Current Makeup
The council currently comprises 55 councillors representing different wards. The current political make-up of the Council (after the 2011 local elections) is;
- Conservative – 35
- Labour – 15
- Liberal Democrat – 3
- Independent – 2
Parts of the unitary authority are parished, chiefly the rural areas. There are currently 11 parishes;
- Allhallows
- Cliffe and Cliffe Woods
- Cooling
- Cuxton
- Frindsbury Extra
- Halling
- High Halstow
- Hoo St Werburgh
- St James Isle of Grain
- St Mary Hoo
- Stoke
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