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 streetnameWhitfield
Conservative Party
Little Stour and Ashstone
Conservative Party
Leader of the Council
Guston, Kingsdown and St Margaret's-at-Cliffe
Conservative Party
Portfolio Holder for Transport, Licensing and Regulatory Services
Dover Downs and River
Conservative Party
North Deal
Labour Party
Town and Castle
Labour Party
Middle Deal
Conservative Party
Tower Hamlets
Labour and Co-operative Party
Deputy Leader of the Opposition
Sandwich
Conservative Party
Whitfield
Conservative Party
Little Stour and Ashstone
Conservative Party
Chairman of the Council
Middle Deal
Labour Party
Sandwich
Conservative Party
Town and Castle
Conservative Party
Vice-Chairman of the Council
Mill Hill
Conservative Party
Alkham and Capel-le-Ferne
Conservative Party
St Radigunds
Labour Party
North Deal
Conservative Party
Aylesham, Eythorne and Shepherdswell
Labour Party
Eastry Rural
Conservative Party
Portfolio Holder for Planning and Environment
Eastry Rural
Conservative Party
Buckland
Labour Party
Leader of the Opposition
Walmer
Conservative Party
Portfolio Holder for Social Housing, Port Health, Skills and Education
Guston, Kingsdown and St Margaret's-at-Cliffe
Conservative Party
Deputy Leader of the Council & Portfolio Holder for Community and Corporate Property
Dover Downs and River
Conservative Party
St Radigunds
Walmer
Conservative Party
Portfolio Holder for Finance, Governance, Digital and Climate Change
Maxton and Elms Vale
Conservative Party
Aylesham, Eythorne and Shepherdswell
Non-Aligned Member
Mill Hill
Labour Party
Aylesham, Eythorne and Shepherdswell
Labour Party
Buckland
Labour Party