Benenden and Cranbrook ward
Vote share over time
Each line is a party's lead candidate as a share of ballots cast. Hollow points are by-elections.
04/05/2023
| 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% | — |
| Majority | 104 | |||
| Turnout | 32.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 5,221 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,687 | |||
Tunbridge Wells Alliance gain from Conservative and Unionist Party
05/05/2022
| 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 |
| Majority | 91 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,777 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
06/05/2021
| 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% | — |
| Majority | 402 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 2,034 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Tunbridge Wells Alliance
02/05/2019
| 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 |
| Majority | 65 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,800 | |||
Tunbridge Wells Alliance gain from Conservative and Unionist Party
03/05/2018
| 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 |
| Majority | 312 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,707 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
05/05/2016
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Seán Holden Elected | 845 | 52.5% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Matthew Richard John Warne | 373 | 23.2% | — |
| UK Independence Party (UKIP) | Simon James Hilton | 250 | 15.5% | — |
| Labour Party | Isobel Clare Kerrigan | 150 | 9.3% | — |
| Majority | 472 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,610 | |||