Tunbridge Wells council election, 2019

02/05/2019 · 16 wards · 18 seats contested

Most seats
5
Conservative and Unionist Party
Seats contested
18
across 16 wards
Turnout
36.7%
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party 5 -7 8,242 28.6% -14.1
Liberal Democrats 5 +3 7,844 27.2% +4.1
Tunbridge Wells Alliance 5 +4 5,096 17.7% +7.0
Labour Party 2 +1 3,471 12.1% -9.4
Independent 1 +1 1,438 5.0% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) 0 +0 1,290 4.5% +4.0
Green Party 0 +0 745 2.6% +2.3
Women's Equality Party 0 +0 670 2.3% +1.1

Changes are against the previous council election on 03/05/2018. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.

Candidates

Party Candidates Of a possible 18
Conservative and Unionist Party 18
Liberal Democrats 18
Labour Party 15
UK Independence Party (UKIP) 9
Green Party 6
Tunbridge Wells Alliance 6
Independent 4
Women's Equality Party 2

A party standing a full slate could field 18 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 +/−
Tunbridge Wells Alliance Nancy Warne Elected 771 42.8% +11.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Sally-Ann Marks 706 39.2% -10.8
Liberal Democrats Wendy Fitzsimmons 214 11.9% +3.9
Labour Party Anne Musker 109 6.1% -4.2
Majority65
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,800

Tunbridge Wells Alliance gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Culverden

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats James Edward Rands Elected 723 32.2% +14.1
Women's Equality Party Liz Orr 570 25.4% +10.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Nasir Jamil 560 24.9% -5.0
Labour Party David James Adams 237 10.6% -4.2
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Paul David Standing 155 6.9% —
Majority153
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,245

Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Frittenden and Sissinghurst

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Andy Fairweather Elected 347 46.4% —
Tunbridge Wells Alliance John Christopher Smith 321 42.9% —
Liberal Democrats Brian John Guinnessy 80 10.7% —
Majority26
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast748

Goudhurst and Lamberhurst

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Linda Marian Hall Elected 505 38.9% -22.0
Independent David Knight 487 37.5% —
Liberal Democrats Jeremy David Stirling 184 14.2% +2.2
Labour Party Simon James Fowler 122 9.4% -4.1
Majority18
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,298

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Hawkhurst and Sandhurst

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Godfrey Hamilton Bland Elected 797 54.8% -13.0
Liberal Democrats Helena Claire Waters 545 37.5% +22.7
Labour Party Ana Draper 113 7.8% -9.7
Majority252
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,455

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Paddock Wood East 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Rodney James Atkins Elected 416 45.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Sarah Ann Hamilton Elected 329 36.3% -8.1
Independent Bill Hills 324 35.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Christopher Roger Camp 222 24.5% —
Labour Party Derek Boyle 126 13.9% -6.3
Green Party Josie Holden Wilby 93 10.3% —
Liberal Democrats Martin Dale Brice 84 9.3% +1.2
Labour Party Robert Robertson Seggie 84 9.3% —
Green Party Amanda Jane Elizabeth Wells 82 9.1% —
Liberal Democrats Martin Huebscher 53 5.8% —
Majority5
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)906

Independent gain · Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Paddock Wood West

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Matt Bailey Elected 290 31.3% -13.9
Labour Party Raymond Peter Moon 289 31.2% +6.2
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Tracey Goacher 120 13.0% —
Green Party Trevor Tyrone Bisdee 119 12.9% +5.9
Liberal Democrats James Cole 108 11.7% +4.0
Majority1
Turnout33.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast926

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Pantiles and St Mark's

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Andrew Thomas Hickey Elected 1,346 60.0% +24.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Lawrence Frank Heasman 554 24.7% -23.1
Green Party John Anthony Hurst 152 6.8% —
Women's Equality Party Céline Thomas 100 4.5% —
Labour Party Trish Fowlie 93 4.1% -12.6
Majority792
Turnout45.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,245

Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Park 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Tunbridge Wells Alliance Christian Atwood Elected 1,125 47.8% +13.8
Tunbridge Wells Alliance Rebecca Bruneau Elected 1,088 46.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Tracy Moore 539 22.9% -4.8
Liberal Democrats Rachel Sadler 486 20.6% -2.8
Liberal Democrats Gillian Douglass 482 20.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Victoria Louise White 437 18.6% —
Labour Party Linda Marie Jagger 211 9.0% -5.8
Independent Victor Webb 211 9.0% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Michael Jerrom 128 5.4% —
Majority549
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)2,354

Tunbridge Wells Alliance gain · Tunbridge Wells Alliance hold

Pembury

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Tunbridge Wells Alliance David Hayward Elected 784 44.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Sue Nuttall 484 27.5% -36.0
Liberal Democrats Colin Michael Sefton 165 9.4% -9.5
Green Party Rick Bayles 125 7.1% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Peter Scott 114 6.5% —
Labour Party Joel McKean Turner 90 5.1% -12.6
Majority300
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,762

Tunbridge Wells Alliance gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Rusthall

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Dave Funnell Elected 547 41.4% +31.4
Labour Party Bjorn Sebastian Simpole 346 26.2% +9.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Dave Pate 283 21.4% -21.5
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Alun Elder-Brown 144 10.9% -11.8
Majority201
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,320

Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Sherwood

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Hugo Giles Pound Elected 517 33.9% +1.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Sam White 506 33.2% -5.8
Liberal Democrats Alan James Bullion 268 17.6% +10.6
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Chris Hoare 233 15.3% +11.2
Majority11
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,524

Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Southborough North

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Trevor William Poile Elected 691 52.5% +23.4
Conservative and Unionist Party David Godfrey Elliott 414 31.5% -19.1
Labour Party Nicholas Richard Blackwell 135 10.3% -10.1
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Stephen Geza Lukacs 76 5.8% —
Majority277
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,316

Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Southborough and High Brooms

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Luke Alistair Everitt Elected 845 49.7% -12.5
Liberal Democrats Alexis Henri Bird 352 20.7% +8.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Max Puller 309 18.2% -7.7
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Christine Jennifer Marshall 195 11.5% —
Majority493
Turnout32.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,701

Labour Party hold

Speldhurst and Bidborough

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Tunbridge Wells Alliance Lucy Willis Elected 1,007 51.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party David Jukes 613 31.1% -34.9
Liberal Democrats Iola Anastasia Beatrice Palmer-Stirling 351 17.8% -2.3
Majority394
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,971

Tunbridge Wells Alliance gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

St John's

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Marguerita Morton Elected 1,165 59.3% +12.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Peter John Oakford 347 17.7% -8.3
Green Party Ben Phillips 174 8.9% —
Labour Party Louise Jane Reid 154 7.8% -19.2
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Robert Francis Horan 125 6.4% —
Majority818
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,965

Liberal Democrats hold

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