Tunbridge Wells council election, 2022

05/05/2022 · 16 wards · 16 seats contested

Most seats
6
Liberal Democrats
Seats contested
16
across 16 wards
Turnout
—
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats 6 -1 6,379 22.4% -4.4
Tunbridge Wells Alliance 5 +4 6,134 21.5% +8.7
Labour Party 3 +1 5,573 19.6% +2.8
Conservative and Unionist Party 2 -7 9,150 32.1% -4.8
Green Party 0 +0 1,140 4.0% -2.4
UK Independence Party (UKIP) 0 +0 103 0.4% +0.1
The Socialist Party of Great Britain 0 +0 11 0.0% —

Changes are against the previous council election on 06/05/2021. 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 9
Tunbridge Wells Alliance 9
Green Party 7
UK Independence Party (UKIP) 2
The Socialist Party of Great Britain 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 766 43.1% -5.5
Tunbridge Wells Alliance Lee Peter Hatcher 675 38.0% +9.1
Labour Party Dariel Elizabeth Francis 174 9.8% +2.6
Green Party Julie Mary Simpson 162 9.1% +2.8
Majority91
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,777

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Brenchley and Horsmonden

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Tunbridge Wells Alliance Stephen John McMillan Elected 755 45.1% +18.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Thomas Neil William Mobbs 556 33.2% -12.5
Labour Party Kevin Kerrigan 225 13.4% +0.7
Green Party Louise Elizabeth Wilby 139 8.3% -0.5
Majority199
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,675

Tunbridge Wells Alliance gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Broadwater

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Jamie Johnson Elected 429 34.1% +0.4
Green Party Adrian Maurice Thorne 376 29.9% +3.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Christopher John Woodward 296 23.5% -7.2
Labour Party Anne Musker 72 5.7% -1.2
Tunbridge Wells Alliance Penny Kift 68 5.4% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Alun Elder-Brown 18 1.4% -0.8
Majority53
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,259

Liberal Democrats hold

Culverden

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Martin Dale Brice Elected 1,313 54.6% +0.8
Conservative and Unionist Party David Scott 732 30.4% -2.6
Labour Party Stephen Burgess 276 11.5% -1.8
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Victor Webb 85 3.5% —
Majority581
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,406

Liberal Democrats hold

Hawkhurst and Sandhurst

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Tunbridge Wells Alliance Ellen Neville Elected 868 48.1% +26.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Patrick Thomson 746 41.4% -16.8
Labour Party Ana Draper 190 10.5% +2.2
Majority122
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,804

Tunbridge Wells Alliance gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Paddock Wood East

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Tunbridge Wells Alliance Suzie Wakeman Elected 577 48.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Sarah Ann Hamilton 391 32.5% -3.8
Labour Party Derek Boyle 175 14.5% +0.6
Green Party Penny Peerless 60 5.0% -5.3
Majority186
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,203

Tunbridge Wells Alliance gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Paddock Wood West

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Raymond Peter Moon Elected 397 36.2% +5.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Vivek Gautam 301 27.4% -11.5
Tunbridge Wells Alliance Begnat Robichaud 217 19.8% —
Green Party Trevor Tyrone Bisdee 133 12.1% -13.6
Liberal Democrats James Cole 50 4.6% -0.4
Majority96
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,098

Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Pantiles and St Mark's

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Gavin Barrass Elected 1,386 58.4% +10.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Dogan Delman 715 30.1% -6.0
Green Party John Anthony Hurst 132 5.6% -3.2
Labour Party Lorna Blackmore 130 5.5% -1.6
The Socialist Party of Great Britain Shannon Phineas Trahern Kennedy 11 0.5% —
Majority671
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,374

Liberal Democrats hold

Park

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Tunbridge Wells Alliance Nick Pope Elected 902 37.0% +11.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Sedat Zorba 793 32.5% -3.2
Liberal Democrats Jules Luxford 437 17.9% +1.2
Labour Party Sue Pound 308 12.6% -0.7
Majority109
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,440

Tunbridge Wells Alliance gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Pembury

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Paul Vincent Barrington-King Elected 808 46.1% -0.1
Tunbridge Wells Alliance Angie Ward 750 42.8% +8.4
Labour Party Phil Wheeler 194 11.1% +0.5
Majority58
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,752

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Sherwood

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Shadi Rogers Elected 930 53.4% +15.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Bob Backhouse 813 46.6% -4.0
Majority117
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,743

Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Southborough North

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Brendon Le Page Elected 630 43.8% -8.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Joe Simmons 604 42.0% +10.6
Labour Party John William Francis 203 14.1% +3.9
Majority26
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,437

Liberal Democrats hold

Southborough and High Brooms

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Alain Matthew Bryan Lewis Elected 1,033 60.3% +7.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Nasir Jamil 436 25.5% -3.8
Liberal Democrats Yvonne Nicola Raptis 243 14.2% +6.0
Majority597
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,712

Labour Party hold

Speldhurst and Bidborough

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Tunbridge Wells Alliance Matthew Sankey Elected 1,322 64.6% +14.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Clive Allen 579 28.3% -17.8
Labour Party Millie Dolores Gray 146 7.1% +3.0
Majority743
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,047

Tunbridge Wells Alliance hold

St James'

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Rob Wormington Elected 984 62.8% -14.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Nicola Jane King 229 14.6% -3.8
Labour Party Alan James Bullion 217 13.8% -2.2
Green Party Alasdair James Milner Fraser 138 8.8% —
Majority755
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,568

Liberal Democrats hold

St John's

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Mark Strafford Ellis Elected 907 41.3% -7.9
Labour Party Mike Tapp 903 41.1% +15.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Thelma Rosemary Huggett 385 17.5% -7.7
Majority4
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,195

Liberal Democrats hold

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