Maidstone Lib Dems are delighter to have retained leadership of Maidstone Council following May’s elections which had had again resulted in no overall control.
At the first Full Council meeting, following the election on 18th May, Martin Cox, the Lib Dem leader gained support from Labour and Independent councillors to retain his position of Leader of the Council. Lib Dems supported Independent Fay Gooch who has retained her position as deputy leader of the council.
In the elections Lib Dems held all contested seats except North where an administrative error led to Rob Field being eligible to stand.
The results below show the outcome for each ward, showing a very strong performance for the Lib Dem candidate in each seat contested
Allington
Liberal Democrat Cynthia Robertson 1180
Con 505
Lab 159
Grn 189
Coxheath & Hunton
Liberal Democrat Richard Webb 1223
Con 753
Lab 134
East
Liberal Democrat David Naghi 942
Con 568
Lab 256
Grn 223
High Street
Liberal Democrat Dinesh Khadka 852
Con 360
Lab 346
Grn 219
Loose
Liberal Democrat Susan Grigg 390
Con 218
Lab 25
Grn 80
South
Liberal Democrat Brian Clark 1332
Con 561
Lab 154
Grn 128
Ind 94
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