Swale Borough Council elections

Swale Borough Council elections are held every four years to elect Swale Borough Council in Kent, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2015 the council has comprised 47 councillors representing 24 wards. Until 2011 one third of the council was elected every year, followed by one year without election.

Council elections
Summary of the council composition after recent council elections, click on the year for full details of each election. Boundary changes took place for the 2002 election, leading to the whole council bring elected in that year and reducing the number of seats by two.


 * 1973 Swale District Council election
 * 1976 Swale Borough Council election
 * 1979 Swale Borough Council election (New ward boundaries)
 * 1980 Swale Borough Council election
 * 1982 Swale Borough Council election
 * 1983 Swale Borough Council election (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)
 * 1984 Swale Borough Council election (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)
 * 1986 Swale Borough Council election
 * 1987 Swale Borough Council election
 * 1988 Swale Borough Council election

By-election results
By-elections occur when seats become vacant between council elections. Below is a summary of recent by-elections; full by-election results can be found by clicking on the by-election name.