Birchington North

Birchington North, a British electoral district, was created at the boundary changes of May 2001. It composed of the town of Birchington north of the London-to-Margate railway line, with territory taken from Birchington West and Birchington East wards. The first election took place in May 2003, and resulted in the incumbent Independents losing out to a resurgent Conservative Party.

2003 Election

Birchington North ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Latchford	868	56.3%	n/a
	Conservative	Simon Day	846	54.9%	n/a
	Independent	Neville Hudson	397	25.7%	n/a
	Independent	N Thomas	286	18.5%	n/a
	Labour	C Rose	197	12.8%	n/a
	Labour	M Signorell	177	11.5%	n/a
	Independent	B Hardy	175	11.3%	n/a
Majority			471,449
Turnout			1,542	48.3%	3,191

2007 Election

Birchington North ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Latchford	797	50.4%	-5.9
	Conservative	Simon Day	648	41.0%	-13.9
	Independent	John Worrow (Gray Party)	555	35.1%	n/a
	Liberal Democrats	Bill Furness	270	17.1%	n/a
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Bloore	213	13.5%	n/a
	Green	Colin Bridge	203	12.8%	n/a
	Labour	Rebecca Scobie	99	6.3%	-6.5%
	Labour	Susan Scobie	88	5.6%	-5.9%
Majority			243,93
Turnout			1,581	49.9%	3,170