Gravesham council election, 2023

04/05/2023 · 17 wards · 39 seats contested

Most seats
22
Labour Party
Seats contested
39
across 17 wards
Turnout
—
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Labour Party 22 -2 23,654 46.9% +6.6
Conservative and Unionist Party 17 -1 24,102 47.7% +6.7
Liberal Democrats 0 +0 1,395 2.8% -0.7
Green Party 0 +0 1,011 2.0% +0.1
Reform UK 0 +0 320 0.6% —
Independent 0 -2 0 — —

Changes are against the previous council election on 02/05/2019. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.

Candidates

Party Candidates Of a possible 39
Conservative and Unionist Party 39
Labour Party 39
Liberal Democrats 6
Green Party 5
Reform UK 3

A party standing a full slate could field 39 candidates, one per seat.

Results by ward

Share is each candidate's share of ballots cast in the ward. Change compares each party's lead candidate with the ward's previous contest. Bold rows are elected candidates.

Chalk

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Leslie Hills Elected 495 70.6% —
Labour Party Daniel Andrew Baber 206 29.4% —
Majority289
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast701

Coldharbour & Perry Street 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Shane Trevor Mochrie-Cox Elected 972 67.8% —
Labour Party Christina Marie Rolles Elected 957 66.8% —
Labour Party Narinderjit Singh Thandi Elected 953 66.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Jeremy Robert Black 485 33.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Brenda Harding 481 33.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party George Edward White 451 31.5% —
Majority468
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,433

Denton 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Deborah Croxton Elected 524 70.2% —
Labour Party Lee Kevin Croxton Elected 503 67.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Ian Geoffrey Dibben 240 32.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Stephen King 226 30.3% —
Majority263
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)746

Higham & Shorne 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Leslie Mark Pearton Elected 1,114 68.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Helen Ashenden Elected 1,112 68.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Jordan Michael David Meade Elected 1,075 66.0% —
Labour Party Sim Bains 447 27.4% —
Labour Party Yasmin Meena Chotai de Lima 427 26.2% —
Labour Party Brian Balbir Singh Sangha 372 22.8% —
Green Party Janet Prior 340 20.9% —
Majority628
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,629

Istead Rise, Cobham & Luddesdown 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Dakota Dibben Elected 1,142 81.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Samir Jassal Elected 897 64.3% —
Labour Party Lewis Atkinson 385 27.6% —
Labour Party Mary Linda Williams 368 26.4% —
Majority512
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,396

Meopham North 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Gary John Harding Elected 629 62.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Frank Wardle Elected 572 57.2% —
Labour Party Doug Christie 272 27.2% —
Liberal Democrats John Richard Death 253 25.3% —
Labour Party Ethan William Webb 158 15.8% —
Reform UK Garry Graham Sturley 117 11.7% —
Majority300
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,000

Meopham South & Vigo 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Ejaz Aslam Elected 696 54.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Gurjit Bains Elected 641 49.8% —
Liberal Democrats Robin Banks 448 34.8% —
Liberal Democrats Dylan Greenwell Black 339 26.3% —
Labour Party Chloe Saygili 168 13.0% —
Labour Party Kevin Michael Divall 156 12.1% —
Green Party Diana Scott 129 10.0% —
Majority193
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,288

Northfleet & Springhead 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Jo Hart Elected 705 56.9% —
Labour Party Peter Brian Scollard Elected 674 54.4% —
Labour Party Alison Estelle Williams Elected 659 53.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Conrad Broadley 590 47.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Bobby Briah 576 46.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Jacob Daniel Nicholas Hatch 517 41.7% —
Majority69
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,240

Painters Ash 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Emma Elliott Elected 761 54.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Alan Ridgers Elected 703 49.9% —
Labour Party Rob Halpin 688 48.8% —
Labour Party Gurvinder Singh Saluja 669 47.4% —
Majority15
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,410

Pelham 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Emma Louise Morley Elected 800 68.6% —
Labour Party Baljit Singh Hayre Elected 783 67.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Heather Shakespeare Frost 290 24.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Brenda Marie Pritchard 269 23.1% —
Green Party Marc Richard Prior 191 16.4% —
Majority493
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,166

Riverview Park 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Derek Ashenden Elected 760 63.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Aaron Elliott Elected 758 62.9% —
Labour Party Sue Fletcher 389 32.3% —
Labour Party Ben Archell 379 31.4% —
Green Party Martin James Wilson 127 10.5% —
Majority369
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,206

Rosherville 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party John Patrick Burden Elected 658 80.5% —
Labour Party Lauren Sullivan Elected 634 77.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Jo McTavish 175 21.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Anthony Pritchard 167 20.4% —
Majority459
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)817

Singlewell 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Daniel Adewale King Elected 515 57.2% —
Labour Party Rajinder Singh Atwal Elected 500 55.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Diane Morton 398 44.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Stefan Dodd 389 43.2% —
Majority102
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)901

Town 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Gurdip Ram Bungar Elected 868 64.6% —
Labour Party Lyn Milner Elected 841 62.6% —
Labour Party Jenny Wallace Elected 821 61.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Thomas Joseph O'Keeffe 460 34.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Iris Mary Smith 436 32.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Muqeem Khan 402 29.9% —
Reform UK Matthew Fraser Moat 123 9.2% —
Reform UK Daniel Dabin 80 6.0% —
Majority361
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,344

Westcourt 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Karina O'Malley Elected 527 61.7% —
Labour Party Lenny Rolles Elected 476 55.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Hayley Jane Hatch 359 42.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Keima Allen 347 40.6% —
Majority117
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)854

Whitehill & Windmill Hill 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Gavin Ross Larkins Elected 1,061 53.1% —
Labour Party Tony Rana Elected 1,052 52.7% —
Labour Party Ektaveen Simran Kaur Thandi Elected 1,000 50.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Les Hoskins 991 49.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Michael James Wenban 974 48.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Deepak Panda 916 45.8% —
Majority9
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,998

Woodlands 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party David Shaun Beattie Elected 894 50.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Alan Charles Metcalf Elected 874 49.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Benjamin Sizer Elected 840 47.8% —
Labour Party Tobias George Cook 719 40.9% —
Labour Party Brian Robert Francis 693 39.4% —
Labour Party Robert Duddridge 675 38.4% —
Green Party Amarbeer Singh Gill 224 12.7% —
Liberal Democrats Ankit Mathur 125 7.1% —
Liberal Democrats Sharan Virk 117 6.7% —
Liberal Democrats Ukonu Elisha Obasi 113 6.4% —
Majority121
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,758

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