Gillingham South
7 May 2015
An election was held in Gillingham South ward on 7 May 2015 to elect three councillors.
Prior to the election, the Liberal Democrats held two of the seats and Labour held the other seat. Following the election, Labour gained two of the seats from the Liberal Democrats and held the reamining seat.
Clive Stanley William Johnson, Naushabah Parveen Khan and Dan McDonald were elected as councillors for the ward.
Result
The following result was declared by the returning officer:
Candidate | Votes | % | ||
Labour |
Clive Stanley William Johnson 1,994 | 11.2% | ||
Labour |
Naushabah Parveen Khan 1,909 | 10.7% | ||
Labour |
Dan McDonald 1,877 | 10.6% | ||
Ukip |
Terry Allen 1,777 | 10.0% | ||
Conservative |
Saboor Ahmed 1,537 | 8.6% | ||
Ukip |
John Farrell 1,469 | 8.3% | ||
Ukip |
Rob McCulloch Martin 1,413 | 7.9% | ||
Conservative |
Shirley Margaret Pamela Griffiths 1,405 | 7.9% | ||
Conservative |
John Richard Amey 1,343 | 7.5% | ||
Liberal Democrat |
Geoff Juby *871 | 4.9% | ||
Liberal Democrat |
Tony Jeacock 697 | 3.9% | ||
Liberal Democrat |
Chris Sams 629 | 3.5% | ||
Green party |
Simon Philip Marchant 552 | 3.1% | ||
TUSC |
Jacqui Berry 316 | 1.8% | ||
Turnout | 57.3% | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat | ||||
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 | 9 | |
Writing or marks by which the voter could be identified | 0 | |
Unmarked or voided for uncertainty | 50 | |
Total | 59 |
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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