2023 Medway Council election

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]

2023 Medway Council election
4 May 2023 (2023-05-04)
All 59 seats to Medway Council
30 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Leader Vince Maple Alan Jarrett George Crozer
Party Labour Conservative Independent
Last election 20 seats, 33.2% 22 seats, 40.1% 2 seats, 9.3%
Seats before 22 35 2
Seats won 33 22 4
Seat change Increase 11 Decrease 13 Increase 2
Council control before election


Conservative

 Council control after election


Labour

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.[2]

Summary

Election result
2023 Medway Council election
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 59 33 56% 47% 61,612
  Conservative 59 22 37% 41% 53,841
  Independent 8 4 7% 6% 7,921
  Green 25 0 0 6% 7,741
  Liberal Democrats 28 0 0 5% 6,978
  Heritage 1 0 0 0.2% 217
  CPA 2 0 0 0.2% 208
  Reform UK 2 0 0 0.1% 143
  SDP 2 0 0 0.1% 132

Candidates

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.[3] The results of the election in each ward were as follows: [4]

All Saints
All Saints
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Chris Spalding 295 30.7
Independent Julie Wallace 252 26.3
Conservative Harold Ogunfemi 190 19.8
Labour Kier Kemp 118 12.3
Reform UK Bill Khatkar 49 5.1
Green Bernard Hyde 34 3.5
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Simpson 22 2.3
Majority
Turnout 965 27.6
Registered electors 3,495
Swing

Chatham Central and Brompton
Chatham Central and Brompton (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Vince Maple* 1,394
Labour Co-op Nina Gurung 1,211
Labour Co-op Damola Animashaun 1,136
Conservative Paul Khera 552
Conservative Claude King 517
Conservative Habib Tejan* 467
Green Rob O'Hanlon 336
Liberal Democrats Geoff Juby 295
Majority
Turnout 2,201 20.9
Registered electors 10,525
Swing

Cuxton, Halling and Riverside
Cuxton, Halling and Riverside (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Matt Fearn* 880
Conservative Phil Filmer* 685
Green Matt Nightingale 641
Green Cat Jamieson 502
Labour Stephen McCormack 414
Labour Victoria Morris 408
Liberal Democrats Ron Gillett 76
Majority
Turnout 1,895 30.9
Registered electors 6,129
Swing

Fort Horsted

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Fort Horsted
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Trevor Clarke* 489
Liberal Democrats Viv Parker 344
Labour Joseph Murray 212
Green Matthew Knott 37
Majority 145
Turnout 1,090 30.9
Registered electors 3,530
Conservative hold Swing

Fort Pitt
Fort Pitt (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Smitha Campbell 1,726
Labour Co-op Harinder Mahil* 1,634
Labour Co-op Gareth Myton 1,577
Conservative Rupert Turpin* 1,028
Conservative Richard Thorne* 951
Conservative Gloria Opara* 901
Green Karen Scott 527
Liberal Democrats Nirmal Sandhu 249

Gillingham North
Gillingham North (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Adam Prince 1,419
Labour Co-op Douglas Hamandishe 1,355
Labour Co-op Lia Mandaracas 1,339
Conservative Clayton Barrett 530
Conservative Zarina Chishti 439
Conservative Harbans Sidhu 410
Green Jeremy Spyby-Steanson 340
Liberal Democrats Ben Rist 254

Gillingham South
Gillingham South (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Dan McDonald* 1,617
Labour Co-op Naushabah Khan* 1,531
Labour Co-op Louwella Prenter 1,491
Conservative Amy Smith 509
Conservative Siju Adeoye* 471
Conservative George Georghiou 373
Green Daniel Belmonte 373
Liberal Democrats Christopher Sams 322

Hempstead and Wigmore
Hempstead and Wigmore (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jim Gilbourne 1,709
Conservative Andrew Lawrence 1,617
Labour Lewis Bailey 603
Labour Haroon Kahn 450
Green Kat Korff 237
Liberal Democrats Daniel Cavaliere 222
SDP Peter Wheeler 58
CPA John Gibson 50

Hoo St Werburgh and High Halstow
Hoo St Werburgh and High Halstow (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent George Crozer* 2,388
Independent Ron Sands* 2,279
Independent Michael Pearce 2,230
Conservative Robert Tildesley 465
Conservative Chris Sparks 427
Conservative Fatima Mitchell 409
Labour Gary Barwell 358
Labour Giuliana Christmas 336
Labour Steve Vickery 286
Green Julian Sutton 140
Liberal Democrats Aaron Sergejenkovs-Telford 51
Reform UK Steve Hudson 94

Lordswood and Walderslade
Lordswood and Walderslade (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Brake* 1,752
Conservative David Wildey* 1,728
Conservative Adrian Gulvin* 1,618
Labour Christine Godwin 917
Labour David Bowen 817
Labour Brad Cook 777
Green Sonia Hyner 339
Liberal Democrats Matthew Vincent 272

Luton
Luton (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Simon Curry* 796
Labour Co-op Jo Howcroft-Scott* 751
Conservative Lulu Lammas 541
Conservative Mos Igani 510
Green Debbie Sutton 174
Liberal Democrats Paul O'Neill 136

Princes Park
Princes Park (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robbie Lammas* 938
Conservative Alex Hyne 933
Labour John Strevens 486
Labour Temi Olodo 425
Green Simon Marchant 156
Liberal Democrats Ian Sailes 116

Rainham North
Rainham North (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Perfect 1,210
Conservative Wayne Spring 1,138
Conservative Kwashie Anang 1,124
Labour Mark Harrison 1,025
Labour Nikita Morris 946
Labour Mutz Khan 907
Liberal Democrats Stuart Bourne 675
Green Trish Marchant 442
Liberal Democrats Alan Collins Rosell 402
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Chan 323

Rainham South East
Rainham South East (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Roger Barrett* 1,455
Conservative Howard Doe* 1,448
Conservative Gary Hackwell* 1,430
Labour Katrina Campbell 920
Labour Iain Childs 835
Labour Chiron Mottram 759
Green Mary Smith 431
Liberal Democrats Christopher Moore 337
CPA Roger Peacock 158

Rainham South West
Rainham South West (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Barry Kemp* 1,177
Conservative Mark Joy 1,027
Labour Christopher Brown 750
Labour Alpa Shah 498
Green Liz O'Hanlon 341
Liberal Democrats Alan Jefferies 269
Independent Matt Duncan 226
Independent Callum Evans 96

Rochester East and Warren Wood
Rochester East and Warren Wood (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Lauren Edwards* 1,517
Labour Co-op Teresa Murray* 1,658
Labour Co-op Tristan Osborne* 1,347
Conservative George Clarke 784
Conservative Sylvia Griffin* 755
Conservative Tolga Sirlan 665
Green Marilyn Stone 370
Liberal Democrats Sarah Manuel 206

Rochester West and Borstal
Rochester West and Borstal (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Alex Paterson* 1,807
Labour Co-op Linda Bowen 1,670
Labour Co-op Paula Hamilton 1,624
Conservative Stuart Tranter* 1,336
Conservative Faith Rivers 1,080
Conservative Tim Joiner 1,010
Green Stuart Worsley 536
Liberal Democrats Anita Holloway 303

St Mary's Island
St Mary's Island
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Habib Tejan* 479
Liberal Democrats John Castle 323
Labour David Hodges 224
Green Caroline Bowes 47

Strood North and Frindsbury
Strood North and Frindsbury (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Zoe Dyke* 1,774
Labour Co-op Stephen Hubbard* 1,758
Labour Co-op David Field 1,682
Conservative Gareth Batts 1,202
Conservative Craig Liddell 1,078
Conservative Akin Edun 1,069
Green Andrew Stephen 393
Liberal Democrats Alexander Clark 245
Heritage Peter Burch 217

Strood Rural
Strood Rural (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Williams 1,458
Conservative Gary Etheridge* 1,446
Conservative Elizabeth Turpin* 1,409
Labour Robert Wyatt 849
Labour Elaine Thomas 786
Labour Derek Munton 742
Green Neil Atkinson 379
Liberal Democrats Joanna Clark 304
Liberal Democrats Andrew Millsom 282
Liberal Democrats Alan Wells 219

Strood West
Strood West (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Sharon Jackson 1,338
Labour Co-op Mark Jones 1,291
Labour Co-op Satinder Shokar 1,236
Conservative Isaac Igwe 991
Conservative Josie Iles* 972
Conservative Chris Buckwell* 970
Green Susan Griffiths 262
Liberal Democrats Michael Wild 159
Independent Rob Heathfield 155

Twydall
Twydall (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Hazel Browne* 967
Labour Co-op Mark Prenter* 869
Conservative Mitchell Brewer 502
Conservative Louise Smith 489
Green Kate Belmonte 222
Liberal Democrats Maureen Ruparel 151

Watling
Watling (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Chrissy Stamp* 1,998
Labour Co-op Tracy Coombs 1,977
Labour Co-op Marian Nestorov 1,823
Conservative Steven Marsden 985
Conservative Tina Venus-Coppard 817
Conservative Adam Strudwick-Long 808
Green Tina Munro 361
Liberal Democrats David Yale 313

Wayfield and Weeds Wood
Wayfield and Weeds Wood (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Esther Cook 986
Labour Co-op Eddie Peake 915
Conservative Caroline Burns 799
Conservative Nawal Rai 689
Green Judith Northwood-Boorman 121
Liberal Democrats Herbert Crack 108
SDP Steve Tanner 74

References
  1. "Medway result - Local Elections 2023". BBC News. Retrieved 2023-05-05.
  2. "Medway electoral arrangements review". Medway Council. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  3. "Local election candidate list and notices of poll". Medway Council. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  4. "Local and parish elections 2023 results". medway.gov.uk. Medway Council. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
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