title: 2019 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election
text: # 2019 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election
  
  The 2019 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect one third of Tunbridge Wells Borough Council in England. The Conservatives retained control of the council, but with a reduced majority.
  
  ## Results summary
  
  2019 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election :
  
  | Party | Party | This election | This election | This election | Full council | Full council | Full council | This election | This election | This election |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Party | Party | Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− |
  | | Conservative | 5 | 13 | 27.8 | 23 | 28 | 60.4 | 7,582 | 29.1 | 13.7 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | 5 | 5 | 27.8 | 4 | 9 | 18.8 | 7,309 | 28.1 | 5.0 |
  | | Alliance | 5 | 5 | 27.8 | 1 | 6 | 12.5 | 4,008 | 15.4 | 4.7 |
  | | Labour | 2 | 2 | 10.5 | 2 | 4 | 8.4 | 3,387 | 13.0 | 8.5 |
  | | Independent | 1 | 1 | 5.6 | 0 | 1 | 2.1 | 1,114 | 4.3 | N/A |
  | | UKIP | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,290 | 5.0 | 4.5 |
  | | Women's Equality | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 670 | 2.6 | 1.4 |
  | | Green | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 663 | 2.5 | 2.3 |
  
  ## Results by Ward
  
  ### Benenden and Cranbook
  
  Benenden and Cranbook :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Alliance | Nancy Warne | 771 | 43 | N/A |
  | | Conservative | Sally-Ann Marks | 706 | 39 | -11 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Wendy Fitzsimmons | 214 | 12 | -12 |
  | | Labour | Anne Musker | 109 | 6 | -3 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 65 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,879 | 36 | |
  | | Alliance gain from Conservative | Alliance gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
  
  ### Culverden
  
  Culverden :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | James Rands | 723 | 32 | +17 |
  | | Women's Equality | Elizabeth Orr | 570 | 25 | N/A |
  | | Conservative | Nasir Jamil | 560 | 25 | -24 |
  | | Labour | David Adams | 237 | 11 | -4 |
  | | UKIP | Paul Standing | 155 | 7 | -4 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 153 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,262 | 39 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
  
  ### Frittenden and Sissinghurst
  
  Frittenden and Sissinghurst :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Andrew Fairweather | 347 | 46 | ±0 |
  | | Alliance | John Smith | 321 | 43 | +14 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Brian Guinnessy | 80 | 11 | +2 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 26 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 751 | 45 | |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
  
  ### Goudhurst and Lamberhurst
  
  Goudhurst and Lamberhurst :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Linda Hall | 505 | 39 | -25 |
  | | Independent | David Knight | 487 | 38 | N/A |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Jeremy Stirling | 184 | 14 | +3 |
  | | Labour | Simon Fowler | 122 | 9 | -3 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 18 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,312 | 38 | |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
  
  ### Hawkhurst and Sandhurst
  
  Hawkhurst and Sandhurst :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Godfrey Bland* | 797 | 55 | -5 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Helena Waters | 545 | 37 | +26 |
  | | Labour | Ana-Mari Draper | 137 | 8 | -3 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 252 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,515 | 32 | |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
  
  ### Paddock Wood East
  
  Paddock Wood East :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Independent | Rodney Atkins | 416 | 43 | N/A |
  | | Conservative | Sarah Hamilton* | 329 | 34 | -20 |
  | | Independent | William Hills | 324 | 34 | N/A |
  | | Conservative | Christopher Camp | 222 | 23 | -31 |
  | | Labour | Derek Boyle | 126 | 13 | +1 |
  | | Green | Josephine Wilby | 93 | 10 | N/A |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Martin Brice | 84 | 9 | +1 |
  | | Labour | Robert Seggie | 84 | 9 | -3 |
  | | Green | Amanda Wells | 82 | 8 | N/A |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Martin Huebscher | 53 | 5 | -3 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 5 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 969 | 31.5 | |
  | | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
  
  ### Paddock Wood West
  
  Paddock Wood West :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Matthew Bailey | 289 | 31 | -20 |
  | | Labour | Raymond Moon | 289 | 31 | +10 |
  | | UKIP | Tracey Goacher | 120 | 13 | -8 |
  | | Green | Trevor Bisdee | 119 | 13 | N/A |
  | | Liberal Democrats | James Cole | 108 | 12 | +5 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 0 | 0 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 941 | 33 | |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
  
  ### Pantiles and St. Mark's
  
  Pantiles and St. Mark's :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Hickey | 1,346 | 60 | +47 |
  | | Conservative | Lawrence Heasman* | 554 | 25 | -32 |
  | | Green | John Hurst | 152 | 7 | -3 |
  | | Women's Equality | Céline Thomas | 100 | 4 | N/A |
  | | Labour | Patricia Fowlie | 93 | 4 | -8 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 792 | 35 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,279 | 45 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
  
  ### Park
  
  Park :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Alliance | Christian Attwood | 1,125 | 50 | N/A |
  | | Alliance | Rebecca Bruneau | 1,088 | 48 | N/A |
  | | Conservative | Tracy Moore* | 539 | 24 | -30 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Rachel Sadler | 486 | 21 | +3 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Gillian Douglass | 482 | 21 | +3 |
  | | Conservative | Victoria White | 437 | 19 | -35 |
  | | Labour | Linda Jagger | 211 | 9 | -7 |
  | | Independent | Victor Webb | 211 | 9 | N/A |
  | | UKIP | Michael Jerrom | 128 | 6 | -6 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 549 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,271 | 40.7 | |
  | | Alliance gain from Conservative | Alliance gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
  | | Alliance gain from Conservative | Alliance gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
  
  ### Pembury
  
  Pembury :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Alliance | David Hayward | 784 | 44 | N/A |
  | | Conservative | Susan Nuttall* | 484 | 27 | -25 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Colin Sefton | 165 | 9 | -2 |
  | | Green | Richard Bayles | 125 | 7 | N/A |
  | | UKIP | Joel Turner | 114 | 6 | -18 |
  | | Labour | Joel Turner | 90 | 5 | -9 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 300 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,767 | 40 | |
  | | Alliance gain from Conservative | Alliance gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
  
  ### Rusthall
  
  Rusthall :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | David Funnell | 547 | 41 | +28 |
  | | Labour | Bjorn Simpole | 346 | 26 | +4 |
  | | Conservative | David Pate | 283 | 21 | -12 |
  | | UKIP | Alun Elder-Brown | 144 | 11 | -6 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 153 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,329 | 37 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
  
  ### Sherwood
  
  Sherwood :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Hugo Pound | 517 | 34 | +15 |
  | | Conservative | Samantha White | 506 | 33 | -16 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Alan Bullion | 268 | 18 | +9 |
  | | UKIP | Christopher Hoare | 233 | 15 | -8 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 11 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,541 | 29 | |
  | | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
  
  ### Southborough and High Brooms
  
  Southborough and High Brooms :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Luke Everitt | 845 | 50 | +14 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Alexis Bird | 352 | 21 | +11 |
  | | Conservative | Mark Puller | 309 | 18 | -20 |
  | | UKIP | Christine Marshall | 195 | 11 | -5 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 493 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,714 | 32 | |
  | | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
  
  ### Southborough North
  
  Southborough North :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Trevor Poile | 691 | 53 | +38 |
  | | Conservative | David Elliott* | 414 | 31 | -27 |
  | | Labour | Nicholas Blackwell | 135 | 10 | -6 |
  | | UKIP | Stephen Lukacs | 76 | 6 | -5 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 277 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,322 | 42 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
  
  ### Speldhurst and Bidborough
  
  Speldhurst and Bidborough :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Alliance | Lucinda Willis | 1,007 | 51 | N/A |
  | | Conservative | John Jukes* | 613 | 31 | -33 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Iola Palmer-Stirling | 351 | 12 | -2 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 394 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,990 | 43 | |
  | | Alliance gain from Conservative | Alliance gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
  
  ### St. John's
  
  St. John's :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Marguerita Morton | 1,165 | 59 | +34 |
  | | Conservative | Peter Oakford* | 347 | 18 | -23 |
  | | Green | Benjamin Phillips | 174 | 9 | -1 |
  | | Labour | Louise Reid | 154 | 8 | -6 |
  | | UKIP | Robert Horan | 125 | 6 | -5 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 818 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,981 | 39 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
  