Chatham Central
7 May 2015
An election was held in Chatham Central ward on 7 May 2015 to elect three councillors.
Prior to the election, all three seats were held by Labour. Following the election, Labour held all three seats.
Paul Godwin, Vince Maple and Julie Shaw were elected as councillors for the ward.
Result
The following result was declared by the returning officer:
Candidate | Votes | % | ||
Labour |
Paul Godwin *2,258 | 17.3% | ||
Labour |
Vince Maple *2,238 | 17.1% | ||
Labour |
Julie Shaw *1,987 | 15.2% | ||
Ukip |
Robin Charles Johnson 1,535 | 11.7% | ||
Conservative |
Patricia Ann Gulvin *1,394 | 10.7% | ||
Conservative |
David Peter Jarrett 1,258 | 9.6% | ||
Conservative |
Andrew Kennedy 1,208 | 9.2% | ||
Green party |
Luke Ashley Balnave 727 | 5.6% | ||
Independent |
John Wesley Gibson 263 | 2.0% | ||
TUSC |
Steven Hancock 219 | 1.7% | ||
Turnout | 54.1% | |||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour 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.
Rejected Ballots
The number of votes rejected and not counted at this election was:
Want of official mark | 0 | |
Voting for more than the permitted number of candidates | 4 | |
Writing or marks by which the voter could be identified | 0 | |
Unmarked or voided for uncertainty | 41 | |
Total | 45 |
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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