Former borough councillor David Sargent(Labour)took the Sheerness East seat and parish councillor Andy Booth (Conservative) won the Minster Cliffs seat in two by-elections on Thursday night.

They were caused by the resignations of Sheppey First! councillors, Gemma Wray in Sheerness East and Chris Boden in Minster Cliffs.

The full results were:

Sheerness East

David Sargent, Lab(326)

Colin Howe,Lib Dems,(177)

Martin Goodhew,Con(173)

Mark Rogers, Sheppey First!(171)

Turnout: 23.1%

Minster Cliffs

Andy Booth, Con (549)

Ray Adams, Sheppey First!(328)

Libby Tucker, Lab (204)

Dave Manning,Lib Dems (63)

Turnout: 19.8%