Local Election Results 2016
Tunbridge Wells
One-third of council up for election. No elections this year in Frittenden and Sissinghurst, Paddock Wood East, Paddock Wood West or Southborough North.
Other results for Tunbridge Wells:20022003200420062007200820102011201220142015201820192021202220232024
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) — 1st May 2025 (Park;St John's) — 30th October 2025 (St John's)
Results for Kent county council:200520092013201720212025
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party | Votes | Percent | Seats |
|---|
| Conservative | 11216 | 47.5% | 13 |
| Liberal Democrat | 4167 | 17.7% | 2 |
| Labour | 4163 | 17.6% | 1 |
| UK Independence Party | 3445 | 14.6% | 0 |
| Green Party | 611 | 2.6% | 0 |
| Sean Holden | C | 845 | 52.2% |
|---|
| Matthew Warne | LD | 373 | 23.1% |
|---|
| Simon Hilton | UKIP | 250 | 15.5% |
|---|
| Isobel Kerrigan | Lab | 150 | 9.3% |
|---|
| Jane March | C | 1001 | 66.0% |
|---|
| Kevin Kerrigan | Lab | 311 | 20.5% |
|---|
| Thomas Chetta | UKIP | 205 | 13.5% |
|---|
| Barbara Cobbold | C | 583 | 54.9% |
|---|
| Mark Nicholson | UKIP | 178 | 16.8% |
|---|
| James Ketteringham | Lab | 173 | 16.3% |
|---|
| Marguerita Morton | LD | 128 | 12.1% |
|---|
| Carol Mackonochie | C | 374 | 47.6% |
|---|
| Hugh Patterson | LD | 298 | 38.0% |
|---|
| Ken Gillard | UKIP | 74 | 9.4% |
|---|
| Raymond Moon | Lab | 39 | 5.0% |
|---|
| Ronen Basu | C | 780 | 44.0% |
|---|
| Carol Wilson | Lab | 346 | 19.5% |
|---|
| Alan Bullion | LD | 234 | 13.2% |
|---|
| Stephen Lukacs | UKIP | 217 | 12.2% |
|---|
| Richard Leslie | Grn | 195 | 11.0% |
|---|
| Barry Noakes | C | 663 | 60.5% |
|---|
| Russ Bishop | UKIP | 155 | 14.2% |
|---|
| Simon Fowler | Lab | 147 | 13.4% |
|---|
| Nancy Warne | LD | 130 | 11.9% |
|---|
| Beverley Palmer | C | 844 | 57.7% |
|---|
| John Austen | UKIP | 315 | 21.5% |
|---|
| David Burgess | Lab | 163 | 11.1% |
|---|
| Thomas Deacon | LD | 142 | 9.7% |
|---|
| Leonard Horwood | C | 936 | 55.5% |
|---|
| Lorna Blackmore | Lab | 229 | 13.6% |
|---|
| Dominic Mathon | LD | 207 | 12.3% |
|---|
| Christopher Stevenson | UKIP | 196 | 11.6% |
|---|
| John Hurst | Grn | 120 | 7.1% |
|---|
| Peter Bulman | C | 879 | 50.8% |
|---|
| Nick Maltby | Lab | 323 | 18.7% |
|---|
| Gillian Douglass | LD | 308 | 17.8% |
|---|
| Hazel Kelly | UKIP | 220 | 12.7% |
|---|
| David Reilly | C | 857 | 54.3% |
|---|
| David Weatherley | UKIP | 326 | 20.6% |
|---|
| Margaret Morgan | Lab | 227 | 14.4% |
|---|
| James Cole | LD | 169 | 10.7% |
|---|
| Joy Podbury | C | 515 | 42.7% |
|---|
| Colin Nicholson | UKIP | 272 | 22.6% |
|---|
| Alex Britcher | Lab | 204 | 16.9% |
|---|
| Isla McLachlan | LD | 120 | 10.0% |
|---|
| David Holton | Grn | 94 | 7.8% |
|---|
| Ben Chapelard | LD | 1101 | 71.2% |
|---|
| Harry Allen | C | 186 | 12.0% |
|---|
| Linda Jagger | Lab | 153 | 9.9% |
|---|
| Naz Mian | UKIP | 106 | 6.9% |
|---|
| Peter Lidstone | LD | 756 | 43.3% |
|---|
| David Scott | C | 515 | 29.5% |
|---|
| Timothy Rich | Lab | 244 | 14.0% |
|---|
| Christine Marshall | UKIP | 127 | 7.3% |
|---|
| Phyllis Leslie | Grn | 105 | 6.0% |
|---|
| Frank Williams | C | 655 | 46.1% |
|---|
| Chris Hoare | UKIP | 395 | 27.8% |
|---|
| Martin Betts | Lab | 261 | 18.4% |
|---|
| Mark Bicknell | LD | 110 | 7.7% |
|---|
| Dianne Hill | Lab | 910 | 52.3% |
|---|
| Christopher Camp | C | 444 | 25.5% |
|---|
| Keith Murray-Jenkins | UKIP | 197 | 11.3% |
|---|
| Matt Lyons | Grn | 97 | 5.6% |
|---|
| Jo Wright | LD | 91 | 5.2% |
|---|
| Julian Stanyer | C | 1139 | 69.7% |
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| Ann Tyler | Lab | 283 | 17.3% |
|---|
| William O'Shea | UKIP | 212 | 13.0% |
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