A borough council has taken the decision to switch to full council elections instead of voting by one-thirds in future.

Mad Mike Young claims other candidates refused his offer of free bananas at the Old Bexley and Sidcup by-election.

Veteran Loony Party candidate Mad Mike Young has thrown his hat into the ring in the battle for the Old Bexley and Sidcup by-election.

Ten borough councillors will lose their seats if a ward boundary shake-up is agreed.

An election pushed back following the unexpected death of one of the candidates has taken place.

Proposed changes to constituency boundaries could see the number of seats in Kent increase from 17 to 18 before the next general election.

The Conservatives have won the Sheerness by-election - taking a seat left vacant by Labour's Mark Ellen who died in February.

The battle for control of Kent County Council has been taking place and this is how things look in Sheppey, Sittingbourne and Faversham.

It has been suggested that the Conservative dominance of one of its strongholds could be under threat at next month's county and borough elections.

From May's county elections to an unusual response to a Freedom of Information request, the KM Group's political editor analyses the week in politics.

Two independent councillors are calling for more people to put themselves forward as candidates in May to break the two-party stronghold.

A "brave, diligent and selfless" councillor has died from a debilitating disease aged 31 just weeks after getting married.

Evie Martin, who stood for the Brexit Party in the general election before being stood-down by Nigel Farage, has joined her local Liberal Democrats.

Villagers are being urged to back their parish council's Neighbourhood Plan, despite the looming threat of a garden village.

A councillor said it was unfair to leave residents at Pilgrims Retreat with a sword of Damocles over their heads.

A borough council has set a budget increase "in line with inflation."

A local authority's failed "vanity project" has still cost council tax-payers £10.6m.

After his overwhelming victory we examine what is next for Boris Johnson and what a Conservative government will mean for Kent.

An MP has faced strong criticism from her local association chairman, despite increasing her majority in Kent's only Labour seat.

A Kent MP says there will be no more chances to frustrate Brexit thanks to the Tory majority in the House of Commons.