Gillingham South By-election
6 February 2025
A by-election was held in Gillingham South ward on 6 February 2025 to elect one councillor following the resignation of Labour & Co-operative councillor Naushabah Khan.
Prior to the by-election, the seat was held by Labour and Co-operative. Following the by-election, the Labour and the Co-operative party held the seat.
Liubov Nestorova was elected as councillor for the ward.
Result
The following result was declared by the returning officer:
| Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|
Liubov Nestorova Labour and Co-operative |
706 | 37.4% | ||
|
Rizvi Rawoof Reform UK |
506 | 26.8% | ||
|
Saboor Ahmed Conservative |
330 | 17.5% | ||
|
Trish Marchant Green party |
167 | 8.8% | ||
|
Onyx Rist Liberal Democrat |
99 | 5.2% | ||
|
Peter Anthony Wheeler Social Democratic party |
69 | 3.7% | ||
|
Roshan Ali Bhunnoo Heritage party |
12 | 0.6% | ||
| Turnout | 1,895 | 16.4% | ||
| Labour and Co-operative hold | ||||
To order the candidates by name or number of votes received, click on the appropriate column heading.
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 |
| « 4 May 2023 |