2019 Medway Council election

Elections to Medway Council will be held on 2 May 2019 as part of the 2019 United Kingdom local elections. The elections will be to elect all 55 councillors across 22 wards.

2019 Medway Council election
2 May 2019 (2019-05-02)
All 55 seats to Medway Council
28 seats needed for a majority
 
Con
Lab
UKIP
Leader Alan Jarrett Vince Maple Roy Freshwater
Party Conservative Labour UKIP
Leader's seat Lordswood
and Capstone		 Chatham
Central		 Peninsula
Last election 36 seats,
42.9%		 15 seats,
27.9%		 4 seats,
21.8%
Current seats 34 15 1
Seats needed 13 27
Incumbent Leader of the Council

Alan Jarrett
Conservative

Result
Medway Council[1]
Candidates Votes
Party Leader Stood Elected Gained Unseated Net % of total % No. Net %
  Conservative 55 33 1 4 -3 60% 34.4%
  Labour 55 20 4 0 4 36% 26.8%
  Independent 25 2 2 0 2 4% 8.7%
  UKIP 23 0 0 3 -3 0% 16.5%
  Green 16 0 0 0 0 0% 7.8%
  Liberal Democrats 22 0 0 0 0 0% 4.9%
  Christian Peoples Alliance 2 0 0 0 0 0% 0.5%
  Animal Welfare 1 0 0 0 0 0% 0.3%

Council Composition

Prior to the election, the composition of the council was:

↓
34 15 4 1 1
Conservative Labour I UKIP Vacant

After the election, the composition of the council was:[1]

↓
33 20 2
Conservative Labour I

Ward results

Asterisks denote incumbent Councillors seeking re-election. A total of 199 candidates stood for the 55 seats available.[2]

Chatham Central
Chatham Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Vince Maple* 1577
Labour Harinder Singh Mahill 1343
Labour Siju Adeoye 1258
UKIP Nicole Bushill 520
Conservative David Peter Jarrett 508
Conservative Pat Gulvin 503
Independent Peter Ronald Jenkins 439
Conservative Denise Kay Wildey 435
Independent Lisa Frimston 415
Christian Peoples Alliance John Wesley Julian Lorenzo Gibson 166

Cuxton and Halling
Cuxton and Halling
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Matt Fearn* 911
Independent Jacqueline Anne Cook 239
Labour Katherine Mary Porter 230
UKIP Naomi Caroline Wilson 191
Green Tina Munro 178

Gillingham North
Gillingham North
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Andy Stamp* 1896
Labour Pat Cooper* 1854
Labour Adam Robert William Price* 1702
UKIP Robert Nigel Oakley 613
Conservative Faisal Ahmed 497
Conservative Kwashie Amartei Anang 485
Conservative Cartell Cheema 462
Green George Bernard Salomon 383
Liberal Democrats Sid Kingman 221
Liberal Democrats Ian Rickard 180
Liberal Democrats Chris Sams 152

Gillingham South
Gillingham South
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Naushabah Parveen Khan* 1670
Labour Clive Stanley William Johnson* 1666
Labour Dan McDonald* 1653
UKIP Terry Allen 655
Conservative Heidi Folk 557
Conservative Les Wicks 553
Conservative Harbans Singh Sidhu 502
Liberal Democrats Alan John Jefferies 398
Liberal Democrats Geoff Juby 387
Liberal Democrats Nemia Juby 324

Les Wicks was elected as a Conservative councillor in Rainham South in 2015.

Hempstead and Wigmore
Hempstead and Wigmore
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Diane Margaret Chambers* 1641
Conservative Rodney Brian Chambers* 1613
UKIP Raymond David John Eldridge 325
Liberal Democrats Terry Reginald Lucy 240
Labour Louwella Margaret Prenter 233
Labour Nabila Khan 228
Liberal Democrats Veronica Williams 224

Lordswood and Capstone
Lordswood and Capstone
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Alan Leslie Jarrett* 1357
Conservative David Robert Wildey* 1189
UKIP Jonathan Phillips 476
Labour John Gower Strevens 262
Green Simon Philip Marchant 258
Labour Funmi Ayeni 248

Luton and Wayfield
Luton and Wayfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Tristan John Osborne* 1045
Labour Joanne Christine Howcroft-Scott 1099
Labour Simon Curry 1005
Conservative Robbie Lammas 730
Conservative Alex McDermott 693
UKIP Keith Leslie Fletcher 662
Conservative Ade Kosoko 647
Independent Sam Craven* 556
Independent Mike Franklin* 415
Liberal Democrats Paul Antony O'Neill 205

Sam Craven was elected as a Labour councillor in 2015. Mike Franklin was elected as a Conservative councillor in 2015.

Peninsula
Peninsula
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent Ron Sands 1413
Conservative Phil Filmer* 1157
Independent Mick Pendergast* 1125
UKIP Roy Andrew Freshwater* 1002
Conservative Gloria Rose Thienel 834
Conservative Harold Ogunfemi 792
Independent Julie Wallace 734
Independent Chris Spalding 512
Labour Elizabeth Castell 449
Green Sonia Lesley Hyner 446
Green Clive Bryn Gregory 442
Labour Joe Murray 399
Green Mohammad Zubair Ahmad 371
Labour Simon Geoffrey Gwilym Williams 298

Mick Pendergast was elected as a UKIP councillor in 2015.

Princes Park
Princes Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Tashi Bhutia* 962
Conservative Gloria Blessing Chukwuka Opara* 951
Labour Rav Jassal 554
UKIP Nicholas David Chambers 497
Labour Olu Obadare 494

Rainham Central
Rainham Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Jan Aldous* 1699
Conservative Barry Joseph Kemp* 1696
Conservative Nusrat Bibi Ahmed 1439
Independent Matt Durcan 929
Independent Mark Mencattelli 670
UKIP David James Baylis 585
Green Mary Winifred Smith 575
Labour Sajjad Ahmad Khan 475
Labour Smitha Campbell 468
Labour Robert Alan Taylor 460
Independent Shanthi Ravikumar 365
Independent Charlie Sheregill 279

Rainham North
Rainham North
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Martin Potter* 1633
Conservative Kirstine Carr 1580
Labour Chiron Peter Mottram 565
Labour Benjamin Pranczke 517
UKIP David Raymond Platt 352

Rainham South
Rainham South
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Gary John Hackwell 1565
Conservative Howard Francis Doe* 1527
Conservative Roger Barrett 1388
UKIP Jean Katherine Shirley Appleton 682
Labour Alexandra Grace Chatfield 610
Labour David John Carman 601
Independent Tom Davis 559
Labour Eddie Peake 496
Liberal Democrats Mike Walters 312
Christian Peoples Alliance Roger James Peacock 198

River
River
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Piers Guy Nicholas Thompson 780
Conservative Habib Odunlamin Sulaiman Tejan* 742
Labour Lia Mandaracas 677
Labour Tony John Scudder 622
UKIP Leon Simmonds 337
Green Caroline Mary Bowes 300
Liberal Democrats John Edward Castle 207
Liberal Democrats Alan Edward Wells 172

Rochester East
Rochester East
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Teresa Margaret Murray* 1332
Labour Nick Bowler* 1277
Conservative Theresa Jane Fawcett 542
Conservative John Lyndon Jones 414
Green Marilyn Stone 393
UKIP Scott Bradley Harris 329
Liberal Democrats Adrian Brindley 174

Rochester South and Horsted
Rochester South and Horsted[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Trevor Anthony Clarke* 1658 18.3
Conservative Sylvia Mary Griffin* 1563 17.3
Conservative Rupert David Fearon Turpin* 1498 16.6
Labour Joe Wastell 816 9.0
Labour Mark William Jones 767 8.5
Labour Meenatchi Gopal 766 8.5
UKIP Rose Atkinson 566 6.3
Green Bernard Edward Hyde 427 4.7
Liberal Democrats Viv Parker 365 4.0
Liberal Democrats Sarah Louise Manuel 342 3.8
Liberal Democrats Cathy Sutton 277 3.1

Rochester West
Rochester West
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Stuart Albert Tranter* 1248
Labour Alex Paterson* 1126
Conservative Rebecca Ryan 1017
Labour Elaine Orford Thomas 775
Green Catriona Margaret Jamieson 431
UKIP Robert Newton 335
Liberal Democrats Anita Jane Holloway 244
Animal Welfare Minda Da Rui 229
Liberal Democrats Peter Loftus 166

Strood North
Strood North
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Elizabeth Jane Chitty* 1331
Labour Stephen Alan Hubbard 1313
Conservative Steve Iles* 1200
Labour James Michael Braithwaite 1118
Conservative Fatima Mitchell 1055
Labour Zoe Van-Dyke 1037
UKIP David John Atkinson 604
Green Trish Marchant 499
Independent Chembukkavu John George 410
Independent Les Nithsdale 349
Independent Kevin Riches Nutter 264

Strood Rural
Strood Rural
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative John Williams* 1407
Conservative Gary David James Etheridge* 1331
Conservative Elizabeth Turpin 1232
UKIP Martin Anthony Cook 770
Independent Ben Cook 724
Labour Julia Cicely Hawkins 588
Independent Brian Styles 538
Labour Charlie Matthew Curtis Kennedy 520
Green Kenneth Watkins 501
Independent Frank William Hurley Moreton 491
Labour Gareth Richard Myton 467
Liberal Democrats Andy Millsom 350

Strood South
Strood South
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Josie Iles* 938
Conservative Chris Buckwell 861
Conservative Richard Niall Thorne 777
Labour Lindsey Burke 758
Labour Isaac Ikechukwu Igwe 758
Labour Anthony Marcus McNulty Hill 755
UKIP Shane Karl Back 611
UKIP Dave Frederick Fahey 549
Green Marja Astrid Kingma 384
Independent Neil James Atkinson 382
Independent Stephen McManus 269
Independent Alan James Tucker 216

Twydall
Twydall
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour John William Lloyd 1190
Labour Hazel Louise Browne-Williams 1139
Labour Mark Prenter 1066
Conservative Natalie Janine Jarvis 893
Conservative Jim Gilbourne 844
Conservative Mark Paul Joy 819
UKIP Rob McCulloch Martin 645
Independent Christine Barnacle 498
Green Kate Belmonte 420
Independent Leona Jane McCord 300
Liberal Democrats Maureen Ruparel 235

Mark Joy was elected as a UKIP councillor in Strood South in 2015.

Walderslade
Walderslade
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative David Frederick Brake* 1241
Conservative Adrian Victor Henry Gulvin* 1091
Labour Jonathan Brind 551
Labour Robert John Heathfield 500
UKIP Stephen Newton 460

Watling
Watling
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Wendy Purdy* 949
Labour Chrissy Stamp 928
Labour Jordan Desmond Hartley 768
Conservative Andrew William John Lawrence 740
Liberal Democrats Alan William Collins 473
UKIP David Noel Paul Radlett 371
Liberal Democrats Martin Jacob Rose 364
Green Joel Andrew Love 296

References
  1. "Medway Elects". www.medwayelects.co.uk. Medway Elects 2019. 3 May 2019. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  2. "Medway Council Election - 2 May 2019". www.medwayelects.co.uk. Medway Elects. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  3. "Rochester South and Horsted". Medway Elects. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
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