Gillingham_Borough_Council_elections
Gillingham was a non-metropolitan district in Kent, England. It was abolished on 1 April 1998 and replaced by Medway.
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The Borough of Gillingham was formed in 1903. 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.
From the first election to the council in 1973 until the council's abolition in 1998 political control of the council was held by the following parties:[1]
| Party in control | Years | |
|---|---|---|
| No overall control | 1973–1976 | |
| Conservative | 1976–1990 | |
| No overall control | 1990–1995 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 1995–1998 | |
Leadership
The leaders of the council from 1976 until its abolition in 1998 were:
| Councillor | Party | From | To | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Lewis[2] | Conservative | 1976 | May 1990 | |
| Bob Sayer[3] | Liberal Democrats | May 1990 | 31 Mar 1998 | |
- 1973 Gillingham Borough Council election
- 1976 Gillingham Borough Council election
- 1979 Gillingham Borough Council election (New ward boundaries)[4]
- 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)[5]
- 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
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- "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
- Horn, Jenni (23 May 2014). "Tributes to Michael Lewis, former leader of Gillingham Borough Council". Kent Online. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
- Hinks, Gerald (18 May 1990). "Liberal Democrats take control in borough: Green for go!". The News. Chatham. p. 1. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
- The Borough of Gillingham (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976
- The Gillingham and Swale (Areas) Order 1982
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