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Medway, Strood South Council by election result 20th October 2016

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Medway, Strood South - Conservative gain from UKIP
Party  2016 votes    2016 share  since 2015 "top"since 2015 "average"since 2011 "top"since 2011 "average"
Conservative
724
38.4%
+3.4%
+4.0%
-3.5%
-2.1%
Labour
521
27.7%
+3.4%
+1.9%
-11.2%
-12.2%
UKIP
480
25.5%
-13.2%
-11.9%
from nowhere
from nowhere
Green
74
3.9%
from nowhere
from nowhere
from nowhere
from nowhere
Liberal Democrat 
62
3.3%
from nowhere
from nowhere
-2.2%
-1.9%
English Democrat 
23
1.2%
from nowhere
from nowhere
-12.4%
-13.2%
TUSC


-2.2%
-2.4%


Total votes
1,884

29%
32%
50%
53%

Swing UKIP to Conservative ~8% since 2015 and Labour to Conservative ~4% / 5% since 2011

Council now 36 Conservative, 15 Labour, 2 UKIP, 1 Independent, 1 Vacant

Strood South - Medway UA - Catriona Brown-Reckless (UKIP) resigned, most likely to follow her husband Mark Reckless AM to Wales. She was a councillor since 2015 and the deputy leader of the UKIP group.

2015: UKIP 2527/2203/1898, Con 2289/2085/1734, Lab 1583/1576/1411, TUSC 141
2011: Con 1576/1412/1332, Lab 1459/1395/1388, ED 513, LD 207/175/170
2007: Con 1578/1487/1484, Lab 1395/1391/1338
2003: Lab 1094/992/964, Con 1070/1033/1020, LD 305/265/216, UKIP 135

Isabelle Cherry (Liberal Democrats)
Stephen Dyke (Green Party - Say No To Racism)
Isaac Igwe (Labour Party)
Josie Iles (The Conservative Party Candidate) 
Mike Russell (English Democrats - "Putting England First!")
Karl Weller (UK Independence Party (UKIP))