The 2019 Sevenoaks District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Sevenoaks District Council. This was on the same day as other local elections. The entire council (54 seats) was up for election. The result was a reduced majority for the Conservatives (down 3 seats) but was still a large victory. Independents made gains, as did the Liberal Democrats. UKIP lost the 1 seat they had won in 2015. No contest was held in 4 wards (Cowden & Hever, Dunton Green & Riverhead, Leigh & Chiddingstone Causeway, and Penshurst, Fordcombe & Chiddingstone), as the same number of candidates as seats up for election ran.
Results
Results by ward Ash and New Ash Green (3 seats)
Brasted, Chevening and Sundridge (3 seats)
Cowden and Hever
No contest was held, as only 1 candidate ran for the seat.
Crockenhill and Well Hill
Stephen Lindsay was the sitting councillor having been elected as a UKIP candidate in 2015.
Dunton Green and Riverhead (2 seats)
No contest was held, as only 2 candidates ran for the 2 seats.
Edenbridge North and East (2 seats)
Edenbridge South and West (2 seats)
Eynsford
Farningham, Horton Kirby and South Darenth (2 seats)
Fawkham and West Kingsdown (3 seats)
Halstead, Knockholt and Badgers Mount (2 seats)
Hartley and Hodsoll Street (3 seats)
Hextable (2 seats)
Kemsing (2 seats)
Leigh and Chiddingstone Causeway
No contest was held, as just 1 candidate ran for the seat.
Otford and Shoreham (2 seats)
Penshurst, Fordcombe and Chiddingstone
No contest was held, as just 1 candidate ran for the seat.
Seal and Weald (2 seats)
Sevenoaks Eastern (2 seats)
Sevenoaks Kippington (2 seats)
Sevenoaks Northern (2 seats)
Sevenoaks Town and St. John's (3 seats)
Swanley Christchurch and Swanley Village (3 seats)
Swanley St. Mary's (2 seats)
Swanley White Oak (3 seats)
Westerham and Crockham Hill (2 seats)
Changes 2019–2023
Anna Firth, the Conservative councillor for Brasted, Chevening and Sundridge since 2011, resigned her seat in February 2022 after being elected as Member of Parliament for Southend West at a by-election held on 3 February 2022.
Brian Carroll, one of the Conservative councillors for Farningham, Horton Kirby and South Darenth, resigned in November 2022; as his term would have ended at the next ordinary election in May 2023, no by-election was held.
James Osborne-Jackson, the Conservative councillor for Leigh and Chiddingstone Causeway, resigned in November 2022; as his term would have ended at the next ordinary election in May 2023, no by-election was held.
By-elections
Brasted, Chevening and Sundridge (2021)
The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Conservative councillor Robert Piper.
Brasted, Chevening and Sundridge (2022)
The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Conservative councillor Anna Firth after she was elected as Member of Parliament for Southend West.
Fawkham and West Kingsdown
The by-election was triggered by the death of Conservative councillor Faye Parkin.
Penshurst, Fordcombe and Chiddingstone
The by-election followed Susan Coleman's departure from the council after moving to Rutland.
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