2023 Swale Borough Council election

2023 Swale Borough Council election
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All 47 seats to Swale Borough Council
24 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Leader Roger Truelove Alan Horton Mike Baldock
Party Labour Conservative Swale Ind.
Last election 11 seats, 23.7% 16 seats, 34.1% 10 seats, 20.1%
Seats before 9 15[a] 8
Seats after 15 12 11
Seat change Increase4 Decrease4 Increase1
Percentage 24.4% 30.6% 17.3%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
  Blank Blank Blank
Leader Ben Martin Tim Valentine
Party Liberal Democrats Green Independent
Last election 5 seats, 9.7% 2 seats, 5.7% 2 seats, 4.6%
Seats before 4 2 8[b]
Seats after 5 3 1
Seat change Steady Increase1 Decrease1
Percentage 13.1% 8.7% 4.2%
  Seventh party
  Blank
Party Reform UK
Last election N/A
Seats before 1
Seats after 0
Seat change N/A
Percentage 1.0%
The winner of each seat by party in the 2023 Swale Borough Council Election
Leader before election

Mike Baldock
Swale Independents
No overall control

Leader after election

Tim Gibson
Labour
No overall control

The 2023 Swale Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Swale Borough Council in Kent, England.[3] This was on the same day as other local elections across England.

The council was under no overall control prior to the election. The Conservatives were the largest party, but the council was being run by a rainbow coalition of all the other main parties, led by Mike Baldock of local party the Swale Independents. The council remained under no overall control after the election, and Labour overtook the Conservatives to become the largest party.[4] A new coalition of Labour, the Swale Independents and Greens formed.[5] The new Labour group leader, Tim Gibson, was appointed leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 17 May 2023, with Mike Baldock becoming deputy leader.[6]

  1. ^ Nurden, John (22 January 2023). "Shock death of Sheppey councillor Cameron Beart, 31". Kent Online. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Your Councillors by Party". Swale Borough Council. Archived from the original on 5 April 2023. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
  3. ^ "Notice of election" (PDF). Swale Borough Council. 16 March 2023. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  4. ^ Harbert, Joe (5 May 2023). "Swale Council election results 2023: Councillors prepare for another rainbow coalition". Kent Online. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
  5. ^ Boothroyd, David (19 May 2023). "As a Green councillor walked out one midsummer morning". Local Councils. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
  6. ^ "Council minutes, 17 May 2023". Swale Borough Council. Retrieved 28 September 2023.


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