Gordon Henderson wins second election
9
May
In what turned out to be a very long night, although sensibly I elected not to stay as the votes were counted, resulted in a second win for Conservative candidate Gordon Henderson taking 49.5% of the votes, marginally down on the 50% share in 2010.
UKIP candidate Richard Palmer made a significant gain on the previous election results, taking a 24.8% share of the votes compared to just 5.3% back in 2010.
Whilst, not entirely unexpectedly Liberal Democrat candidate Keith Nevols paid a heavy price dropping his previous 16.4% share down to just 3.2%
The results were as follows: -
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share |
| Conservative | Gordon Henderson | 24,425 | 49.5% |
| UKIP | Richard Palmer | 12,257 | 24.8% |
| Labour | Guy Nicholson | 9.673 | 19.6% |
| Liberal Democrats | Keith Nevols |
1,563 | 3.2% |
| Green Party | Gary Miller |
1,185 | 2.4% |
| Monster Raving Loony Party | Mad Mike Young |
275 | 0.6% |
Andy Hudson
Sittingbourne.Me