2019 Medway Council election

2019 Medway Council election
All 55 seats to Medway Council; 28 seats needed for a majority
	Map of results of 2019 election
Incumbent Leader of the Council; Alan Jarrett; Conservative	; ;

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

2019 Medway Council election^[1]
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	55	33	1	4	3	60.0	40.1	56,677	–2.8
	Labour	55	20	4	0	4	36.4	33.2	46,879	+5.3
	Independent	25	2	2	0	2	3.6	9.3	13,091	+8.7
	UKIP	23	0	0	3	3	0.0	8.2	11,617	–13.6
	Green	16	0	0	0		0.0	4.5	6,304	+2.2
	Liberal Democrats	22	0	0	0		0.0	4.3	6,012	+1.1
	CPA	2	0	0	0		0.0	0.3	364	N/A
	Animal Welfare	1	0	0	0		0.0	0.2	229	N/A

34	15	4	1	1
Conservative	Labour	I	UKIP	Vacant

33	20	2
Conservative	Labour	I

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Vince Maple*	1,577	56.9
	Labour	Harinder Singh Mahill	1,343	48.5
	Labour	Siju Adeoye	1,258	45.4
	UKIP	Nicole Bushill	520	18.8
	Conservative	David Peter Jarrett	508	18.3
	Conservative	Pat Gulvin	503	18.2
	Independent	Peter Ronald Jenkins	439	15.8
	Conservative	Denise Kay Wildey	435	15.7
	Independent	Lisa Frimston	415	15.0
	CPA	John Wesley Julian Lorenzo Gibson	166	6.0
Turnout			2,796	25.8
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Matt Fearn*	911	52.1
	Independent	Jacqueline Anne Cook	239	13.7
	Labour	Katherine Mary Porter	230	13.2
	UKIP	Naomi Caroline Wilson	191	10.9
	Green	Tina Munro	178	10.2
Turnout			1,755	34.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

2019 Medway Council election

Council Composition

Ward results

Chatham Central

Cuxton and Halling

Gillingham North

Gillingham South

Hempstead and Wigmore

Lordswood and Capstone

Luton and Wayfield

Peninsula

Princes Park

Rainham Central

Rainham North

Rainham South

River

Rochester East

Rochester South and Horsted

Rochester West

Strood North

Strood Rural

Strood South

Twydall

Walderslade

Watling

By-elections

Princes Park

Strood North

Rochester East

Peninsula

References

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Andy Stamp*	1,896	59.0
	Labour	Pat Cooper*	1,854	57.7
	Labour	Adam Robert William Price*	1,702	53.0
	UKIP	Robert Nigel Oakley	613	19.1
	Conservative	Faisal Ahmed	497	15.5
	Conservative	Kwashie Amartei Anang	485	15.1
	Conservative	Cartell Cheema	462	14.4
	Green	George Bernard Salomon	383	11.9
	Liberal Democrats	Sid Kingman	221	6.9
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Rickard	180	5.6
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Sams	152	4.7
Turnout			3,220	27.3
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Naushabah Parveen Khan*	1,670	51.7
	Labour	Clive Stanley William Johnson*	1,666	51.6
	Labour	Dan McDonald*	1,653	51.2
	UKIP	Terry Allen	655	20.3
	Conservative	Heidi Folk	557	17.2
	Conservative	Les Wicks	553	17.1
	Conservative	Harbans Singh Sidhu	502	15.5
	Liberal Democrats	Alan John Jefferies	398	12.3
	Liberal Democrats	Geoff Juby	387	12.0
	Liberal Democrats	Nemia Juby	324	10.0
Turnout			3,248	29.2
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Diane Margaret Chambers*	1,641	68.3
	Conservative	Rodney Brian Chambers*	1,613	67.2
	UKIP	Raymond David John Eldridge	325	13.5
	Liberal Democrats	Terry Reginald Lucy	240	10.0
	Labour	Louwella Margaret Prenter	233	9.7
	Labour	Nabila Khan	228	9.5
	Liberal Democrats	Veronica Williams	224	9.3
Turnout			2,420	37.2
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Alan Leslie Jarrett*	1,357	68.7
	Conservative	David Robert Wildey*	1,189	60.2
	UKIP	Jonathan Phillips	476	24.1
	Labour	John Gower Strevens	262	13.3
	Green	Simon Philip Marchant	258	13.1
	Labour	Funmi Ayeni	248	12.6
Turnout			1,984	28.8
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Tris Osborne*	1,045	39.0
	Labour	Joanne Christine Howcroft-Scott	1,009	37.7
	Labour	Simon Curry	1,005	37.5
	Conservative	Robbie Lammas	730	27.2
	Conservative	Alex McDermott	693	25.9
	UKIP	Keith Leslie Fletcher	662	24.7
	Conservative	Ade Kosoko	647	24.2
	Independent	Sam Craven*	556	20.8
	Independent	Mike Franklin*	415	15.5
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Antony O'Neill	205	7.7
Turnout			2,693	27.1
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Ron Sands	1,413	36.5
	Conservative	Phil Filmer*	1,157	29.9
	Independent	Mick Pendergast*	1,125	29.1
	UKIP	Roy Andrew Freshwater*	1002	25.9
	Conservative	Gloria Rose Thienel	834	21.5
	Conservative	Harold Ogunfemi	792	20.5
	Independent	Julie Wallace	734	19.0
	Independent	Chris Spalding	512	13.2
	Labour	Elizabeth Castell	449	11.6
	Green	Sonia Lesley Hyner	446	11.5
	Green	Clive Bryn Gregory	442	11.4
	Labour	Joe Murray	399	10.3
	Green	Mohammad Zubair Ahmad	371	9.6
	Labour	Simon Geoffrey Gwilym Williams	298	7.7
Turnout			3,895	34.1
	Independent gain from UKIP		Swing
	Independent gain from UKIP		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Tashi Bhutia*	962	48.3
	Conservative	Gloria Blessing Chukwuka Opara*	951	47.7
	Labour	Rav Jassal	554	27.8
	UKIP	Nicholas David Chambers	497	24.9
	Labour	Olu Obadare	494	24.8
Turnout			2,003	26.5
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jan Aldous*	1,699	46.1
	Conservative	Barry Joseph Kemp*	1,696	46.0
	Conservative	Nusrat Bibi Ahmed	1,439	39.0
	Independent	Matt Durcan	929	25.2
	Independent	Mark Mencattelli	670	18.2
	UKIP	David James Baylis	585	15.9
	Green	Mary Winifred Smith	575	15.6
	Labour	Sajjad Ahmad Khan	475	12.9
	Labour	Smitha Campbell	468	12.7
	Labour	Robert Alan Taylor	460	12.5
	Independent	Shanthi Ravikumar	365	9.9
	Independent	Charlie Sheregill	279	7.6
Turnout			3,698	37.6
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Martin Potter*	1,633	64.5
	Conservative	Kirstine Carr	1,580	62.4
	Labour	Chiron Peter Mottram	565	22.3
	Labour	Benjamin Pranczke	517	20.4
	UKIP	David Raymond Platt	352	13.9
Turnout			2,552	36.7
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Gary John Hackwell	1,565	50.5
	Conservative	Howard Francis Doe*	1,527	49.3
	Conservative	Roger Barrett	1,388	44.8
	UKIP	Jean Katherine Shirley Appleton	682	22.0
	Labour	Alexandra Grace Chatfield	610	19.7
	Labour	David John Carman	601	19.4
	Independent	Tom Davis	559	18.0
	Labour	Eddie Peake	496	16.0
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Walters	312	10.1
	CPA	Roger James Peacock	198	6.4
Turnout			3,110	30.7
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

River
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Piers Guy Nicholas Thompson	780	37.4
	Conservative	Habib Odunlamin Sulaiman Tejan*	742	35.6
	Labour	Lia Mandaracas	677	32.5
	Labour	Tony John Scudder	622	29.8
	UKIP	Leon Simmonds	337	16.2
	Green	Caroline Mary Bowes	300	14.4
	Liberal Democrats	John Edward Castle	207	9.9
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Edward Wells	172	8.2
Turnout			2,102	31.4
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rochester East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Teresa Margaret Murray*	1,332	55.0
	Labour	Nick Bowler*	1,277	52.7
	Conservative	Theresa Jane Fawcett	542	22.4
	Conservative	John Lyndon Jones	414	17.1
	Green	Marilyn Stone	393	16.2
	UKIP	Scott Bradley Harris	329	13.6
	Liberal Democrats	Adrian Brindley	174	7.2
Turnout			2,432	32.2
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Rochester West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Stuart Albert Tranter*	1,248	42.0
	Labour	Alex Paterson*	1,126	37.9
	Conservative	Rebecca Ryan	1,017	34.2
	Labour	Elaine Orford Thomas	775	26.1
	Green	Catriona Margaret Jamieson	431	14.5
	UKIP	Robert Newton	335	11.3
	Liberal Democrats	Anita Jane Holloway	244	8.2
	Animal Welfare	Minda Da Rui	229	7.7
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Loftus	166	5.6
Turnout			2,980	39.1
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Strood North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Elizabeth Jane Chitty*	1,331	38.3
	Labour	Stephen Alan Hubbard	1,313	37.8
	Conservative	Steve Iles*	1,200	34.6
	Labour	James Michael Braithwaite	1,118	32.2
	Conservative	Fatima Mitchell	1,055	30.4
	Labour	Zoe Van-Dyke	1,037	29.9
	UKIP	David John Atkinson	604	17.4
	Green	Trish Marchant	499	14.4
	Independent	Chembukkavu John George	410	11.8
	Independent	Les Nithsdale	349	10.1
	Independent	Kevin Riches Nutter	264	7.6
Turnout			3,480	33.6
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Trevor Anthony Clarke*	1,658	49.0
	Conservative	Sylvia Mary Griffin*	1,563	46.2
	Conservative	Rupert David Fearon Turpin*	1,498	44.3
	Labour	Joe Wastell	816	24.1
	Labour	Mark William Jones	767	22.7
	Labour	Meenatchi Gopal	766	22.6
	UKIP	Rose Atkinson	566	16.7
	Green	Bernard Edward Hyde	427	12.6
	Liberal Democrats	Viv Parker	365	10.8
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Louise Manuel	342	10.1
	Liberal Democrats	Cathy Sutton	277	8.2
Turnout			3,412	33.2
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Williams*	1,407	41.5
	Conservative	Gary David James Etheridge*	1,331	39.2
	Conservative	Elizabeth Turpin	1,232	36.3
	UKIP	Martin Anthony Cook	770	22.7
	Independent	Ben Cook	724	21.3
	Labour	Julia Cicely Hawkins	588	17.3
	Independent	Brian Styles	538	15.9
	Labour	Charlie Matthew Curtis Kennedy	520	15.3
	Green	Kenneth Watkins	501	14.8
	Independent	Frank William Hurley Moreton	491	14.5
	Labour	Gareth Richard Myton	467	13.8
	Liberal Democrats	Andy Millsom	350	10.3
Turnout			3,404	29.7
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Josie Iles*	938	34.4
	Conservative	Chris Buckwell	861	31.6
	Conservative	Richard Niall Thorne	777	28.5
	Labour	Lindsey Burke	758	27.8
	Labour	Isaac Ikechukwu Igwe	758	27.8
	Labour	Anthony Marcus McNulty Hill	755	27.7
	UKIP	Shane Karl Back	611	22.4
	UKIP	Dave Frederick Fahey	549	20.1
	Green	Marja Astrid Kingma	384	14.1
	Independent	Neil James Atkinson	382	14.0
	Independent	Stephen McManus	269	9.9
	Independent	Alan James Tucker	216	7.9
Turnout			2,735	24.4
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John William Lloyd	1,190	39.2
	Labour	Hazel Louise Browne-Williams	1,139	37.6
	Labour	Mark Prenter	1,066	35.2
	Conservative	Natalie Janine Jarvis	893	29.5
	Conservative	Jim Gilbourne	844	27.8
	Conservative	Mark Paul Joy	819	27.0
	UKIP	Rob McCulloch Martin	645	21.3
	Independent	Christine Barnacle	498	16.4
	Green	Kate Belmonte	420	13.9
	Independent	Leona Jane McCord	300	9.9
	Liberal Democrats	Maureen Ruparel	235	7.8
Turnout			3,045	30.3
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David Frederick Brake*	1,241	58.2
	Conservative	Adrian Victor Henry Gulvin*	1,091	51.1
	Labour	Jonathan Brind	551	25.8
	Labour	Robert John Heathfield	500	23.4
	UKIP	Stephen Newton	460	21.6
Turnout			2,156	29.8
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Wendy Purdy*	949	35.5
	Labour	Chrissy Stamp	928	34.7
	Labour	Jordan Desmond Hartley	768	28.7
	Conservative	Andrew William John Lawrence	740	27.6
	Liberal Democrats	Alan William Collins	473	17.7
	UKIP	David Noel Paul Radlett	371	13.9
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Jacob Rose	364	13.6
	Green	Joel Andrew Love	296	11.1
Turnout			2,692	37.5
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robbie Lammas	961	67.4	+19.6
	Labour	John Stevens	313	21.9	−5.6
	Green	Sonia Hyner	52	3.6	N/A
	Independent	Matt Durcan	51	3.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	John Castle	49	3.4	N/A
Majority			648	45.5
Turnout			1,426	18.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	12.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Zöe Van Dyke	913	37.1	+5.5
	Conservative	Mark Joy	728	29.5	−2.4
	Green	Cat Jamieson	565	23.0	+11.0
	Independent	Chris Spalding	216	8.8	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Wells	39	1.6	N/A
Majority			185	7.6
Turnout			2,466	23.5
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	4.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lauren Edwards	870	63.3	+15.2
	Conservative	Brian Griffin	388	28.2	+8.7
	Green	Bernard Hyde	69	5.0	−9.2
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Manuel	48	3.5	−2.8
Majority			482	35.1
Turnout			1,380	18.2
	Labour hold		Swing	3.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	George Crozer	1,038	46.6	*N/A*
	Conservative	Harold Ogunfemi	371	16.7	–6.5
	Green	Julian Sutton	255	11.5	+2.5
	Independent	Chris Spalding	230	10.3	±0.0
	Labour	David Hodges	215	9.7	+0.7
	Independent	Sharon Jackson	89	4.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Ben Rist	29	1.3	N/A
Majority			667	29.9
Turnout			2,228	18.7
Registered electors			11,914
	Independent hold		Swing

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