Medway Council elections

Medway unitary authority in Kent, England is elected every four years. The council is divided up into 22 wards, electing 55 councillors, since the last boundary changes in 2003.^[1]

Political control

Since 1997 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[2]

Party in control	Years
Labour	1997–2000
No overall control	2000–2003
Conservative	2003 – present

Council elections

Medway Council election, 1997
Medway Council election, 2000
Medway Council election, 2003 (boundary changes reduced the number of seats by 25)^[3]
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 Democrats	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^[4]
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^[5]
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

References

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By-election results

External links

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v t e 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
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 1983 1987 1991 1995 Abolished
See also: Wards Boundary changes

v t e Unitary authorities of England
Districts	Bath and North East Somerset Bedford Blackburn with Darwen Blackpool Bournemouth Bracknell Forest Brighton and Hove Bristol Central Bedfordshire Cheshire East Cheshire West and Chester Cornwall County Durham Darlington Derby East Riding of Yorkshire Halton Hartlepool Herefordshire Isle of Wight Kingston upon Hull Leicester Luton Medway Middlesbrough Milton Keynes North East Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire North Somerset Northumberland Nottingham Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Reading Redcar and Cleveland Rutland Shropshire Slough Southampton Southend-on-Sea South Gloucestershire Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Swindon Telford and Wrekin Thurrock Torbay Warrington West Berkshire Wiltshire Windsor and Maidenhead Wokingham York
Councils	Bath and North East Somerset Bedford Blackburn with Darwen Blackpool Bournemouth Bracknell Forest Brighton and Hove Bristol Central Bedfordshire Cheshire East Cheshire West and Chester Cornwall Derby Durham Darlington East Riding of Yorkshire Halton Hartlepool Herefordshire Isle of Wight Kingston upon Hull Leicester Luton Medway Middlesbrough Milton Keynes North East Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire North Somerset Northumberland Nottingham Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Reading Redcar and Cleveland Rutland Shropshire Slough Southampton Southend-on-Sea South Gloucestershire Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Swindon Telford and Wrekin Thurrock Torbay Warrington West Berkshire Wiltshire Windsor and Maidenhead Wokingham York
Local elections	Bath and North East Somerset Bedford Blackburn with Darwen Blackpool Bournemouth Bracknell Forest Brighton and Hove Bristol Central Bedfordshire Cheshire East Cheshire West and Chester Cornwall County Durham Darlington Derby East Riding of Yorkshire Halton Hartlepool Herefordshire Isle of Wight Kingston upon Hull Leicester Luton Medway Middlesbrough Milton Keynes North East Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire North Somerset Northumberland Nottingham Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Reading Redcar and Cleveland Rutland Shropshire Slough Southampton Southend-on-Sea South Gloucestershire Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Swindon Telford and Wrekin Thurrock Torbay Warrington West Berkshire Wiltshire Windsor and Maidenhead Wokingham York

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