Kent County Council

Kent County Council
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Coat of arms
Logo
Council logo
Type
Type
Leadership
Jeremy Eustace,
Reform UK
since 21 May 2026
Linden Kemkaran,
Reform UK
since 22 May 2025
Amanda Beer
since July 2023
Structure
Seats81 councillors
Graph of the party split among 81 seats.
Political groups
Administration (47)
  Reform (47)
Other parties (34)
  Liberal Democrat (12)
  Restore (7)
  Conservative (5)
  Green (5)
  Labour (2)
  Better Way Of (1)
  Independent (2)
Length of term
4 years
Elections
First-past-the-post
First election
January 1889
Last election
1 May 2025
Meeting place
County Hall, County Road, Maidstone, ME14 1XQ
Website
www.kent.gov.uk

Kent County Council (KCC) is a county council that governs the non-metropolitan county of Kent in England. The non-metropolitan county is smaller than the ceremonial county, which additionally includes the unitary authority of Medway. Kent County Council is the upper tier of elected local government, below which are 12 district councils, and around 300 town and parish councils. The county council has 81 elected councillors.

It is one of the largest local authorities in England in terms of population served and the largest local authority of its type. The council is based at County Hall in Maidstone. The council has been under Reform UK majority control since 2025.

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