# 2011 Medway Council election

The 2011 Medway Council unitary authority election took place on 5 May 2011. The Conservative Party won a majority on the council with 35 Councillors, The Labour Party came second with 15 councillors, and the Liberal Democrats third with 3 councillors. There were 2 independent councillors. There were a total of 55 seats on the council.

## Results

Medway Council Local Election 2011 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| Conservative | 35 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 63.64 | 46.05 | 80,017 |
| Labour | 15 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 27.27 | 34.46 | 59,870 |
| Liberal Democrats | 3 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 5.45 | 8.81 | 15,312 |
| Independent | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 3.64 | 4.43 | 7,692 |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 2.04 | 3,540 |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 1.80 | 3,121 |
| English Democrat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 1.55 | 2,690 |
| TUSC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 0.51 | 888 |
| BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 0.09 | 150 |

## Council Composition

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:
| 33 | 13 | 8 | 1 |
| Conservative | Labour | LD | I |
After the election the composition of the council was:
| 35 | 15 | 3 | 2 |
| Conservative | Labour | LD | I |
I – Independent

## Ward results
### Chatham Central

Chatham Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Julie Shaw | 1,949 | 21.6 |
| | Labour | Paul Godwin | 1,896 | 21.0 |
| | Labour | Vince Maple | 1,857 | 20.6 |
| | Conservative | Denis Wildey | 804 | 8.9 |
| | Conservative | Nigel Major | 775 | 8.6 |
| | Conservative | Eric Williams | 744 | 8.2 |
| | UKIP | Robin Johnson | 314 | 3.5 |
| | English Democrat | Karen Streatfield | 242 | 2.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Keith Burrows | 223 | 2.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mark Biggs | 220 | 2.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,053 | 11.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,024 | 30.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Cuxton and Halling

Cuxton and Halling :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Ray Maisey | 1,188 | 63.4 |
| | Labour | Tina Lancley | 686 | 36.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 502 | 26.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,874 | 44.9 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Gillingham North

Gillingham North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Andy Stamp | 1,379 | 13.3 |
| | Independent | Pat Cooper | 1,184 | 11.4 |
| | Labour | Adam Price | 1,156 | 11.2 |
| | Labour | Naushabah Khan | 1,108 | 10.7 |
| | Labour | Ian Darbyshire | 1,104 | 10.7 |
| | Independent | Dan McDonald | 1,038 | 10.0 |
| | Conservative | Rifat Chishti | 746 | 7.2 |
| | Conservative | Jonpaul Kelly | 635 | 6.1 |
| | Conservative | Kamran Safdar | 519 | 5.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Cathy Sutton | 317 | 3.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sidney Kingman | 311 | 3.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Garry Harrison | 272 | 2.6 |
| | Independent | Alan Austen | 251 | 2.4 |
| | Green | Doug Goodyer | 239 | 2.3 |
| | TUSC | James Feist | 96 | 1.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 48 | 0.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,355 | 34.3 |
| | Independent gain from Liberal Democrats | Independent gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |
| | Independent gain from Liberal Democrats | Independent gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |

### Gillingham South

Gillingham South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Geoff Juby | 1,097 | 11.4 |
| | Labour | David Colman | 1,080 | 11.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sheila Kearney | 1,028 | 10.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen Kearney | 1,002 | 10.4 |
| | Labour | Sucha Gill | 1,001 | 10.4 |
| | Labour | James Smith | 928 | 9.6 |
| | Conservative | Shirley Griffiths | 769 | 8.0 |
| | Conservative | Jim Hattersley | 668 | 6.9 |
| | Conservative | Atma Sandhu | 516 | 5.3 |
| | Green | Simon Marchant | 277 | 2.9 |
| | UKIP | Stephen Newton | 275 | 2.8 |
| | UKIP | Keith Rudd | 227 | 2.3 |
| | TUSC | Jacqui Berry | 206 | 2.1 |
| | Independent | Gillian Stamp | 164 | 1.7 |
| | BNP | Brian Ravenscroft | 150 | 1.6 |
| | Independent | Dan Hilder | 136 | 1.4 |
| | Independent | Stuart Stamp | 130 | 1.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 26 | 0.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,654 | 33.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |

### Hempstead and Wigmore

Hempstead and Wigmore :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Diane Chambers | 1,805 | 28.6 |
| | Conservative | Rodney Chambers | 1,779 | 28.1 |
| | Independent | Noel McAllister | 603 | 9.5 |
| | Independent | Rupert Brennan | 574 | 9.1 |
| | Labour | David Crowhurst | 486 | 7.7 |
| | Labour | Matthew Hidson | 409 | 6.5 |
| | UKIP | Gregory Knopp | 206 | 3.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ronnie Williams | 156 | 2.5 |
| | UKIP | John Rose | 153 | 2.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Philip Gates | 147 | 2.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,176 | 18.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,318 | 51.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Lordswood and Capstone

Lordswood and Capstone :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Alan Jarrett | 1,618 | 32.4 |
| | Conservative | David Wildey | 1,446 | 28.9 |
| | Labour | Stuart Bourne | 790 | 15.8 |
| | Labour | Brian Ashman | 712 | 14.2 |
| | UKIP | Alan Harding | 256 | 5.1 |
| | English Democrat | Phoebe Troy | 179 | 3.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 656 | 13.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,001 | 40.2 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Luton and Wayfield

Luton and Wayfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Sam Craven | 1,487 | 17.4 |
| | Labour | Christine Godwin | 1,467 | 17.1 |
| | Labour | Tris Osborne | 1,326 | 15.5 |
| | Conservative | Tashi Bhutia | 1,268 | 14.8 |
| | Conservative | Mike Franklin | 1,108 | 13.0 |
| | Conservative | Gloria Opara | 992 | 11.6 |
| | Green | Dave Arthur | 299 | 3.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Chris Hooper | 168 | 2.0 |
| | TUSC | Heather Downs | 160 | 1.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Eddie Hooper | 141 | 1.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Sams | 136 | 1.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 59 | 0.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,552 | 34.5 |
| | Labour gain from Independent | Labour gain from Independent | Swing | |
| | Labour gain from Independent | Labour gain from Independent | Swing | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | |

### Peninsula

Peninsula :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Phil Filmer | 2,557 | 21.9 |
| | Conservative | Tony Watson | 2,307 | 19.7 |
| | Conservative | Chris Irvine | 2,125 | 18.2 |
| | Labour | John Griffin | 975 | 8.3 |
| | Labour | Debbie Fernandez | 898 | 7.7 |
| | Labour | Simon Wady | 879 | 7.5 |
| | English Democrat | Ron Sands | 535 | 4.6 |
| | English Democrat | Dean Lacey | 476 | 4.1 |
| | Green | Richard Patey | 351 | 3.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tamsyn Green | 298 | 2.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Shirley Boosey | 282 | 2.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,150 | 9.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 11,683 | 43.8 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Princes Park

Princes Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Matt Bright | 1,488 | 29.1 |
| | Conservative | Pat Gulvin | 1,317 | 25.8 |
| | Labour | Matthew Butt | 1,014 | 19.9 |
| | Labour | David Albiston | 968 | 19.0 |
| | English Democrat | Daniel Logan | 200 | 3.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mohammad Qureshi | 119 | 2.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 303 | 5.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,106 | 38.9 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Rainham Central

Rainham Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Rehman Chishti | 2,931 | 23.8 |
| | Conservative | Mike O'Brien | 2,538 | 20.6 |
| | Conservative | Barry Kemp | 2,514 | 20.4 |
| | Labour | Christine Murphy | 938 | 7.6 |
| | Labour | Carl Pinnock | 917 | 7.5 |
| | Labour | Roger Bragg | 912 | 7.4 |
| | UKIP | Patricia Medford | 412 | 3.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Yale | 308 | 2.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Chrystalla Peck | 298 | 2.4 |
| | Green | Andy Rogers | 286 | 2.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Dereck Peck | 251 | 2.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,576 | 12.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 12,305 | 48.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Rainham North

Rainham North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | David Carr | 1,553 | 27.7 |
| | Conservative | Vaughan Hewett | 1,475 | 26.3 |
| | Labour | Harry Keane | 620 | 11.0 |
| | Labour | Mary Keane | 593 | 10.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Guichard | 534 | 9.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Terry Lucy | 439 | 7.8 |
| | UKIP | Bob Oakley | 221 | 3.9 |
| | UKIP | Danny Dancy | 179 | 3.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 855 | 15.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,614 | 44.6 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Rainham South

Rainham South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Howard Doe | 1,959 | 19.6 |
| | Conservative | David Royle | 1,901 | 19.0 |
| | Conservative | Leslie Wicks | 1,659 | 16.6 |
| | Labour | Linda Miller | 1,021 | 10.2 |
| | Labour | Gillian Pearson | 997 | 9.9 |
| | Labour | Jill Fennel | 922 | 9.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nina Chance | 443 | 4.4 |
| | UKIP | Jill Collin | 389 | 3.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Terence Harrison | 378 | 3.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ian Sellen | 338 | 3.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 638 | 6.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10007 | 38.3 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### River

River :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Craig Mackinlay | 1,037 | 26.8 |
| | Conservative | Andrew Mackness | 970 | 25.0 |
| | Labour | John Jones | 846 | 21.8 |
| | Labour | Adetomi Yemi | 612 | 15.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ernest Gray | 119 | 3.1 |
| | Green | Steven Keevil | 115 | 3.0 |
| | Green | Chris Price | 89 | 2.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nem Juby | 85 | 2.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 124 | 3.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,873 | 36.9 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | |

### Rochester East

Rochester East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Teresa Murray | 1,570 | 30.7 |
| | Labour | Nick Bowler | 1,531 | 29.9 |
| | Conservative | Brian Griffin | 833 | 16.3 |
| | Conservative | Jim Nugent | 649 | 12.7 |
| | Green | Dave Heritage | 255 | 5.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Carol Kemsley | 180 | 3.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Guri Singh Rai | 98 | 1.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 698 | 13.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,116 | 38.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Rochester South and Horsted

Rocheseter South and Horsted :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Trevor Clarke | 2,278 | 20.7 |
| | Conservative | Sylvia Griffin | 2,042 | 18.6 |
| | Conservative | Rupert Turpin | 1.760 | 16.0 |
| | Labour | Hugh Hawkins | 1.186 | 10.8 |
| | Labour | Joe Murray | 1,115 | 10.2 |
| | Labour | Alex Paterson | 1,099 | 10.0 |
| | UKIP | Keith Fletcher | 489 | 4.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Viv Parker | 459 | 4.2 |
| | Green | Tony Major | 342 | 3.1 |
| | TUSC | Laura Rumley | 214 | 1.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 282 | 2.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,984 | 43.1 |
| | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Rochester West

Rochester West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Ted Baker | 1,658 | 28.1 |
| | Conservative | Kelly Tolhurst | 1,336 | 22.7 |
| | Labour | Sarah Hehir | 1,029 | 17.5 |
| | Labour | Derek Munton | 851 | 14.4 |
| | Green | Trish Marchant | 280 | 4.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ken Juby | 246 | 4.2 |
| | Green | Mary Smith | 208 | 3.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Qamar Khan Lodhi | 195 | 3.3 |
| | English Democrat | Agita Sudraba | 88 | 1.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 307 | 5.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,891 | 43.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Strood North

Strood North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Jane Chitty | 2,016 | 17.4 |
| | Conservative | Jane Etheridge | 1,988 | 17.2 |
| | Labour | Stephen Hubbard | 1,764 | 15.3 |
| | Conservative | Paul Rai | 1,699 | 14.7 |
| | Labour | Linda Robson | 1,480 | 12.8 |
| | Labour | Liam Curran | 1,390 | 12.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Millsom | 318 | 2.7 |
| | English Democrat | Phil Varnham | 282 | 2.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tony Phillips | 228 | 2.0 |
| | TUSC | Chas Berry | 212 | 1.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mike Price | 198 | 1.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 65 | 0.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 11,575 | 42.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Strood Rural

Strood Rural :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Tom Mason | 2,106 | 19.6 |
| | Conservative | Peter Hicks | 2,093 | 19.4 |
| | Conservative | Peter Rodberg | 1,795 | 16.7 |
| | Labour | Kim Murphy | 1,036 | 9.6 |
| | Labour | Eleanor Dhiman | 866 | 8.0 |
| | Labour | Raj Heer | 796 | 7.4 |
| | Independent | Christopher Fribbins | 683 | 6.4 |
| | Green | David Davison | 395 | 3.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Colin Elliot | 346 | 3.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Green | 334 | 3.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen Boosey | 311 | 2.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 759 | 5.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,761 | 38.4 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Strood South

Strood South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | John Avey | 1,576 | 16.4 |
| | Labour | Isaac Igwe | 1,459 | 15.2 |
| | Conservative | Josie Iles | 1,412 | 14.7 |
| | Labour | Robert Heathfield | 1,395 | 14.5 |
| | Labour | Mark Jones | 1,388 | 14.4 |
| | Conservative | Ken Bamber | 1,332 | 13.8 |
| | English Democrat | Michael Walters | 513 | 5.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jacqueline Ball | 207 | 2.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Thomas Moore | 175 | 1.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Hunt | 170 | 1.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 17 | 0.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,627 | 33.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Twydall

Twydall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Paul Harriott | 1,882 | 18.1 |
| | Labour | Dorte Gilry | 1,807 | 17.4 |
| | Labour | Glyn Griffiths | 1,744 | 16.8 |
| | Conservative | Diana Lawrence | 1,402 | 13.5 |
| | Conservative | Tony Rocco | 1,286 | 12.4 |
| | Conservative | Arthur Wenham | 1,202 | 11.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Brian Gittings | 303 | 2.9 |
| | Green | Tina Lawlor Mottram | 275 | 2.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alan Jefferies | 249 | 2.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mavis Yale | 246 | 2.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 342 | 3.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,396 | 38.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Walderslade

Walderslade :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | David Brake | 1,280 | 23.6 |
| | Conservative | Adrian Gulvin | 1,019 | 18.8 |
| | Independent | Ian Burt | 964 | 17.8 |
| | Independent | Kieran Magee | 694 | 12.8 |
| | Labour | John Lloyd | 490 | 9.0 |
| | Labour | James Wyper | 441 | 8.1 |
| | English Democrat | Sean Varnham | 175 | 3.2 |
| | Green | Edith East | 129 | 2.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jasmin Ademovic | 121 | 2.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Hilary Drake Brockman | 117 | 2.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 55 | 1.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,430 | 40.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | |

### Watling

Watling :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Diana Smith | 950 | 21.7 |
| | Conservative | Wendy Purdy | 780 | 17.8 |
| | Conservative | Phillip Manning | 764 | 17.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tony Jeacock | 751 | 17.1 |
| | Labour | Ian Cuthbert | 560 | 12.8 |
| | Labour | David Walker | 437 | 10.0 |
| | Independent | Barry Archer | 143 | 3.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 342 | 3.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,385 | 44.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |