Chatham Central was one of the wards in
Medway
Medway is a Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area with Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough status in the ceremonial county of Kent in South East England. It was formed in 1998 by merging the boroughs of City of Roche ...
, England. It returned councillors to
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 ...
. The population of this ward in
Chatham, Kent
Chatham ( ) is a town within the Medway unitary authority in the ceremonial county of Kent, England. The town forms a conurbation with neighbouring towns Gillingham, Rochester, Strood and Rainham. In 2020 it had a population of 80,596.
Th ...
, at the 2011 Census was 16,413.
In the
2019 Medway Council election, it elected three Labour Councillors: Harinder Mahil, Vince Maple, and Siju Adeoye. In December 2022, Adeoye joined the Conservative Party.
The ward was replaced by Chatham Central and Brompton ward for the
2023 Medway Council election.
Location
Chatham Central covered the area of Chatham south of the A2 to the junction of Walderslade Road and Magpie Hall Road. Bounded by Magpie Hall Road and Maidstone Road, it also included the area around Balfour Junior stretching out to Boundary Road and the All Saints area of Castle Road and Gordon Road.
Neighbouring Wards
Chatham Central was adjacent to the following wards:
* River
* Luton and Wayfield
* Rochester South and Horsted
* Rochester East
References
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External links
* http://democracy.medway.gov.uk/mgMemberIndex.aspx?FN=WARD&VW=TABLE&PIC=1
* https://web.archive.org/web/20081006065025/http://www.medwaylabour.org.uk/councillorsdetails
Politics of Medway
Wards of Medway
Chatham, Kent
1998 establishments in England
2023 disestablishments in England
Constituencies established in 1998
Constituencies disestablished in 2023