2021 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election

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
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		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	%	±%
	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	%	±%
	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	%	±%
	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

Results summary

Culverden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Goudhurst and Lamberhurst
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

Hawkhurst and Sandhurst
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

Paddock Wood West
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