Shepway Council find 14,000 new electors
The revised Register of Electors is published on 1 December each year, following the annual canvass. This year's canvass in the Shepway area has had a record response in excess of 94% of all properties in the district - the most recent record was 83.5% in 2009.
As a result there are over 14,000 new electors on the Register in the Shepway area. Taking into account deletions of non-respondents and those that have moved away, we have a net gain of 8,067 local government electors when compared to the last district elections held in 2007 and of over 5,500 since last year. The full breakdown by each ward is shown below.
Local Government Electors Breakdown by Ward in the Shepway District Area
Ward | 2007 | 2011 | % increase since 2007 | |
Dymchurch & St Mary's Bay | 5119 | 5341 | 4.34% | |
Elham & Stelling Minnis | 1661 | 1777 | 6.98% | |
Folkestone Cheriton | 4654 | 4996 | 7.35% | |
Folkestone East | 3036 | 3491 | 14.99% | |
Folkestone Foord | 3311 | 3959 | 19.57% | |
Folkestone Harbour | 3230 | 3859 | 19.47% | |
Folkestone Harvey Central | 3450 | 4494 | 30.26% | |
Folkestone Harvey West | 3217 | 3693 | 14.80% | |
Folkestone Morehall | 3020 | 3275 | 8.44% | |
Folkestone Park | 4569 | 4911 | 7.49% | |
Folkestone Sandgate | 3130 | 3384 | 8.12% | |
Hythe Central | 4566 | 4970 | 8.85% | |
Hythe East | 3283 | 3442 | 4.84% | |
Hythe West | 3284 | 3473 | 5.76% | |
Lydd | 4576 | 4893 | 6.93% | |
Lympne and Stanford | 1567 | 1635 | 4.34% | |
New Romney Coast | 2825 | 2972 | 5.20% | |
New Romney Town | 2563 | 2817 | 9.91% | |
North Downs East | 5509 | 6608 | 19.95% | |
North Downs West | 3485 | 3638 | 4.39% | |
Romney Marsh | 1748 | 1869 | 6.92% | |
Tolsford | 1654 | 1646 | -0.48% | |
73457 | 81143 | 10.46% |
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