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Strood South
7 May 2015
An election was held in Strood South ward on 7 May 2015 to elect three councillors.
Prior to the election, the Conservatives held two of the seats and Labour held the other seat. Following the election, Ukip gained one of the seats from the Conservatives and a second seat from Labour, while the Conservatives held the reamining seat.
Catriona Brown-Reckless, John Fernley Nicholas Avey and Mark Paul Joy were elected as councillors for the ward.
Result
The following result was declared by the returning officer:
| Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|
Catriona Brown-Reckless Ukip |
2,527 | 14.5% | ||
|
John Fernley Nicholas Avey * Conservative |
2,289 | 13.1% | ||
|
Mark Paul Joy Ukip |
2,203 | 12.6% | ||
|
Josie Iles * Conservative |
2,085 | 12.0% | ||
|
Richard Thorne Ukip |
1,898 | 10.9% | ||
|
Harold Ogunfemi Conservative |
1,734 | 9.9% | ||
|
Rob Heathfield Labour |
1,583 | 9.1% | ||
|
Ikechukwu Isaac Igwe * Labour |
1,576 | 9.0% | ||
|
Harinder Singh Mahill Labour |
1,411 | 8.1% | ||
|
Alec David Price TUSC |
141 | 0.8% | ||
| Turnout | 59.4% | |||
| Ukip gain from Conservative | ||||
| Ukip gain from Labour | ||||
| 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 | 12 | |
| Writing or marks by which the voter could be identified | 0 | |
| Unmarked or voided for uncertainty | 179 | |
| Total | 191 |
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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