2024 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election
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The 2024 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2024 to elect members of Tunbridge Wells Borough Council in Kent, England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.
Following a review of ward boundaries, the election is being contested with new electoral divisions and with a reduced number of seats, 39 down from 48.[2]
Summary[edit]
Election result[edit]
2024 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election | ||||||||||
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Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
Liberal Democrats | 39 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 56.4 | 34.2 | 28,797 | +8.9 | |
Conservative | 39 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 18.0 | 29.3 | 24,673 | –0.1 | |
Labour | 25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12.8 | 14.3 | 12,022 | –2.0 | |
Tunbridge Wells Alliance | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10.3 | 8.8 | 7,457 | –9.3 | |
Independent | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2.6 | 5.9 | 4,977 | +3.5 | |
Green | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6.5 | 5,485 | –1.7 | ||
Reform UK | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 906 | +0.8 |
Results[edit]
The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Tunbridge Wells Borough Council following the close of nominations on 8 April 2024.[3]
Cranbrook, Sissinghurst & Frittenden[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Andy Fairweather* | 917 | 53.1 | ||
Alliance | Nancy Warne* | 843 | 48.8 | ||
Conservative | David Somers | 640 | 37.0 | ||
Conservative | John Austen | 547 | 31.7 | ||
Green | John Hurst | 360 | 20.8 | ||
Labour | Joel Turner | 275 | 15.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | James Cole | 197 | 11.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Sally Moesgaard-Kjeldsen | 197 | 11.4 | ||
Independent | Chris Hoare | 155 | 9.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Brian Guinnessy | 139 | 8.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,736 | 31.3 | |||
Registered electors | 5,552 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Alliance win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Culverden[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Justine Rutland* | 1,184 | 51.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Martin Brice* | 1,128 | 48.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | David Osborne* | 1,070 | 46.1 | ||
Conservative | Alex Dunn | 713 | 30.7 | ||
Conservative | David Scott | 653 | 28.2 | ||
Conservative | Victoria White* | 620 | 26.7 | ||
Green | Victoria Moll | 337 | 14.5 | ||
Labour | Martin Betts | 330 | 14.2 | ||
Labour | Greg Holder | 267 | 11.5 | ||
Independent | Sam Macdonald Walmsley | 166 | 7.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,323 | 37.6 | |||
Registered electors | 6,182 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold |
Hawkhurst, Sandhurst & Benenden[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Tom Dawlings* | 903 | 41.1 | ||
Conservative | Beverley Palmer* | 846 | 38.5 | ||
Alliance | Ellen Neville* | 809 | 36.8 | ||
Alliance | Clare Escombe | 748 | 34.1 | ||
Conservative | Martin Taylor-Smith | 745 | 33.9 | ||
Labour | Mia Dahl | 309 | 14.1 | ||
Green | Debs Keech | 281 | 12.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Hazel Strouts | 267 | 12.2 | ||
Reform UK | Simon Hilton | 248 | 11.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Dawson | 228 | 10.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Vivian Widgery | 123 | 5.6 | ||
Independent | Angie Ward | 84 | 3.8 | ||
Independent | Dan Littlechild | 82 | 3.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,211 | 34.0 | |||
Registered electors | 6,497 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Alliance win (new seat) |
High Brooms[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Dianne Hill* | 427 | 55.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Steve Humphreys | 130 | 17.0 | ||
Conservative | Freddie Mobbs | 82 | 10.7 | ||
Reform UK | Rick Williams | 61 | 8.0 | ||
Green | Paul Froome | 47 | 6.2 | ||
Independent | David Kain | 17 | 2.2 | ||
Turnout | 765 | 32.4 | |||
Registered electors | 2,362 | ||||
Labour Co-op win (new seat) |
Paddock Wood[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Mark Munday* | 872 | 38.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Don Kent | 850 | 37.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Adrian Pitts | 849 | 37.8 | ||
Conservative | Ros Tucker | 777 | 34.6 | ||
Independent | Rodney Atkins* | 670 | 29.8 | ||
Conservative | Nicolas Maari | 609 | 27.1 | ||
Conservative | John Hall | 550 | 24.5 | ||
Independent | Begnat Robichaud | 370 | 16.5 | ||
Green | Trevor Bisdee | 340 | 15.1 | ||
Labour | Isobel Kerrigan | 224 | 10.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,254 | 34.4 | |||
Registered electors | 6,560 | ||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Pantiles[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Jamie Johnson* | 1,185 | 47.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Hall* | 1,179 | 46.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Pamela Wilkinson* | 1,011 | 40.1 | ||
Conservative | James Allen | 685 | 27.2 | ||
Conservative | Zoe Dommett | 670 | 26.6 | ||
Conservative | David Evans | 637 | 25.2 | ||
Green | Penny Peerless | 334 | 13.2 | ||
Labour Co-op | Alan Bullion | 333 | 13.2 | ||
Green | Michael Calvert | 265 | 10.5 | ||
Green | Kate Sergeant | 240 | 9.5 | ||
Reform UK | John Spence | 209 | 8.3 | ||
Independent | Penny Kift | 180 | 7.1 | ||
Independent | Dino Myers-Lamptey | 146 | 5.8 | ||
Turnout | 2,532 | 36.9 | |||
Registered electors | 6,859 | ||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Park[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Matt Lowe | 1,240 | 44.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Corinna Keefe | 1,076 | 38.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Tara Matthews | 1,009 | 36.2 | ||
Alliance | Nick Pope* | 864 | 31.0 | ||
Conservative | Bob Atwood | 747 | 26.8 | ||
Conservative | Andrew Hobart | 712 | 25.5 | ||
Conservative | Sedat Zorba | 689 | 24.7 | ||
Green | Alasdair Fraser | 434 | 15.6 | ||
Labour | Sue Pound | 339 | 12.2 | ||
Labour | Jack Faulkner | 309 | 11.1 | ||
Reform UK | Michael Jerrom | 216 | 7.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,793 | 42.2 | |||
Registered electors | 6,616 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Alliance | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Alliance |
Pembury & Capel[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Hugh Patterson* | 1,099 | 40.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Astra Birch | 1,032 | 38.3 | ||
Independent | David Hayward* | 989 | 36.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Colin Sefton | 888 | 33.0 | ||
Independent | Suzie Wakeman* | 807 | 30.0 | ||
Conservative | Paul Barrington-King* | 797 | 29.6 | ||
Conservative | Paul Roberts* | 554 | 20.6 | ||
Conservative | Vivek Gautam | 446 | 16.6 | ||
Green | Evelien Hurst-Buist | 226 | 8.4 | ||
Labour | Anne Musker | 183 | 6.8 | ||
Turnout | 2,701 | 41.5 | |||
Registered electors | 6,513 | ||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Independent win (new seat) |
Rural Tunbridge Wells[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Lynne Darrah | 1,034 | 37.7 | ||
Conservative | Thomas Mobbs | 904 | 33.0 | ||
Alliance | David Knight* | 887 | 32.3 | ||
Conservative | Jill Andrew | 863 | 31.5 | ||
Alliance | Alison Webster* | 786 | 28.7 | ||
Green | Jenny Fox | 532 | 19.4 | ||
Green | Geoff Mason | 439 | 16.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Quentin Rappoport | 367 | 13.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Gillian Douglass | 356 | 13.0 | ||
Independent | Paul Glazier | 331 | 12.1 | ||
Green | Helen Yeo | 329 | 12.0 | ||
Labour | Kevin Kerrigan | 300 | 10.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Michael Gill | 275 | 10.0 | ||
Labour | Andrew Scott | 254 | 9.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,751 | 35.1 | |||
Registered electors | 7,828 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Alliance win (new seat) |
Rusthall & Speldhurst[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jayne Sharratt* | 1,004 | 30.9 | ||
Alliance | Matthew Sankey* | 975 | 30.0 | ||
Labour | Alex Britcher-Allan* | 886 | 27.3 | ||
Alliance | Paul Curry* | 828 | 25.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Rebecca Leach | 760 | 23.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Martin Franklin | 727 | 22.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | John Moreland | 697 | 21.4 | ||
Labour | Phil Wheeler | 687 | 21.1 | ||
Conservative | Harry Allen* | 662 | 20.4 | ||
Conservative | Aaron Brand | 612 | 18.8 | ||
Conservative | James McInroy | 597 | 18.4 | ||
Green | Stephanie Gandon | 274 | 8.4 | ||
Reform UK | Mike Hardy | 172 | 5.3 | ||
Independent | Graham Withers | 170 | 5.2 | ||
Turnout | 3,257 | 44.3 | |||
Registered electors | 7,349 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Alliance win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Sherwood[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Hugh Pound* | 721 | 39.2 | ||
Labour | Victoria Jones | 692 | 37.6 | ||
Conservative | Christian Atwood | 681 | 37.1 | ||
Conservative | Lynne Weatherly | 671 | 36.5 | ||
Labour | Shadi Rogers* | 661 | 36.0 | ||
Conservative | Richard Harrington | 647 | 35.2 | ||
Green | Sue Lovell | 225 | 12.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | William Healing | 213 | 11.6 | ||
Independent | Joe Dore | 200 | 10.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Marguerita Morton* | 188 | 10.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Yvonne Raptis | 175 | 9.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,844 | 29.1 | |||
Registered electors | 6,345 | ||||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Southborough & Bidborough[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Mark Ellis* | 1,059 | 35.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Brandon Le Page* | 1,037 | 34.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Joe Opara* | 917 | 30.8 | ||
Labour | Penny Breedon | 800 | 26.9 | ||
Conservative | Sarah Bridges | 795 | 26.7 | ||
Conservative | Peter Oakford | 792 | 26.6 | ||
Conservative | Alexander Puffette | 717 | 24.1 | ||
Labour | John Francis* | 708 | 23.8 | ||
Labour | Alain Lewis* | 683 | 23.0 | ||
Alliance | Jonathan Farina | 347 | 11.7 | ||
Green | Mark McBennett | 275 | 9.2 | ||
Independent | Len Colangelo | 213 | 7.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,986 | 40.7 | |||
Registered electors | 7,330 | ||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
St. James'[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Ben Chapelard* | 1,427 | 66.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Rob Wormington* | 1,024 | 47.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Courtney Souper | 957 | 44.3 | ||
Green | Maria Gavin | 423 | 19.6 | ||
Labour | Darren Moore | 408 | 18.9 | ||
Alliance | Kit Hawes-Webb | 370 | 17.1 | ||
Labour | Chris Stevenson | 357 | 16.5 | ||
Conservative | Misha Mitchem | 255 | 11.8 | ||
Conservative | Christopher Woodward | 246 | 11.4 | ||
Conservative | Jamie Tucker | 243 | 11.3 | ||
Independent | Colin Nicholson | 128 | 5.9 | ||
Independent | Liberty Richardson | 117 | 5.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,168 | 35.8 | |||
Registered electors | 6,050 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
St. John's[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Peter Lidstone* | 855 | 50.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Matt Fox | 810 | 47.7 | ||
Labour | Dariel Francis | 446 | 26.3 | ||
Labour | Maura Faulkner | 419 | 24.7 | ||
Conservative | Alexander Lewis-Gray | 221 | 13.0 | ||
Conservative | Rebecca Winter | 194 | 11.4 | ||
Green | Adrian Thorne | 124 | 7.3 | ||
Independent | Fran Colangelo | 99 | 5.8 | ||
Independent | Mark Nicholson | 53 | 3.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,700 | 40.4 | |||
Registered electors | 4,209 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold |
References[edit]
- ^ "Notice of election". Tunbridge Wells Borough Council. 11 March 2024. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
- ^ "Local elections 2024: Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells residents prepare to vote". BBC News. April 9, 2024.
- ^ "Statement of persons nominated". Tunbridge Wells Borough Council. 8 April 2024. Retrieved 10 April 2024.