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Dover district votes tomorrow in Kent County Council election with the count at Dover Town Hall

Voters got to the polls tomorrow (Thursday) to choose their county councillors.

Electors in Dover district will be voting for councillors in seven seats, two each in the DoverTown and Deal and Walmer divisions and one each in Dover North, Dover West and Sandwich.

Kent County Council is currently a Conservative administration with Ukip as the official opposition.

The KCC election.
The KCC election.

Labour have the two Dover Town seats and two at the Deal division, now being renamed Deal and Walmer.

The Conservatives have the remaining three seats.

The district has 58 polling stations throughout its villages and town neighbourhoods, open from 7am to 10pm.

Dover Town Hall. Election results will be announced here
Dover Town Hall. Election results will be announced here

The total 33 candidates in the district are:

Deal and Walmer (two seats): Trevor Bond (Con), Will Darlington (Lib Dem), Mike Eddy (Lab), Sylvia Hanael (Ukip), Graham Lane (Ukip), John Lonsdale (Grn), Derek Murphy (Con), Eileen Rowbotham (Lab), Christopher Tough (Ind), John Trickey (Lib Dem).

Dover North (one seat): Nick Fox (Grn), Steve Manion (Con), Tim Turner (Ukip), Charles Woodgate (Lab).

Dover Town (two seats): Pauline Beresford (Con), Adrian Briggs (Lib Dem), Pam Brivio (Lab), Nigel Collor (Con), Gordon Cowan (Lab), Ben Glayzer (Ukip), Carolyn Hughes (Lib Dem), Georgette Rapley (Ukip), Beccy Sawbridge (Grn).

Dover West (one seat): Jim Caple (Lib Dem), Sarah Gleave (Grn), Geoffrey Lymer (Con), Peter McDermott (Ukip), Miriam Wood (Lab).

Sandwich (one seat): Sue Chandler (Con), Lesley Ede (Ukip), David Pestell (Lab), Wendy Scott (Lib Dem), Aidan Shanks (Grn).

Tomorrow will also have two Dover District Council by-elections.

There are three candidates for the Buckland ward: Nathaniel Richards (Labour), Callum Warriner (Conservative) and Tim Turner (Ukip).

For Maxton, Elms Vale and Priory there are four candidates.

These are Peter McDermott (Ukip), again a KCC candidate, Ann Napier (Labour), Roger Walkden (Conservative) and Graham Wanstall (Independent).

Your local polling station can by found via the web page dover.gov.uk/Council--Democracy/Elections/Polling-Stations.aspx.

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