Manifesto delivery tracker
Medway Council
Pledge-by-pledge tracking of what the controlling party committed to at the most recent Medway 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
- ⏳ Pending
Keep council tax in Medway the lowest in Kent
KLN judgement
Needs verification against published Band D council tax levels across Kent unitary + district authorities. KLN tracking under Metric 4 (Council tax positioning) — comparable data once Scorecard data ingest is complete.
- ✅ Kept
Maintain weekly bin collections
KLN judgement
Weekly bin collections continue in Medway since Labour took control. KLN aware of no policy change shifting to fortnightly.
- ✅ Kept
Maintain a free bulky refuse service to deter fly-tipping
KLN judgement
Free bulky waste collection in place per current council service catalogue.
- ⏳ Pending
Place neighbourhood wardens in every Medway ward
KLN judgement
Programme rollout reviewed but full per-ward coverage not confirmed by KLN; requires verification with Medway Council that every ward currently has at least one warden.
- 🟡 Partial
Create more accessible green spaces across Medway
KLN judgement
Riverside Country Park development and other green-space investment under way during Labour's term; complete delivery against the commitment's qualitative target ("more accessible") will need a defined baseline + improvement metric to judge fully.
- ⏳ Pending
Introduce business incentives in all five Medway Towns
KLN judgement
Schemes such as the Innovation Park Medway and town-centre regeneration ongoing; specific "incentives" programme coverage by town requires review against any published business-support strategy.
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.