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:
Kent County Council Make-up | |
| Reform UK | 55 |
| Liberal Democrat | 12 |
| Conservative | 5 |
| Green Party | 5 |
| Labour | 1 |
| Labour and Co-operative Party | 1 |
| UKIP (Defected from Reform UK) | 1 |
| Independent (Suspended from Reform UK prior to trial) | 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 |
Ming Campbell was a dedicated public servant and Liberal giant. His principled leadership opposing the Iraq War was a mark of his morality, courage and wisdom. But more than that, he was an warm and caring friend and colleague. We will miss him terribly.
Our party is run by members, for members. From the leader, to members of Party Committees & our local party teams, everyone is elected by fellow members. Nominations are now closed for the 2025 Federal elections. Ballot emails go out soon.
We thought 28 years of Tory in-fighting was bad, Reform seems to be trying to out-do them in their first 100 days.
A Liberal Democrat motion seeking to boost the cross-Kent uptake of vaccinations to safeguard the health of children was moved at the Kent County Council meeting of 18th September and was passed with the unanimous support of the 73 councillors voting.
Tim Prater has blasted Kent County Council wasting time and money working on further developing its own proposal for Kent Local Government Reorganisation despite their plan having NO support amongst other local councils.
Lib Dem County Councillors John Moreland, Mike Sole, Trudy Dean, Richard Streatfeild, Colin Sefton, Geoffrey Samme, Mark Ellis, Tim Prater and Anthony Hook all asked questions at the Kent County Council meeting of 18 September.
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