Tunbridge Wells council election, 2023

04/05/2023 · 16 wards · 16 seats contested

Most seats
5
Liberal Democrats
Seats contested
16
across 16 wards
Turnout
37.4%
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats 5 -1 6,733 25.3% +2.9
Tunbridge Wells Alliance 5 +0 4,804 18.1% -3.5
Labour Party 3 +0 4,330 16.3% -3.3
Conservative and Unionist Party 2 +0 7,808 29.4% -2.7
Independent 1 +1 391 1.5% —
Green Party 0 +0 2,177 8.2% +4.2
Royal Tunbridge Wells Residents Party 0 +0 249 0.9% —
Reform UK 0 +0 83 0.3% —

Changes are against the previous council election on 05/05/2022. 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
Green Party 16
Liberal Democrats 16
Labour Party 14
Tunbridge Wells Alliance 10
Royal Tunbridge Wells Residents Party 2
Independent 1
Reform UK 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 +/−
Tunbridge Wells Alliance Nancy Warne Elected 723 42.9% +4.9
Conservative and Unionist Party John Cave Austen 619 36.7% -6.4
Labour Party Lorna Blackmore 120 7.1% -2.7
Green Party Rachael Fleur Mason 116 6.9% -2.2
Liberal Democrats Michael Lister Gill 109 6.5% —
Majority104
Turnout32.0%
Registered electors5,221
Ballots cast1,687

Tunbridge Wells Alliance gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Culverden

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats David Osborne Elected 1,104 51.4% -3.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Christopher John Woodward 580 27.0% -3.4
Green Party Michael David Calvert 249 11.6% —
Labour Party Adrian John Winston Farnham 210 9.8% -1.7
Majority524
Turnout35.0%
Registered electors6,173
Ballots cast2,146

Liberal Democrats hold

Frittenden and Sissinghurst

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Andy Fairweather Elected 429 66.9% +20.5
Green Party John Anthony Hurst 82 12.8% —
Liberal Democrats Angela Christine Ellen Funnell 75 11.7% +1.0
Tunbridge Wells Alliance Janis Smith 54 8.4% -34.5
Majority347
Turnout36.0%
Registered electors1,805
Ballots cast641

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Goudhurst and Lamberhurst

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Tunbridge Wells Alliance Alison Valda Webster Elected 520 41.6% +1.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Rebecca Winter 291 23.3% -15.0
Green Party Geoff Mason 272 21.7% +14.3
Liberal Democrats Quentin Rappoport 96 7.7% +1.6
Labour Party Anne Musker 72 5.8% -2.5
Majority229
Turnout35.0%
Registered electors3,533
Ballots cast1,251

Tunbridge Wells Alliance hold

Hawkhurst and Sandhurst

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Godfrey Hamilton Bland Elected 800 48.1% +6.7
Tunbridge Wells Alliance Heidi Louise Eccles 291 17.5% -30.6
Liberal Democrats Michael Edward Appelbe 230 13.8% —
Labour Party Ana Draper 159 9.6% -1.0
Green Party Debs Keech 100 6.0% —
Reform UK Simon James Hilton 83 5.0% —
Majority509
Turnout34.0%
Registered electors4,954
Ballots cast1,664

Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Tunbridge Wells Alliance

Paddock Wood East

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Rodney James Atkins Elected 391 35.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Nicolas Martin Maari 309 28.4% -4.1
Royal Tunbridge Wells Residents Party Matt Bailey 178 16.3% —
Labour Party Andrew David Muir 108 9.9% -4.6
Green Party Penny Peerless 58 5.3% +0.3
Liberal Democrats Brian John Guinnessy 44 4.0% —
Majority82
Turnout32.0%
Registered electors3,360
Ballots cast1,089

Independent gain from Tunbridge Wells Alliance

Paddock Wood West

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Mark Gavin Munday Elected 438 40.4% +35.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Thomas Neil William Mobbs 354 32.7% +5.2
Green Party Trevor Tyrone Bisdee 221 20.4% +8.3
Royal Tunbridge Wells Residents Party Linda Gayle Store 71 6.5% —
Majority84
Turnout35.0%
Registered electors3,077
Ballots cast1,084

Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Party

Pantiles and St Mark's

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Pamela Jean Wilkinson Elected 1,250 53.8% -4.6
Conservative and Unionist Party David Scott 758 32.6% +2.5
Labour Party Alan James Bullion 158 6.8% +1.3
Green Party Jack Edward Mason 147 6.3% +0.8
Majority492
Turnout44.0%
Registered electors5,327
Ballots cast2,323

Liberal Democrats hold

Park

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Tunbridge Wells Alliance Siobhan O'Connell Elected 868 38.6% +1.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Christian Atwood 616 27.4% -5.1
Liberal Democrats Jules Luxford 332 14.8% -3.1
Labour Party Sue Pound 264 11.7% -0.9
Green Party Alasdair James Milner Fraser 162 7.2% —
Majority252
Turnout38.0%
Registered electors5,890
Ballots cast2,247

Tunbridge Wells Alliance hold

Pembury

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Tunbridge Wells Alliance David Hayward Elected 922 51.3% +8.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Vivek Gautam 529 29.4% -16.7
Liberal Democrats Eugenie Marcelle Ballara 122 6.8% —
Labour Party Joel McKean Turner 115 6.4% -4.7
Green Party Evelien Hurst-Buist 109 6.1% —
Majority393
Turnout41.0%
Registered electors4,388
Ballots cast1,797

Tunbridge Wells Alliance gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Rusthall

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Jayne Angharad Sharratt Elected 627 41.4% +5.8
Liberal Democrats Dave Funnell 533 35.2% +8.0
Conservative and Unionist Party James Clive David Allen 266 17.6% -10.8
Green Party Aimee Caroline Taylor 86 5.7% -3.1
Majority94
Turnout43.0%
Registered electors3,572
Ballots cast1,513

Labour Party hold

Sherwood

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Hugo Giles Pound Elected 643 37.3% -16.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Nasir Jamil 545 31.6% -15.0
Liberal Democrats Andrew Elliott 235 13.6% —
Tunbridge Wells Alliance Joe Doré 210 12.2% —
Green Party Lee Karen Mackinnon 89 5.2% —
Majority98
Turnout30.0%
Registered electors5,756
Ballots cast1,723

Labour Party hold

Southborough North

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Joe Opara Elected 619 41.9% -1.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Sarah Victoria Bridges 478 32.4% -9.7
Tunbridge Wells Alliance Jonathan Farina 163 11.0% —
Labour Party Martin Roland Betts 143 9.7% -4.4
Green Party Sue Lovell 73 4.9% —
Majority141
Turnout45.0%
Registered electors3,333
Ballots cast1,477

Liberal Democrats hold

Southborough and High Brooms

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party John William Francis Elected 933 53.8% -6.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Misha Mitchem 305 17.6% -7.9
Tunbridge Wells Alliance Paul Motaz Johnson 169 9.7% —
Liberal Democrats Yvonne Nicola Raptis 165 9.5% -4.7
Green Party David Charles Holton 162 9.3% —
Majority628
Turnout32.0%
Registered electors5,488
Ballots cast1,734

Labour Party hold

Speldhurst and Bidborough

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Tunbridge Wells Alliance Paul Curry Elected 884 42.1% -22.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Aaron James Brand 608 28.9% +0.7
Liberal Democrats Rebecca Emma Leach 363 17.3% —
Green Party Stephanie Teresa Gandon 136 6.5% —
Labour Party Paul Jeremy Keith Froome 108 5.1% -2.0
Majority276
Turnout46.0%
Registered electors4,578
Ballots cast2,101

Tunbridge Wells Alliance hold

St John's

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Marguerita Morton Elected 1,018 47.8% +6.4
Labour Party Dariel Elizabeth Francis 670 31.4% -9.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Alexander Puffette 321 15.1% -2.5
Green Party Adrian Maurice Thorne 115 5.4% —
Majority348
Turnout41.0%
Registered electors5,202
Ballots cast2,131

Liberal Democrats hold

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