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 | % | ||
Labour and Co-operative |
Liubov Nestorova 706 | 37.4% | ||
Reform UK |
Rizvi Rawoof 506 | 26.8% | ||
Conservative |
Saboor Ahmed 330 | 17.5% | ||
Green party |
Trish Marchant 167 | 8.8% | ||
Liberal Democrat |
Onyx Rist 99 | 5.2% | ||
Social Democratic party |
Peter Anthony Wheeler 69 | 3.7% | ||
Heritage party |
Roshan Ali Bhunnoo 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.
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