Gravesham Borough Council

Gravesham Borough Council is the local authority for the Borough of Gravesham in Kent.

Wards

There are eighteen wards represented on the borough council:

• Those serving Gravesend town:
  • Central
  • Pelham
  • Riverside
  • Singlewell
  • Whitehill
  • Woodlands
• Other urban areas:
  • Northfleet (2 wards - North & South)
  • Coldharbour
  • Istead Rise
  • Painters Ash
  • Riverview
  • Westcourt
• Outlying villages:
  • Chalk
  • Higham
  • Meopham: (2 wards - North & South)
  • Nurstead
  • Shorne, Cobham & Luddesdown
  • Vigo is part of the Meopham South Ward

Elections

Gravesham Borough Council is elected every four years, with currently 44 Councillors being elected at each election. From the first election in 1973 the council has alternated between Labour and Conservative control. Since 1995 Labour has controlled the council apart from 4 years between the 2007 and 2011 elections. As of the 2015 election the council is composed of the following councillors:-^[1]

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