Tunbridge Wells council election, 2021

06/05/2021 · 17 wards · 19 seats contested

Most seats
9
Conservative and Unionist Party
Seats contested
19
across 17 wards
Turnout
—
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party 9 +4 13,102 36.9% +8.3
Liberal Democrats 7 +2 9,524 26.8% -0.4
Labour and Co-operative Party 2 +0 5,955 16.8% +4.7
Tunbridge Wells Alliance 1 -4 4,540 12.8% -4.9
Green Party 0 +0 2,269 6.4% +3.8
UK Independence Party (UKIP) 0 +0 95 0.3% -4.2
Reform UK 0 +0 31 0.1% —
Independent 0 -1 0 — —

Changes are against the previous council election on 02/05/2019. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.

Candidates

Party Candidates Of a possible 19
Conservative and Unionist Party 19
Labour Party 19
Liberal Democrats 19
Green Party 12
Tunbridge Wells Alliance 8
UK Independence Party (UKIP) 3
Reform UK 1

A party standing a full slate could field 19 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 Seán Holden Elected 989 48.6% +9.4
Tunbridge Wells Alliance Lee Peter Hatcher 587 28.9% -14.0
Liberal Democrats Tom Gardner 152 7.5% -4.4
Labour Party James Arthur Groome 147 7.2% +1.2
Green Party John Anthony Hurst 128 6.3% —
Reform UK Toby Stripp 31 1.5% —
Majority402
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,034

Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Tunbridge Wells Alliance

Brenchley and Horsmonden

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Jane March Elected 838 45.7% -19.7
Tunbridge Wells Alliance James Spencer 490 26.7% —
Labour Party Kevin Kerrigan 233 12.7% -5.3
Green Party Louise Elizabeth Wilby 161 8.8% —
Liberal Democrats Alexis Henri Bird 111 6.1% -10.5
Majority348
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,833

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Broadwater

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Christopher John Hall Elected 460 33.7% -4.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Barbara Cobbold 419 30.7% -8.5
Green Party Adrian Maurice Thorne 361 26.4% —
Labour Party Marcus Allen Ronald Chapman 94 6.9% -10.5
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Alun Elder-Brown 31 2.3% -2.6
Majority41
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,365

Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Capel

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Hugh Patterson Elected 717 75.2% +37.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Carol Ann Mackonochie 187 19.6% -28.3
Green Party Christine Elizabeth Spicer 17 1.8% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Chris Hoare 16 1.7% -7.8
Labour Party Wendy Teresa Ann Day 16 1.7% -3.3
Majority530
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast953

Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Culverden

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Justine Victoria Rutland Elected 1,349 53.7% +7.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Maryna Cole 829 33.0% +8.1
Labour Party Lucia Eleanor Caligaris-Adams 333 13.3% +8.1
Majority520
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,511

Liberal Democrats hold

Goudhurst and Lamberhurst

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Tunbridge Wells Alliance David Knight Elected 641 40.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Barry Noakes 613 38.2% -0.7
Labour Party Simon James Fowler 133 8.3% -1.1
Green Party Geoff Mason 119 7.4% —
Liberal Democrats Quentin Rappoport 97 6.1% -8.1
Majority28
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,603

Tunbridge Wells Alliance gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Hawkhurst and Sandhurst

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Beverley Sara Palmer Elected 1,100 58.2% +3.4
Tunbridge Wells Alliance Ellen Neville 403 21.3% —
Labour Party Ana Draper 158 8.4% +0.6
Green Party Jo Williamson 130 6.9% —
Liberal Democrats Brian John Guinnessy 99 5.2% -32.2
Majority697
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,890

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Paddock Wood West

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Bill Hills Elected 461 38.9% +7.6
Labour Party Raymond Peter Moon 369 31.2% -0.0
Green Party Trevor Tyrone Bisdee 304 25.7% +12.8
Liberal Democrats James Cole 59 5.0% -6.7
Majority92
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,184

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Pantiles and St Mark's

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Wendy Fitzsimmons Elected 1,259 48.1% -11.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Liam Peter John Randall 946 36.1% +11.5
Green Party Evelien Hurst-Buist 228 8.7% +1.9
Labour Party Lorna Blackmore 184 7.0% +2.9
Majority313
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,617

Liberal Democrats hold

Park

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Victoria Louise White Elected 887 35.7% +12.8
Tunbridge Wells Alliance Suzie Wakeman 632 25.4% -22.3
Liberal Democrats Anne Sullivan 414 16.7% -4.0
Labour Party Sue Pound 332 13.4% +4.4
Green Party Alasdair James Milner Fraser 219 8.8% —
Majority255
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,484

Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Tunbridge Wells Alliance

Pembury

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Paul Roberts Elected 907 46.2% +18.7
Tunbridge Wells Alliance Angie Ward 675 34.4% -10.1
Labour Party Paul Webster 208 10.6% +5.5
Liberal Democrats Yvonne Nicola Raptis 173 8.8% -0.6
Majority232
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,963

Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Tunbridge Wells Alliance

Rusthall

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Alex Britcher-Allan Elected 572 35.7% +9.4
Conservative and Unionist Party James Clive David Allen 455 28.4% +6.9
Liberal Democrats Angela Christine Ellen Funnell 436 27.2% -14.3
Green Party Aimee Caroline Taylor 141 8.8% —
Majority117
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,604

Labour Party gain from Liberal Democrats

Sherwood

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Lance Russell Francis Goodship Elected 960 50.7% +17.5
Labour Party Shadi Rogers 724 38.2% +4.3
Liberal Democrats Alan James Bullion 211 11.1% -6.5
Majority236
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,895

Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Labour Party

Southborough and High Brooms

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Dianne Hill Elected 1,033 52.5% +2.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Nasir Jamil 576 29.3% +11.1
Liberal Democrats Aqab Mehmood Malik 162 8.2% -12.5
Green Party Anthony Hoskin 150 7.6% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Christine Jennifer Marshall 48 2.4% -9.0
Majority457
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,969

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

Speldhurst and Bidborough 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Harry Roy Allen Elected 912 44.7% +13.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Julian Stanyer Elected 860 42.2% —
Tunbridge Wells Alliance Matthew Sankey 626 30.7% -20.4
Tunbridge Wells Alliance Anne Hilda Backshell 486 23.8% —
Green Party Clare Joanne Himmer 311 15.2% —
Liberal Democrats Jeremy David Stirling 290 14.2% -3.6
Liberal Democrats Martin Dale Brice 246 12.1% —
Labour Party Millie Dolores Gray 176 8.6% —
Labour Party Anne Musker 174 8.5% —
Majority234
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)2,040

Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Tunbridge Wells Alliance · Conservative and Unionist Party gain

St James' 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Ben Chapelard Elected 1,231 76.7% +26.2
Liberal Democrats Rob Wormington Elected 920 57.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Thelma Rosemary Huggett 295 18.4% +3.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Alexander Lewis-Grey 285 17.8% —
Labour Party Rosie Mockett 258 16.1% -0.2
Labour Party Aleksander Klimanski 219 13.7% —
Majority625
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,604

Liberal Democrats gain · Liberal Democrats hold

St John's

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Peter Andrew Lidstone Elected 1,138 49.2% -10.1
Labour Party Mike Tapp 592 25.6% +17.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Thomas James Clowes-Pritchard 583 25.2% +7.5
Majority546
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,313

Liberal Democrats hold

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