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Canterbury 2021

Local elections held 6 May 2021.

8 ward races
8 seats
4 elected below the proportional quota
50.0% of seats below quota

How to read this page

Each race below shows the share of valid ballots the marginal elected candidate actually won, and compares it to the proportional quota: the share that would be needed to be guaranteed that seat under any proportional voting method (1 seats + 1). For a 1-seat ward the quota is 50%; for 2 seats, 33.3%; for 3 seats, 25%.

Where the actual winning share fell below the quota, we show the gap as points under par — the editorial indictment. Above-par results are just majority mandates and pass without comment. The voting method is the subject of every observation here. Named candidates appear as the public election record requires; the cause being audited is the voting method, not the individuals. See the methodology page for derivations.

If votes were counted by party

Across the 8 wards in this cycle, parties received the vote totals below. The proportional column shows what each party would have won if the 8 seats had been allocated to those vote totals in proportion (how, with caveats). The Δ column is the actual seat count minus the proportional seat count — positive numbers are parties First-Past-the-Post over-represented in this council, negative are parties it under-represented.

PartyVotesVote %Seats won% of seatsProportional seatsProportional %Δ
Conservative and Unionist Party17,22143.8%562.5%450.0%+1
Labour Party11,35828.9%225.0%225.0%0
Liberal Democrats6,18815.7%112.5%112.5%0
Green Party4,32711.0%00.0%112.5%-1
Independent2630.7%00.0%00.0%0
Total39,357100.0%8100.0%8100.0%0

Vote share vs seats won

The top bar is each party's share of votes cast in this council. Below, one square per seat, coloured by the party that won it — first the actual First-Past-the-Post result, then what a proportional method would have produced from the same vote totals. Divergence between the bar and the actual grid is the indictment of the method.

Vote share
Actual seats
Proportional seats

Wards in this council

Sorted with the largest gap below the quota first. Click any ward to jump to its full result.

Race results

Canterbury City South · single-seat

Marginal winner 41.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +9.0 pts below quota Valid ballots 5,105

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Dawkins M.Labour Party2,09541.0%Elected
2Barna S.D.Conservative and Unionist Party1,37426.9%
3Linfield I.A.Liberal Democrats1,10921.7%
4Marsh P.J.Green Party52710.3%

Electorate 13,971 · Ballots cast 5,105 · EC ward code E58001787 · Back to ward index

Whitstable West · single-seat

Marginal winner 42.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +7.1 pts below quota Valid ballots 5,652

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Dance M.C.Conservative and Unionist Party2,42242.9%Elected
2Smith N.R.Labour Party2,23639.6%
3David N.M.Green Party73513.0%
4Hawkins Y.Liberal Democrats1733.1%
5Egerton J.R.S.Independent861.5%

Electorate 14,640 · Ballots cast 5,652 · EC ward code E58000749 · Back to ward index

Canterbury City North · single-seat

Marginal winner 43.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +6.7 pts below quota Valid ballots 4,502

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Brady A.J.Labour Party1,95143.3%Elected
2Khan N.I.Conservative and Unionist Party1,07723.9%
3Lister A.Liberal Democrats99722.1%
4Stanton H.J.A.Green Party47710.6%

Electorate 12,049 · Ballots cast 4,502 · EC ward code E58000687 · Back to ward index

Canterbury South · single-seat

Marginal winner 45.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +4.4 pts below quota Valid ballots 5,384

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Sole M.J.Liberal Democrats2,45745.6%Elected
2Northey M.J.Conservative and Unionist Party1,96636.5%
3Nolan C.Labour Party96117.8%

Electorate 12,521 · Ballots cast 5,384 · EC ward code E58001788 · Back to ward index

Canterbury North · single-seat

Marginal winner 53.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −3.2 pts Valid ballots 4,515

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Thomas R.J.Conservative and Unionist Party2,40253.2%Elected
2Prentice P.S.L.Labour Party1,00222.2%
3Ricketts A.Liberal Democrats60213.3%
4Peckham A.M.Green Party50911.3%

Electorate 11,718 · Ballots cast 4,515 · EC ward code E58000689 · Back to ward index

Whitstable East & Herne Bay West · single-seat

Marginal winner 53.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −3.9 pts Valid ballots 5,011

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Baker N.S.Conservative and Unionist Party2,70353.9%Elected
2Allen D.Labour Party1,16223.2%
3Bothwell K.N.Green Party80416.0%
4Flanagan J.D.Liberal Democrats3426.8%

Electorate 14,080 · Ballots cast 5,011 · EC ward code E58000748 · Back to ward index

Herne Bay East · single-seat

Marginal winner 54.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −4.2 pts Valid ballots 4,363

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Watkins D.Conservative and Unionist Party2,36654.2%Elected
2Warley S.N.Labour Party93621.5%
3Shelley B.D.Green Party63514.6%
4Bowley J.K.Liberal Democrats2495.7%
5Sergeant G.W.Independent1774.1%

Electorate 15,936 · Ballots cast 4,363 · EC ward code E58000708 · Back to ward index

Herne Village & Sturry · single-seat

Marginal winner 60.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −10.3 pts Valid ballots 4,825

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Marsh A.Conservative and Unionist Party2,91160.3%Elected
2Butcher J.E.Labour Party1,01521.0%
3Harvey A.Green Party64013.3%
4Maltby G.R.J.Liberal Democrats2595.4%

Electorate 15,936 · Ballots cast 4,825 · EC ward code E58000709 · Back to ward index