Gillingham was a
non-metropolitan district in
Kent,
England. It was abolished on 1 April 1998 and replaced by
Medway
Medway is a unitary authority district and conurbation in Kent, South East England. It had a population of 278,016 in 2019. The unitary authority was formed in 1998 when Rochester-upon-Medway amalgamated with the Borough of Gillingham to for ...
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History
The Borough of Gillingham was formed in 1903. In 1928 the adjoining parish of Rainham was added.
In 1944, a Medway Towns Joint Amalgamation Committee was formed by the borough corporations of Chatham, Gillingham and Rochester, to discuss the possibility of the towns forming a single county borough. In 1948 the Local Government Boundary Commission recommended that the area become a "most purposes" county borough, but the recommendation was not carried out.
Political control
From the first election to the council in 1973 until the council's abolition in 1998 political control of the council was held by the following parties:
Leadership
The
leaders of the council from 1976 until its abolition in 1998 were:
Council elections
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1973 Gillingham Borough Council election
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1976 Gillingham Borough Council election
Events January
* January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force.
* January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea.
* January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...
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1979 Gillingham Borough Council election (New ward boundaries)
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1980 Gillingham Borough Council election
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1982 Gillingham Borough Council election
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1983 Gillingham Borough Council election (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)
[The Gillingham and Swale (Areas) Order 1982]
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1984 Gillingham Borough Council election
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1986 Gillingham Borough Council election
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1987 Gillingham Borough Council election
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1988 Gillingham Borough Council election
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1990 Gillingham Borough Council election
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1991 Gillingham Borough Council election
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1992 Gillingham Borough Council election
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1994 Gillingham Borough Council election
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1995 Gillingham Borough Council election
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1996 Gillingham Borough Council election
Borough result maps
By-election results
References
External links
Gillingham, Kent
Council elections in Kent
District council elections in England
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