Kelly - Labour

Kelly Rigden - Green

Claudine Russell - Conservative

Tristan Russell - Conservative

Teresa Seamer - Reform

Michael Summersgill - Green

William Wilby - Lib Dem

Palace Wood - 2 councillors

Tom Cannon - Conservative

Stan Forecast - Conservative

Wendy Hollands - Labour

Diana Lewins - Lib Dem

Ian McDonald - Green

Stephen Muggeridge - Green

Cynthia Robertson - Lib Dem

Park Wood and Mangravet - 2 councillors

Joyce Gadd - Conservative

Hilary Jenkins-Baldock - Labour

Lewis McKenna - Conservative

Daniel Wilkinson - Labour

Penenden Heath- 3 councillors

Andrew Bradford - Conservative

Richard Conyard - Lib Dem

Phoebe Frewer - Green

Tony Harwood - Lib Dem

David Naghi - Lib Dem

Derek Nicholson - Conservative

Andrew Reilly - Green

Rachel Slaughter - Labour

Daniel Thompson - Green

Jeff Tree - Conservative

Ringlestone - 1 councillor

Scott Hahnefeld - Conservative

Gareth Henry - Green

Stella Randall - Labour

Mike Thompson - Lib Dem

Senacre - 1 councillor

Patrik Garten - Conservative

Malcolm McKay - Labour

Shepway- 3 councillors

Alan Bartlett - Conservative

Louise Bartlett - Conservative

Sarah Barwick - Labour

Gary Butler - Independent

Maureen Cleator - Labour

Christopher Garland - Conservative

Lawrence Rustem - British Democrats

Geoffrey Samme - Lib Dem

Joanna Wilkinson - Labour

Staplehurst - 2 councillors

Thomas Burnham - Lib Dem

Stewart Lane - Green

John Perry - Conservative

Paddy Riordan - Conservative

Rory Silkin - Labour

Julie Skinner - Labour

Tovil - 2 councillors

Rebecca Bruneau - Conservative

Ian Cleator - Labour

Joe Higson - Lib Dem

Simon Milham - Green

Benjamin Reid - Conservative

Rosemary Riepma - Green

Paul Thomas - Reform

Paul Wilby - Lib Dem

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