See main article: United Kingdom local elections, 2019.
Election Name: | 2019 Medway Council election |
Country: | Medway |
Flag Image: | CoA of Medway.svg |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | yes |
Previous Election: | 2015 Medway Council election |
Previous Year: | 2015 |
Next Election: | 2023 Medway Council election |
Next Year: | 2023 |
Seats For Election: | All 55 seats to Medway Council |
Majority Seats: | 28 |
Image1: | Con |
Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Seats Before1: | 34 |
Seats After1: | 33 |
Seat Change1: | 3 |
Popular Vote1: | 56,677 |
Percentage1: | 40.1 |
Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
Seats Before2: | 15 |
Seats After2: | 20 |
Seat Change2: | 5 |
Popular Vote2: | 46,879 |
Percentage2: | 33.2 |
Leader of the Council | |
Before Election: | Alan Jarrett |
Before Party: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Posttitle: | Leader of the Council |
After Election: | Alan Jarrett |
After Party: | Conservative Party (UK) |
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.
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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:
33 | 20 | 2 | |
Conservative | Labour | I |
Asterisks denote incumbent Councillors seeking re-election. A total of 199 candidates stood for the 55 seats available.[1]
Les Wicks was elected as a Conservative councillor in Rainham South in 2015.
Sam Craven was elected as a Labour councillor in 2015. Mike Franklin was elected as a Conservative councillor in 2015.
Mick Pendergast was elected as a UKIP councillor in 2015.
Mark Joy was elected as a UKIP councillor in Strood South in 2015.