2023 Medway Council election

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2023 Medway Council election
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All 59 seats to Medway Council
30 seats needed for a majority
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LeaderVince MapleAlan JarrettGeorge Crozer
Party Labour Conservative Independent
Last election20 seats, 33.2%33 seats, 40.1%2 seats, 9.3%
Seats won33224
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 13Decrease2.svg 11Increase2.svg 2
Popular vote61,61253,8417,921
Percentage44.4%38.8%5.7%
SwingIncrease2.svg 11.2%Decrease2.svg 1.3%Decrease2.svg 3.6%
Medway UK ward map 2023.svg
Winner of each seat at the 2023 Medway Council election
Leader before election

Alan Jarrett
Conservative

Leader after election

Vince Maple
Labour

The 2023 Medway Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Medway Council in Kent, England. This election was held on the same day as other local elections. The Labour party won control of the council for the first time since 1998, winning 11 seats while the Conservative party lost 13 seats. [1] [2]

Contents

Since the previous election, there have been boundary changes that increased the number of councillors from 55 to 59 and the number of wards from 22 to 24. [3]

Summary

Prior to the election the council was under Conservative majority control, led by Alan Jarrett. He chose not to stand for re-election. [4]

The election saw Labour take a majority of the seats on the council for the first time since its creation in 1998. The Labour group leader, Vince Maple, was formally appointed as leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 24 May 2023. [5]

Election result

2023 Medway Council election
PartyCandidatesSeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 593310Increase2.svg 1355.944.461,612+11.2
  Conservative 592201Decrease2.svg 1137.338.853,841–1.3
  Independent 8400Increase2.svg 26.85.77,921–3.6
  Green 25000Steady2.svg0.05.67,741+1.1
  Liberal Democrats 28000Steady2.svg0.05.06,978+0.7
  Heritage 1000Steady2.svg0.00.2217N/A
  CPA 2000Steady2.svg0.00.1208–0.2
  Reform UK 2000Steady2.svg0.00.1143N/A
  SDP 2000Steady2.svg0.00.1132N/A

Ward results

The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Medway Council following the close of nominations on 5 April 2023. [6] The results of the election in each ward were as follows: [7]

All Saints

All Saints
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Chris Spalding 295 30.7
Independent Julie Wallace25226.3
Conservative Harold Ogunfemi19019.8
Labour Kier Kemp11812.3
Reform UK Bill Khatkar495.1
Green Bernard Hyde343.5
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Simpson222.3
Majority434.4
Turnout 96527.6
Registered electors 3,495
Independent win (new seat)

Chatham Central and Brompton

Chatham Central and Brompton (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Co-op Vince Maple* 1,394 63.3
Labour Co-op Nina Gurung 1,211 55.0
Labour Co-op Damola Animashaun 1,136 51.6
Conservative Paul Khera55225.1
Conservative Claude King51723.5
Conservative Habib Tejan Jr46721.2
Green Rob O'Hanlon33615.3
Liberal Democrats Geoff Juby29513.4
Turnout 2,20120.9
Registered electors 10,525
Labour Co-op win (new seat)
Labour Co-op win (new seat)
Labour Co-op win (new seat)

Cuxton, Halling and Riverside

Cuxton, Halling and Riverside (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Matt Fearn* 880 46.4
Conservative Phil Filmer* 685 36.1
Green Matt Nightingale64133.8
Green Cat Jamieson50226.5
Labour Stephen McCormack41421.8
Labour Victoria Morris40821.5
Liberal Democrats Ron Gillett764.0
Turnout 1,89530.9
Registered electors 6,129
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Fort Horsted

Fort Horsted
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Trevor Clarke* 489 45.2
Liberal Democrats Viv Parker34431.8
Labour Joseph Murray21219.6
Green Matthew Knott373.4
Majority14513.4
Turnout 1,09030.9
Registered electors 3,530
Conservative win (new seat)

Fort Pitt

Fort Pitt (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Co-op Smitha Campbell 1,726 55.8
Labour Co-op Harinder Mahil* 1,634 52.8
Labour Co-op Gareth Myton 1,577 51.0
Conservative Rupert Turpin*1,02833.2
Conservative Richard Thorne*95130.7
Conservative Gloria Opara*90129.1
Green Karen Scott52717.0
Liberal Democrats Nirmal Sandhu2498.0
Turnout 3,09433.7
Registered electors 9,170
Labour Co-op win (new seat)
Labour Co-op win (new seat)
Labour Co-op win (new seat)

Gillingham North

Gillingham North (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Adam Price* 1,419 63.7 +10.7
Labour Co-op Douglas Hamandishe 1,355 60.8 +1.8
Labour Co-op Lia Mandaracas 1,339 60.1 +2.4
Conservative Clayton Barrett53023.8+8.3
Conservative Zarina Chishti43919.7+4.6
Conservative Harbans Sidhu41018.4+4.0
Green Jeremy Spyby-Steanson34015.3+3.4
Liberal Democrats Ben Rist25411.4+4.5
Turnout 2,22721.8
Registered electors 10,237
Labour Co-op hold
Labour Co-op hold
Labour Co-op hold

Gillingham South

Gillingham South (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Dan McDonald* 1,617 65.3 +14.1
Labour Co-op Naushabah Khan* 1,531 61.8 +10.1
Labour Co-op Louwella Prenter 1,491 60.2 +8.6
Conservative Amy Smith50919.0+1.9
Conservative Siju Adeoye*47115.1+1.9
Green Daniel Belmonte37315.1N/A
Conservative George Georghiou37315.1–0.4
Liberal Democrats Christopher Sams32213.0+0.7
Turnout 2,47822.4
Registered electors 11,085
Labour Co-op hold
Labour Co-op hold
Labour Co-op hold

Hempstead and Wigmore

Hempstead and Wigmore (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jim Gilbourne 1,709 65.2 –3.1
Conservative Andrew Lawrence 1,617 61.7 –5.5
Labour Lewis Bailey60323.0+13.3
Labour Haroon Kahn45017.2+7.7
Green Kat Korff2379.0N/A
Liberal Democrats Daniel Cavaliere2228.5–1.5
SDP Peter Wheeler582.2N/A
CPA John Gibson501.9N/A
Turnout 2,62035.1
Registered electors 7,463
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Hoo St Werburgh and High Halstow

Hoo St Werburgh and High Halstow (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent George Crozer* 2,388 71.3
Independent Ron Sands* 2,279 68.1
Independent Michael Pearce 2,230 66.6
Conservative Robert Tildesley46513.9
Conservative Chris Sparks42712.8
Conservative Fatima Mitchell40912.2
Labour Gary Barwell35810.7
Labour Giuliana Christmas33610.0
Labour Steve Vickery2868.5
Green Julian Sutton1404.2
Reform UK Steve Hudson942.8
Liberal Democrats Aaron Sergejenkovs-Telford511.5
Turnout 3,34933.3
Registered electors 10,049
Independent win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)

Lordswood and Walderslade

Lordswood and Walderslade (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative David Brake* 1,752 52.3
Conservative David Wildey* 1,728 51.6
Conservative Adrian Gulvin* 1,618 48.3
Labour Christine Godwin91727.4
Labour David Bowen81724.4
Labour Brad Cook77723.2
Green Sonia Hyner33910.1
Liberal Democrats Matthew Vincent2728.1
Turnout 2,99427.6
Registered electors 10,857
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Luton

Luton (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Co-op Simon Curry* 796 51.8
Labour Co-op Jo Howcroft-Scott* 751 48.9
Conservative Lulu Lammas54135.2
Conservative Mos Igani51033.2
Green Debbie Sutton17411.3
Liberal Democrats Paul O'Neill1368.9
Turnout 1,53622.4
Registered electors 6,871
Labour Co-op win (new seat)
Labour Co-op win (new seat)

Princes Park

Princes Park (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robbie Lammas* 938 57.9 +9.6
Conservative Alex Hyne 933 57.6 +9.9
Labour John Strevens48630.0+2.2
Labour Temi Olodo42526.2+1.4
Green Simon Marchant1569.6N/A
Liberal Democrats Ian Sailes1167.6N/A
Turnout 1,62124.4
Registered electors 6,645
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Rainham North

Rainham North (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Perfect 1,210 40.7 –7.6
Conservative Wayne Spring 1,138 38.3 –9.4
Conservative Kwashie Anang 1,124 37.8 N/A
Labour Mark Harrison1,02534.5+6.7
Labour Nikita Morris94631.8+7.0
Labour Mutz Khan90730.5N/A
Liberal Democrats Stuart Bourne67522.7N/A
Green Trish Marchant44214.9N/A
Liberal Democrats Alan Collins Rosell40213.5N/A
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Chan32310.9N/A
Turnout 2,97128.7
Registered electors 10,341
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative win (new seat)

Rainham South East

Rainham South East (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Roger Barrett* 1,455 51.2
Conservative Howard Doe* 1,448 51.0
Conservative Gary Hackwell* 1,430 50.3
Labour Katrina Campbell92032.4
Labour Iain Childs83529.4
Labour Chiron Mottram75926.7
Green Mary Smith43115.2
Liberal Democrats Christopher Moore33711.9
CPA Roger Peacock1585.6
Turnout 2,84227.2
Registered electors 10,466
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Rainham South West

Rainham South West (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Barry Kemp* 1,177 50.0
Conservative Mark Joy 1,027 43.6
Labour Christopher Brown75031.8
Labour Alpa Shah49821.1
Green Liz O'Hanlon34114.5
Liberal Democrats Alan Jefferies26911.4
Independent Matt Duncan2269.6
Independent Callum Evans964.1
Turnout 2,35532.2
Registered electors 7,309
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Rochester East and Warren Wood

Rochester East and Warren Wood (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Co-op Teresa Murray* 1,658 62.9
Labour Co-op Lauren Edwards* 1,517 57.5
Labour Co-op Tris Osborne* 1,347 51.1
Conservative George Clarke78429.7
Conservative Sylvia Griffin*75528.6
Conservative Tolga Sirlan66525.2
Green Marilyn Stone37014.0
Liberal Democrats Sarah Manuel2067.8
Turnout 2,63628.2
Registered electors 9,363
Labour Co-op win (new seat)
Labour Co-op win (new seat)
Labour Co-op win (new seat)

Rochester West and Borstal

Rochester West and Borstal (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Co-op Alex Paterson* 1,807 53.7
Labour Co-op Linda Bowen 1,670 49.6
Labour Co-op Paula Hamilton 1,624 48.2
Conservative Stuart Tranter*1,33639.7
Conservative Faith Rivers1,08032.1
Conservative Tim Joiner1,01030.0
Green Stuart Worsley53615.9
Liberal Democrats Anita Holloway3039.0
Turnout 3,36638.9
Registered electors 8,651
Labour Co-op win (new seat)
Labour Co-op win (new seat)
Labour Co-op win (new seat)

St Mary's Island

St Mary's Island
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Habib Tejan* 479 44.6
Liberal Democrats John Castle32330.1
Labour David Hodges22420.9
Green Caroline Bowes474.4
Majority15614.5
Turnout 1,07632.8
Registered electors 3,284
Conservative win (new seat)

Strood North and Frindsbury

Strood North and Frindsbury (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Co-op Zoe Dyke* 1,774 53.4
Labour Co-op Stephen Hubbard* 1,758 52.9
Labour Co-op David Field 1,682 50.6
Conservative Gareth Batts1,20236.2
Conservative Craig Liddell1,07832.4
Conservative Akin Edun1,06932.2
Green Andrew Stephen39311.8
Liberal Democrats Alexander Clark2457.4
Heritage Peter Burch2176.5
Turnout 3,32331.9
Registered electors 10,418
Labour Co-op win (new seat)
Labour Co-op win (new seat)
Labour Co-op win (new seat)

Strood Rural

Strood Rural (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Williams* 1,458 51.1 +9.6
Conservative Gary Etheridge* 1,446 50.7 +11.5
Conservative Elizabeth Turpin* 1,409 49.4 +13.1
Labour Robert Wyatt84929.8+12.5
Labour Elaine Thomas78627.6+12.3
Labour Derek Munton74226.0+12.2
Green Neil Atkinson37913.3–1.5
Liberal Democrats Joanna Clark30410.7+0.4
Liberal Democrats Andrew Millsom2829.9N/A
Liberal Democrats Alan Wells2197.7N/A
Turnout 2,85227.9
Registered electors 10,218
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Strood West

Strood West (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Co-op Sharon Jackson 1,338 50.4
Labour Co-op Mark Jones 1,291 48.6
Labour Co-op Satinder Shokar 1,236 46.5
Conservative Isaac Igwe99137.3
Conservative Josie Iles*97236.6
Conservative Chris Buckwell*97036.5
Green Susan Griffiths2629.9
Liberal Democrats Michael Wild1596.0
Independent Rob Heathfield1555.8
Turnout 2,65626.2
Registered electors 10,150
Labour Co-op win (new seat)
Labour Co-op win (new seat)
Labour Co-op win (new seat)

Twydall

Twydall (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Hazel Browne* 967 56.4 +18.8
Labour Co-op Mark Prenter* 869 50.7 +15.5
Conservative Mitchell Brewer50229.3–0.2
Conservative Louise Smith48928.5+0.7
Green Kate Belmonte22212.9–1.0
Liberal Democrats Maureen Ruparel1518.8+1.0
Turnout 1,71624.1
Registered electors 7,120
Labour Co-op hold
Labour Co-op hold

Watling

Watling (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Chrissy Stamp* 1,998 60.5 +25.8
Labour Co-op Tracy Coombs 1,977 59.8 +31.1
Labour Co-op Marian Nestorov 1,823 55.2 N/A
Conservative Steven Marsden98529.8–5.7
Conservative Tina Venus-Coppard81724.7–2.9
Conservative Adam Strudwick-Long80824.5N/A
Green Tina Munro36110.9–0.2
Liberal Democrats David Yale3139.5–8.2
Turnout 3,30432.6
Registered electors 10,149
Labour Co-op hold
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative
Labour Co-op win (new seat)

Wayfield and Weeds Wood

Wayfield and Weeds Wood (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Co-op Esther Cook 986 50.6
Labour Co-op Eddie Peake 915 46.9
Conservative Caroline Burns79941.0
Conservative Nawal Rai68935.4
Green Judith Northwood-Boorman1216.2
Liberal Democrats Herbert Crack1085.5
SDP Steve Tanner743.8
Turnout 1,94927.3
Registered electors 7,143
Labour Co-op win (new seat)
Labour Co-op win (new seat)

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