Medway

:This article is about the Medway towns in England. For others, see Medway (disambiguation)

Medway unitary authority

Formation

Throughout the 19th century there had been proposals to join the Medway towns under a single authority. By 1903 moves began to take place: that date saw the creation of the Borough of Gillingham to which, in 1928, the adjacent parish of Rainham was added. Under the Local Government Act 1972, the City of Rochester, the Borough of Chatham and Strood Rural District were amalgamated to form Medway District Council, with Gillingham remaining separate. In 1982 the district was renamed the City of Rochester-upon-Medway. Finally, in 1998, Gillingham was amalgamated with the City and the whole became Medway Council. Medway applied for city status in the 2000 and 2002 competitions but was unsuccessful. Rochester-upon-Medway itself had been a city, but lost this status due to an oversight in the 1998 local government reorganisation.

Related Topics:
1903 - Borough - Gillingham - 1928 - Rainham - Local Government Act 1972 - Rochester - Chatham - Strood Rural District - 1982 - 1998 - City status - 2000 - 2002

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The authority

The Council is made up of 55 councillors representing different wards; there are also eleven parish representatives from the more rural parts of the Council area:

Related Topics:
Wards - Parish

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• Allhallows
• Cliffe and Cliffe Woods
• Cooling
• Cuxton
• Frindsbury Extra
• Halling
• High Halstow
• Hoo St Werburgh
• St James Isle of Grain
• St Mary Hoo
• Stoke