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The 2023 Gravesham Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Gravesham Borough Council in Kent, England. [1] This was on the same day as other local elections in England. New ward boundaries came into force for this election, reducing the number of councillors from 44 to 39. [2]
Prior to the election the council was under no overall control, with Labour holding exactly half the seats. The election saw Labour regain an outright majority, taking 22 of the 39 seats. [3] [4]
2023 Gravesham Borough Council election [5] | ||||||||||
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Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
Labour | 39 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 56.4% | 47% | +6.7 | ||
Conservative | 39 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 43.6% | 48% | +6.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 3% | -0.4 | |||
Green | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 2% | +0.1 | |||
Reform UK | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | <1% | N/A | |||
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | - | -5.0 |
The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Gravesham Borough Council following the close of nominations on 5 April 2023. [6] The results for each ward were as follows: [7]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Leslie Hills* | 495 | 70.6 | -6.1 | |
Labour | Daniel Baber | 206 | 29.4 | +6.7 | |
Majority | 289 | 41.2 | |||
Turnout | 701 | 33.10 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Shane Mochrie-Cox* | 972 | 62.4 | +5.9 | |
Labour | Christina Rolles* | 957 | 61.4 | +12.5 | |
Labour | Narinder-Jit Thandi* | 953 | 61.2 | ||
Conservative | Jeremy Black | 485 | 31.1 | ||
Conservative | Brenda Harding | 481 | 30.9 | ||
Conservative | George White | 451 | 28.9 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,558 | 24.21 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Deborah Croxton | 524 | 67.5 | ||
Labour | Lee Croxton* | 503 | 64.8 | ||
Conservative | Ian Dibben | 240 | 30.9 | ||
Conservative | Stephen King | 226 | 29.1 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 776 | 21.62 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Leslie Pearton* | 1,114 | 63.5 | ||
Conservative | Helen Ashenden* | 1,112 | 63.4 | ||
Conservative | Jordan Meade* | 1,075 | 61.3 | ||
Labour | Sim Bains | 447 | 25.5 | ||
Labour | Yasmin Chotai de Lima | 427 | 24.3 | ||
Labour | Balbir Sangha | 372 | 21.2 | ||
Green | Janet Prior | 340 | 19.4 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,755 | 33.72 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Dakota Dibben* | 1,142 | 74.3 | +14.2 | |
Conservative | Samir Jassal* | 897 | 58.4 | +2.5 | |
Labour | Lewis Atkinson | 385 | 25.1 | ||
Labour | Mary Williams | 368 | 24.0 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,536 | 38.64 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gary Harding* | 629 | 58.5 | +3.5 | |
Conservative | Frank Wardle* | 572 | 53.2 | +1.3 | |
Labour | Doug Christie | 272 | 25.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | John Death | 253 | 23.5 | ||
Labour | Ethan Webb | 158 | 14.7 | ||
Reform UK | Garry Sturley | 117 | 10.9 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,076 | 40.20 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Mohammed Ejaz Aslam* | 696 | 51.8 | ||
Conservative | Gurjit Bains | 641 | 47.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Robin Banks | 448 | 33.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Dylan Black | 339 | 25.2 | ||
Labour | Chloe Saygili | 168 | 12.5 | ||
Labour | Kevin Divall | 156 | 11.6 | ||
Green | Diana Scott | 129 | 9.6 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,343 | 32.85 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jo Hart | 705 | 52.6 | ||
Labour | Peter Scollard* | 674 | 50.3 | ||
Labour | Alison Williams | 659 | 49.2 | ||
Conservative | Conrad Broadley | 590 | 44.0 | ||
Conservative | Bobby Briah | 576 | 43.0 | ||
Conservative | Jacob Hatch | 517 | 38.6 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,340 | 23.95 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Emma Elliott* | 761 | 51.1 | +7.7 | |
Conservative | Alan Ridgers | 703 | 47.2 | +4.4 | |
Labour | Rob Halpin | 688 | 46.2 | +9.7 | |
Labour | Gurvinder Saluja | 669 | 44.9 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,490 | 35.26 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Emma Morley | 800 | 63.8 | ||
Labour | Baljit Hayre* | 783 | 62.5 | ||
Conservative | Heather Frost | 290 | 23.1 | ||
Conservative | Brenda Pritchard | 269 | 21.5 | ||
Green | Marc Prior | 191 | 15.2 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,253 | 30.04 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Derek Ashenden* | 760 | 60.5 | ||
Conservative | Aaron Elliott* | 758 | 60.3 | ||
Labour | Sue Fletcher | 389 | 30.9 | ||
Labour | Ben Archell | 379 | 30.2 | ||
Green | Martin Wilson | 127 | 10.1 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,257 | 31.10 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Burden | 658 | 76.7 | ||
Labour | Lauren Sullivan* | 634 | 73.9 | ||
Conservative | Jo McTavish | 175 | 20.4 | ||
Conservative | Anthony Pritchard | 167 | 19.5 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 858 | 25.41 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Daniel King | 515 | 54.0 | ||
Labour | Rajinder Atwal | 500 | 52.5 | ||
Conservative | Diane Morton* | 398 | 41.8 | ||
Conservative | Stefan Dodd | 389 | 40.8 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 953 | 22.03 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Gurdip Bungar* | 868 | 58.6 | ||
Labour | Lyn Milner* | 841 | 56.7 | ||
Labour | Jenny Wallace* | 821 | 55.4 | ||
Conservative | Thomas O'Keeffe | 460 | 31.0 | ||
Conservative | Iris Smith | 436 | 29.4 | ||
Conservative | Muqeem Khan | 402 | 27.1 | ||
Reform UK | Matthew Fraser Moat | 123 | 8.3 | ||
Reform UK | Daniel Dabin | 80 | 5.4 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,482 | 27.30 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Karina O'Malley | 527 | 58.7 | ||
Labour | Lenny Rolles | 476 | 53.0 | ||
Conservative | Hayley Hatch | 359 | 40.0 | ||
Conservative | Keima Allen | 347 | 38.6 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 898 | 21.64 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Gavin Larkins | 1,061 | 50.4 | ||
Labour | Tony Rana* | 1,052 | 50.0 | ||
Labour | Ektaveen Thandi | 1,000 | 47.5 | ||
Conservative | Leslie Hoskins* | 991 | 47.1 | ||
Conservative | Michael Wenban | 974 | 46.3 | ||
Conservative | Partha Panda | 916 | 43.5 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,104 | 32.74 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David Beattie | 894 | 48.5 | ||
Conservative | Alan Metcalf | 874 | 47.4 | ||
Conservative | Benjamin Sizer | 840 | 45.6 | ||
Labour | Tobias Cook | 719 | 39.0 | ||
Labour | Brian Francis | 693 | 37.6 | ||
Labour | Robert Duddridge | 675 | 36.6 | ||
Green | Amarbeer Gill | 224 | 12.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Ankit Mathur | 125 | 6.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Sharan Virk | 117 | 6.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Ukonu Obasi | 113 | 6.1 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,842 | 31.19 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
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