Dancer James Jordan, from Gillingham, and his celebrity parner Cherie Lunghi are the latest duo to leave Strictly Come Dancing.

The pair, who had been securing good marks throughout the show, found themselves in the bottom two last night along with model Lisa Snowdon and her partner Brendan Cole.

The judges agonised over their decision during the dance-off before voting to keep Lisa.

Head judge Len Goodman said: 'This is terrible, I feel as though I’m kicking someone off the show because neither should be going."

The panel was fuming that political reporter John Sergeant continued in the competition despite picking up easily the lowest score again.

And after the result was announced, James had a message for the TV audience.

"This is supposed to be a dance contest," he said. "Please, please, people at home vote for the dancing."

James was filmed earlier in the series getting a hair cut at his regular salon, Tiffs, of Railway Street, Chatham, after judges criticised his style.

Medway's other connection with this series of Strictly, chef Gary Rhodes, who also comes from Gillingham, was the second male celebrity to be voted off back in September.