Labour councillor Tristan Osborne has been selected as his party’s candidate for the Chatham and Aylesford seat at the next election.

The 28-year-old, who represents Luton and Wayfield on Medway Council, is a former special constable with the Metropolitan Police.

He grew up in Rochester and went to St William of Perth Primary School and King's.

Mr Osborne said local people had been "let down" by the Conservatives and that he was looking forward to campaigning with residents on a number of issues.

He said: "In just two years, the Conservatives have given us a double dip recession, cut the number of nurses and police here in the Medway Towns and let train companies vastly increase fares whilst giving tax cuts to the banks and to millionaires.

"In contrast Labour under Ed Miliband will rebuild Britain – investing in our economy, halt the dismantling of our NHS and keep our police on the streets."

The party wouldn’t say how many people had voted, although a spokesman said more than 50% of constituency members had voted.

Mr Osborne said he was told he had received an "overwhelming majority" of the votes cast.

Labour’s candidates for Gillingham and Rainham and Rochester and Strood are due to be selected within the next year.