Tunbridge Wells council election, 2018

03/05/2018 · 16 wards · 16 seats contested

Most seats
12
Conservative and Unionist Party
Seats contested
16
across 16 wards
Turnout
—
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party 12 -1 11,134 42.8% -4.8
Liberal Democrats 2 +0 6,020 23.1% +5.5
Labour Party 1 +0 5,587 21.5% +3.8
Tunbridge Wells Alliance 1 +1 2,782 10.7% —
Women's Equality Party 0 +0 323 1.2% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) 0 +0 126 0.5% -14.1
Green Party 0 +0 65 0.2% -2.3

Changes are against the previous council election on 05/05/2016. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.

Candidates

Party Candidates Of a possible 16
Conservative and Unionist Party 16
Labour Party 16
Liberal Democrats 16
Tunbridge Wells Alliance 7
UK Independence Party (UKIP) 2
Green Party 1
Women's Equality Party 1

A party standing a full slate could field 16 candidates, one per seat.

Results by ward

Share is each candidate's share of ballots cast in the ward. Change compares each party's lead candidate with the ward's previous contest. Bold rows are elected candidates.

Benenden and Cranbrook

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Tom Dawlings Elected 854 50.0% -2.5
Tunbridge Wells Alliance John Christopher Smith 542 31.8% —
Labour Party Anne Musker 175 10.3% +0.9
Liberal Democrats Saul David Clackson 136 8.0% -15.2
Majority312
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,707

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Brenchley and Horsmonden

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Alan McDermott Elected 951 65.5% -1.0
Labour Party Kelly Jane Llewellyn 262 18.0% -2.6
Liberal Democrats Zoe Norman 240 16.5% —
Majority689
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,453

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Broadwater

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Christopher John Woodward Elected 479 39.2% -16.0
Liberal Democrats Christopher John Hall 471 38.5% +26.4
Labour Party Louise Jane Reid 213 17.4% +1.0
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Alun Elder-Brown 59 4.8% -12.0
Majority8
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,222

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Culverden

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party David Scott Elected 663 30.0% -14.2
Tunbridge Wells Alliance Lucy Willis 499 22.6% —
Liberal Democrats Martin Dale Brice 400 18.1% +4.8
Labour Party Carol Wilson 327 14.8% -4.8
Women's Equality Party Liz Orr 323 14.6% —
Majority164
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,212

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Hawkhurst and Sandhurst

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Patrick Thomson Elected 1,012 67.7% +9.8
Labour Party Ana Draper 261 17.5% +6.3
Liberal Democrats Clare Katherine Bishop 221 14.8% +5.0
Majority751
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,494

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Paddock Wood East

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Allan Frederick Gooda Elected 430 44.4% —
Tunbridge Wells Alliance Rodney James Atkins 265 27.3% —
Labour Party Derek Boyle 196 20.2% —
Liberal Democrats Gillian Douglass 78 8.0% —
Majority165
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast969

Paddock Wood West

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Elizabeth Margaret Thomas Elected 425 45.2% —
Labour Party Raymond Peter Moon 235 25.0% —
Tunbridge Wells Alliance Brian Charles Ransley 143 15.2% —
Liberal Democrats James Cole 72 7.7% —
Green Party Trevor Tyrone Bisdee 65 6.9% —
Majority190
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast940

Pantiles and St Mark's

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party James Edward Scholes Elected 983 47.8% -7.9
Liberal Democrats Andrew Thomas Hickey 729 35.5% +23.1
Labour Party Lorna Blackmore 344 16.7% +3.1
Majority254
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,056

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Park

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Tunbridge Wells Alliance Nick Pope Elected 773 34.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Catherine Rankin 630 27.7% -23.3
Liberal Democrats Rachel Sadler 533 23.5% +5.6
Labour Party Hugo Giles Pound 335 14.8% -4.0
Majority143
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,271

Tunbridge Wells Alliance gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Pembury

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Paul Vincent Barrington-King Elected 1,014 63.5% +8.8
Liberal Democrats Colin Michael Sefton 301 18.8% +8.1
Labour Party Sarah Margaret Carpenter 282 17.7% +3.2
Majority713
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,597

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Sherwood

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Bob Backhouse Elected 633 39.0% -7.1
Labour Party Seb St John 520 32.0% +13.7
Tunbridge Wells Alliance Nick Twist 290 17.9% —
Liberal Democrats Alan James Bullion 113 7.0% -0.8
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Chris Hoare 67 4.1% -23.7
Majority113
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,623

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Southborough North

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Joe Simmons Elected 614 50.5% —
Liberal Democrats Trevor William Poile 354 29.1% —
Labour Party Martin Roland Betts 247 20.3% —
Majority260
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,215

Southborough and High Brooms

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Alain Matthew Bryan Lewis Elected 1,094 62.2% +9.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Harry Roy Allen 455 25.9% +0.2
Liberal Democrats Marguerita Morton 211 12.0% +6.7
Majority639
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,760

Labour Party hold

Speldhurst and Bidborough

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Julia Soyke Elected 1,186 66.0% -4.5
Liberal Democrats Jackie Prance 361 20.1% —
Labour Party David James Adams 251 14.0% -3.5
Majority825
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,798

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

St James'

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats David John Neve Elected 762 50.5% -20.9
Tunbridge Wells Alliance Steve Bowser 270 17.9% —
Labour Party Isobel Clare Kerrigan 246 16.3% +6.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Matt Bailey 230 15.3% +3.2
Majority492
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,508

Liberal Democrats hold

St John's

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Mark Strafford Ellis Elected 1,038 46.9% +3.5
Labour Party Bjorn Sebastian Simpole 599 27.1% +13.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Nasir Jamil 575 26.0% -3.6
Majority439
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,212

Liberal Democrats hold

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