After the rollercoaster ride of the general election, Kent is bracing itself for more counts.

Now, just hours after the parliamentary election results were announced, counting is under way at council borough elections.

In Swale, the Conservatives remain in control following a dramatic day of results.

A number of shocks mean there has been a significant shift in the political make up of the borough.

Sevenoaks District, town and parish councils counts take place.

Residents will be able to see how their votes change the way the district is run, with all of the council’s 54 seats up for grabs.

The council chamber is currently awash with blue, with the Conservatives sitting in 47 seats.

Labour have four seats with the Lib Dems having two and just the one occupied by an independent.

Counting is also taking place in the Shepway District Council elections.

Residents living in all 26 wards have voted for between one and three representatives depending on the population of their area.

Those elected will form the full council, which is responsible for making decisions with the help of paid officers.

Meanwhile the counts for the borough council in Tunbridge Wells are due to begin at 4pm.

There will be 17 council seats up for grabs – 35% of its places.

Labour, Lib Dems and Ukip candidates will be angling for seats in the borough which previously had 38 of the 48 spots held by Conservative councillors.

Three were held by Labour, three by the Lib Dems, two by Independents, one by Ukip councillor Victor Webb and one seat in Rusthall is unoccupied.

Ukip's campaign was big in the area, with 16 candidates standing.

Residents living in the 17 wards where there is an election received a second ballot slip when they visited their polling station, to select who they want to represent their interests at the council.

Meanwhile, the Tories secured a huge majority on Canterbury City Council, with 39 councillors elected in 21 wards.

In Maidstone, there were 19 positions up for grabs across 19 different wards - just over a third of the total posts in the council.

But, after the count, there continued to be no party with overall control in the county town, with the Tories coming away from the count with a one seat net gain.

But at Dover district the counting has already ended.

The council now has three Ukip members among the mix of 17 Labour members and 25 Conservatives.

In Medway, the conservatives reflected the national picture, sweeping back into power.

They now have 36 cllrs, while Labour have 15 - the same number they won in 2011.

The night saw the end of Lib Dem leader Geoff Juby's twenty year stint as a councillor in Gillingham - he lost his ward meaning the Lib Dems now have no one on the council. Defeated Ukip PCC Mark Reckless was supporting his wife Catriona Brown-Reckless, who won her seat in Strood South. Ukip won four seats in total.In Tunbridge Wells there were 17 seats up for grabs - 35% of the total - and all of those are now blue.Dartford saw a bluewash - with the Tories increasing the number of seats hold on the council.The party won 34 out of a possible 44 seats on the council, adding five on what they had previously. In Gravesham, the Tories beat Labour party by two seats to take back control of the council.The count has got under way today in Thanet.