2023 Gravesham Borough Council election

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2023 Gravesham Borough Council election
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All 39 seats to Gravesham Borough Council
20 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Leader John Burden Jordan Meade
Party Labour Conservative Independent
Leader's seat Rosherville Higham & Shorne
Last election 24 seats, 40.3% 18 seats, 41.1% 2 seats, 5.0%
Seats before 22 21 1
Seats after 22 17 0
Seat change Decrease2 Decrease1 Decrease2
Percentage 47% 48% 0%
Swing Increase7% Increase7% Decrease5%
Map of the results of the 2023 Gravesham council election. Labour in red and Conservatives in blue.
Leader before election

John Burden
Labour
No overall control

Leader after election

John Burden
Labour

The 2023 Gravesham Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Gravesham Borough Council in Kent, England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections in England. New ward boundaries came into force for this election, reducing the number of councillors from 44 to 39.[2]

Summary[edit]

Prior to the election the council was under no overall control, with Labour holding exactly half the seats. The election saw Labour regain an outright majority, taking 22 of the 39 seats.[3][4]

Election result[edit]

2023 Gravesham Borough Council election[5]
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 39 22 0 2 Decrease2 56.4% 47% +6.7
  Conservative 39 17 2 3 Decrease1 43.6% 48% +6.9
  Liberal Democrats 6 0 0 0 Steady - 3% -0.4
  Green 5 0 0 0 Steady - 2% +0.1
  Reform UK 3 0 0 0 Steady - <1% N/A
  Independent 0 0 0 2 Decrease2 - - -5.0

Candidates[edit]

The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Gravesham Borough Council following the close of nominations on 5 April 2023.[6] The results for each ward were as follows:[7]

Chalk[edit]

Chalk
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Leslie Hills* 495 70.6 -6.1
Labour Daniel Baber 206 29.4 +6.7
Majority 289 41.2
Turnout 701 33.10
Conservative win (new seat)

Coldharbour and Perry Street[edit]

Coldharbour & Perry Street (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Shane Mochrie-Cox* 972 62.4 +5.9
Labour Christina Rolles* 957 61.4 +12.5
Labour Narinder-Jit Thandi* 953 61.2
Conservative Jeremy Black 485 31.1
Conservative Brenda Harding 481 30.9
Conservative George White 451 28.9
Majority
Turnout 1,558 24.21
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Denton[edit]

Denton (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Deborah Croxton 524 67.5
Labour Lee Croxton* 503 64.8
Conservative Ian Dibben 240 30.9
Conservative Stephen King 226 29.1
Majority
Turnout 776 21.62
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Higham and Shorne[edit]

Higham & Shorne (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Leslie Pearton* 1,114 63.5
Conservative Helen Ashenden* 1,112 63.4
Conservative Jordan Meade* 1,075 61.3
Labour Sim Bains 447 25.5
Labour Yasmin Chotai de Lima 427 24.3
Labour Balbir Sangha 372 21.2
Green Janet Prior 340 19.4
Majority
Turnout 1,755 33.72
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Istead Rise, Cobham and Luddesdown[edit]

Istead Rise, Cobham & Luddesdown (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Dakota Dibben* 1,142 74.3 +14.2
Conservative Samir Jassal* 897 58.4 +2.5
Labour Lewis Atkinson 385 25.1
Labour Mary Williams 368 24.0
Majority
Turnout 1,536 38.64
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Meopham North[edit]

Meopham North (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gary Harding* 629 58.5 +3.5
Conservative Frank Wardle* 572 53.2 +1.3
Labour Doug Christie 272 25.3
Liberal Democrats John Death 253 23.5
Labour Ethan Webb 158 14.7
Reform UK Garry Sturley 117 10.9
Majority
Turnout 1,076 40.20
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Meopham South and Vigo[edit]

Meopham South & Vigo (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mohammed Ejaz Aslam* 696 51.8
Conservative Gurjit Bains 641 47.7
Liberal Democrats Robin Banks 448 33.4
Liberal Democrats Dylan Black 339 25.2
Labour Chloe Saygili 168 12.5
Labour Kevin Divall 156 11.6
Green Diana Scott 129 9.6
Majority
Turnout 1,343 32.85
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Northfleet and Springhead[edit]

Northfleet & Springhead (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jo Hart 705 52.6
Labour Peter Scollard* 674 50.3
Labour Alison Williams 659 49.2
Conservative Conrad Broadley 590 44.0
Conservative Bobby Briah 576 43.0
Conservative Jacob Hatch 517 38.6
Majority
Turnout 1,340 23.95
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Painters Ash[edit]

Painters Ash (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Emma Elliott* 761 51.1 +7.7
Conservative Alan Ridgers 703 47.2 +4.4
Labour Rob Halpin 688 46.2 +9.7
Labour Gurvinder Saluja 669 44.9
Majority
Turnout 1,490 35.26
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Pelham[edit]

Pelham (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Emma Morley 800 63.8
Labour Baljit Hayre* 783 62.5
Conservative Heather Frost 290 23.1
Conservative Brenda Pritchard 269 21.5
Green Marc Prior 191 15.2
Majority
Turnout 1,253 30.04
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Riverview Park[edit]

Riverview Park (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Derek Ashenden* 760 60.5
Conservative Aaron Elliott* 758 60.3
Labour Sue Fletcher 389 30.9
Labour Ben Archell 379 30.2
Green Martin Wilson 127 10.1
Majority
Turnout 1,257 31.10
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Rosherville[edit]

Rosherville (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Burden 658 76.7
Labour Lauren Sullivan* 634 73.9
Conservative Jo McTavish 175 20.4
Conservative Anthony Pritchard 167 19.5
Majority
Turnout 858 25.41
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Singlewell[edit]

Singlewell (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Daniel King 515 54.0
Labour Rajinder Atwal 500 52.5
Conservative Diane Morton* 398 41.8
Conservative Stefan Dodd 389 40.8
Majority
Turnout 953 22.03
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Town[edit]

Town (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gurdip Bungar* 868 58.6
Labour Lyn Milner* 841 56.7
Labour Jenny Wallace* 821 55.4
Conservative Thomas O'Keeffe 460 31.0
Conservative Iris Smith 436 29.4
Conservative Muqeem Khan 402 27.1
Reform UK Matthew Fraser Moat 123 8.3
Reform UK Daniel Dabin 80 5.4
Majority
Turnout 1,482 27.30
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Westcourt[edit]

Westcourt (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Karina O'Malley 527 58.7
Labour Lenny Rolles 476 53.0
Conservative Hayley Hatch 359 40.0
Conservative Keima Allen 347 38.6
Majority
Turnout 898 21.64
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Whitehill and Windmill Hill[edit]

Whitehill & Windmill Hill (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gavin Larkins 1,061 50.4
Labour Tony Rana* 1,052 50.0
Labour Ektaveen Thandi 1,000 47.5
Conservative Leslie Hoskins* 991 47.1
Conservative Michael Wenban 974 46.3
Conservative Partha Panda 916 43.5
Majority
Turnout 2,104 32.74
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Woodlands[edit]

Woodlands (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Beattie 894 48.5
Conservative Alan Metcalf 874 47.4
Conservative Benjamin Sizer 840 45.6
Labour Tobias Cook 719 39.0
Labour Brian Francis 693 37.6
Labour Robert Duddridge 675 36.6
Green Amarbeer Gill 224 12.2
Liberal Democrats Ankit Mathur 125 6.8
Liberal Democrats Sharan Virk 117 6.4
Liberal Democrats Ukonu Obasi 113 6.1
Majority
Turnout 1,842 31.19
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Notice of Election". Gravesham Borough Council. 17 March 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  2. ^ "The Gravesham (Electoral Changes) Order 2022", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2022/1176, retrieved 26 September 2023
  3. ^ Langridge, Alex (5 May 2023). "Local Elections 2023: Labour Party retain control of Gravesham Borough Council". Kent Online. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  4. ^ "Local Elections 2023: Results in Sussex, Kent and Essex". ITV News. 6 May 2023. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  5. ^ "Election results by party, 4 May 2023". Gravesham Borough Council. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  6. ^ "Statement of Persons Nominated". Gravesham Borough Council. 5 April 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  7. ^ "Election results by wards, 4 May 2023". Gravesham Borough Council. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
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