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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%