KCC elections: Ukip takes Folkestone West
UKIP has won a third seat in Shepway, taking Folkestone West from the Lib Dems.Hod Birkby took 1,155 votes, beating sitting Lib Dem Tim Prater into second with 903. Tory Robert Bliss, who steps down as...
View ArticleKCC elections: Ukip takes Romney Marsh from Tories
THE Conservatives have retained only one Shepway seat, it has been confirmed, as Carole Waters lost her Romney Marsh seat to Ukip by 20 votes.David Baker garnered 2,233 votes, to the Tories' 2,213....
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BREAKING: Thanet's first ever Ukip county councillor is Jeffery...
JEFFREY Elenor is Thanet's first ever UKIP county councillor after being elected by voters in the Margate West ward for the KCC elections. Mr Elenor polled 1,292 votes, 377 ahead of his nearest...
View ArticleBREAKING: From none to two - Roger Latchford becomes Thanet's...
At 1PM, Thanet had never had a Ukip county councillor - by 1.15pm, they have two. Roger Latchford, the former Tory deputy leader of Thanet council during shamed Sandy Ezekiel's reign, has won the...
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BREAKING: Ukip grab two Broadstairs seats - seven out of 8 across...
IT'S a purple Friday in Thanet as Ukip has dominated the KCC elections, winning the last two seats available in Broadstairs. Both Zita Wiltshire and Alan Terry will represent Broadstairs at Kent County...
View ArticleELECTION: MP Julian Brazier says votes are a warning and...
TORY MP Julian Brazier says the party must listen to the message from voters. The Conservatives have lost several seats across Kent, although none so far in the Canterbury district, and Mr Brazier said...
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Paul McMullan performs well as Conservatives hold on to Dover...
PAUL MCMULLAN will be regretting his split with Ukip more than ever after racking up 579 votes as an independent. Cllr Steve Manion held his Dover North seat with 2,034 votes, with Labour's Linda Keen...
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ELECTIONS: Ukip win both seats in Herne Bay from the Tories
HERNE Bay has turned purple after Ukip ousted both sitting Tories on Kent County Council. Jean Law and David Hirst lost to Nicholas Bond and Brian MacDowall in today's elections. The result was the...
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Man charged after liquids were found in Herne Bay ballot box
A WHITSTABLE man has been charged after two vials of an unknown liquid were discovered in a Kent County Election ballot box. Friday's election count was disrupted after people counting election papers...
View ArticleVictory in Thanet is icing on cake for Ukip
EUROSCEPTICS took the isle by storm at last week's county council elections, vowing to next break the two-party rule at Thanet council.The UK Independence Party dislodged seven of Thanet's eight...
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Tories retain Faversham and Swale east seats at KCC
Conservative leader of Swale Borough Council, Andrew Bowles, and fellow Tory Tom Gates have retained their county council seats for Swale east and Faversham, respectively. Mr Bowles took 45.9 per cent...
View ArticleKCC elections: Conservatives hold Elham Valley
A RESULT has finally gone the Tories' way, as Susan Carey kept her Elham Valley seat.The sitting Conservative garnered 2,393 votes, beating Ukip's Nick Jack into second place with 1,861. Claire Jeffrey...
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KCC elections: More holds in Ashford district
THE winners of four more Kent County Council seats in Ashford have been announced.The Ashford Rural East Seat has been held by Conservative Cllr Andrew Wickham, while Ashford Rural West was won by Tory...
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ELECTION: Lib Dems last in Herne and Sturry ward, held by Tories
THE Liberal Democrats were beaten into fifth place in the Herne and Sturry ward of Kent County Council. Nigel Whitburn polled just 169 votes, behind Green Party candidate Elisa De Vert, with 217....
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Tories retain five KCC seats in Ashford and Tenterden
THE Conservatives have retained five seats for the Ashford and Tenterden area in the Kent County Council elections.Labour won one seat and the Liberal Democrats retained control of another.Before...
View ArticleBREAKING: Ukip take two Ramsgate seats in KCC elections
THANET is turning purple after news that the party has won both seats in Ramsgate at the Kent County Council elections. Former National Front organiser Martyn Heale and Trevor Shonk have toppled Liz...
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ELECTION: Westgate Towers traffic trial was critical to Tory...
VICTORIOUS Tory councillor Graham Gibbens says his stance on the Westgate traffic trial and Kingsmead field helped him keep his seat. He polled 1,207 votes in the Kent County Council elections for...
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ELECTION: Whitstable stays blue but Tories admit Ukip had them...
WHITSTABLE'S Conservative candidates revealed they were worried for their seats in the face of Ukip's growing popularity. Mark Dance and Mike Harrison held on to their Kent County Council seats, with...
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Man arrested in connection with unknown liquid found in a Herne...
A MAN from Whitstable has been arrested after two vials of an unknown liquid were found in a ballot box at Friday's Kent County Council Election count. The two orange capsules were discovered inside a...
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Kent's pension links with fracking firms revealed
Kent Green Party claims that investments by Kent County Council (KCC)'s pensions fund in fracking companies is a conflict of interest for the authority which has the power to grant such companies...
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