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Elections to Medway Council were held on 2 May 2019 as part of the 2019 United Kingdom local elections. The elections were for all 55 councillors across 22 wards.
Result
2019 Medway Council election[1] | ||||||||||
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Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
Conservative | 55 | 33 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 60.0 | 40.1 | 56,677 | –2.8 | |
Labour | 55 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 36.4 | 33.2 | 46,879 | +5.3 | |
Independent | 25 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3.6 | 9.3 | 13,091 | +8.7 | |
UKIP | 23 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 8.2 | 11,617 | –13.6 | |
Green | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4.5 | 6,304 | +2.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4.3 | 6,012 | +1.1 | ||
CPA | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 364 | N/A | ||
Animal Welfare | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 229 | N/A |
Council Composition
Prior to the election, the composition of the council was:
34 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
Conservative | Labour | I | UKIP | Vacant |
After the election, the composition of the council was:[1]
33 | 20 | 2 |
Conservative | Labour | I |
Ward results
Asterisks denote incumbent Councillors seeking re-election. A total of 199 candidates stood for the 55 seats available.[2]
Chatham Central
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Vince Maple* | 1,577 | 56.9 | ||
Labour | Harinder Singh Mahill | 1,343 | 48.5 | ||
Labour | Siju Adeoye | 1,258 | 45.4 | ||
UKIP | Nicole Bushill | 520 | 18.8 | ||
Conservative | David Peter Jarrett | 508 | 18.3 | ||
Conservative | Pat Gulvin | 503 | 18.2 | ||
Independent | Peter Ronald Jenkins | 439 | 15.8 | ||
Conservative | Denise Kay Wildey | 435 | 15.7 | ||
Independent | Lisa Frimston | 415 | 15.0 | ||
CPA | John Wesley Julian Lorenzo Gibson | 166 | 6.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,796 | 25.8 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Cuxton and Halling
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Matt Fearn* | 911 | 52.1 | ||
Independent | Jacqueline Anne Cook | 239 | 13.7 | ||
Labour | Katherine Mary Porter | 230 | 13.2 | ||
UKIP | Naomi Caroline Wilson | 191 | 10.9 | ||
Green | Tina Munro | 178 | 10.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,755 | 34.7 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Gillingham North
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Andy Stamp* | 1,896 | 59.0 | ||
Labour | Pat Cooper* | 1,854 | 57.7 | ||
Labour | Adam Robert William Price* | 1,702 | 53.0 | ||
UKIP | Robert Nigel Oakley | 613 | 19.1 | ||
Conservative | Faisal Ahmed | 497 | 15.5 | ||
Conservative | Kwashie Amartei Anang | 485 | 15.1 | ||
Conservative | Cartell Cheema | 462 | 14.4 | ||
Green | George Bernard Salomon | 383 | 11.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Sid Kingman | 221 | 6.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Ian Rickard | 180 | 5.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Chris Sams | 152 | 4.7 | ||
Turnout | 3,220 | 27.3 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Gillingham South
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Naushabah Parveen Khan* | 1,670 | 51.7 | ||
Labour | Clive Stanley William Johnson* | 1,666 | 51.6 | ||
Labour | Dan McDonald* | 1,653 | 51.2 | ||
UKIP | Terry Allen | 655 | 20.3 | ||
Conservative | Heidi Folk | 557 | 17.2 | ||
Conservative | Les Wicks | 553 | 17.1 | ||
Conservative | Harbans Singh Sidhu | 502 | 15.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Alan John Jefferies | 398 | 12.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Geoff Juby | 387 | 12.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Nemia Juby | 324 | 10.0 | ||
Turnout | 3,248 | 29.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Les Wicks was elected as a Conservative councillor in Rainham South in 2015.
Hempstead and Wigmore
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Diane Margaret Chambers* | 1,641 | 68.3 | ||
Conservative | Rodney Brian Chambers* | 1,613 | 67.2 | ||
UKIP | Raymond David John Eldridge | 325 | 13.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Terry Reginald Lucy | 240 | 10.0 | ||
Labour | Louwella Margaret Prenter | 233 | 9.7 | ||
Labour | Nabila Khan | 228 | 9.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Veronica Williams | 224 | 9.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,420 | 37.2 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Lordswood and Capstone
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alan Leslie Jarrett* | 1,357 | 68.7 | ||
Conservative | David Robert Wildey* | 1,189 | 60.2 | ||
UKIP | Jonathan Phillips | 476 | 24.1 | ||
Labour | John Gower Strevens | 262 | 13.3 | ||
Green | Simon Philip Marchant | 258 | 13.1 | ||
Labour | Funmi Ayeni | 248 | 12.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,984 | 28.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Luton and Wayfield
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tristan John Osborne* | 1,045 | 39.0 | ||
Labour | Joanne Christine Howcroft-Scott | 1,009 | 37.7 | ||
Labour | Simon Curry | 1,005 | 37.5 | ||
Conservative | Robbie Lammas | 730 | 27.2 | ||
Conservative | Alex McDermott | 693 | 25.9 | ||
UKIP | Keith Leslie Fletcher | 662 | 24.7 | ||
Conservative | Ade Kosoko | 647 | 24.2 | ||
Independent | Sam Craven* | 556 | 20.8 | ||
Independent | Mike Franklin* | 415 | 15.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Paul Antony O'Neill | 205 | 7.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,693 | 27.1 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Sam Craven was elected as a Labour councillor in 2015. Mike Franklin was elected as a Conservative councillor in 2015.
Peninsula
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Ron Sands | 1,413 | 36.5 | ||
Conservative | Phil Filmer* | 1,157 | 29.9 | ||
Independent | Mick Pendergast* | 1,125 | 29.1 | ||
UKIP | Roy Andrew Freshwater* | 1002 | 25.9 | ||
Conservative | Gloria Rose Thienel | 834 | 21.5 | ||
Conservative | Harold Ogunfemi | 792 | 20.5 | ||
Independent | Julie Wallace | 734 | 19.0 | ||
Independent | Chris Spalding | 512 | 13.2 | ||
Labour | Elizabeth Castell | 449 | 11.6 | ||
Green | Sonia Lesley Hyner | 446 | 11.5 | ||
Green | Clive Bryn Gregory | 442 | 11.4 | ||
Labour | Joe Murray | 399 | 10.3 | ||
Green | Mohammad Zubair Ahmad | 371 | 9.6 | ||
Labour | Simon Geoffrey Gwilym Williams | 298 | 7.7 | ||
Turnout | 3,895 | 34.1 | |||
Independent gain from UKIP | Swing | ||||
Independent gain from UKIP | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Mick Pendergast was elected as a UKIP councillor in 2015.
Princes Park
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tashi Bhutia* | 962 | 48.3 | ||
Conservative | Gloria Blessing Chukwuka Opara* | 951 | 47.7 | ||
Labour | Rav Jassal | 554 | 27.8 | ||
UKIP | Nicholas David Chambers | 497 | 24.9 | ||
Labour | Olu Obadare | 494 | 24.8 | ||
Turnout | 2,003 | 26.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Rainham Central
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jan Aldous* | 1,699 | 46.1 | ||
Conservative | Barry Joseph Kemp* | 1,696 | 46.0 | ||
Conservative | Nusrat Bibi Ahmed | 1,439 | 39.0 | ||
Independent | Matt Durcan | 929 | 25.2 | ||
Independent | Mark Mencattelli | 670 | 18.2 | ||
UKIP | David James Baylis | 585 | 15.9 | ||
Green | Mary Winifred Smith | 575 | 15.6 | ||
Labour | Sajjad Ahmad Khan | 475 | 12.9 | ||
Labour | Smitha Campbell | 468 | 12.7 | ||
Labour | Robert Alan Taylor | 460 | 12.5 | ||
Independent | Shanthi Ravikumar | 365 | 9.9 | ||
Independent | Charlie Sheregill | 279 | 7.6 | ||
Turnout | 3,698 | 37.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Rainham North
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Martin Potter* | 1,633 | 64.5 | ||
Conservative | Kirstine Carr | 1,580 | 62.4 | ||
Labour | Chiron Peter Mottram | 565 | 22.3 | ||
Labour | Benjamin Pranczke | 517 | 20.4 | ||
UKIP | David Raymond Platt | 352 | 13.9 | ||
Turnout | 2,552 | 36.7 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Rainham South
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gary John Hackwell | 1,565 | 50.5 | ||
Conservative | Howard Francis Doe* | 1,527 | 49.3 | ||
Conservative | Roger Barrett | 1,388 | 44.8 | ||
UKIP | Jean Katherine Shirley Appleton | 682 | 22.0 | ||
Labour | Alexandra Grace Chatfield | 610 | 19.7 | ||
Labour | David John Carman | 601 | 19.4 | ||
Independent | Tom Davis | 559 | 18.0 | ||
Labour | Eddie Peake | 496 | 16.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Mike Walters | 312 | 10.1 | ||
CPA | Roger James Peacock | 198 | 6.4 | ||
Turnout | 3,110 | 30.7 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
River
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Piers Guy Nicholas Thompson | 780 | 37.4 | ||
Conservative | Habib Odunlamin Sulaiman Tejan* | 742 | 35.6 | ||
Labour | Lia Mandaracas | 677 | 32.5 | ||
Labour | Tony John Scudder | 622 | 29.8 | ||
UKIP | Leon Simmonds | 337 | 16.2 | ||
Green | Caroline Mary Bowes | 300 | 14.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | John Edward Castle | 207 | 9.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Alan Edward Wells | 172 | 8.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,102 | 31.4 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Rochester East
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Teresa Margaret Murray* | 1,332 | 55.0 | ||
Labour | Nick Bowler* | 1,277 | 52.7 | ||
Conservative | Theresa Jane Fawcett | 542 | 22.4 | ||
Conservative | John Lyndon Jones | 414 | 17.1 | ||
Green | Marilyn Stone | 393 | 16.2 | ||
UKIP | Scott Bradley Harris | 329 | 13.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Adrian Brindley | 174 | 7.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,432 | 32.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Rochester South and Horsted
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Trevor Anthony Clarke* | 1,658 | 49.0 | ||
Conservative | Sylvia Mary Griffin* | 1,563 | 46.2 | ||
Conservative | Rupert David Fearon Turpin* | 1,498 | 44.3 | ||
Labour | Joe Wastell | 816 | 24.1 | ||
Labour | Mark William Jones | 767 | 22.7 | ||
Labour | Meenatchi Gopal | 766 | 22.6 | ||
UKIP | Rose Atkinson | 566 | 16.7 | ||
Green | Bernard Edward Hyde | 427 | 12.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Viv Parker | 365 | 10.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Sarah Louise Manuel | 342 | 10.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Cathy Sutton | 277 | 8.2 | ||
Turnout | 3,412 | 33.2 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Rochester West
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Stuart Albert Tranter* | 1,248 | 42.0 | ||
Labour | Alex Paterson* | 1,126 | 37.9 | ||
Conservative | Rebecca Ryan | 1,017 | 34.2 | ||
Labour | Elaine Orford Thomas | 775 | 26.1 | ||
Green | Catriona Margaret Jamieson | 431 | 14.5 | ||
UKIP | Robert Newton | 335 | 11.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Anita Jane Holloway | 244 | 8.2 | ||
Animal Welfare | Minda Da Rui | 229 | 7.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Peter Loftus | 166 | 5.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,980 | 39.1 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Strood North
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Elizabeth Jane Chitty* | 1,331 | 38.3 | ||
Labour | Stephen Alan Hubbard | 1,313 | 37.8 | ||
Conservative | Steve Iles* | 1,200 | 34.6 | ||
Labour | James Michael Braithwaite | 1,118 | 32.2 | ||
Conservative | Fatima Mitchell | 1,055 | 30.4 | ||
Labour | Zoe Van-Dyke | 1,037 | 29.9 | ||
UKIP | David John Atkinson | 604 | 17.4 | ||
Green | Trish Marchant | 499 | 14.4 | ||
Independent | Chembukkavu John George | 410 | 11.8 | ||
Independent | Les Nithsdale | 349 | 10.1 | ||
Independent | Kevin Riches Nutter | 264 | 7.6 | ||
Turnout | 3,480 | 33.6 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Strood Rural
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Williams* | 1,407 | 41.5 | ||
Conservative | Gary David James Etheridge* | 1,331 | 39.2 | ||
Conservative | Elizabeth Turpin | 1,232 | 36.3 | ||
UKIP | Martin Anthony Cook | 770 | 22.7 | ||
Independent | Ben Cook | 724 | 21.3 | ||
Labour | Julia Cicely Hawkins | 588 | 17.3 | ||
Independent | Brian Styles | 538 | 15.9 | ||
Labour | Charlie Matthew Curtis Kennedy | 520 | 15.3 | ||
Green | Kenneth Watkins | 501 | 14.8 | ||
Independent | Frank William Hurley Moreton | 491 | 14.5 | ||
Labour | Gareth Richard Myton | 467 | 13.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Andy Millsom | 350 | 10.3 | ||
Turnout | 3,404 | 29.7 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Strood South
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Josie Iles* | 938 | 34.4 | ||
Conservative | Chris Buckwell | 861 | 31.6 | ||
Conservative | Richard Niall Thorne | 777 | 28.5 | ||
Labour | Lindsey Burke | 758 | 27.8 | ||
Labour | Isaac Ikechukwu Igwe | 758 | 27.8 | ||
Labour | Anthony Marcus McNulty Hill | 755 | 27.7 | ||
UKIP | Shane Karl Back | 611 | 22.4 | ||
UKIP | Dave Frederick Fahey | 549 | 20.1 | ||
Green | Marja Astrid Kingma | 384 | 14.1 | ||
Independent | Neil James Atkinson | 382 | 14.0 | ||
Independent | Stephen McManus | 269 | 9.9 | ||
Independent | Alan James Tucker | 216 | 7.9 | ||
Turnout | 2,735 | 24.4 | |||
Conservative gain from UKIP | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Twydall
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John William Lloyd | 1,190 | 39.2 | ||
Labour | Hazel Louise Browne-Williams | 1,139 | 37.6 | ||
Labour | Mark Prenter | 1,066 | 35.2 | ||
Conservative | Natalie Janine Jarvis | 893 | 29.5 | ||
Conservative | Jim Gilbourne | 844 | 27.8 | ||
Conservative | Mark Paul Joy | 819 | 27.0 | ||
UKIP | Rob McCulloch Martin | 645 | 21.3 | ||
Independent | Christine Barnacle | 498 | 16.4 | ||
Green | Kate Belmonte | 420 | 13.9 | ||
Independent | Leona Jane McCord | 300 | 9.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Maureen Ruparel | 235 | 7.8 | ||
Turnout | 3,045 | 30.3 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Mark Joy was elected as a UKIP councillor in Strood South in 2015.
Walderslade
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Frederick Brake* | 1,241 | 58.2 | ||
Conservative | Adrian Victor Henry Gulvin* | 1,091 | 51.1 | ||
Labour | Jonathan Brind | 551 | 25.8 | ||
Labour | Robert John Heathfield | 500 | 23.4 | ||
UKIP | Stephen Newton | 460 | 21.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,156 | 29.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Watling
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Wendy Purdy* | 949 | 35.5 | ||
Labour | Chrissy Stamp | 928 | 34.7 | ||
Labour | Jordan Desmond Hartley | 768 | 28.7 | ||
Conservative | Andrew William John Lawrence | 740 | 27.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Alan William Collins | 473 | 17.7 | ||
UKIP | David Noel Paul Radlett | 371 | 13.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Martin Jacob Rose | 364 | 13.6 | ||
Green | Joel Andrew Love | 296 | 11.1 | ||
Turnout | 2,692 | 37.5 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
By-elections
Princes Park
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robbie Lammas | 961 | 67.4 | +19.6 | |
Labour | John Stevens | 313 | 21.9 | -5.6 | |
Green | Sonia Hyner | 52 | 3.6 | N/A | |
Independent | Matt Durcan | 51 | 3.6 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | John Castle | 49 | 3.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 648 | 45.5 | |||
Turnout | 1,426 | 18.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | 12.6 | |||
Strood North
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Zöe Van Dyke | 913 | 37.1 | +5.5 | |
Conservative | Mark Joy | 728 | 29.5 | -2.4 | |
Green | Cat Jamieson | 565 | 23.0 | +11.0 | |
Independent | Chris Spalding | 216 | 8.8 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Alan Wells | 39 | 1.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 185 | 7.6 | |||
Turnout | 2,466 | 23.5 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | 4.0 | |||
Rochester East
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Lauren Edwards | 870 | 63.3 | +15.2 | |
Conservative | Brian Griffin | 388 | 28.2 | +8.7 | |
Green | Bernard Hyde | 69 | 5.0 | -9.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sarah Manuel | 48 | 3.5 | -2.8 | |
Majority | 482 | 35.1 | |||
Turnout | 1,380 | 18.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | 3.3 | |||
Peninsula
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | George Crozer | 1,038 | 46.6 | N/A | |
Conservative | Harold Ogunfemi | 371 | 16.7 | –6.5 | |
Green | Julian Sutton | 255 | 11.5 | +2.5 | |
Independent | Chris Spalding | 230 | 10.3 | ±0.0 | |
Labour | David Hodges | 215 | 9.7 | +0.7 | |
Independent | Sharon Jackson | 89 | 4.0 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Ben Rist | 29 | 1.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 667 | 29.9 | |||
Turnout | 2,228 | 18.7 | |||
Registered electors | 11,914 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
References
- 1 2 "Medway Elects". www.medwayelects.co.uk. Medway Elects 2019. 3 May 2019. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
- ↑ "Medway Council Election - 2 May 2019". www.medwayelects.co.uk. Medway Elects. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
- ↑ "Rochester South and Horsted". Medway Elects. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
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