2024 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election

2024 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election

2 May 2024 (2024-05-02)
All 39 seats on Tunbridge Wells Borough Council 20 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Ben Chapelard Tom Dawlings Nicholas Pope Party Liberal Democrats Conservative Alliance Leader's seat St James' Benenden & Cranbrook Park Last election 17 seats, 25.3% 11 seats, 29.4% 9 seats, 18.1% Seats before 17 11 7   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Hugo Pound Party Labour Independent Leader's seat Sherwood Last election 8 seats, 16.3% 1 seat, 2.4% Seats before 7 4
Leader before election Ben Chapelard Liberal Democrat No overall control Leader after election TBD

The 2024 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2024 to elect members of Tunbridge Wells Borough Council in Kent, England. 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.

Summary

Election result

2024 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	39	22				56.41
	Conservative	39	7				17.95
	Labour	25	5				12.82
	Tunbridge Wells Alliance	10	4				10.26
	Independent	19	1				2.56
	Green	18	0
	Reform UK	5	0

Candidates

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.

Cranbrook, Sissinghurst & Frittenden

Cranbrook, Sissinghurst & Frittenden (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andy Fairweather*	917	21.48
	Alliance	Nancy Warne*	843	19.74
	Conservative	David Somers	640	14.99
	Conservative	John Austen	547	12.81
	Green	John Hurst	360	8.43
	Labour	Joel Turner	275	6.44
	Liberal Democrats	James Cole	197	4.61
	Liberal Democrats	Sally Moesgaard-Kjeldsen	197	4.61
	Independent	Chris Hoare	155	3.63
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Guinnessy	139	3.26
Turnout			4,270	76.9
Registered electors			5,552

Culverden

Culverden (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Justine Rutland*	1,184	18.31
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Brice*	1,128	17.44
	Liberal Democrats	David Osborne*	1,070	16.54
	Conservative	Alex Dunn	713	11.02
	Conservative	David Scott	653	10.10
	Conservative	Victoria White*	620	9.59
	Green	Victoria Moll	337	5.21
	Labour	Martin Betts	330	5.10
	Labour	Greg Holder	267	4.13
	Independent	Sam Macdonald Walmsley	166	2.57
Turnout			6,468	86.1
Registered electors			7,508

Hawkhurst, Sandhurst & Benenden

Hawkhurst, Sandhurst & Benenden (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tom Dawlings*	903	15.92
	Conservative	Beverley Palmer*	846	14.91
	Alliance	Ellen Neville*	809	14.26
	Alliance	Clare Escombe	748	13.19
	Conservative	Martin Taylor-Smith	745	13.13
	Labour	Mia Dahl	309	5.45
	Green	Debs Keech	281	4.95
	Liberal Democrats	Hazel Strouts	267	4.71
	Reform UK	Simon Hilton	248	4.37
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Dawson	228	4.02
	Liberal Democrats	Vivian Widgery	123	2.17
	Independent	Angie Ward	84	1.48
	Independent	Dan Littlechild	82	1.45
Turnout			5,673	87.31
Registered electors			6,497

High Brooms

High Brooms

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Dianne Hill*	427	55.89
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Humphreys	130	17.02
	Conservative	Freddie Mobbs	82	10.73
	Reform UK	Rick Williams	61	7.98
	Green	Paul Froome	47	6.15
	Independent	David Kain	17	2.23
Turnout			764	32.35
Registered electors			2,362

Paddock Wood

Paddock Wood (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Munday*	872	14.27
	Liberal Democrats	Don Kent	850	13.91
	Liberal Democrats	Adrian Pitts	849	13.89
	Conservative	Ros Tucker	777	12.71
	Independent	Rodney Atkins*	670	10.96
	Conservative	Nicolas Maari	609	9.97
	Conservative	John Hall	550	9.00
	Independent	Begnat Robichaud	370	6.05
	Green	Trevor Bisdee	340	5.56
	Labour	Isobel Kerrigan	224	3.67
Turnout			6,111	93.16
Registered electors			6,560

Pantiles

Pantiles (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jamie Johnson*	1,185	16.75
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Hall*	1,179	16.67
	Liberal Democrats	Pamela Wilkinson*	1,011	14.29
	Conservative	James Allen	685	9.68
	Conservative	Zoe Dommett	670	9.47
	Conservative	David Evans	637	9.00
	Green	Penny Peerless	334	4.72
	Labour Co-op	Alan Bullion	333	4.71
	Green	Michael Calvert	265	3.75
	Green	Kate Sergeant	240	3.39
	Reform UK	John Spence	209	2.95
	Independent	Penny Kift	180	2.54
	Independent	Dino Myers-Lamptey	146	2.06
Turnout			7,074	85.49
Registered electors			8.275

Park

Park (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Matt Lowe	1,240	16.24
	Liberal Democrats	Corinna Keefe	1,076	14.09
	Liberal Democrats	Tara Matthews	1,009	13.22
	Alliance	Nick Pope*	864	11.32
	Conservative	Bob Atwood	747	9.78
	Conservative	Andrew Hobart	712	9.33
	Conservative	Sedat Zorba	689	9.02
	Green	Alasdair Fraser	434	5.68
	Labour	Sue Pound	339	4.44
	Labour	Jack Faulkner	309	4.05
	Reform UK	Michael Jerrom	216	2.83
Turnout			7,635	96.40
Registered electors			7,920

Pembury & Capel

Pembury & Capel (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Hugh Patterson*	1,099	15.65
	Liberal Democrats	Astra Birch	1,032	14.70
	Independent	David Hayward*	989	14.09
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Sefton	888	12.65
	Independent	Suzie Wakeman*	807	11.49
	Conservative	Paul Barrington-King*	797	11.35
	Conservative	Paul Roberts*	554	7.89
	Conservative	Vivek Gautam	446	6.35
	Green	Evelien Hurst-Buist	226	3.22
	Labour	Anne Musker	183	2.61
Turnout			7,021	91.80
Registered electors			7,648

Rural Tunbridge Wells

Rural Tunbridge Wells (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lynne Darrah	1,034	13.50
	Conservative	Thomas Mobbs	904	11.81
	Alliance	David Knight*	887	11.58
	Conservative	Jill Andrew	863	11.27
	Alliance	Alison Webster*	786	10.27
	Green	Jenny Fox	532	6.95
	Green	Geoff Mason	439	5.73
	Liberal Democrats	Quentin Rappoport	367	4.79
	Liberal Democrats	Gillian Douglass	356	4.65
	Independent	Paul Glazier	331	4.32
	Green	Helen Yeo	329	4.30
	Labour	Kevin Kerrigan	300	3.92
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Gill	275	3.59
	Labour	Andrew Scott	254	3.32
Turnout			7,657	86.21
Registered electors			9,080

Rusthall & Speldhurst

Rusthall & Speldhurst (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jayne Sharratt*	1,004	11.09
	Alliance	Matthew Sankey*	975	10.77
	Labour	Alex Britcher-Allan*	886	9.79
	Alliance	Paul Curry*	828	9.15
	Liberal Democrats	Rebecca Leach	760	8.40
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Franklin	727	8.03
	Liberal Democrats	John Moreland	697	7.70
	Labour	Phil Wheeler	687	7.59
	Conservative	Harry Allen*	662	7.31
	Conservative	Aaron Brand	612	6.76
	Conservative	James McInroy	597	6.60
	Green	Stephanie Gandon	274	3.03
	Reform UK	Mike Hardy	172	1.90
	Independent	Graham Withers	170	1.88
Turnout
Registered electors

Sherwood

Sherwood (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hugh Pound*	721	14.2
	Labour	Victoria Jones	692	13.6
	Conservative	Christian Atwood	681	13.4
	Conservative	Lynne Weatherly	671	13.2
	Labour	Shadi Rogers*	661	13.0
	Conservative	Richard Harrington	647	12.8
	Green	Sue Lovell	225	4.4
	Liberal Democrats	William Healing	213	4.2
	Independent	Joe Dore	200	3.9
	Liberal Democrats	Marguerita Morton*	188	3.7
	Liberal Democrats	Yvonne Raptis	175	3.4
Turnout			5,074	67.6
Registered electors			7,506

Southborough & Bidborough

Southborough & Bidborough (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sarah Bridges
	Conservative	Peter Oakford
	Conservative	Alexander Puffette
	Green	Mark McBennett
	Independent	Len Colangelo
	Labour	Penny Breedon
	Labour	John Francis*
	Labour	Alain Lewis*
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Ellis*
	Liberal Democrats	Brandon Le Page*
	Liberal Democrats	Joe Opara*
	Alliance	Jonathan Farina

St. James'

St. James' (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Misha Mitchem
	Conservative	Jamie Tucker
	Conservative	Christopher Woodward
	Green	Maria Gavin
	Independent	Colin Nicholson
	Independent	Liberty Richardson
	Labour	Darren Moore
	Labour	Chris Stevenson
	Liberal Democrats	Ben Chapelard*
	Liberal Democrats	Courtney Souper
	Liberal Democrats	Rob Wormington*
	Alliance	Kit Hawes-Webb

St. John's

St. John's (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alexander Lewis-Gray
	Conservative	Rebecca Winter
	Green	Adrian Thorne
	Independent	Mark Nicholson
	Independent	Fran Colangelo
	Labour	Maura Faulkner
	Labour	Dariel Francis
	Liberal Democrats	Matt Fox
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Lidstone*