Independent members 4, Independent Group 3. 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.
Elizabeth Turpin (Strood Rural) moved from Conservative to Independent in February 2024. Stephen Hubbard (Strood North and Frindsbury) and Satinder Shokar (Strood West) have been suspended from the Labour group,
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)
£2008.56