{"election_id":"local.medway.2023-05-04","tmp_election_id":null,"election_title":"Medway local election","poll_open_date":"2023-05-04","election_type":{"name":"Local elections","election_type":"local"},"election_subtype":null,"organisation":{"url":"http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/local-authority/MDW/1998-04-01/","official_identifier":"MDW","organisation_type":"local-authority","organisation_subtype":"UA","official_name":"Medway Council","common_name":"Medway","slug":"medway","territory_code":"ENG","election_name":"Medway local election","start_date":"1998-04-01","end_date":null,"created":"1998-04-01T00:00:00Z","modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:26.370579Z"},"group":"local.2023-05-04","group_type":"organisation","identifier_type":"organisation","children":["local.medway.all-saints.2023-05-04","local.medway.chatham-central-brompton.2023-05-04","local.medway.cuxton-halling-riverside.2023-05-04","local.medway.fort-horsted.2023-05-04","local.medway.fort-pitt.2023-05-04","local.medway.gillingham-north.2023-05-04","local.medway.gillingham-south.2023-05-04","local.medway.hempstead-wigmore.2023-05-04","local.medway.hoo-st-werburgh-high-halstow.2023-05-04","local.medway.lordswood-walderslade.2023-05-04","local.medway.luton.2023-05-04","local.medway.princes-park.2023-05-04","local.medway.rainham-north.2023-05-04","local.medway.rainham-south-east.2023-05-04","local.medway.rainham-south-west.2023-05-04","local.medway.rochester-east-warren-wood.2023-05-04","local.medway.rochester-west-borstal.2023-05-04","local.medway.st-marys-island.2023-05-04","local.medway.strood-north-frindsbury.2023-05-04","local.medway.strood-rural.2023-05-04","local.medway.strood-west.2023-05-04","local.medway.twydall.2023-05-04","local.medway.watling.2023-05-04","local.medway.wayfield-weeds-wood.2023-05-04"],"elected_role":"Local Councillor","seats_contested":null,"division":null,"voting_system":{"name":"First-past-the-post","wikipedia_url":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting","description":"A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.","uses_party_lists":false,"slug":"FPTP"},"requires_voter_id":null,"current":false,"explanation":null,"metadata":null,"deleted":false,"cancelled":false,"cancellation_reason":null,"replaces":null,"replaced_by":null,"by_election_reason":"","tags":{},"created":"2023-01-13T15:22:09.054722Z","modified":"2023-03-15T14:05:49.642005Z"}