Medway Council

Medway Council
Coat of arms or logo
Logo
Council logo
Type
Type
History
Founded1 April 1998 (1998-04-01)
Preceded byRochester-upon-Medway City Council and Gillingham Borough Council
Leadership
Marian Nestorov,
Labour
since 15 May 2024[1]
Vince Maple,
Labour
since 24 May 2023
Richard Hicks
since 1 August 2023
Structure
Seats59 councillors
Political groups
Administration (31)
  Labour (31)
Other parties (28)
  Conservative (20)
  Independent (8)
Length of term
4 years
Elections
First past the post
Last election
4 May 2023
Next election
6 May 2027
Motto
Forward Together
Meeting place
St George's Centre, Pembroke Road, Chatham, ME4 4UH
Website
www.medway.gov.uk
Constitution
Constitution of Medway Council

Medway Council is the local authority of Medway, a local government district in the ceremonial county of Kent, England. The council is a unitary authority, being a district council which also performs the functions of a county council; it is independent from Kent County Council. The council was created on 1 April 1998 and replaced Rochester-upon-Medway City Council and Gillingham Borough Council.

The council has been under Labour majority control since 2023. It meets at the St George's Centre in the Chatham Maritime area of the borough and has its main offices at Gun Wharf in Chatham.

  1. ^ "Council minutes, 15 May 2024". Medway Council. Retrieved 13 July 2024.