Maidstone Greens are delighted with the results of the Borough Council elections, after more than trebling our seat count. Gains were made in Allington & Bridge, Barming Heath & Teston, Bearsted & Downswood, Coxheath & Farleigh, Fant & Oakwood, High Street and Marden & Yalding wards. In addition Stuart Jeffery and Stephen Thompson both retained their seats in Allington & Bridge and Boxley Downs (formerly Detling & Thurnham) wards respectively, taking our total seat count from three to ten.
Across Maidstone as a whole the Greens claimed 22% of all votes cast in the Borough, the second highest vote share. The only negative was one loss in Headcorn and Sutton Valence, where Derek Eagle narrowly missed out, where Ward boundary changes meant he was beaten by only 2% of the vote.
Cllr. Stuart Jeffery, Leader of the Green and Independent Alliance at Maidstone Borough Council; “I’m delighted with these results, it demonstrates that the hard work we’ve been putting in across the Borough has been recognised, and that people are fed up of the status quo. To gain eight new seats is incredible, in fact it’s the third highest gain nationwide.
Now we have the difficult task of unpicking the mess of the last few years, starting with forming an administration.”
