Manifesto delivery tracker
Dartford Borough Council
Pledge-by-pledge tracking of what the controlling party committed to at the most recent Dartford election against what has actually been delivered. Scored per the Kent Council Scorecard methodology — KEPT, PARTIAL, BROKEN, PENDING, or OUT_OF_SCOPE — with full right-of-reply for the council.
Tracked pledges
- ⏳ Pending
Continue major regeneration delivery across Dartford town centre and the wider borough
KLN judgement
Long-running borough programme; specific scheme delivery (Lowfield Street, Dartford Town Centre) to be reviewed against published programme milestones.
- ⏳ Pending
Maintain Dartford's low council tax position and value for money
KLN judgement
Band D council tax level vs district average + reserves data; tracked under Metric 4.
- 🟡 Partial
Engage with National Highways on Lower Thames Crossing mitigation to protect borough interests
KLN judgement
DBC has filed multiple statutory consultation responses on LTC. Mitigation commitments + securing them in any final DCO will determine outcome; LTC decision remains a National Highways / DfT matter.
How KLN tracks pledges
- Curate each council's pledge list from manifesto + election material at the most recent election.
- Each pledge gets a permalink, source citation, date, KLN's judgement, and supporting evidence.
- Council leadership receives the preliminary tracker 14 days before publication for factual correction (longer than the 7-day window for data metrics).
- Council's response published verbatim alongside any pledge where they choose to provide one.
- Pledges re-evaluated quarterly; status changes logged.
Full methodology including categorisation criteria + score formula: Metric 9 — Manifesto delivery.
Spotted a pledge we should track, or have evidence on one we're assessing? editor@kentlocalnews.co.uk.