Manifesto delivery tracker
Gravesham Borough Council
Pledge-by-pledge tracking of what the controlling party committed to at the most recent Gravesham election against what has actually been delivered. Scored per the Kent Council Scorecard methodology — KEPT, PARTIAL, BROKEN, PENDING, or OUT_OF_SCOPE — with full right-of-reply for the council.
Tracked pledges
- 🟡 Partial
Campaign for reform of the leaseholder system of property ownership, communal charges, and ground rents
KLN judgement
Ongoing council-level lobbying; substantive reform sits with Westminster (Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 was a UK-government measure). Council's advocacy role + engagement with central government to be reviewed.
- ⏳ Pending
Work with partners to tackle homelessness across Gravesham
KLN judgement
Homelessness statistics + emergency-accommodation throughput to be reviewed against the 2022/23 baseline. Partnership outputs with Gravesham Sanctuary + Methodist Hub to be measured.
- ⏳ Pending
Continue to support Gravesham rough sleepers through partner organisations (Sanctuary, Methodist Hub)
KLN judgement
Ongoing grant + partnership funding for the named organisations; level of council financial support to be reviewed.
How KLN tracks pledges
- Curate each council's pledge list from manifesto + election material at the most recent election.
- Each pledge gets a permalink, source citation, date, KLN's judgement, and supporting evidence.
- Council leadership receives the preliminary tracker 14 days before publication for factual correction (longer than the 7-day window for data metrics).
- Council's response published verbatim alongside any pledge where they choose to provide one.
- Pledges re-evaluated quarterly; status changes logged.
Full methodology including categorisation criteria + score formula: Metric 9 — Manifesto delivery.
Spotted a pledge we should track, or have evidence on one we're assessing? editor@kentlocalnews.co.uk.