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Sevenoaks District Council elections are held every four years to elect Sevenoaks District Council in Kent, England. Since the last full review of boundaries in 2003 the council has comprised 54 councillors, representing 26 wards.^[1]

Council elections

1973 Sevenoaks District Council election
1976 Sevenoaks District Council election
1979 Sevenoaks District Council election (New ward boundaries)^[2]
1983 Sevenoaks District Council election
1987 Sevenoaks District Council election (Some new ward boundaries & district boundary changes also took place)^[3]
1991 Sevenoaks District Council election

Year								Notes
Year	Conservative	Liberal Democrats	Labour	Green	Independent	UK Independence Party	Others	Notes
1995^[4]	17	20	11	0	5	0	0	New boundaries^[5]
1999^[4]	33	9	9	0	2	0	0
2003	33	8	11	0	1	0	2 Independent Team	New boundaries^[6]
2007	41	7	5	0	1	0	0
2011	47	2	4	0	1	0	0
2015	49	2	1	0	1	1	0	New boundaries^[7]
2019	46	3	1	0	2	0	2 Hextable Independent
2023	33	14	0	4	3	0

District result maps

2015
2019
2023

By-election results

2003-2007

Dunton Green and Riverhead by-election 10 June 2004^[8]
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	901	61.8	+10.0
	Liberal Democrats	331	22.7	+22.7
	Labour	225	15.4	−32.8
Majority		570	39.1
Turnout		1,457
	Conservative hold	Swing

Kemsing by-election 5 May 2005^[9]
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	1,097	50.9	−13.0
	Liberal Democrats	1,060	49.1	+13.0
Majority		37	1.7
Turnout		2,157
	Conservative hold	Swing

2007-2011

Swanley St Mary's by-election 19 February 2009^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Paul Golding	408	41.3	+41.3
	Labour	Mike Hogg	332	33.6	−21.7
	Conservative	Tony Searles	247	25.0	+0.1
Majority			76	7.7
Turnout			987
	BNP gain from Labour		Swing

2011-2015

Cowden and Hever by-election 29 March 2012^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Neal	296	78.5	N/A
	UKIP	Lorraine Millgate	81	21.5	N/A
Majority			215	57.0
Turnout			377
	Conservative hold		Swing

Crockenhill and Well Hill by-election 29 March 2012^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jenny Dibsdall	304	58.3	N/A
	Conservative	Adrian Crossley	177	34.0	N/A
	UKIP	Christopher Heath	40	7.7	N/A
Majority			127	24.4
Turnout			521
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Crockenhill and Well Hill by-election 26 September 2013^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Steve Lindsay	216	35.7	+28.0
	Labour	Rachel Waterton	188	31.1	−27.2
	Conservative	Allrik Birch	139	23.0	−11.0
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Hobson	62	10.2	+10.2
Majority			28	4.6
Turnout			605
	UKIP gain from Labour		Swing

2015-2019

Swanley Christchurch and Swanley Village by-election 13 October 2016^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Clare Barnes	311	34.6	−24.1
	Labour	Jacqueline Griffiths	274	30.5	+2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Krish Shanmuganathan	183	20.4	+20.4
	UKIP	Medina Hall	131	14.6	+14.6
Majority			37	4.1
Turnout			899
	Conservative hold		Swing

Penshurst, Fordcombe and Chiddingstone by-election 3 August 2017^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sue Coleman	438	58.8	+5.5
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Streatfeild	253	34.0	+0.2
	Labour	Annette Webb	54	7.2	+7.2
Majority			185	24.8
Turnout			745
	Conservative hold		Swing

Farningham, Horton Kirby and South Darenth by-election 30 August 2018^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Carroll	542	55.7	−1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Krish Shanmuganathan	260	26.7	+26.7
	Labour	Emily Asher	171	17.6	−5.5
Majority			282	29.0
Turnout			973
	Conservative hold		Swing

2019-2023

Brasted, Chevening and Sundridge by-election 6 May 2021^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Bonin	1,051	54.3	+2.6
	Liberal Democrats	Sandra Robinson	704	36.3	+36.3
	Labour	Neil Proudfoot	182	9.4	−9.5
Majority			347	17.9
Turnout			1,937
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brasted, Chevening and Sundridge by-election 3 March 2022^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Williams	820	58.7	+7.0
	Liberal Democrats	Clare Coombe	524	37.5	+37.5
	Labour	Theo Michael	52	3.7	−15.2
Majority			296	21.2
Turnout			1,396
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fawkham and West Kingsdown by-election 5 May 2022^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Emily Bulford	892	71.4	+32.4
	Labour	Jordan Selvey	202	16.2	+16.2
	Liberal Democrats	Tristan Ward	156	12.5	+12.5
Majority			690	55.2
Turnout			1,250
	Conservative hold		Swing

Penshurst, Fordcombe and Chiddingstone by-election 9 June 2022^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Streatfeild	343	54.4	N/A
	Conservative	Ian Butcher	288	45.6	N/A
Majority			55	8.8
Turnout			631
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

References

^ "The District of Sevenoaks (Electoral Changes) Order 2001", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2001/3557, retrieved 27 September 2023
^ The District of Sevenoaks (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976
^ legislation.gov.uk - The Kent (District Boundaries) Order 1987. Retrieved on 6 November 2015.
^ ^a ^b Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Sevenoaks District Council Election Results 1973-2011" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
^ legislation.gov.uk - The Greater London, Kent and Surrey (County Boundaries) Order 1993. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
^ legislation.gov.uk - The District of Sevenoaks (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
^ legislation.gov.uk - The Sevenoaks (Electoral Changes) Order 2014. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Dunton Green and Riverhead Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Kemsing Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
^ "BNP unseats Labour in by-election". BBC News. 20 February 2009. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Cowden and Hever Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Crockenhill and Well Hill Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Crockenhill and Well Hill Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Swanley Christchurch and Swanley Village Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Penshurst, Fordcombe and Chiddingstone Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Farningham, Horton Kirby and South Darenth Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Brasted, Chevening and Sundridge Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Brasted, Chevening and Sundridge Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Fawkham and West Kingsdown Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Penshurst, Fordcombe and Chiddingstone Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 16 January 2023.

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