It was a clean sweep for the Conservatives at the KCC County elections when all seven seats were claimed by the party’s candidates.

Four Labour hopefuls had to concede two divisions, previously held by Mike Eddy and Eileen Rowbotham (Deal and Walmer) and Pam Brivio and Gordon Cowan (Dover Town).

They have been replaced with Trevor Bond, Derek P Murphy, Pauline Beresford and Nigel Collor.

Change is also afoot in Sandwich where Cllr Sue Chandler, chairman of Dover District Council, was elected to replace Leyland Ridings (also Con) who chose not to stand again.

Now in Kent there are 67 Conservatives out of 81 seats. Ukip, the former official opposition, were totally wiped out.

It coincided with the election of two Labour councillors for the Dover District Council by-election. These are Nathaniel Richards for the Buckland Ward. He founded Dover's only social supermarket, selling cut price short dated goods to people on low incomes. And Ann Napier was elected to the Maxton, Elms Vale and Priory seat.

Results
Deal and Walmer (two seats): Trevor Bond (Con) 3,969 elected. Derek P Murphy (Con) 3,544 elected.
Mike Eddy (Lab) 2,860. Eileen Rowbotham (Lab) 2,751. William Darlington (Lib Dem) 779. Sylvia Hanwell (Ukip) 699. John Trickey (Lib Dem) 610, Graham Lane (Ukip) 497, John Lonsdale (Grn) 491, Christopher Tough (Ind) 179.
Turnout 35.25%. Ballot papers issued 8,444.

Sandwich (one seat): Sue Chandler 2,868 votes elected.
David Pestell (Lab) 831, Wendy Scott (Lib Dem) 442, Lesley Ede (Ukip) 287, Aidan Shanks (Grn) 251. Turnour 35.85% Ballot papers issued 4,690.

Dover West (one seat): Geoffrey Lymer (Con) 2,589 elected.
Miriam Wood (Lab) 766, Peter McDermott (Ukip) 421, James Caple (Lib Dem) 299, Sarah Waite-Gleave (Grn) 182.
Turnout 34.18% Turnour 35.85% Ballot papers issued 4,264.

Dover Town (two seats): Pauline Beresford (Con) 2,832 elected. Nigel Collor (Con) 2,681 elected.
Pam Brivio (Lab) 2,436, Gordon Cowan (Lab) 1,989, Ben Glazer (Ukip) 979, Georgette Ripley (Ukip) 845, Rebecca Sawbridge (Grn) 443, Adrian Briggs (Lib Dem) 394, Carolyn Hughes (Lib Dem) 365.
Turnout 27.41%. Ballot papers issued 6,888.

Dover North (one seat): Stephen Manion (Con) 2,074 elected with 901 majority.
Charles Woodgate (Lab) 1,173, Nicholas Fox (Grn) 311, Timothy Turner (Ukip) 303, Turnout 34 36%. Ballot papers issued 3,875.