Gillingham Borough Council elections

Gillingham was a non-metropolitan district in Kent, England. It was abolished on 1 April 1998 and replaced by Medway.

History

The Borough of Gillingham, was formed in 1903, to which, in 1928, the adjoining parish of Rainham was added.

In 1944, a Medway Towns Joint Amalgamation Committee was formed by the borough corporations of Chatham, Gillingham and Rochester, to discuss the possibility of the towns forming a single county borough. In 1948 the Local Government Boundary Commission recommended that the area become a "most purposes" county borough, but the recommendation was not carried out.

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[1]

Party in controlYears
No overall control1973-1976
Conservative1976-1990
No overall control1990-1995
Liberal Democrats1995-1998

Council elections
  • 1973 Gillingham Borough Council election
  • 1976 Gillingham Borough Council election
  • 1979 Gillingham Borough Council election (New ward boundaries)[2]
  • 1980 Gillingham Borough Council election
  • 1982 Gillingham Borough Council election
  • 1983 Gillingham Borough Council election (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)[3]
  • 1984 Gillingham Borough Council election
  • 1986 Gillingham Borough Council election
  • 1987 Gillingham Borough Council election
  • 1988 Gillingham Borough Council election
  • 1990 Gillingham Borough Council election
  • 1991 Gillingham Borough Council election
  • 1992 Gillingham Borough Council election
  • 1994 Gillingham Borough Council election
  • 1995 Gillingham Borough Council election
  • 1996 Gillingham Borough Council election

References
  1. "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  2. The Borough of Gillingham (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976
  3. The Gillingham and Swale (Areas) Order 1982


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