Local Election Results 2018
Tunbridge Wells
One-third of council up for election. No elections this year in Capel, Frittenden and Sissinghurst, Goudhurst and Lamberhurst or Rusthall.
TWellsA = Tunbridge Wells Alliance
WEP = Women's Equality Party
Other results for Tunbridge Wells:20022003200420062007200820102011201220142015201620192021202220232024
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 | 11134 | 42.8% | 12 |
| Liberal Democrat | 6020 | 23.1% | 2 |
| Labour | 5587 | 21.5% | 1 |
| Tunbridge Wells Alliance | 2782 | 10.7% | 1 |
| Women's Equality Party | 323 | 1.2% | 0 |
| UK Independence Party | 126 | 0.5% | 0 |
| Green Party | 65 | 0.2% | 0 |
| Tom Dawlings | C | 854 | 50.0% |
|---|
| John Smith | TWellsA | 542 | 31.8% |
|---|
| Anne Musker | Lab | 175 | 10.3% |
|---|
| Saul Clackson | LD | 136 | 8.0% |
|---|
| Alan McDermott | C | 951 | 65.5% |
|---|
| Kelly Llewellyn | Lab | 262 | 18.0% |
|---|
| Zoe Norman | LD | 240 | 16.5% |
|---|
| Chris Woodward | C | 479 | 39.2% |
|---|
| Christopher Hall | LD | 471 | 38.5% |
|---|
| Louise Reid | Lab | 213 | 17.4% |
|---|
| Alan Elder-Brown | UKIP | 59 | 4.8% |
|---|
| David Scott | C | 663 | 30.0% |
|---|
| Lucy Willis | TWellsA | 499 | 22.6% |
|---|
| Martin Brice | LD | 400 | 18.1% |
|---|
| Carol Wilson | Lab | 327 | 14.8% |
|---|
| Liz Orr | WEP | 323 | 14.6% |
|---|
| Patrick Thomson | C | 1012 | 67.7% |
|---|
| Ana Draper | Lab | 261 | 17.5% |
|---|
| Clare Bishop | LD | 221 | 14.8% |
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| Allan Gooda | C | 430 | 44.4% |
|---|
| Rodney Atkins | TWellsA | 265 | 27.3% |
|---|
| Derek Boyle | Lab | 196 | 20.2% |
|---|
| Gillian Douglass | LD | 78 | 8.0% |
|---|
| Elizabeth Thomas | C | 425 | 45.2% |
|---|
| Raymond Moon | Lab | 235 | 25.0% |
|---|
| Brian Ransley | TWellsA | 143 | 15.2% |
|---|
| James Cole | LD | 72 | 7.7% |
|---|
| Trevor Bisdee | Grn | 65 | 6.9% |
|---|
| James Scholes | C | 983 | 47.8% |
|---|
| Andy Hickey | LD | 729 | 35.5% |
|---|
| Lorna Blackmore | Lab | 344 | 16.7% |
|---|
| Nick Pope | TWellsA | 773 | 34.0% |
|---|
| Catherine Rankin | C | 630 | 27.7% |
|---|
| Rachel Sadler | LD | 533 | 23.5% |
|---|
| Hugo Pound | Lab | 335 | 14.8% |
|---|
| Paul Barrington-King | C | 1014 | 63.5% |
|---|
| Colin Sefton | LD | 301 | 18.8% |
|---|
| Sarah Carpenter | Lab | 282 | 17.7% |
|---|
| David Neve | LD | 762 | 50.5% |
|---|
| Steve Bowser | TWellsA | 270 | 17.9% |
|---|
| Isobel Kerrigan | Lab | 246 | 16.3% |
|---|
| Matt Bailey | C | 230 | 15.3% |
|---|
| Mark Ellis | LD | 1038 | 46.9% |
|---|
| Bjorn Simpole | Lab | 599 | 27.1% |
|---|
| Nasir Jamil | C | 575 | 26.0% |
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| Bob Backhouse | C | 633 | 39.0% |
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| Seb St John | Lab | 520 | 32.0% |
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| Nick Twist | TWellsA | 290 | 17.9% |
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| Alan Bullion | LD | 113 | 7.0% |
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| Chris Hoare | UKIP | 67 | 4.1% |
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| Alain Bryan | Lab | 1094 | 62.2% |
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| Harry Allen | C | 455 | 25.9% |
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| Marguerita Morton | LD | 211 | 12.0% |
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| Joe Simmons | C | 614 | 50.5% |
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| Trevor Poile | LD | 354 | 29.1% |
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| Martin Betts | Lab | 247 | 20.3% |
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| Julia Soyke | C | 1186 | 66.0% |
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| Jackie Prance | LD | 361 | 20.1% |
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| David Adams | Lab | 251 | 14.0% |
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