The 2021 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2021 to elect one third of Tunbridge Wells Borough Council in England.[1]
2021 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Conservative | 9 | 6 | 47.4 | 15 | 24 | 50.0 | 13,105 | 36.9 | +8.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | 7 | 4 | 36.8 | 6 | 13 | 27.1 | 9,524 | 26.8 | -0.4 | |
Alliance | 1 | 1 | 5.3 | 5 | 6 | 12.5 | 4,540 | 12.8 | -4.9 | |
Labour | 2 | 1 | 10.5 | 3 | 5 | 10.4 | 5,955 | 16.8 | +4.7 | |
Green | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2,269 | 6.4 | +3.8 | ||
UKIP | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 95 | 0.3 | -4.2 | ||
Reform UK | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 31 | 0.1 | New |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Sean Holden | 989 | 48.6 | −3.8 | |
Alliance | Lee Hatcher | 587 | 28.9 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Thomas Gardner | 152 | 7.5 | −15.6 | |
Labour | James Groome | 147 | 7.2 | −2.1 | |
Green | John Hurst | 128 | 6.3 | N/A | |
Reform UK | Toby Stripp | 31 | 1.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 402 | 19.7 | |||
Turnout | 2,039 | 38.7 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Jane March | 838 | 45.7 | −20.3 | |
Alliance | James Spencer | 490 | 26.7 | N/A | |
Labour | Kevin Kerrigan | 233 | 12.7 | −7.8 | |
Green | Louise Wilby | 161 | 8.8 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Alexis Bird | 111 | 6.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 348 | 19.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,843 | 44.4 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Christopher Hall | 460 | 33.7 | +21.6 | |
Conservative | Barbara Cobbold | 419 | 30.7 | −24.2 | |
Green | Adrian Thorne | 361 | 26.4 | N/A | |
Labour | Marcus Chapman | 94 | 6.9 | −9.4 | |
UKIP | Alun Elder-Brown | 31 | 2.3 | −14.5 | |
Majority | 41 | 3.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,369 | 41.9 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Hugh Patterson | 717 | 75.2 | +37.2 | |
Conservative | Carol MacKonochie | 187 | 19.6 | −28.0 | |
Green | Christine Spicer | 17 | 1.8 | N/A | |
Labour | Wendy Day | 16 | 1.7 | −3.3 | |
UKIP | Christopher Hoare | 16 | 1.7 | −7.7 | |
Majority | 530 | 55.6 | |||
Turnout | 957 | 53.4 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Justine Rutland | 1,349 | 53.7 | +40.5 | |
Conservative | Maryna Cole | 829 | 33.0 | −11.0 | |
Labour | Lucia Cligaris-Adams | 333 | 13.3 | −6.2 | |
Majority | 520 | 20.7 | |||
Turnout | 2,533 | 41.0 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alliance | David Knight | 641 | 40.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | Colin Noakes | 613 | 38.2 | −22.3 | |
Labour | Simon Fowler | 133 | 8.3 | −5.1 | |
Green | Geoffrey Mason | 119 | 7.4 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Quentin Rappoport | 97 | 6.1 | −5.8 | |
Majority | 28 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,607 | 45.1 | |||
Alliance gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Beverley Palmer | 1,100 | 58.2 | +0.5 | |
Alliance | Ellen Neville | 403 | 21.3 | N/A | |
Labour | Ana-Mari Draper | 158 | 8.4 | −2.7 | |
Green | Johanna Williamson | 130 | 6.9 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Brian Guinnessy | 99 | 5.2 | −4.5 | |
Majority | 697 | 36.9 | |||
Turnout | 1,894 | 38.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Hills | 461 | 38.6 | ||
Labour | Raymond Moon | 369 | 30.9 | ||
Green | Trevor Bisdee | 304 | 25.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | James Cole | 59 | 4.9 | ||
Majority | 92 | 7.7 | |||
Turnout | 1,202 | 40.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Wendy Fitzsimmons | 1,259 | 48.1 | +35.8 | |
Conservative | Liam Randall | 946 | 36.1 | −19.4 | |
Green | Evelien Hurst-Buist | 228 | 8.7 | +1.6 | |
Labour | Jemima Blackmore | 184 | 7.0 | −6.6 | |
Majority | 313 | 12.0 | |||
Turnout | 2,629 | 50.3 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Victoria White | 887 | 35.7 | −15.1 | |
Alliance | Suzanne Wakeman | 632 | 25.4 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Anne Sillivan | 414 | 16.7 | −1.1 | |
Labour | Susan Pound | 332 | 13.4 | −5.3 | |
Green | Alasdair Fraser | 219 | 8.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 255 | 10.3 | |||
Turnout | 2,501 | 43.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Paul Roberts | 907 | 46.2 | −8.1 | |
Alliance | Angela Ward | 675 | 34.4 | N/A | |
Labour | Paul Webster | 208 | 10.6 | −3.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Yvonne Raptis | 173 | 8.8 | −1.9 | |
Majority | 232 | 11.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,972 | 44.3 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Katherine Britcher-Allan | 572 | 35.7 | +18.8 | |
Conservative | James Allen | 455 | 28.4 | −14.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Angela Funnell | 436 | 27.2 | +17.2 | |
Green | Aimee Taylor | 141 | 8.8 | +1.0 | |
Majority | 117 | 7.3 | |||
Turnout | 1,613 | 43.9 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lance Goodship | 960 | 50.7 | +4.6 | |
Labour | Shadi Rogers | 724 | 38.2 | +19.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alan Bullion | 211 | 11.1 | +3.4 | |
Majority | 236 | 12.5 | |||
Turnout | 1,920 | 38.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Dianne Hill | 1,033 | 52.5 | +0.2 | |
Conservative | Nasir Jamil | 576 | 29.3 | +3.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Aqab Malik | 162 | 8.2 | +3.0 | |
Green | Anthony Hoskin | 150 | 7.6 | +2.0 | |
UKIP | Christine Marshall | 48 | 2.4 | −8.9 | |
Majority | 457 | 23.2 | |||
Turnout | 1,994 | 36.1 | |||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Harry Allen | 912 | 39.4 | −30.3 | |
Conservative | David Stanyer | 860 | 37.2 | −32.5 | |
Alliance | Matthew Sankey | 626 | 27.1 | N/A | |
Alliance | Anne Backshell | 486 | 21.0 | N/A | |
Green | Clare Himmer | 311 | 13.4 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Jeremy Stirling | 290 | 12.5 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Martin Brice | 246 | 10.6 | N/A | |
Labour | Millie Gray | 176 | 7.6 | −9.7 | |
Labour | Anne Musker | 174 | 7.5 | −9.8 | |
Turnout | 2,313 | 49.3 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Benjamin Chapelard | 1,231 | 68.0 | −3.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Robert Wormington | 920 | 50.8 | −20.4 | |
Conservative | Thelma Huggett | 295 | 16.3 | +4.3 | |
Conservative | Alexander Lewis-Grey | 285 | 15.7 | +3.7 | |
Labour | Rosanagh Mockett | 258 | 14.2 | +4.3 | |
Labour | Alexander Klimanski | 219 | 12.1 | +2.2 | |
Turnout | 1,811 | 41.5 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Peter Lidstone | 1,138 | 49.2 | +5.9 | |
Labour | Michael Tapp | 592 | 25.6 | +11.6 | |
Conservative | Thomas Clowes-Pritchard | 583 | 25.2 | −4.3 | |
Majority | 546 | 23.6 | |||
Turnout | 2,336 | 44.7 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alliance | Matthew Sankey | 788 | 49.8 | +22.7 | |
Conservative | Rowena Stanyer | 730 | 46.1 | +6.7 | |
Labour | Aleksander Klimanski | 65 | 4.1 | −3.5 | |
Majority | 58 | 3.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,587 | 34.7 | |||
Alliance gain from Conservative | Swing | 8.0 |