Dartford Conservatives

31/08/2026

29/08/2026

Next Saturday, Dartford’s annual commemoration of the Battle of Britain will return to Brewery Square.

Join us opposite Dartford War Memorial to see a full-size Spitfire replica, along with wartime singers to commemorate the bravery and the sacrifice of The Few, who defended Britain valiantly 86 years ago.

Don’t forget that national Battle of Britain Day is on Tuesday, 15 September.

29/08/2026

♨️ Great BBQ at The Malt Shovel 🍺

Thank you to our members and volunteers who came along!

24/08/2026

The biggest shake-up of Kent’s councils in half a century will cost taxpayers an initial £12 million.

23/08/2026

89% of residents say KCC has not done enough to inform and consult them over the Rowhill School sale.

That is overwhelming!

Earlier this year, we asked residents whether they thought Kent County Council had done a good enough job of keeping them informed and consulted about the proposed sale of the Rowhill School site.

89% said no.

Just 10.3% said yes, with 0.7% unsure.

For a site that is so important to Wilmington, we all deserve to know what is happening and to have a genuine opportunity to have their say about its future.

We will make sure these results form part of our case to KCC as we continue pushing for community use and other realistic alternatives to be fully explored before any sale goes ahead.

This is about making sure that before an important public asset is sold, every reasonable option has been considered and the community most affected has been heard.

Rowhill is a valuable public asset. Its future should not be decided without the community having a proper say.

21/08/2026

Great to catch up with our members, volunteers and Councillors at the Adalaat Lounge earlier this week.

Thank you to everyone who contributes and supports our efforts!

It's never a bad time to sign up - link in the comments!

06/08/2026

Nothing beats a day out speaking with residents in West Hill when the sun is shining! ☀️

Thank you to everyone who stopped for a chat, and to our fantastic team of volunteers for giving up their time!

20/07/2026

20/07/2026

No one in Dartford was asking for Local Government Reorganisation. But we got it anyway.

Earlier this year, the Government launched a consultation on the options available. It has now chosen Option 4B.

Option 4B carries significant financial risk and creates a council that is simply too large to be genuinely effective or local.

Every option on the table left Dartford worse off, just to varying degrees.

It is only right that residents are told how many people actually supported this option when they were forced to choose between them.

I have now submitted a Freedom of Information request to the Government, asking it to publish the full, anonymised results of the Kent and Medway Local Government Reorganisation consultation for people living in the Dartford Borough area.

The request covers every proposal considered:

Option 1A, Option 3A, Option 4B, Option 4D and Option 5A.

For every option and every consultation question, I have asked for the number of Dartford residents who selected each available response, from “strongly agree” to “strongly disagree”, as well as those who answered “don’t know” or skipped the question.

I have also asked for confirmation of the total number of responses received from Dartford, and whether any duplicate or repeat submissions were identified and removed.

This request does not seek anyone’s name, address, postcode, comments or other personal information. It asks only for anonymised, aggregate figures.

Similar geographical breakdowns have been published for other local government consultations, so I can see no good reason why this information should not be provided.

Once the Government responds, I will publish the figures in full.

Dartford residents deserve to know what people here actually said.