Challenging KCC to fly the Pride flag
The Reform run council has doubled down on its policy to no longer fly the Pride flag.
24 May 2025
The Liberal Democrats on Kent County Council
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 |
Kent News
Antony Hook Elected Lib Dem Group Leader
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.
17 May 2025
Experience Counts at Kent County Council
The Liberal Democrat group at Kent County Council have more experience than all the other 4 groups added together, and then some.
17 May 2025
Reform UK: Banning the Flag of Kent from Kent County Council Buildings
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.
5 May 2025
Cracking! The Lib Dem Dozen: The New Official Opposition in Kent
As Reform UK take control of Kent County Council, the Liberal Democrats surge to double our number of seats and become the official opposition.
5 May 2025
Overtaking the Conservatives in the Country, and in Kent
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.
5 May 2025
UK Lib Dem news
Education, Children & Schools
Our five principles for SEND reform
Ed Davey Munira Wilson have written to Keir Starmer setting out five principles for SEND reform, and offering to work on a cross-party basis with the government to ensure the reforms deliver for children with SEND and their families.
LD
9 Jul 2025
Benefits & Pensions
Standing up for the most vulnerable in society
Why we opposed the Government’s welfare bill
SD
3 Jul 2025
Windrush Day 2025
77 years ago today, the HMT Empire Windrush docked in Essex - marking the beginning of the Windrush generation’s arrival here in the UK.
20 Jun 2025