- Council Control: Lab
- Conservatives 19
- Labour 31
- Liberal Democrats 0
- Green 0
- Reform UK 3
- Other 6
Independent Group 5, Independent member 1. A cluster of industrial towns around the Medway estuary in north Kent: Rochester, Chatham, Gillingham, Strood, Rainham. Rochester, with historic associations with Charles Dickens, lost city status when it failed to establish Charter Trustees in 1998.
Robbie Lammas (Princes Park) moved from Conservative to Reform UK in October 2025.
Next local elections
2027
Election cycle
Full
Local authority type
Unitary
Address
Gun Wharf, Dock Road, Chatham ME4 4TR
Phone
01634 306000
Website
http://www.medway.gov.uk/
Council Tax (Band D)
£2207.33
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