Tunbridge_Wells_Borough_Council_elections

Tunbridge Wells Borough Council elections

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One third of Tunbridge Wells Borough Council in Kent, England, is elected each year, followed by one year without election. Since the last boundary changes in 2002, 48 councillors have been elected from 20 wards.^[1]

By-election results

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Councillor		From	To
James Scholes^[4]	Conservative	1998	21 May 2002
Len Horwood	Conservative	21 May 2002	30 Jun 2004
Melvyn Howell	Conservative	30 Jun 2004	23 May 2007
Roy Bullock	Conservative	23 May 2007	19 Jan 2011
Bob Atwood	Conservative	19 Jan 2011	6 May 2012
David Jukes	Conservative	23 May 2012	5 May 2019
Alan McDermott	Conservative	22 May 2019	26 May 2021
Tom Dawlings	Conservative	26 May 2021	25 May 2022
Ben Chapelard	Liberal Democrats	25 May 2022

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	510	51.7	+2.9
	Conservative	377	38.2	+3.0
	Labour	100	10.1	-5.9
Majority		133	13.5
Turnout		987
	Liberal Democrats hold	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Independent	465	58.6	+58.6
	Conservative	328	41.4	-3.2
Majority		137	17.2
Turnout		793	21.4
	Independent gain from Liberal Democrats	Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin Bothwell	465	41.0	-4.5
	Labour	David Belchem	429	38.6	-7.1
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Bullion	171	15.4	+15.4
	UKIP	Victor Webb	55	5.0	+5.0
Majority			27	2.4
Turnout			1,111	21.7
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Ransley	500	41.6	+4.0
	Liberal Democrats	Joanna Au Brey	390	32.5	-9.4
	Labour	Maurice Knights	244	20.3	+11.7
	Green	Phyllis Leslie	66	5.5	-1.9
Majority			110	9.1
Turnout			1,200	25.1
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Symondson	699	50.0	+16.2
	Conservative	Michael Tompsett	657	47.0	-10.7
	UKIP	Vitor Webb	41	2.4	+2.4
Majority			42	3.0
Turnout			1,397	31.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Glenn Hall	788	59.8	-4.3
	Liberal Democrats	Jamie Johnson	364	27.6	+0.5
	Labour	Lorna Blackmore	94	7.1	+7.1
	UKIP	Victor Webb	71	5.4	-3.4
Majority			424	32.2
Turnout			1,317	27.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Benjamin Chapelard	649	62.0	-2.9
	Conservative	Robert Rutherford	294	28.1	-7.0
	Green	Richard Leslie	103	9.8	+9.8
Majority			355	33.9
Turnout			1,046	24.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Backhouse	422	47.6	-0.4
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Bullion	174	19.6	-6.7
	Labour	Ian Carvell	124	14.0	-2.3
	UKIP	Victor Webb	92	10.4	+1.0
	English Democrat	Joanna Stanley	75	8.5	+8.5
Majority			248	27.9
Turnout			888	18.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Claire Brown	578	43.3	+2.7
	Conservative	Robert Rutherford	460	34.5	-24.9
	UKIP	Victor Webb	297	22.2	+22.2
Majority			118	8.8
Turnout			1,335	35.4
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joe Simmons	484	43.7	-11.8
	Liberal Democrats	Trevor William Poile	434	39.3	+26.6
	UKIP	Will O'Shea	188	17.0	+1.6
Majority			49	4.4
Turnout			1,105	34.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Justine Victoria Rutland	888	46.7	+33.5
	Conservative	David Godfrey Elliott	474	24.9	-19.1
	Women's Equality	Liz Orr	193	10.2	N/A
	Alliance	Rachel Sarah Bethan Daly	180	9.5	N/A
	Labour	David James Adams	99	5.2	-14.3
	Green	Aimee Caroline Taylor	67	3.5	-7.5
Majority			414	21.8
Turnout			1,901	32.1
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	Matthew Sankey	788	49.8
	Conservative	Rowena Stanyer	730	46.1
	Labour	Aleksander Klimanski	65	4.1
Majority			58	3.7
Turnout			1,583
	Alliance gain from Conservative		Swing