2015 Medway Council election
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All 55 seats to Medway Council
28 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Con
Lab
UKIP
Leader Rodney Chambers Vince Maple None
Party Conservative Labour UKIP
Leader's seat Hempstead
and Wigmore 		Chatham
Central 		None
Last election 35 seats,
46.05% 		15 seats,
34.46% 		0 seats,
1.80%
Seats won 36 15 4
Seat change Increase1 Steady Increase4
Popular vote 120,319 78,195 61,272
Percentage 42.9% 27.9% 21.8%
Swing Increase3.2 Decrease6.6 Increase20.0
Map of results of 2015 election
Leader of the Council before election

Rodney Chambers
Conservative

Leader of the Council

Alan Jarrett
Conservative

The 2015 Medway Council election took place on 7 May 2015, alongside the 2015 UK General Election. The elections were to elect all 55 seats across 22 wards. The Conservatives held the council, with 36 seats (a majority of 16). The Labour Party won 15 seats, and UKIP took 4.

Following the announcement of the results, the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition called for a re-count in Rainham North ward after their candidate received no votes, despite claiming that he had voted for himself; however, the council's returning officer confirmed that the result was correct and no further action could be taken.[1]

Results

Medway Council Local Election 2015
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 36 +1 65.5 42.9 120,319 +3.2
  Labour 15 0 27.3 27.9 78,195 -6.6
  UKIP 4 +4 7.2 21.8 61,272 +20.0
  Liberal Democrats 0 0 0 -3 0 3.2 8,998 -5.6
  Green 0 0 0 0 0 2.3 6,551 0.3
  TUSC 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 3,402 +0.7
  Independent 0 0 0 -2 0 0.6 1,759 -3.8
  English Democrat 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 120 -1.5

A total of 1,735 ballot papers were rejected.

Council Composition

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

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35 15 3 2
Conservative Labour LD I

After the election, to composition of the council was:

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36 15 4
Conservative Labour UKIP

I - Independent

Ward Results

An asterisk denotes an incumbent councillor seeking re-election.

Chatham Central

Chatham Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Paul Goodwin* 2,258 17.3 -3.7
Labour Vince Maple* 2,238 17.1 -3.5
Labour Julie Nora Shaw* 1,987 15.2 -6.4
UKIP Robin Charles Johnson 1,535 11.7 +8.2
Conservative Patricia Anne Gulvin 1,394 10.6 +1.7
Conservative David Peter Jarrett 1,258 9.6 +1.0
Conservative Andrew Kennedy 1,208 9.2 +1.0
Green Luke Ashley Balnave 727 5.6 N/A
Green John Lesley Gibson 263 2.0 N/A
TUSC Steven Hancock 219 1.7 N/A
Majority 452 3.5
Turnout 13,087
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Cuxton and Halling

Cuxton and Halling
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Matt Fearn 1,761 53.8 -9.6
UKIP Paul Monck 958 29.3 N/A
Labour Michael Gerald Evans 518 15.8 -20.8
TUSC Allan Yates 37 1.1 N/A
Majority 803 24.5
Turnout 3,274
Conservative hold Swing

Gillingham North

Gillingham North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Pat Cooper* 2,449 16.5 +5.8
Labour Andy Stamp* 2,258 15.2 +4.5
Labour Adam Robert William Price* 2,026 13.7 +2.5
UKIP Mark Mencattelli 1,846 12.4 N/A
Conservative Nusrat Bibi Ahmed 1,475 9.9 +2.7
Conservative Bob Russell 1,396 9.4 +3.3
Conservative Kwashie Amartei Anang 1,368 9.2 +4.2
Green Trich Marchant 646 4.4 +2.1
Liberal Democrats Steve Kearney 436 2.9 -0.2
Liberal Democrats Sid Kingman 334 2.3 -0.7
Liberal Democrats Anita Sheila Webber 327 2.2 -0.4
TUSC Andrew Paul Travers 278 1.9 +0.9
Majority 180 1.3
Turnout 14,839
Labour gain from Independent Swing
Labour gain from Independent Swing
Labour hold Swing

Cllrs Cooper and Stamp both were previously elected as Independent councillors in 2011.

Gillingham South

Gillingham South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Clive Stanley William Johnson 1,995 11.2 0
Labour Naushabah Parveen Khan 1,909 10.7 +0.3
Labour Dan McDonald 1,877 10.6 +1.0
UKIP Terry Allen 1,777 10.0 +7.2
Conservative Saboor Ahmed 1,537 8.6 +1.7
UKIP John Farrell 1,469 8.3 +6.0
UKIP Rob McCulloch Martin 1,413 8.0 N/A
Conservative Shirley Margaret Pamela Griffiths 1,405 7.9 -0.1
Conservative John Richard Amey 1,343 7.5 +2.2
Liberal Democrats Geoff Juby* 871 4.9 -6.5
Liberal Democrats Tony Jeacock 697 3.9 -6.7
Liberal Democrats Chris Sams 629 3.5 -6.9
Green Simon Philip Marchant 552 3.1 +0.2
TUSC Jacqui Berry 316 1.8 -0.3
Majority 100 0.6
Turnout 17,790
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Labour hold Swing

Hempstead and Wigmore

Hempstead and Wigmore
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Diane Margaret Chambers* 3,666 40.5 +11.9
Conservative Rodney Brian Chambers* 3,555 39.3 +11.2
Labour Ahmed Mutahir Khan 828 9.2 +1.5
Labour Nabilah Khan 749 8.3 +1.8
TUSC Stephen John Wilkins 245 2.7 N/A
Majority 2,727 30.1
Turnout 9,043
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Lordswood and Capstone

Lordswood and Capstone
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alan Leslie Jarrett* 2,711 36.1 +4.3
Conservative David Robert Wildey* 2,341 31.7 +2.8
Labour Nick Alderson-Rice 1,110 15.0 -0.8
Labour Ambrose Nwodoh 987 13.4 -0.8
TUSC Tony Baker 233 3.2 N/A
Majority 1,231 16.7
Turnout 7,382
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Luton and Wayfield

Luton and Wayfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tristan John Osborne* 1,774 12.5 -3.0
Labour Sam Craven* 1,748 12.3 -5.1
Conservative Michael Franklin 1,745 12.3 -0.7
Labour Christine Janice Godwin* 1,685 11.9 -5.2
UKIP Stephen Harper 1,508 10.6 N/A
Conservative Stephen John Peachell 1,496 10.6 -4.2
Conservative Simon John Wray 1,411 10.0 -1.6
UKIP Claire Rachel Sparham 1,353 9.6 N/A
UKIP Maurice Granville Sparham 1,171 8.3 N/A
TUSC Alison Burns 154 1.1 -0.8
English Democrat Mike Russell 120 0.8 N/A
Majority 60 0.4
Turnout 14,165
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Peninsula

Peninsula
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UKIP Roy Freshwater 2,866 14.7 N/A
Conservative Phil Filmer* 2,722 14.0 -7.9
UKIP Mick Pendergast 2,610 13.4 N/A
Conservative Michael Dale 2,461 12.6 -7.2
Conservative Jim Nugent 2,440 12.5 -5.7
UKIP Mike Yates 2,310 11.9 N/A
Labour Julia Cherry 1,200 6.2 -2.1
Labour Peter John Tungate 1,091 5.6 -2.1
Labour Patrick Minhard 931 4.8 -2.7
Independent Ron Sands 691 3.5 N/A
TUSC Chas Berry 147 0.8 N/A
Majority 149 0.8
Turnout 19,469
UKIP gain from Conservative Swing
UKIP gain from Conservative Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Sands previously stood as a candidate for the English Democrats in 2011.

Princes Park

Princes Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tashi Bhutia 1,811 24.5 -4.6
Conservative Gloria Blessing Chukwuka Opara 1,633 22.1 -3.7
UKIP Adam Crombie 1,144 15.4 N/A
Labour Alan Higgins 1,029 13.9 -4.5
UKIP Richard John Wozencroft 907 12.2 N/A
Labour Simon Wady 821 11.1 -7.9
TUSC Janet Sylvia Baker 60 0.8 N/A
Majority 489 6.7
Turnout 7,405
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Rainham Central

Rainham Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Rehman Chishti 4,386 25.6 +1.8
Conservative Barry Joseph Kemp 3,473 20.3 -0.1
Conservative Mike O'Brien 3,115 18.2 +2.4
UKIP Rebecca Mencattelli 1,854 10.8 +7.4
Labour Mark Anthony Last 1,405 8.2 +0.6
Labour Tarek James Maddison 1,018 6.0 +1.5
Labour James Richard Smith 946 5.5 +1.9
Green Mary Winifred Smtih 665 3.9 +1.6
TUSC Carole Diane Sammon 165 1.0 N/A
Independent Karen Dawn Streatfield 92 0.5 N/A
Majority 1,261 7.4
Turnout 17,119
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Rainham North

Rainham North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David John Carr* 2,247 26.5 -1.2
Conservative Martin Potter 1,910 22.6 -3.7
UKIP Vaughan Baden Hewett* 1,245 14.7 +10.8
UKIP Emily Catherine Knowles 850 10.0 +6.8
Labour John William Lloyd 837 9.9 -1.1
Labour Chiron Peter Mottram 598 7.1 -3.5
Liberal Democrats John Edward Castle 272 3.2 -6.3
Green Neil Peter Williams 254 3.0 N/A
Liberal Democrats Terry Lucy 251 3.0 -4.8
TUSC Paul Andrew Dennis 0 0.0 N/A
Majority 665 7.9
Turnout 8,464
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Hewett was previously elected in 2011 as a Conservative councillor.

Rainham South

Rainham South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Howard Francis Doe* 3,606 22.1 +2.5
Conservative David Royle* 2,892 17.7 -1.3
Conservative Leslie Alan Wicks* 2,257 13.8 -2.8
UKIP Jean Katherine Shirly Appleton 1,817 11.1 +7.2
Labour Gillian Valerie Pearson 1,485 9.1 -0.8
UKIP Susan Mary Marsh 1,468 9.0 N/A
Labour Josh Henry Gray 1,342 8.2 -1.2
Labour Louwella Margaret Prenter 1,037 6.4 -1.0
Independent Mike Walters 249 1.5 N/A
TUSC Susan Mason-Saunders 177 1.1 N/A
Majority 440 2.7
Turnout 16,330
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

River

River
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrew Mackness* 1,698 24.3 -0.7
Conservative Habib Odunlamin Sulaiman Tejan 1,354 19.3 -7.5
Labour John Alun Charles Jones 1,033 14.8 -7.0
Labour Mark William Edwin Jones 1,001 14.3 -1.5
UKIP Chris Spalding 863 12.3 N/A
UKIP June Winton 626 8.9 N/A
Green Michael Edward Phillips 365 5.2 +2.2
TUSC Naomi Catherine Sayers 62 0.9 N/A
Majority 321 4.5
Turnout 7,002
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Rochester East

Rochester East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Teresa Margaret Murray* 1,861 20.7 -10.0
Labour Nick Bowler* 1,721 19.2 -10.7
Conservative Sean Michael Varnham 1,406 15.6 -0.7
UKIP Chris Irvine 1,209 13.4 N/A
Conservative Mohamed Rizvi Rawoof 1,095 12.2 -0.5
UKIP Trevor James Shields 1,039 11.6 N/A
Green William James Davies 560 6.2 +1.2
TUSC Daniel Burn 98 1.1 N/A
Majority 315 3.6
Turnout 8,989
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Rochester South and Horsted

Rochester South and Horsted
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Trevor Anthony Clarke* 2,984 15.6 -5.1
Conservative Sylvia Mary Griffin* 2,679 14.0 -4.6
Conservative Rupert David Fearon Turpin* 2,604 13.6 -2.4
UKIP Keith Fletcher 1,885 9.9 +5.4
UKIP Alan William Collins 1,666 8.7 N/A
UKIP Frank Moreton 1,662 8.7 N/A
Labour Del Munton 1,617 8.5 -2.3
Labour Elaine Thomas 1,431 7.5 -2.5
Labour Joe Murray 1,405 7.3 -2.9
Green Bernard Edward Hyde 576 3.0 -0.1
Liberal Democrats Viv Parker 502 2.6 -1.6
TUSC Emma Sarah White 116 0.6 -1.3
Majority 719 3.7
Turnout 19,127
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Rochester West

Rochester West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kelly Tolhurst* 2,418 23.9 -4.2
Conservative Stuart Albert Tranter 1,884 18.6 -9.5
Labour Rachel Catherine Garrick 1,169 11.6 -5.9
UKIP Helen Knight 1,131 11.2 N/A
UKIP Stephen Knight 1,066 10.5 N/A
Labour Tony John Scudder 1,054 10.4 -4.0
Green Clive Byrn Malcolm Gregory 575 5.7 -0.9
Green David Fredrick John Heritage 405 4.0 -0.5
Liberal Democrats Ken Juby 206 2.0 -2.2
Liberal Democrats Nem Juby 142 1.4 -1.9
TUSC Riven Gray 65 0.7 N/A
Majority 715 7.0
Turnout 10,115
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Strood North

Strood North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Elizabeth Jane Chitty* 2,673 15.1 -2.3
Conservative Stephen Ian Richard Iles 2,230 12.6 -4.6
Conservative Phil Hall 2,138 12.1 -2.6
Labour Stephen Alan Hubbard* 1,841 10.4 -4.9
UKIP Ray Banks 1,791 10.1 N/A
Labour Gareth Wilf Batts 1,636 9.3 -2.7
UKIP Paul O'Rouke 1,630 9.2 N/A
Labour Linda Beatrice Robson 1,500 8.5 -4.3
UKIP Paul Rai 1,413 8.0 N/A
Green Stephen William Dyke 630 3.6 N/A
TUSC Sue Berry 195 1.1 -0.7
Majority 297 1.7
Turnout 17,677
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Strood Rural

Strood Rural
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Williams 3,015 14.9 -4.7
Conservative Peter Martin Hicks* 2,828 14.0 -5.4
Conservative Gary David James Etheridge 2,737 13.5 -3.2
UKIP Ben Cook 2,582 12.8 N/A
UKIP Tom Mason* 2,475 12.2 N/A
UKIP Peter Rodberg* 2,294 11.4 N/A
Labour Julia Hawkins 1,278 6.3 -3.3
Labour Avril Margaret Sime 1,144 5.7 -2.3
Labour Jim Wyper 934 4.6 -2.8
Liberal Democrats Vanessa Ann Roach 421 2.1 -1.1
Liberal Democrats Andrew Lawrence Millsom 349 1.7 -1.4
TUSC Rosilla Jane Ellwood 165 0.8 N/A
Majority 155 0.7
Turnout 20,222
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Strood South

Strood South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UKIP Catriona Brown-Reckless 2,527 14.5 N/A
Conservative John Fernley Nicholas Avey* 2,289 13.1 -3.3
UKIP Mark Paul Joy 2,203 12.6 N/A
Conservative Josie Iles* 2,085 12.0 -2.7
UKIP Richard Thorne 1,898 10.9 N/A
Conservative Harold Ogunfemi 1,734 9.9 -3.9
Labour Rob Heathfield 1,583 9.1 -5.4
Labour Ikechukwu Isaac Igwe 1,576 9.0 -6.2
Labour Harinder Singh Mahil 1,411 8.1 -6.3
TUSC Alec David Price 141 0.8 N/A
Majority 118 0.6
Turnout 17,447
UKIP gain from Labour Swing
UKIP gain from Conservative Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Twydall

Twydall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Dorte Marianne Gilry* 2,547 16.9 -0.5
Labour Glyn David Griffiths* 2,353 15.6 -1.2
Conservative Anne-Claire Marie Andree Howard 2,287 15.2 +3.7
Conservative Diana Marion Lawrence 2,214 14.7 +1.2
Labour Mark Prenter 1,960 13.0 -5.1
Conservative Tony Rocco 1,700 11.2 -1.2
Green Rebecca Jane Lehmann 623 4.1 +1.5
Liberal Democrats Veronica Anne Lewis 434 2.9 0
Liberal Democrats Sheila Veronica Rose Kearney 432 2.9 +0.5
Liberal Democrats David Alfred McDonnell 268 1.8 -0.6
TUSC Ivor Andrew Lindsey Riddell 257 1.7 N/A
Majority 73 0.5
Turnout 15,075
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Walderslade

Walderslade
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Frederick Brake* 2,445 30.0 +6.4
Conservative Adrian Victor Henry Gulvin* 2,097 25.7 +6.9
UKIP Linda Veronica Russell 1,211 14.8 N/A
Labour Eddie Peake 1,024 12.6 +3.6
Labour Robert Lee Pitt 897 11.0 +2.9
Liberal Democrats Jim Percy 370 4.5 +2.3
TUSC Liz Robinson 111 1.4 N/A
Majority 886 10.9
Turnout 8,155
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Watling

Watling
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Wendy Purdy 2,070 24.6 +6.8
Conservative Asha Rani Rita Saroy 1,632 19.4 +2.0
Liberal Democrats Diana Mary Smith* 1,180 14.1 -7.6
Labour Benjamin Pranczke 1,030 12.3 -0.5
Labour Raja Miah 1,017 12.1 -2.1
Liberal Democrats Paul Chaplin 877 10.4 -6.7
Green Richard James Lehmann 437 5.2 N/A
TUSC Avril Eleene Roberts 161 1.9 N/A
Majority 452 5.3
Turnout 8,404
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Conservative hold Swing

References

  1. ^ "'I know I voted for me': Angry socialist who got NO votes at General Election demands recount". The Mirror. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
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