2002 Swale Borough Council electionW
2002 Swale Borough Council election

The 2002 Swale Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Swale Borough Council in Kent, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000 reducing the number of seats by two. The Conservative party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.

2003 Ashford Borough Council electionW
2003 Ashford Borough Council election

Elections to Ashford Borough Council were held on 1 May 2003. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1999 reducing the number of seats by 6. The Conservative party gained control of the council from no overall control.

2003 Canterbury City Council electionW
2003 Canterbury City Council election

The 2003 Canterbury City Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of the Canterbury City Council in Kent, England. This was on the same day as other local elections. It was the first election to be held under new ward boundaries. The council remained under overall control.

2003 Dover District Council electionW
2003 Dover District Council election

Elections to Dover District Council in Kent, England were held on 1 May 2003. This was on the same day as other UK local elections. The whole council was up for election and the council remained under no overall control.

2003 Gravesham Borough Council electionW
2003 Gravesham Borough Council election

The 2003 Gravesham Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Gravesham Borough Council in Kent, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1999. The Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.

2003 London Champ Car TrophyW
2003 London Champ Car Trophy

The 2003 London Champ Car Trophy was a Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) motor race held on 5 May 2003 at the Brands Hatch Indy Circuit in West Kingsdown, Kent, England in front of a crowd of just under 40,000 spectators. It was the fourth round of the 2003 CART season, the first American open wheel car race at the track since 1978, and the first of two European races of the season. Sébastien Bourdais of the Newman/Haas Racing team won the 165-lap race after he started from the second position. His teammate Bruno Junqueira finished second and Mario Domínguez of Herdez Competition took third.

2003 Swale Borough Council electionW
2003 Swale Borough Council election

The 2003 Swale Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Swale Borough Council in Kent, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.

2004 Swale Borough Council electionW
2004 Swale Borough Council election

The 2004 Swale Borough Council election took place on 10 June 2004 to elect members of Swale Borough Council in Kent, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.

2006 Maidstone Borough Council electionW
2006 Maidstone Borough Council election

The 2006 Maidstone Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Maidstone Borough Council in Kent, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.

2006 Swale Borough Council electionW
2006 Swale Borough Council election

The 2006 Swale Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Swale Borough Council in Kent, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.

2006 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council electionW
2006 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election

The 2006 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Tunbridge Wells Borough Council in Kent, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.

2007 Canterbury City Council electionW
2007 Canterbury City Council election

The 2007 Canterbury City Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of the Canterbury City Council in Kent, England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The Conservative Party gained control of the council, which had previously been under overall control.

2007 Dover District Council electionW
2007 Dover District Council election

Elections to Dover District Council in Kent, England were held on 3 May 2007. This was on the same day as other UK local elections. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party gained overall control of the council.

2007 Gravesham Borough Council electionW
2007 Gravesham Borough Council election

The 2007 Gravesham Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Gravesham Borough Council in Kent, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party gained overall control of the council from the Labour party.

2007 Kent earthquakeW
2007 Kent earthquake

The 2007 Kent earthquake registered 4.3 on the Richter scale and struck south east Kent, South East England on 28 April 2007 at 07:18:12 UTC, at a shallow depth of 5.3 km.

2007 Maidstone Borough Council electionW
2007 Maidstone Borough Council election

The 2007 Maidstone Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Maidstone Borough Council in Kent, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.

2007 Swale Borough Council electionW
2007 Swale Borough Council election

The 2007 Swale Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Swale Borough Council in Kent, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.

2007 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council electionW
2007 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election

The 2007 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Tunbridge Wells Borough Council in Kent, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.

2008 Maidstone Borough Council electionW
2008 Maidstone Borough Council election

The 2008 Maidstone Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Maidstone Borough Council in Kent, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.

2008 Swale Borough Council electionW
2008 Swale Borough Council election

The 2008 Swale Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Swale Borough Council in Kent, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.

2008 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council electionW
2008 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election

The 2008 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Tunbridge Wells Borough Council in Kent, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.

2009 Kent County Council electionW
2009 Kent County Council election

The Kent County Council election, 2009 was an election to all 84 seats on Kent County Council held on 2 May as part of the 2009 United Kingdom local elections. 84 councillors were elected from 72 electoral divisions, which returned either one or two county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office. The electoral divisions were the same as those used at the previous election in 2005. No elections were held in Medway, which is a unitary authority outside the area covered by the County Council.

2007 Ashford Borough Council electionW
2007 Ashford Borough Council election

Elections to Ashford Borough Council were held on 3 May 2007. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party held on to overall control of the council.

2000 Dover incidentW
2000 Dover incident

On 18 June 2000, just before midnight, 58 dead bodies were found in a lorry in the port town of Dover, United Kingdom. Two people were found alive but injured and taken to hospital.

Securitas depot robberyW
Securitas depot robbery

The Securitas depot robbery was a large heist in Tonbridge, Kent, England. It began with a kidnapping on the evening of 21 February 2006 18:30 GMT and ended in the early hours of 22 February, when the criminals left the depot with over £53 million cash. It was the UK's largest cash robbery and the gang left behind another £154 million only because it did not have the room to take it.

Murder of Hannah WilliamsW
Murder of Hannah Williams

The murder of Hannah Williams was an English case in which a 14-year-old schoolgirl, Hannah Williams, was murdered after going missing during a shopping trip on 21 April 2001.