Gravesham Borough Council

Gravesham Borough Council
Leadership
Mayor	John Caller (Ceremonial)
Leader of the Council	John Burden, Labour
Seats	44 councillors
Elections
Voting system	First past the post
Meeting place
Civic Centre, Gravesend
Website
www.gravesham.gov.uk

Gravesham Borough Council is the local authority for the Borough of Gravesham in Kent.

Wards[]

There are eighteen wards represented on the borough council:

• Those serving Gravesend town:
  • Central
  • Pelham
  • Riverside
  • Singlewell
  • Whitehill
  • Woodlands
• Other urban areas:
  • Northfleet (2 wards - North & South)
  • Coldharbour
  • Istead Rise
  • Painters Ash
  • Riverview
  • Westcourt
• Outlying villages:
  • Chalk
  • Higham
  • Meopham North
  • Meopham South which includes Vigo
  • Nurstead
  • Shorne, Cobham & Luddesdown

Elections[]

Gravesham Borough Council is elected every four years, with currently 44 Councillors being elected at each election. From the first election in 1973 the council has alternated between Labour and Conservative control. Since 1995 Labour has controlled the council apart from 4 years between the 2007 and 2011 elections. As of the 2019 election the council is composed as follows:^[1]

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