Medway local 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]

1 Political control
2 Council elections
3 By-election results
4 References
5 External links

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

By-election results

Gillingham South By-Election 19 February 1998
Party		Candidate	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
style="background-color: ; width: 5px;" \|	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

By-election results

External links

Medway Council

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