A residents group has gained a huge number of seats on Bearsted Parish Council following this afternoon's election count.

Residents group Best for Bearsted, which fielded candidates to take every seat in the council, won 13 of the 15 available.

Richard Ash and Patricia Marshall were also elected but Denis Spooner, who was vice-chairman going into the election, fell more than 400 votes short.

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The results were the last to be declared at today's count, which was hosted by Maidstone Leisure Centre in Mote Avenue.

A small group of hopeful candidates remained until the end, with the results being declared more than 90 minutes after the borough council election.

Earlier the Conservative's achieved a net gain of one seat but remain without a majority in the Town Hall.

Bearsted Parish Council election results: (Elected candidates in bold)

Richard Ash 1,806

Geoff Bennett 1,671 (Best for Bearsted)

Richard Camp 1,557 (Best for Bearsted)

Suzanne Camp 1,702 (Best for Bearsted)

Daniel Conner1,459 (Best for Bearsted)

Kenneth Cox 1,590 (Best for Bearsted)

Helen Cuming 1,392

Michael Cuming 1,155

Leslie Ethridge 1,115

Graham Farrow 1,632 (Best for Bearsted)

Helen Farrow 1,703 (Best for Bearsted)

Helena Goodwin 1,607 (Best for Bearsted)

Tony Grieve 1,063 (Independent)

Ernest Hill 935

Fabienne Hughes 1,692 (Best for Bearsted)

Jonathan Hughes 1,635 (Best for Bearsted)

Tony Kettle 1,050

Geoff Licence 1,082

Wendy Licence 842

Patricia Marshall 2,012

Peter Powell 1,356 (Best for Bearsted)

Fiona Redman 1,839 (Best for Bearsted)

Tony Ryan 1,452 (Best for Bearsted)

Denis Spooner 1,017

Michael Stark 959

Paul Young 1,817 (Best for Bearsted)