Medway.
Labour Party-controlled unitary. £285m net revenue. 24 wards across 3 parliamentary constituencies.
29 Jun 2026
Labour Party chamber, Labour Party MPs.
Medway is a unitary controlled by Labour Party (34 of 60 seats). Net revenue is £285m for 2025-26. It covers 24 wards spanning 3 parliamentary constituencies.
Who sits in the chamber.
Labour Party 57% · last contested 4 May 2023
Councillors — the people.
| Councillor | Ward | Elected | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Spalding | Ind | All Saints | 2023 |
| Damola Animashaun | Lab | Chatham Central & Brompton | 2023 |
| Nina Gurung | Lab | Chatham Central & Brompton | 2023 |
| Vince Maple | Lab | Chatham Central & Brompton | 2023 |
| Matt Fearn | Con | Cuxton, Halling & Riverside | 2023 |
| Phil Filmer | Con | Cuxton, Halling & Riverside | 2023 |
| Trevor Clarke | Con | Fort Horsted | 2023 |
| Gareth Myton | Lab | Fort Pitt | 2023 |
| Harinder Mahil | Lab | Fort Pitt | 2023 |
| Smitha Campbell | Lab | Fort Pitt | 2023 |
| Adam Price | Lab | Gillingham North | 2023 |
| Douglas Kudakwashe Hamandishe | Lab | Gillingham North | 2023 |
Where revenue comes from.
Revenue mix is close to the unitary authorities median: 60% council tax, 30% central grants.
Source · MHCLG — Final LGFS 2025-26 Core Spending Power table · derived (CT exact; grants/rates split from SFA baseline)
Band-D bill.
| Council slice | £1,842 |
| County / upper-tier | £0 |
| Police | £270 |
| Fire & rescue | £95 |
| GLA precept | £0 |
| Parish average | £8 |
| Total Band-D | £2,215 |
Parish precepts apply on top, vary by parish
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How does Medway split its revenue across services, compared with peer unitary authoritie-class councils? Each row is one of the ten standard service buckets. The vertical line at the centre is the cohort median share; the coloured square is where this council sits. Squares to the right of centre mean a bigger share of revenue than the median peer; to the left, a smaller share.
The subtitle on each row (“X% of net spend”) is what share of this council’s revenue goes to that service. The rank (“15 of 61”) is where this council sits within the cohort, sorted by that share descending. The delta (“+26% vs median”) is a relative reading: the council allocates 26% more of its revenue to that service than the median peer would. A small absolute difference can still be a big relative one.
Higher share doesn’t mean waste — it can reflect demographic need (more older residents), rurality, or a policy choice (e.g. keeping a service in-house). Lower share doesn’t mean efficiency — some councils move costs to fees, ringfenced accounts, or grants. £-per-head would be sharper than share-of-revenue; LAD population is pending ingest. Comparisons are within the same council type only.
| Constituency | Wards | % of council | Current MP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rochester and Strood | 12 | 50% | Lauren Edwards | Lab |
| Gillingham and Rainham | 7 | 29% | Naushabah Khan | Lab |
| Chatham and Aylesford | 5 | 21% | Tristan Osborne | Lab |
Sources, methods & last update
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (historic)
Core Spending Power table · 2025-26
vs 62 other unitary authorities
Police, Fire, Parish on top
Not yet ingested for Medway
2023 boundaries
Pending ingest at LAD level