Local Election Results 2023
Tunbridge Wells
One-third of council up for election. No elections this year in Brenchley and Horsmonden, Broadwater, Capel or St James'.
RTWR = Royal Tunbridge Wells Residents Party
TWellsA = Tunbridge Wells Alliance
Other results for Tunbridge Wells:
2002
2003
2004
2006
2007
2008
2010
2011
2012
2014
2015
2016
2018
2019
2021
2022
By-elections for Tunbridge Wells (may be incomplete): 19th September 2002 (Benenden & Cranbrook)
— 11th March 2004 (Southborough & High Brooms)
— 17th March 2005 (St John's)
— 30th June 2005 (Pembury)
— 13th July 2007 (Pantiles & St Mark's)
— 7th October 2010 (St James')
— 16th December 2010 (Sherwood)
— 17th March 2011 (Pembury)
— 10th September 2015 (Southborough N.)
— 14th November 2019 (Culverden)
— 25th November 2021 (Speldhurst & Bidborough)
Results for Kent county council: 2005
2009
2013
2017
2021
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Conservative |
7808 |
29.4% |
2 |
| Liberal Democrat |
6733 |
25.3% |
5 |
| Tunbridge Wells Alliance |
4804 |
18.1% |
5 |
| Labour |
4330 |
16.3% |
3 |
| Green Party |
2177 |
8.2% |
0 |
| Independent |
391 |
1.5% |
1 |
| Royal Tunbridge Wells Residents Party |
249 |
0.9% |
0 |
| Reform UK |
83 |
0.3% |
0 |
| Nancy Warne |
TWellsA |
723 |
42.9% |
| John Austen |
C |
619 |
36.7% |
| Lorna Blackmore |
Lab |
120 |
7.1% |
| Rachael Mason |
Grn |
116 |
6.9% |
| Michael Gill |
LD |
109 |
6.5% |
| David Osborne |
LD |
1104 |
51.5% |
| Chris Woodward |
C |
580 |
27.1% |
| Michael Calvert |
Grn |
249 |
11.6% |
| Adrian Farnham |
Lab |
210 |
9.8% |
| Andy Fairweather |
C |
429 |
67.0% |
| John Hurst |
Grn |
82 |
12.8% |
| Angela Funnell |
LD |
75 |
11.7% |
| Janis Smith |
TWellsA |
54 |
8.4% |
| Alison Webster |
TWellsA |
520 |
41.6% |
| Beckie Winter |
C |
291 |
23.3% |
| Geoff Mason |
Grn |
272 |
21.7% |
| Quentin Rappoport |
LD |
96 |
7.7% |
| Anne Musker |
Lab |
72 |
5.8% |
| Godfrey Bland |
C |
800 |
48.1% |
| Heidi Eccles |
TWellsA |
291 |
17.5% |
| Mike Appelbe |
LD |
230 |
13.8% |
| Ana Draper |
Lab |
159 |
9.6% |
| Debs Keech |
Grn |
100 |
6.0% |
| Simon Hilton |
RUK |
83 |
5.0% |
| Rodney Atkins |
Ind |
391 |
35.9% |
| Nicolas Maari |
C |
309 |
28.4% |
| Matthew Bailey |
RTWR |
178 |
16.4% |
| Andrew Muir |
Lab |
108 |
9.9% |
| Penny Peerless |
Grn |
58 |
5.3% |
| Brian Guinnessy |
LD |
44 |
4.0% |
| Mark Munday |
LD |
438 |
40.4% |
| Tom Mobbs |
C |
354 |
32.7% |
| Trevor Bisdee |
Grn |
221 |
20.4% |
| Linda Store |
RTWR |
71 |
6.5% |
| Pamela Wilkinson |
LD |
1250 |
54.0% |
| David Scott |
C |
758 |
32.8% |
| Alan Bullion |
Lab |
158 |
6.8% |
| Jack Mason |
Grn |
147 |
6.4% |
| Siobhan O'Connell |
TWellsA |
868 |
38.7% |
| Christian Atwood |
C |
616 |
27.5% |
| Jules Luxford |
LD |
332 |
14.8% |
| Sue Pound |
Lab |
264 |
11.8% |
| Alasdair Fraser |
Grn |
162 |
7.2% |
| David Hayward |
TWellsA |
922 |
51.3% |
| Vivek Gautam |
C |
529 |
29.4% |
| Eugenie Ballara |
LD |
122 |
6.8% |
| Joel Turner |
Lab |
115 |
6.4% |
| Evelien Hurst-Buist |
Grn |
109 |
6.1% |
| Jayne Sharratt |
Lab |
627 |
41.5% |
| Dave Funnell |
LD |
533 |
35.3% |
| James Allen |
C |
266 |
17.6% |
| Aimee Taylor |
Grn |
86 |
5.7% |
| Marguerita Morton |
LD |
1018 |
47.9% |
| Dariel Francis |
Lab |
670 |
31.5% |
| Alexander Puffette |
C |
321 |
15.1% |
| Adrian Thorne |
Grn |
115 |
5.4% |
| Hugo Pound |
Lab |
643 |
37.3% |
| Nasir Jamil |
C |
545 |
31.6% |
| Andrew Elliott |
LD |
235 |
13.6% |
| Joseph Doré |
TWellsA |
210 |
12.2% |
| Lee Mackinnon |
Grn |
89 |
5.2% |
| John Francis |
Lab |
933 |
53.8% |
| Misha Mitchem |
C |
305 |
17.6% |
| Paul Johnson |
TWellsA |
169 |
9.7% |
| Yvonne Raptis |
LD |
165 |
9.5% |
| David Holton |
Grn |
162 |
9.3% |
| Joe Opara |
LD |
619 |
41.9% |
| Sarah Bridges |
C |
478 |
32.4% |
| Jonathan Farina |
TWellsA |
163 |
11.0% |
| Martin Betts |
Lab |
143 |
9.7% |
| Sue Lovell |
Grn |
73 |
4.9% |
| Paul Curry |
TWellsA |
884 |
42.1% |
| Aaron Brand |
C |
608 |
29.0% |
| Rebecca Leach |
LD |
363 |
17.3% |
| Steph Gandon |
Grn |
136 |
6.5% |
| Paul Froome |
Lab |
108 |
5.1% |
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