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Manifesto delivery tracker

Dover District Council

Pledge-by-pledge tracking of what the controlling party committed to at the most recent Dover 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.

Initial publication 2026-05-18. This pledge set is the first KLN-curated tracker for Dover. Per the published methodology, Dover has a 14-working-day right-of-reply window to flag factual errors before scores are treated as settled. Closing date for the initial right-of-reply window: 6 June 2026. Council responses received in this window are added verbatim to each affected pledge. Contact the editor →
50 Band D 1 judged pledges
0 ✅ Kept
1 🟡 Partial
0 ❌ Broken
2 ⏳ Pending
0 🚫 Out of scope

Tracked pledges

  1. ⏳ Pending

    Develop a detailed plan to address housing and the cost-of-living crisis as immediate priorities

    Source
    Dover Labour 2023 priorities
    Date promised
    2023-05-04
    Last reviewed
    2026-05-18

    KLN judgement

    Plan publication + housing-delivery outcomes to be reviewed. Cost-of-living support tracked against specific scheme delivery (council tax support, emergency hardship funds).

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  2. 🟡 Partial

    Engage with Port of Dover 2050 plan to secure jobs and investment for the district

    Source
    DDC strategic priority post-election
    Date promised
    2023-05-04
    Last reviewed
    2026-05-18

    KLN judgement

    DDC engagement with the Port of Dover 2050 initiative is ongoing. Job + investment outcomes to be measured over the longer term.

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  3. ⏳ Pending

    Deliver core council services consistently across Dover, Deal and Sandwich communities

    Source
    Cllr Kevin Mills priorities on appointment as Leader
    Date promised
    2023-05-17
    Last reviewed
    2026-05-18

    KLN judgement

    Qualitative service-quality pledge to be reviewed against complaints + service-performance data across the three principal towns.

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How KLN tracks pledges

  1. Curate each council's pledge list from manifesto + election material at the most recent election.
  2. Each pledge gets a permalink, source citation, date, KLN's judgement, and supporting evidence.
  3. Council leadership receives the preliminary tracker 14 days before publication for factual correction (longer than the 7-day window for data metrics).
  4. Council's response published verbatim alongside any pledge where they choose to provide one.
  5. 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.