Local Councillors are elected by the community to decide how the council should carry out its various activities. They represent public interest as well as individuals living within the ward in which he or she has been elected to serve a term of office.
They have regular contact with the general public through council meetings, telephone calls or surgeries. Surgeries provide an opportunity for any ward resident to go and talk their councillor face to face and these take place on a regular basis.
Councillors represent residents as part of their work in the community, contacting officers of the Council and other organisations on your behalf to respond to your enquiries. In order for elected Councillors to carry out your request for assistance or respond to your enquiry, it is necessary to collect, store and process your personal data. This privacy notice tells you what information Medway Council councillors collect and use, and your rights regarding your information.
Councillors are not paid a salary for their work, but they do receive allowances. By law, all members of the Council are required to complete a declaration of interest form, the details of which are published annually.
You can find out who your local Councillor is by entering your postcode into the find my councillor page.
To find more information about Medway councillors please use the links below:
Rainham North
Conservative
Chatham Central and Brompton
Labour and Co-operative
Rainham South East
Conservative
Rochester West and Borstal
Labour and Co-operative
Lordswood and Walderslade
Conservative
Twydall
Labour and Co-operative
Fort Pitt
Labour and Co-operative
Fort Horsted
Conservative
Wayfield and Weeds Wood
Labour and Co-operative
Watling
Labour and Co-operative
Portfolio Holder for Education
Hoo St Werburgh and High Halstow
Independent Group
Leader of the Independent Group
Luton
Labour and Co-operative
Portfolio Holder for Climate Change and Strategic Regeneration
Rainham South East
Conservative
Rochester East and Warren Wood
Labour and Co-operative
Strood Rural
Conservative
Cuxton, Halling and Riverside
Conservative
Strood North and Frindsbury
Labour and Co-operative
Cuxton, Halling and Riverside
Conservative
Hempstead and Wigmore
Conservative
Lordswood and Walderslade
Conservative
Chatham Central and Brompton
Labour and Co-operative
Portfolio Holder for Heritage, Culture and Leisure
Rainham South East
Conservative
Deputy Leader of the Conservative Group
Gillingham North
Labour and Co-operative
Deputy Mayor
Rochester West and Borstal
Labour and Co-operative
Luton
Labour and Co-operative
Strood North and Frindsbury
Independent Member
Princes Park
Conservative
Strood West
Labour and Co-operative
Strood West
Labour and Co-operative
Rainham South West
Conservative
Rainham South West
Conservative
Group Whip
Gillingham South
Labour and Co-operative
Princes Park
Conservative
Hempstead and Wigmore
Conservative
Fort Pitt
Labour and Co-operative
Portfolio Holder for Economic and Social Regeneration and Inward Investment
Gillingham North
Labour and Co-operative
Chatham Central and Brompton
Labour and Co-operative
Leader of the Council
Gillingham South
Labour and Co-operative
Rochester East and Warren Wood
Labour and Co-operative
Deputy Leader of the Council
Fort Pitt
Labour and Co-operative
Watling
Labour and Co-operative
The Worshipful The Mayor of Medway
Rochester East and Warren Wood
Labour and Co-operative
Rochester West and Borstal
Labour and Co-operative
Portfolio Holder for Community Safety, Highways and Enforcement
Wayfield and Weeds Wood
Labour and Co-operative
Group Whip
Hoo St Werburgh and High Halstow
Independent Group
Deputy Leader of the Independent Group
Rainham North
Conservative
Leader of the Conservative Group
Gillingham South
Labour and Co-operative
Portfolio Holder for Housing and Homelessness
Twydall
Labour and Co-operative
Gillingham North
Labour and Co-operative
Portfolio Holder for Children's Services (including statutory responsibility)
Hoo St Werburgh and High Halstow
Independent Group
Group Whip
Strood West
Independent Member
All Saints
Independent Member
Rainham North
Conservative
Watling
Labour and Co-operative
St Mary's Island
Conservative
Strood Rural
Independent Group
Strood North and Frindsbury
Labour and Co-operative
Portfolio Holder for Business Management
Lordswood and Walderslade
Conservative
Strood Rural
Independent Group