Rochester and Strood Constituency Conservative Association has announced its candidates for the local elections to be held next May.
11 of the 22 candidates selected by party members in the nine ward branches are sitting councillors, with the other half either replacing retiring or de-selected councillors, or contesting seats not currently held by the Conservatives.
The candidates [...]
“The actions of Kent Police after the election of David Craggs have led to the need for a possible further election to be held in River Ward”, according to River Ward Councillor Craig MacKinlay.
In a statement released today, Cllr MacKinlay stated that “[h]aving confirmed to David that a serving special constable could stand for election, [...]
The Conservative candidate in the River Ward by-election, David Craggs, has beaten Labour’s John Jones by over 70 votes.
With just 25.3% of River Ward’s 5,484 voters either turning out, appointing a proxy or posting their vote, David Craggs secured a 73-vote majority over Labour’s John Jones when votes were declared less than 90 minutes after [...]
In May 2007, voters in Medway’s 22 electoral wards elected 55 councillors to the unitary authority: 33 Conservatives, 13 Labour, 8 Liberal Democrats and 1 independent.
Since then, however, it has been all change on the council “benches”, as three councillors have resigned and four councillors have “defected” or been expelled by their party group.
There (will) [...]
Medway Council have confirmed that a by-election will be held in River Ward on 12 August, following the resignation of Bill Esterson MP.
A Notice of Election was published this morning by the Council after the requisite two electors responded to the Notice of Vacancy.
The only provisionally confirmed candidate so far is Labour’s John Jones, although [...]
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