Your Dover District Councillors by Party

Dover District Council has 32 Councillors who are elected every four years. Each Councillor represents one of 17 wards and each ward may elect either one, two or three councillors depending on the size of its electorate. The last whole council elections were held on Thursday 2 May 2019 and the next whole council elections will be held on Thursday 4 May 2023.

Councillors are elected by the community to decide how the council should carry out its various activities. They represent the public interest of the district as a whole as well as that of individuals living within the ward to which they were elected.

Councillors have regular contact with the general public through council meetings, ward work, telephone/email enquiries or ward surgeries.

To find your councillor please use the links below:

Find your councillor and ward by postcode or streetname

Conservative Party

James Back
Whitfield

Conservative Party
Trevor Bartlett
Little Stour and Ashstone

Conservative Party

Leader of the Council
Martin Bates
Guston, Kingsdown and St Margaret's-at-Cliffe

Conservative Party

Portfolio Holder for Transport, Licensing and Regulatory Services
David Beaney
Dover Downs and River

Conservative Party
Trevor Bond
Middle Deal

Conservative Party
Sue Chandler
Sandwich

Conservative Party
Nigel Collor
Whitfield

Conservative Party
Michael Conolly
Little Stour and Ashstone

Conservative Party

Chairman of the Council
Dan Friend
Sandwich

Conservative Party
David Hannent
Town and Castle

Conservative Party

Vice-Chairman of the Council
David Hawkes
Mill Hill

Conservative Party
Martin Hibbert
Alkham and Capel-le-Ferne

Conservative Party
Peter Jull
North Deal

Conservative Party
Nicholas Kenton
Eastry Rural

Conservative Party

Portfolio Holder for Planning and Environment
Stephen Manion
Eastry Rural

Conservative Party
Derek Murphy
Walmer

Conservative Party

Portfolio Holder for Social Housing, Port Health, Skills and Education
Oliver Richardson
Guston, Kingsdown and St Margaret's-at-Cliffe

Conservative Party

Deputy Leader of the Council & Portfolio Holder for Community and Corporate Property
Mark Rose
Dover Downs and River

Conservative Party
Chris Vinson
Walmer

Conservative Party

Portfolio Holder for Finance, Governance, Digital and Climate Change
Roger Walkden
Maxton and Elms Vale

Conservative Party