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Strood South
2 May 2019
An election was held in Strood South ward on 2 May 2019 to elect three councillors.
Prior to the election, the Conservatives held two of the seats and Ukip held the other seat. Following the election, the Conservatives held two of the seats and gained the reamining seat from Ukip.
Josie Iles, Chris Buckwell and Richard Niall Thorne were elected as councillors for the ward.
Result
The following result was declared by the returning officer:
| Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|
Josie Iles * Conservative |
938 | 12.9% | ||
|
Chris Buckwell Conservative |
861 | 11.9% | ||
|
Richard Niall Thorne Conservative |
777 | 10.7% | ||
|
Lindsey Burke Labour |
758 | 10.4% | ||
|
Isaac Ikechukwu Igwe Labour |
758 | 10.4% | ||
|
Anthony Marcus McNulty Hill Labour |
755 | 10.4% | ||
|
Shane Karl Back Ukip |
611 | 8.4% | ||
|
Dave Frederick Fahey Ukip |
549 | 7.6% | ||
|
Marja Astrid Kingma Green party |
384 | 5.3% | ||
|
Neil James Atkinson Independent |
382 | 5.3% | ||
|
Stephen McManus Independent |
269 | 3.7% | ||
|
Alan James Tucker Independent |
216 | 3.0% | ||
| Turnout | 2,735 | 24.4% | ||
| Conservative gain from Ukip | ||||
| Conservative hold | ||||
| Conservative hold | ||||
* Denotes a councillor standing for re-election.
To order the candidates by name or number of votes received, click on the appropriate column heading.
Rejected Ballots
The number of votes rejected and not counted at this election was:
| Want of official mark | 0 | |
| Voting for more than the permitted number of candidates | 2 | |
| Writing or marks by which the voter could be identified | 0 | |
| Unmarked or voided for uncertainty | 6 | |
| Total | 8 |
Vote Change
Swing
Vote share for the ward is calculated using the "top vote" method, which uses the candidate from each party with the highest number of votes.
| Previous election |
| « 20 October 2016 |
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