Medway local elections
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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]
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[edit] Political control
| Party in control | Years |
|---|---|
| Labour | 1997 - 2000 |
| No overall control | 2000 - 2003 |
| Conservative | 2003 - present |
[edit] Council elections
Medway Council election, 1997
Medway Council election, 2000
Medway Council election, 2003 (boundary changes reduced the number of seats by 25)[2]
Medway Council election, 2007
[edit] 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 | ||||
| Rochester South and Horsted By-Election 8 May 2008 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| British National Party | 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 | ||||
[edit] References
- ^ Your council. Medway Council. Retrieved on 2008-05-09.
- ^ Medway. BBC Online. Retrieved on 2008-05-09.
