
Challenging KCC to fly the Pride flag
The Reform run council has doubled down on its policy to no longer fly the Pride flag.
At the May 2025 elections, 12 Liberal Democrats were elected to Kent County Council, the official opposition to Reform UK. This is the Liberal Democrats' largest Kent County Council group for over 20 years.
The current membership of Kent County Council is:
Reform UK | 57 |
Liberal Democrat | 12 |
Conservative | 5 |
Green Party | 5 |
Labour | 1 |
Labour and Co-operative Party | 1 |
The Liberal Democrat Group on Kent County Council are:
Division | Councillor |
Canterbury North | Alex Ricketts |
Canterbury South | Mike Sole |
Cheriton Sandgate & Hythe East | Tim Prater |
Faversham | Antony Hook |
Maidstone North East | Geoffrey Samme |
Malling Central | Trudy Dean |
Sevenoaks Town | Richard Streatfeild |
Tunbridge Wells East | Colin Sefton |
Tunbridge Wells North | Mark Ellis |
Tunbridge Wells Rural | Mark Munday |
Tunbridge Wells South | Martin Brice |
Tunbridge Wells West | John Moreland |
The Reform run council has doubled down on its policy to no longer fly the Pride flag.
Antony Hook has been elected to continue to lead the Lib Dem Group at Kent County Council. The Liberal Democrat Group are now the Official Opposition on Kent County Council, with as many Councillors as Conservatives, Labour and Greens combined.
The Liberal Democrat group at Kent County Council have more experience than all the other 4 groups added together, and then some.
The Chairman of Reform UK, Zia Yusuf, has said that Reform Councils will move “at speed” to resolve that only the St George's Flag and Union Flag can be flown from Council buildings.
As Reform UK take control of Kent County Council, the Liberal Democrats surge to double our number of seats and become the official opposition.
Thursday's local elections in areas saw the Liberal Democrats come second, ahead of both the Conservatives and Labour for the first time in local elections. In Kent the group doubled to 12, and became the official opposition to Reform UK.
Every vote for the Liberal Democrats counts. It's a vote to elect a strong local champion, who will fight for a fair deal for you and your community.
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