Medway Council elections

Medway is a unitary authority in Kent, England. It was created on 1 April 1998 replacing Gillingham and Rochester-upon-Medway.

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1997 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[1]^[2]

Party in control		Years
	Labour	1997-1998
	No overall control	1998-2003
	Conservative	2003-present

Council elections

Medway Council election, 1997 (New ward boundaries)^[3]
Medway Council election, 2000
Medway Council election, 2003 (New ward boundaries reduced the number of seats by 25)^[4]^[5]^[6]
Medway Council election, 2007
Medway Council election, 2011
Medway Council election, 2015

By-election results

Gillingham South By-Election 19 February 1998
Party		Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	656	54.3	+6.7
	Labour	372	30.8	+0.8
	Conservative	180	14.9	-7.5
Majority		284	23.5
Turnout		1,208	27.0
	Liberal Democrat hold	Swing

River Ward By-Election 21 October 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Jones	695	45.5
	Conservative	Andrew Mackness	631	41.3
	Liberal Democrat	Garry Harrison	92	6.0
	UKIP	Anthony Cook	42	2.8
	Green	Steven Keevil	36	2.4
	English Democrat	Ron Sands	31	2.0
Majority			64	4.2
Turnout			1527
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Rochester South and Horsted By-Election 8 May 2008^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Trevor Clarke	1,847	48.7	+7.2
	Labour	Adam Price	819	21.6	-5.0
	Liberal Democrat	Viv Parker	767	20.2	+3.6
	BNP	Brian Ravenscroft	257	6.8	+6.8
	Green	Simon Marchant	104	2.7	+2.7
Majority			1,028	27.1
Turnout			3,794	41.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Luton & Wayfield By-Election 3 September 2009^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Tashi Bhutia	1,042	36.9	+10.8
	Labour	Sam Whittington	1,038	36.7	-12.3
	Liberal Democrat	Gary Allanach	223	7.9	+7.9
	UKIP	Robin Johnson	200	7.1	+7.1
	BNP	Brian Ravenscroft	186	6.6	+6.6
	Independent	Brian Cartwright	87	3.1	-21.9
	Green	Sarah D'Angelo	51	1.8	+1.8
Majority			4	0.2
Turnout			2,827	29.8
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Strood South by-election 20 October 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Josie Iles	724	38.4	+3.4
	Labour	Isaac Igwe	521	27.7	+3.4
	UKIP	Karl Weller	480	25.5	-13.2
	Green	Steve Dyke	74	3.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Isabelle Cherry	62	3.3	N/A
	English Democrat	Mike Russell	23	1.2	N/A
Majority			203	10.7
Turnout			1,884	16.74
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing

The by-election was triggered by the resignation of UKIP Councillor Catriona Brown-Reckless

References

↑ "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
↑ "Medway". BBC News Online. Retrieved 22 September 2009.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The District of the Medway Towns (Parishes and Electoral Changes) Order 1997. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Medway (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
↑ "Medway". BBC Online. Retrieved 9 May 2008.
↑ "Your council". Medway Council. Archived from the original on 13 March 2008. Retrieved 9 May 2008.
↑ "Rochester South and Horsted by-election result". Medway Council. 9 May 2008. Retrieved 22 September 2009.
↑ "Luton and Wayfield ward by-election". Medway Council. Archived from the original on 20 November 2008. Retrieved 22 September 2009.

External links

Council elections in Kent

Kent County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017

Ashford Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Canterbury City Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Dartford Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Dover District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Gravesham Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Maidstone Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Medway Council	1997 2000 2003 2007 2011 2015

Sevenoaks District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Shepway District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Swale Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2015

Thanet District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Tonbridge & Malling Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Tunbridge Wells Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Rochester-upon-Medway City Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 Abolished

Gillingham Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 Abolished

See also: Wards Boundary changes

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