Medway Council Election
4 May 2023
The next full election to Medway council is due to be held on 4 May 2023. It will be the first election to be held under new boundaries introduced following a boundary review which took place between December 2019 and March 2021.
Results Map
Colour denotes the highest-polling candidate in each ward. If a candidate from a different party was also elected in the same ward, they are denoted by a star.
Summary of Results
| Party | Seats | Vote | Change | |
| Labour | 33 | 38.6% | +11.9 | |
| Conservative | 22 | 34.8% | +0.5 | |
| Independent | 4 | 4.9% | -3.8 | |
| Green party | - | 11.5% | +3.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | - | 9.1% | +4.2 | |
| Heritage party | - | 0.3% | +0.3 | |
| Christian Peoples Alliance | - | 0.3% | -2.0 | |
| Reform UK | - | 0.2% | +0.2 | |
| Social Democratic party | - | 0.2% | +0.2 | |
| Turnout | 57,116 | 28.5% |
Click on the name of a party to view only that party's candidates.
Results by Ward
| Gillingham South | |
| Labour and Co-operative win | |
| Labour and Co-operative win | |
| Labour and Co-operative win |
| Rochester West & Borstal | |
| Labour and Co-operative win | |
| Labour and Co-operative win | |
| Labour and Co-operative win |
| Strood North & Frindsbury | |
| Labour and Co-operative win | |
| Labour and Co-operative win | |
| Labour and Co-operative win |
To view the full results for each ward, please click on the ward name above.
Composition of the Council
Vote Change
Swing
| Previous election |
| « 2 May 2019 |
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