Tunbridge Wells Borough Council elections
One third of
wards.[1]
Political control
The first election to the council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority before coming into its powers on 1 April 1974. Political control of the council since 1973 has been held by the following parties:[2]
Party in control | Years | |
---|---|---|
Conservative | 1973–1994 | |
No overall control | 1994–1996 | |
Liberal Democrats | 1996–1998 | |
Conservative | 1998–2021 | |
No overall control | 2021–present |
Leadership
The
leaders of the council since 1998 have been:[3]
Councillor | Party | 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 |
Council elections
- 1973 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election
- 1976 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election (new ward boundaries)[5]
- 1979 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election
- 1980 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election
- 1982 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election
- 1983 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election
- 1984 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election
- 1986 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election
- 1987 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election (borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)[6]
- 1988 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election
- 1990 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election
- 1991 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election
- 1992 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election
- 1994 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election (borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)[7]
- 1995 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election (borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)[8]
- 1996 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election
- 1998 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election — Con 27, LD 12, Lab 7, Ind 2
- 1999 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election — Con 28, LD 12, Lab 7, Ind 1
- 2000 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election — Con 31, LD 11, Lab 5, Ind 1
- 2002 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election (new ward boundaries)[9][10][11] — Con 34 LD 11, Lab 3
- 2003 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election — Con 33, LD 12, Lab 3
- 2004 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election — Con 35, LD 12, Lab 1
- 2006 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election — Con 38, LD 9, Lab 1
- 2007 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election — Con 41, LD 7
- 2008 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election — Con 44, LD 4
- 2010 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election — Con 42, LD 6
- 2011 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election
- 2012 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election — Con 39, LD 6, Lab 1, UKIP 1, Ind 1
- 2015 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election
- 2016 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election
- 2018 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election
- 2019 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election
- 2021 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election
- 2022 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election
- 2023 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election
- (figures are the resulting councillors per party after the election)
Borough result maps
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2006 results map
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2007 results map
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2008 results map
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2010 results map
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2021 results map
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2022 results map
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2023 results map
By-election results
1994–1998
Party | Candidate | 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 |
1998–2002
Party | Candidate | 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 |
2002–2006
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 |
2006–2010
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 |
2010–2014
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 |
2014–2018
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 |
2018–2022
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
References
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- ^ "Tunbridge Wells". BBC News Online. 19 April 2009. Retrieved 21 November 2010.
- ^ "Council minutes". Tunbridge Wells Borough Council. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
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- ^ The Borough of Tunbridge Wells (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976
- ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Kent (District Boundaries) Order 1987. Retrieved on 6 November 2015.
- ^ legislation.gov.uk - The East Sussex, West Sussex and Kent (County Boundaries) Order 1992. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
- ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Kent and East Sussex (County Boundaries) Order 1993. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
- ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Tunbridge Wells (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
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- ^ "Declaration of result of poll Sherwood ward" (PDF). Tunbridge Wells Borough Council. Retrieved 17 December 2010.
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