2024 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election

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2 May 2024 (2024-05-02)

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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 will take place on 2 May 2024 to elect members of Tunbridge Wells Borough Council in Kent, England.^[1] This will be 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

Election result

2024 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	39
	Conservative	39
	Tunbridge Wells Alliance	10
	Labour	25
	Independent	19
	Green	18
	Reform UK	5

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.^[3]

Cranbrook, Sissinghurst & Frittenden

Cranbrook, Sissinghurst & Frittenden (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Austen
	Conservative	Andy Fairweather*
	Conservative	David Somers
	Green	John Hurst
	Independent	Chris Hoare
	Labour	Joel Turner
	Liberal Democrats	James Cole
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Guinnessy
	Liberal Democrats	Sally Moesgaard-Kjeldsen
	Alliance	Nancy Warne*

Culverden

Culverden (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alex Dunn
	Conservative	David Scott
	Conservative	Victoria White*
	Green	Victoria Moll
	Independent	Sam Macdonald Walmsley
	Labour	Martin Betts
	Labour	Greg Holder
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Brice*
	Liberal Democrats	David Osborne*
	Liberal Democrats	Justine Rutland*

Hawkhurst, Sandhurst & Benenden

Hawkhurst, Sandhurst & Benenden (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tom Dawlings*
	Conservative	Beverley Palmer*
	Conservative	Martin Taylor-Smith
	Green	Debs Keech
	Independent	Dan Littlechild
	Independent	Angie Ward
	Labour	Mia Dahl
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Dawson
	Liberal Democrats	Hazel Strouts
	Liberal Democrats	Vivian Widgery
	Reform UK	Simon Hilton
	Alliance	Clare Escombe
	Alliance	Ellen Neville*

High Brooms

High Brooms
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Freddie Mobbs
	Green	Paul Froome
	Independent	David Kain
	Labour Co-op	Dianne Hill*
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Humphreys
	Reform UK	Rick Williams

Paddock

Paddock (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Hall
	Conservative	Nicolas Maari
	Conservative	Ros Tucker
	Green	Trevor Bisdee
	Independent	Rodney Atkins*
	Independent	Begnat Robichaud
	Labour	Isobel Kerrigan
	Liberal Democrats	Don Kent
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Munday*
	Liberal Democrats	Adrian Pitts

Pantiles

Pantiles (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Allen
	Conservative	Zoe Dommett
	Conservative	David Evans
	Green	Michael Calvert
	Green	Penny Peerless
	Green	Kate Sergeant
	Independent	Penny Kift
	Independent	Dino Myers-Lamptey
	Labour Co-op	Alan Bullion
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Hall*
	Liberal Democrats	Jamie Johnson*
	Liberal Democrats	Pamela Wilkinson*
	Reform UK	John Spence

Park

Park (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bob Atwood
	Conservative	Andrew Hobart
	Conservative	Sedat Zorba
	Green	Alasdair Fraser
	Labour	Jack Faulkner
	Labour	Sue Pound
	Liberal Democrats	Corinna Keefe
	Liberal Democrats	Matt Lowe
	Liberal Democrats	Tara Matthews
	Reform UK	Michael Jerrom
	Alliance	Nick Pope*

Pembury & Capel

Pembury & Capel (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Barrington-King*
	Conservative	Vivek Gautam
	Conservative	Paul Roberts*
	Green	Evelien Hurst-Buist
	Independent	David Hayward*
	Independent	Suzie Wakeman*
	Labour	Anne Musker
	Liberal Democrats	Astra Birch
	Liberal Democrats	Hugh Patterson*
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Sefton

Royal Tunbridge Wells

Royal Tunbridge Wells (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jill Andrew
	Conservative	Lynne Darrah
	Conservative	Thomas Mobbs
	Green	Jenny Fox
	Green	Geoff Mason
	Green	Helen Yeo
	Independent	Paul Glazier
	Labour	Kevin Kerrigan
	Labour	Andrew Scott
	Liberal Democrats	Gillian Douglass
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Gill
	Liberal Democrats	Quentin Rappoport
	Alliance	David Knight*
	Alliance	Alison Webster*

Rusthall & Speldhurst

Rusthall & Speldhurst (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Harry Allen*
	Conservative	Aaron Brand
	Conservative	James McInroy
	Green	Stephanie Gandon
	Independent	Graham Withers
	Labour	Alex Britcher-Allan*
	Labour	Jayne Sharratt*
	Labour	Phil Wheeler
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Franklin
	Liberal Democrats	Rebecca Leach
	Liberal Democrats	John Moreland
	Reform UK	Mike Hardy
	Alliance	Paul Curry*
	Alliance	Matthew Sankey*

Sherwood

Sherwood (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christian Atwood
	Conservative	Richard Harrington
	Conservative	Lynne Weatherly
	Green	Sue Lovell
	Independent	Joe Dore
	Labour	Victoria Jones
	Labour	Hugh Pound*
	Labour	Shadi Rogers*
	Liberal Democrats	William Healing
	Liberal Democrats	Marguerita Morton*
	Liberal Democrats	Yvonne Raptis

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*

References

^ "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.

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