 Canterbury , along with Whitstable and Herne Bay , is in the City of Canterbury local government district . The city 's urban area consists of the six electoral wards of Barton , Blean Forest , Northgate , St Stephens , Westgate , and Wincheap . These wards have eleven of the fifty seats on the Canterbury City Council . Six of these seats are held by the Liberal Democrats , four by the Conservatives and one by Labour . 
