Rainham Central
3 May 2007
An election was held in Rainham Central ward on 3 May 2007 to elect three councillors.
Prior to the election, all three seats were held by the Conservatives. Following the election, the Conservatives held all three seats.
Barry Joseph Kemp, Mike O'Brien and Rehman Chishti were elected as councillors for the ward.
Result
The following result was declared by the returning officer:
Candidate | Votes | % | ||
Conservative |
Barry Joseph Kemp 2,353 | 18.4% | ||
Conservative |
Mike O'Brien 2,216 | 17.3% | ||
Conservative |
Rehman Chishti *2,204 | 17.2% | ||
Liberal Democrat |
Bob Collinson 1,081 | 8.4% | ||
Independent |
Matthew James Fearn *1,008 | 7.9% | ||
Liberal Democrat |
Terry Reginald Lucy 905 | 7.1% | ||
Liberal Democrat |
Roger John Shade 818 | 6.4% | ||
Independent |
Peter Rodberg 622 | 4.9% | ||
Labour |
Sheila Clark 503 | 3.9% | ||
Labour |
Ian Cuthbert 408 | 3.2% | ||
Labour |
Christine Anne Murphy 389 | 3.0% | ||
Ukip |
Shirley Patricia Rose 310 | 2.4% | ||
Turnout | 47.7% | |||
Conservative hold | ||||
Conservative hold | ||||
Conservative hold |
* Denotes a councillor standing for re-election.
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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