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:
Chatham Central
Conservative
Rainham Central
Conservative
Rainham Central
Conservative
The Worshipful The Mayor of Medway
Rainham South
Conservative
Deputy Mayor
Walderslade
Conservative
Portfolio Holder for Adults' Services
Twydall
Labour and Co-operative
Strood South
Conservative
Rainham North
Conservative
Hempstead and Wigmore
Conservative
Hempstead and Wigmore
Conservative
Portfolio Holder for Inward Investment, Strategic Regeneration and Partnerships
Strood North
Conservative
Portfolio Holder for Planning, Economic Growth and Regulation
Rochester South and Horsted
Conservative
Gillingham North
Labour and Co-operative
Peninsula
Independent
Leader of the Independent Group
Luton and Wayfield
Labour and Co-operative
Rainham South
Conservative
Deputy Leader and Portfolio Holder for Housing and Community Services
Rochester East
Labour and Co-operative
Strood Rural
Conservative
Cuxton and Halling
Conservative
Peninsula
Conservative
Portfolio Holder for Front Line Services
Rochester South and Horsted
Conservative
Walderslade
Conservative
Portfolio Holder for Resources
Rainham South
Conservative
Portfolio Holder for Business Management
Luton and Wayfield
Labour and Co-operative
Strood North
Labour and Co-operative
Strood South
Conservative
Portfolio Holder for Children’s Services – Lead Member (statutory responsibility)
Lordswood and Capstone
Conservative
Leader of the Council
Gillingham South
Labour and Co-operative
Rainham Central
Conservative
Group Whip
Gillingham South
Labour and Co-operative
Princes Park
Conservative
Twydall
Labour and Co-operative
Chatham Central
Labour and Co-operative
Chatham Central
Labour and Co-operative
Leader of the Labour and Co-operative Group
Gillingham South
Labour and Co-operative
Rochester East
Labour and Co-operative
Deputy Leader of the Labour and Co-operative Group
Princes Park
Conservative
Luton and Wayfield
Labour and Co-operative
Rochester West
Labour and Co-operative
Rainham North
Conservative
Portfolio Holder for Education and Schools
Twydall
Labour and Co-operative
Gillingham North
Labour and Co-operative
Group Whip
Watling
Conservative
Peninsula
Independent
Deputy Leader and Group Whip
Gillingham North
Labour and Co-operative
Watling
Labour and Co-operative
River
Conservative
River
Conservative
Strood South
Conservative
Rochester West
Conservative
Strood Rural
Conservative
Rochester South and Horsted
Conservative
Strood North
Labour and Co-operative
Lordswood and Capstone
Conservative
Strood Rural
Conservative