Rainham Central
7 May 2015
An election was held in Rainham Central ward on 7 May 2015 to elect three councillors.
Prior to the election, all three seats were held by the Conservatives. Following the election, the Conservatives held all three seats.
Rehman Chishti, Barry Joseph Kemp and Mike O'Brien were elected as councillors for the ward.
Result
The following result was declared by the returning officer:
Candidate | Votes | % | ||
Conservative |
Rehman Chishti *4,386 | 25.6% | ||
Conservative |
Barry Joseph Kemp *3,473 | 20.3% | ||
Conservative |
Mike O'Brien *3,115 | 18.2% | ||
Ukip |
Rebecca Mencattelli 1,854 | 10.8% | ||
Labour |
Mark Anthony Last 1,405 | 8.2% | ||
Labour |
Tarek James Maddison 1,018 | 5.9% | ||
Labour |
James Richard Smith 946 | 5.5% | ||
Green party |
Mary Winifred Smith 665 | 3.9% | ||
TUSC |
Carole Diane Sammon 165 | 1.0% | ||
Independent |
Karen Dawn Streatfield 92 | 0.5% | ||
Turnout | 72.4% | |||
Conservative hold | ||||
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 | 3 | |
Writing or marks by which the voter could be identified | 0 | |
Unmarked or voided for uncertainty | 123 | |
Total | 126 |
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.
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