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Elected in 2021 (81): Con 62, Lab 7, Lib Dem 6, Green Party 4, Swale Independents 1, Swanscombe and Greenhithe Residents’ Association 1

Retiring Councillors (as at 09.11.2024) (81): Con 59, Lab 7, Lib Dem 6, Green Party 5, Independent 2, Swale Independents 1, Vacant 1



Ashford

Paul Bartlett (Con) (Ashford Central)
Steve Campkin (Green Party) (Ashford East)
*Clair Bell (Con) (Ashford Rural East)
David Robey (Con) (Ashford Rural South)
Charlie Simkins (Con) (Ashford Rural West)
Dirk Ross (Con) (Ashford South)
Mike Hill, OBE (Con) (Tenterden)

Canterbury

Alister Brady (Lab) (Canterbury City North)
*Mel Dawkins (Lab) (Canterbury City South)
Robert Thomas (Con) (Canterbury North)
Mike Sole (Lib Dem) (Canterbury South)
Dan Watkins (Con) (Herne Bay East)
Alan Marsh (Con) (Herne Village and Sturry)
Neil Baker (Con) (Whitstable East and Herne Bay West)
Mark Dance (Con) (Whitstable West)

Dartford

*Penny Cole (Con) (Dartford East)
*Kelly Grehan (Lab) (Dartford North East)
Jeremy Kite, MBE (Con) (Dartford Rural)
Jan Ozog (Con) (Dartford West)
Swanscombe and Greenhithe (Vacant) – previously Peter Harman (Swanscombe and Greenhithe Residents' Association)
Av Sandhu, MBE (Con) (Wilmington) – elected in by-election (27.01.2022)

Dover

Trevor Bond (Con) (Deal and Walmer)
Derek Murphy (Con) (Deal and Walmer)
Steve Manion (Con) (Dover North)
Nigel Collor (Con) (Dover Town)
Oliver Richardson (Con) (Dover Town)
David Beaney (Con) (Dover West)
*Sue Chandler (Con) (Sandwich)

Folkestone and Hythe

Rory Love, OBE (Con) (Cheriton, Sandgate and Hythe East)
*Susan Carey (Con) (Elham Valley)
*Jackie Meade (Lab) (Folkestone East)
Dylan Jeffrey (Con) (Folkestone West)
*Jenni Hawkins (Green Party) (Hythe West) – elected in by-election (02.03.2023)
Tony Hills (Con) (Romney Marsh)

Gravesham

Jordan Meade (Con) (Gravesend East)
Alan Ridgers (Con) (Gravesend East)
Bryan Sweetland (Con) (Gravesham Rural)
Conrad Broadley (Con) (Northfleet and Gravesend West)
*Dr Lauren Sullivan, MP (Lab) (Northfleet and Gravesend West)

Maidstone

Tom Cannon (Con) (Maidstone Central)
Chris Passmore (Lib Dem) (Maidstone Central) – elected in by-election (06.07.2023)
Ian Chittenden (Lib Dem) (Maidstone North East)
*Shellina Prendergast (Con) (Maidstone Rural East)
Sir Paul Carter, CBE (Con) (Maidstone Rural North)
*Lottie Parfitt, elected as Lottie Parfitt-Reid (Con) (Maidstone Rural South)
Simon Webb (Con) (Maidstone Rural West)
Paul Cooper (Con) (Maidstone South)
Gary Cooke (Con) (Maidstone South East)

Sevenoaks

Roger Gough (Con) (Sevenoaks North and Darent Valley)
David Brazier (Con) (Sevenoaks Rural North East)
*Margot McArthur (Con) (Sevenoaks Rural South)
Richard Streatfeild, MBE (Lib Dem) (Sevenoaks Town)
Nick Chard (Con) (Sevenoaks West)
Perry Cole (Con) (Swanley)

Swale

Antony Hook (Lib Dem) (Faversham)
Andy Booth (Con) (Sheppey)
Mike Whiting (Independent, elected as Con) (Sheppey) – elected in by-election (04.05.2023)
Mike Dendor (Con) (Sittingbourne North)
John Wright (Con) (Sittingbourne South)
Rich Lehmann (Green Party) (Swale East)
Mike Baldock (Swale Independents) (Swale West)

Thanet

Derek Crow-Brown (Con) (Birchington and Rural)
*Linda Wright (Con) (Birchington and Rural)
*Rosalind Binks (Con) (Broadstairs)
*Lesley Game (Con) (Cliftonville)
Barry Lewis (Lab) (Margate)
*Karen Constantine (Lab) (Ramsgate)
Trevor Shonk (Independent, elected as Con) (Ramsgate)

Tonbridge and Malling

*Trudy Dean, MBE (Lib Dem) (Malling Central)
*Sarah Hohler (Con) (Malling North)
Andrew Kennedy (Con) (Malling North East)
*Sarah Hudson (Con) (Malling Rural East)
Harry Rayner (Con) (Malling West)
Mark Hood (Green Party) (Tonbridge)
Paul Stepto (Green Party) (Tonbridge)

Tunbridge Wells

Seán Holden (Con) (Cranbrook)
Paul Barrington-King (Con) (Tunbridge Wells East)
Peter Oakford (Con) (Tunbridge Wells North)
*Sarah Hamilton (Con) (Tunbridge Wells Rural)
*Becki Bruneau (Con) (Tunbridge Wells South)
James McInroy (Con) (Tunbridge Wells West)