2025 Kent County Council election

The 2025 Kent County Council election took place on 1 May 2025 to elect members to Kent County Council in Kent, England.^[1] Reform UK won a majority of the 81 seats, as the Conservatives lost the vast majority of their seats including most of the Cabinet. Reform won all seats in the Ashford, Dartford, Dover, Gravesham and Thanet districts.

2025 Kent County Council election

← 2021 1 May 2025 2029 →
All 81 seats to Kent County Council 41 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Ref Con Leader Linden Kemkaran Antony Hook Roger Gough (defeated) Party Reform UK Liberal Democrats Conservative Leader since 22 May 2025 2 June 2021 4 October 2019 Leader's seat Maidstone South East Faversham Sevenoaks North & Darent Valley Last election 0 seats, 0.4% 6 seats, 11.1% 62 seats, 49.1% Seats before 3 6 58 Seats won 57 12 5 Seat change 57 6 57 Popular vote 173,145 55,375 101,136 Percentage 37.0% 11.8% 21.6% Swing 36.6 pp 0.7 pp 27.5 pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Grn Lab SI Leader Rich Lehmann Alister Brady Mike Baldock (defeated) Party Green Labour Swale Ind. Last election 4 seats, 13.8% 7 seats, 20.5% 1 seat, 1.6% Seats before 5 6 1 Seats won 5 2 0 Seat change 1 5 1 Popular vote 64,010 61,339 5,083 Percentage 13.7% 13.1% 1.1% Swing 0.1 pp 7.4 pp 0.5 pp   Seventh party   Res Leader N/A Party Residents Last election 1 seat, 0.5% Seats before 0 Seats won 0 Seat change 1 Popular vote 641 Percentage 0.1% Swing 0.3 pp
Division map (solid) Division map (gradient)
Leader before election Roger Gough Conservative Leader after election Linden Kemkaran Reform UK

This was on the same day as other local elections; Kent County Council had asked for the election to be postponed under the devolution programme but this was rejected, so the election was held as planned.^[2][3]

Background

In the 2021 election, the Conservatives won 62 seats, giving them a majority and control of the council. The Labour Party were the second biggest party with 7 seats, followed by the Liberal Democrats with 6 seats and the Greens with 1 seat.^[4] Mike Baldock of the Swale Independents was elected in Swale West.^[5]

Several by-elections took place between the 2021 and 2025 elections:

  Conservative   Green   Liberal Democrat   Residents   Reform UK

By-elections

Division	Date	Incumbent		Winner		Cause	Ref.
Wilmington	27 January 2022		Ann Allen		Av Sandhu	Death	[6][7]
Hythe West	2 March 2023		Andy Weatherhead		Jenni Hawkins	Resignation	[8][9]
Sheppey	5 May 2023		Cameron Beart		Mike Whiting	Death	[10][11]
Maidstone Central	6 July 2023		Dan Daley		Chris Passmore	Death	[12][13]
Swanscombe and Greenhithe	21 November 2024		Peter Harman		Thomas Mallon	Death	[14][15]

In March 2024, councillor Trevor Shonk of Ramsgate left the Conservative Party to join the Thanet Independents.^[16] Later that month, councillor Mike Whiting of Sheppey was suspended from the Conservatives following a drink driving conviction and sat the rest of his term as an independent.^[17]

In the 2024 general election, the Labour Party won 10 of the Kent seats from the Conservatives (Ashford, Chatham and Aylesford, Dartford, Dover and Deal, Folkestone and Hythe, Gillingham and Rainham, Gravesham, Rochester and Strood, Sittingbourne and Sheppey and East Thanet), while retaining Canterbury. The Liberal Democrats won Tunbridge Wells from the Conservatives, who retained Faversham and Mid Kent, Maidstone and Malling, Herne Bay and Sandwich, Sevenoaks and Tonbridge while winning the new Weald of Kent seat. Overall, of the Kent seats, the Labour Party won 11, the Conservative Party won 6 and the Liberal Democrats won 1.^[18]

In October 2024, councillor Barry Lewis of Margate was deselected by the Labour Party for the upcoming election citing "concerning comments" and allegations of election betting, leading him to leave the party and serve the rest of his term as an independent.^[19][20] In January 2025, councillor Dirk Ross of Ashford South left the Conservative Party to sit as an independent.^[21]

Previous council composition

Seats held by each party

Party		After 2021 election	Before 2025 election[22]
	Conservative	62	57
	Labour	7	6
	Liberal Democrats	6	6
	Green	4	5
	Reform UK	0	3
	Swale Ind.	1	1
	Heritage	0	1
	Independent	0	2
	Swanscombe & Greenhithe Residents' Association	1	0

Changes 2021–2025

• October 2021: Ann Allen (Conservative) dies – by-election held January 2022^[6]
• January 2022: Av Sandhu (Conservative) wins by-election^[7]
• November 2022: Andy Weatherhead (Conservative) resigns – by-election held March 2023^[8]
• January 2023: Cameron Beart (Conservative) dies – by-election held May 2023^[10]
• March 2023: Jenni Hawkins (Green) gains by-election from Conservatives; Dan Daley (Liberal Democrats) dies – by-election held July 2023
• May 2023: Mike Whiting (Conservative) wins by-election^[11]
• July 2023: Chris Passmore (Liberal Democrats) wins by-election^[13]
• March 2024: Trevor Shonk (Conservative) joins Thanet Independents;^[16] Mike Whiting (Conservative) suspended by party^[17]
• August 2024: Peter Harman (Swanscombe & Greenhithe Residents' Association) dies – by-election held November 2024^[14]
• October 2024: Barry Lewis (Labour) suspended from party^[19]
• November 2024: Thomas Mallon (Reform UK) gains by-election from Residents' Association^[15]
• January 2025: Dirk Ross (Conservative) leaves party to sit as an independent^[21]
• March 2025: Trevor Shonk (Thanet Independents) and Dirk Ross (independent) join Reform UK;^[23] Becki Bruneau (Conservative) joins Heritage Party^[24]

Opinion polling

Voting intention

Date(s) conducted	Pollster	Client	Sample size	Area	Con	Lab	Grn	LD	Ref	Others	Lead
1 – 10 Mar 2025	Electoral Calculus[25]	Daily Telegraph	5,421	GB	27%	19%	8%	12%	29%	5%	2
6 May 2021	2021 local elections		–	–	49.1%	20.5%	13.8%	11.1%	0.4%	5.1%	28.6

Seat projections

Date(s) conducted	Pollster	Client	Sample size	Area	Con	Lab	Grn	LD	Ref	Others	Majority
1 – 10 Mar 2025	Electoral Calculus[26]	Daily Telegraph	5,421	GB	25	3	2	9	41	1	1
6 May 2021	2021 local elections		–	–	62	7	4	6	0	2	43

Summary

The election saw Reform UK win a majority of the seats on the council for the first time, taking 57 of the council's 81 seats. The Conservatives lost the majority they had held since 1997, and their leader Roger Gough lost his seat.^[27] Reform UK chose Linden Kemkaran, who had not been a councillor prior to the election, to be their group leader.^[28] She was formally appointed as the new leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 22 May 2025.^[29][30]

Election result

2025 Kent County Council election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Reform UK	81	57	57	0	57	70.4	37.0	173,145	+36.6
	Liberal Democrats	73	12	7	1	6	14.8	11.8	55,375	+0.7
	Conservative	81	5	0	57	57	6.2	21.6	101,152	–27.5
	Green	75	5	2	1	1	6.2	13.7	64,010	–0.1
	Labour	81	2	0	5	5	2.5	13.0	60,839	–7.5
	Swale Ind.	4	0	0	1	1	0.0	1.1	5,083	–0.5
	Independent	7	0	0	0		0.0	0.6	3,009	–1.3
	Alliance	6	0	0	0		0.0	0.4	1,968	+0.1
	Ashford Ind.	2	0	0	0		0.0	0.3	1,303	N/A
	Residents	1	0	0	1	1	0.0	0.1	641	–0.4
	Independents for Tunbridge Wells	5	0	0	0		0.0	0.1	599	N/A
	Heritage	4	0	0	0		0.0	<0.1	223	N/A
	Homeland	2	0	0	0		0.0	<0.1	114	N/A
	Socialist (GB)	2	0	0	0	0	0.0	<0.1	85	±0.0
	British Democrats	1	0	0	0		0.0	<0.1	70	N/A

Division results by district

^[31]

Ashford

Ashford district summary

Party		Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	Reform UK	7	7	14,754	41.8	N/A
	Conservative	0	6	7,622	21.6	–35.7
	Green	0	1	5,231	14.8	–1.9
	Labour	0		4,161	11.8	–5.7
	Liberal Democrats	0		2,154	6.1	–1.5
	Ashford Ind.	0		1,303	3.7	N/A
	Heritage	0		75	0.2	N/A
Total		7		35,300	34.8
Registered electors				101,316	–

Division results

Ashford Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform UK	Pamela Williams	1,939	40.4	N/A
	Conservative	Paul Bartlett*	993	20.7	–35.1
	Labour	Diccon Spain	905	18.9	–5.1
	Green	Steve Sitton	723	15.1	+1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Valerie Mbali	235	4.9	–1.4
Turnout			4,795	34.7	+6.3
Registered electors			13,823
	Reform UK gain from Conservative

Ashford East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform UK	Dean Burns	1,965	41.5	N/A
	Green	Steve Campkin*	1,725	36.4	–8.1
	Conservative	Matthew Bridger	447	9.4	–24.9
	Labour	Mathew Reena	443	9.4	–4.9
	Liberal Democrats	Jacquie Stamp	153	3.2	–0.1
Turnout			4,733	34.7	+3.5
Registered electors			13,630
	Reform UK gain from Green

Ashford Rural East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform UK	Brian Collins	2,260	39.7	N/A
	Green	Pat Marsh	1,381	24.2	+7.1
	Conservative	Jo Gideon	1,204	21.2	–36.1
	Labour	Xanthe Roe	434	7.6	–4.9
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline Knight	412	7.2	–5.9
Turnout			5,691	39.1	+2.2
Registered electors			14,537
	Reform UK gain from Conservative		Swing	N/A

Ashford Rural South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform UK	Bill Barrett	2,471	47.6	N/A
	Ashford Ind.	Heather Hayward	1,047	20.2	N/A
	Conservative	David Robey*	859	16.5	–44.7
	Labour	Simon Turp	459	8.8	–5.4
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Grayling	356	6.9	–2.6
Turnout			5,192	35.0	+6.6
Registered electors			14,818
	Reform UK gain from Conservative

Ashford Rural West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform UK	Jeremy Eustace	2,195	39.1	N/A
	Conservative	Clair Bell	1,784	31.8	–33.0
	Green	Vanessa Hutchinson	539	9.6	–3.6
	Labour	Tania Gauder	485	8.6	–4.2
	Liberal Democrats	Adrian Gee-Turner	355	6.3	–1.9
	Ashford Ind.	Matt Peach	256	4.6	N/A
Turnout			5,614	35.5	+2.9
Registered electors			15,811
	Reform UK gain from Conservative

Ashford South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform UK	Nick Wibberley	1,794	47.9	N/A
	Labour	Brendan Chilton	902	24.1	–16.9
	Conservative	Jac Wood	417	11.1	–32.6
	Green	Gwen Protheroe	387	10.3	+2.1
	Liberal Democrats	Garry Harrison	249	6.6	–0.6
Turnout			3,749	26.1	+2.3
Registered electors			14,360
	Reform UK gain from Conservative

Tenterden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform UK	Wayne Chapman	2,130	38.5	N/A
	Conservative	Neil Bell	1,918	34.7	–34.7
	Labour	David Ward	533	9.6	–0.5
	Green	Guy Pullen	476	8.6	–4.6
	Liberal Democrats	Alexander Coxall	394	7.1	–0.2
	Heritage	Martin Chambers	75	1.4	N/A
Turnout			5,526	38.5	+2.9
Registered electors			14,337
	Reform UK gain from Conservative

Canterbury

Canterbury district summary

Party		Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	Reform UK	3	3	12,657	31.1	N/A
	Labour	2		8,174	20.1	–8.7
	Liberal Democrats	2	1	6,788	16.7	+1.0
	Green	1	1	5,599	13.7	+2.7
	Conservative	0	5	7,587	18.4	–25.4
	Heritage	0		27	0.1	N/A
Total		8		40,748	36.7
Registered electors				111,681	–

Division results

Canterbury City North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alister Brady*	1,727	42.7	–0.6
	Reform UK	George Spence	940	23.3	N/A
	Green	Peter Campbell	561	13.9	+3.3
	Liberal Democrats	Maggs Mackechnie	428	10.6	–11.5
	Conservative	Arjan Taylor	385	9.5	–14.4
Majority			787	19.4	±0.0
Turnout			4,052	32.8	–4.9
Registered electors			12,343
	Labour hold

Canterbury City South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Connie Nolan	1,776	39.0	–2.0
	Reform UK	Kieran Mishchuk	942	20.7	N/A
	Green	Stephen Peckham	722	15.9	+5.6
	Conservative	Daniel Smythe	598	13.1	–13.8
	Liberal Democrats	Eleo Berceanu	514	11.3	–10.4
Majority			834	18.3	+4.2
Turnout			4,563	31.5	–5.4
Registered electors			14,506
	Labour hold

Canterbury North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alex Ricketts	1,630	33.5	+20.2
	Reform UK	Dirk Ross	1,466	30.1	N/A
	Conservative	Hilary Scott	983	20.2	–33.0
	Labour	Owen Vanston-Hallam	433	8.9	–13.3
	Green	Michael Bax	352	7.2	–4.1
Majority			164	3.4	N/A
Turnout			4,869	42.3	+3.4
Registered electors			11,518
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Canterbury South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Sole*	3,017	56.3	+10.7
	Reform UK	Colin Spooner	1,232	23.0	N/A
	Conservative	John Hippisley	409	7.6	–28.6
	Labour	Yasmin Dallos-Foreman	372	6.9	–10.9
	Green	Henry Stanton	331	6.2	N/A
Majority			1,785	33.3	+24.2
Turnout			5,370	41.6	–1.7
Registered electors			12,907
	Liberal Democrats hold

Herne Bay East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform UK	Paul Chamberlain	1,935	37.5	N/A
	Conservative	Dan Watkins*	1,597	30.9	–23.3
	Labour	Lawrence Coomber	969	18.8	–2.7
	Green	Nicole David	382	7.4	–7.2
	Liberal Democrats	Yvonne Hawkins	280	5.4	–0.3
Majority			338	6.6	N/A
Turnout			5,177	36.4	+6.0
Registered electors			14,211
	Reform UK gain from Conservative

Herne Village & Sturry

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform UK	Mark Mulvihill	2,239	41.6	N/A
	Conservative	Louise Harvey-Quirke	1,568	29.1	–31.2
	Labour	Dave Wilson	607	11.3	–9.7
	Green	Jessie Millner	486	9.0	–4.3
	Liberal Democrats	Derek Maslin	482	9.0	+3.6
Majority			671	12.5	N/A
Turnout			5,394	31.8	+1.4
Registered electors			16,944
	Reform UK gain from Conservative

Whitstable East & Herne Bay West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform UK	Adrian Kibble	2,062	37.9	N/A
	Conservative	Neil Baker*	1,502	27.6	–26.3
	Labour	Andy Davidson	868	16.0	–7.2
	Green	Andrew Harvey	668	12.3	–3.7
	Liberal Democrats	Nick Parry	292	5.4	–1.4
	Independent	Joshua O'Donnell	49	0.9	N/A
Majority			560	10.3	N/A
Turnout			5,451	37.6	+1.7
Registered electors			14,507
	Reform UK gain from Conservative

Whitstable West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Stuart Heaver	2,097	34.5	+21.5
	Reform UK	Babychan Thomas	1,841	30.3	N/A
	Labour	Christopher Cornell	1,422	23.4	–16.2
	Conservative	Grace Paget	545	9.0	–33.9
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Palmer	145	2.4	–0.7
	Heritage	Gary Blanford	27	0.4	N/A
Majority			256	4.2	N/A
Turnout			6,083	41.3	+2.4
Registered electors			14,745
	Green gain from Conservative

Dartford

Party		Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	Reform UK	6	6	9,997	40.9	+38.9
	Conservative	0	4	7,370	30.2	–22.7
	Labour	0	1	4,424	18.1	–12.7
	Green	0		1,819	7.4	+2.4
	Residents	0	1	641	2.6	–6.7
	Liberal Democrats	0		157	0.6	+0.6
	Heritage	0		31	0.1	+0.1

Dartford East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform UK	Ryan Waters	1,591	44.9	New
	Conservative	Danny Nicklen	963	27.2	22.5
	Labour	Darren Povey	682	19.2	10
	Green	Jullian Hood	310	8.7	New
Majority			628	17.7
	Reform UK gain from Conservative		Swing	22.4

Dartford North East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform UK	Ben Fryer	1,514	36.1	33.6
	Labour	Kelly Grehan	1,186	28.3	15.2
	Conservative	Clement Quaqumey	939	22.4	18.6
	Green	Laura Edie	552	13.2	0.2
Majority			328	7.8
	Reform UK gain from Labour		Swing	24.4

Dartford Rural

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform UK	Micheal Brown	2,086	45.7	42.6
	Conservative	Jeremy Kite	1,786	39.2	34.9
	Labour	Catherine Stafford	442	9.7	6.5
	Green	Alastair Humphreys	215	4.7	1.9
	Heritage	Russell Joyce	31	0.7	New
Majority			300	6.5
	Reform UK gain from Conservative		Swing	38.8

Dartford West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform UK	Beverley Fordham	1,615	37.2	33.4
	Conservative	Richard Wells	1,457	33.6	26.9
	Labour	Bachchu Kaini	875	20.2	15.5
	Green	Lewis Glynn	394	9.1	New
Majority			158	3.6
	Reform UK gain from Conservative		Swing	30.2

Swanscombe & Greenhithe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform UK	Thomas Mallon	1,245	35.9	34.3
	Labour	Claire Pearce	747	21.5	10.6
	Conservative	Tan Talukder	678	19.5	6.4
	Residents	Dawn Johnston	641	18.5	21.9
	Green	Karen Lynch	158	4.6	New
Majority			498	14.4
	Reform UK gain from Residents		Swing	22.5

Wilmington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform UK	Alan Cecil	1,946	44.9	New
	Conservative	Avtar Sandhu	1,547	35.7	36.7
	Labour	Alina Vaduva	492	11.4	8.6
	Green	Garry Turner	190	4.4	3.2
	Liberal Democrats	Diane Gough	157	3.6	New
Majority			399	9.2
	Reform UK gain from Conservative		Swing

Dover

Dover district summary

Party		Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	Reform UK	7	7	19,697	42.5	N/A
	Labour	0		9,285	20.0	–9.1
	Conservative	0	7	8,835	19.1	–31.5
	Green	0		4,340	9.4	–1.0
	Liberal Democrats	0		3,686	8.0	+2.9
	Independent	0		466	1.0	–3.0
	Heritage	0		33	0.1	N/A
Total		7		46,342	35.3
Registered electors				89,273	–

Division results

Deal & Walmer (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform UK	Chris Burwash	3,317	35.9	N/A
	Reform UK	Martin Paul	3,143	34.0	N/A
	Labour	Clair Hawkins	2,786	30.1	–4.9
	Green	Christine Oliver	1,895	20.5	+0.4
	Conservative	Trevor Bond*	1,845	19.9	–29.7
	Labour	Michael Nee	1,781	19.3	–10.8
	Conservative	Dan Friend	1,480	16.0	–30.2
	Liberal Democrats	John Gosling	873	9.4	+3.6
	Liberal Democrats	Howard Evans	507	5.5	+0.8
Turnout			9,249	38.5	+3.5
Registered electors			24,042
	Reform UK gain from Conservative
	Reform UK gain from Conservative

Dover North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform UK	Bridget Porter	2,041	43.6	N/A
	Conservative	Steve Manion*	987	21.1	–30.7
	Labour Co-op	Jan Gray	721	15.4	–10.7
	Green	Sarah Waite-Gleave	583	12.5	–5.6
	Liberal Democrats	Bob Hope	312	6.7	+2.6
	Heritage	Sylvia Laidlow-Petersen	33	0.7	N/A
Majority			1,054	22.5	N/A
Turnout			4,683	36.6	+2.9
Registered electors			12,803
	Reform UK gain from Conservative

Dover Town (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform UK	James Defriend	3,650	50.6	N/A
	Reform UK	Albert Thorp	3,322	46.0	N/A
	Labour	Bekah Dawes	1,403	19.4	–14.2
	Labour	Gordon Cowan	1,348	18.7	–12.0
	Green	Liz Hayes	900	12.5	–3.6
	Conservative	Oliver Richardson*	823	11.4	–32.3
	Conservative	Peter Jull	798	11.1	–28.6
	Liberal Democrats	Ryan Grimes	523	7.2	+0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Adrian Walker-Smith	481	6.7	+1.5
	Independent	Nigel Collor*	466	6.5	N/A
Turnout			7,219	29.0	+4.4
Registered electors			24,886
	Reform UK gain from Conservative
	Reform UK gain from Conservative

Dover West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform UK	Paul King	2,482	48.4	N/A
	Conservative	David Beaney*	1,176	23.0	–39.0
	Labour	Janet Kember	685	13.4	–10.0
	Green	Nick Shread	443	8.6	–1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Penelope James	338	6.6	+2.1
Majority			1,306	25.4	N/A
Turnout			5,133	37.9	+4.3
Registered electors			13,534
	Reform UK gain from Conservative

Sandwich

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform UK	Peter Evans	1,742	33.5	N/A
	Conservative	Sue Chandler*	1,726	33.2	–26.5
	Liberal Democrats	Martyn Pennington	652	12.5	+7.8
	Labour	Amy Price	561	10.8	–5.1
	Green	Pete Findley	519	10.0	–0.8
Majority			16	0.3	N/A
Turnout			5,209	37.2	+2.2
Registered electors			14,008
	Reform UK gain from Conservative

Folkestone and Hythe

Folkeston & Hythe district summary

Party		Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	Reform UK	5	5	14,293	43.5	+42.4
	Liberal Democrats	1	1	3,586	10.9	–0.1
	Green	0		5,545	16.9	+2.6
	Conservative	0	5	5,306	16.1	–31.0
	Labour	0	1	3,870	11.8	–8.1
	Independent	0		136	0.4	–1.4
	Socialist (GB)	0		85	0.3	–0.2
	Homeland	0		50	0.2	N/A
Total		6		32,871	38.8
Registered electors				84,909	–

Division results

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Cheriton, Sandgate & Hythe East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Prater	2,051	34.0	–7.2
	Reform UK	Gary Burton	1,987	32.9	N/A
	Conservative	Rory Love*	973	16.1	–25.5
	Green	Momtaz Khanom	595	9.9	N/A
	Labour	Alex Davies	428	7.1	–8.3
Majority			64	1.1	N/A
Turnout			6,046	39.9	+5.3
Registered electors			15,165
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

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Elham Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform UK	Christopher Hespe	2,522	43.6	N/A
	Green	Jim Martin	1,439	24.9	–12.1
	Conservative	Sarah Richardson	1,120	19.3	–30.8
	Liberal Democrats	Emily Newing	376	6.5	N/A
	Labour	Mason Collen	333	5.8	–1.0
Majority			1,083	18.7	N/A
Turnout			5,804	39.5	+14.0
Registered electors			14,681
	Reform UK gain from Conservative

Folkestone East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform UK	Mary Lawes	1,712	41.4	N/A
	Labour	Jackie Meade*	1,076	26.0	–12.2
	Conservative	Kieran Leigh	513	12.4	–20.3
	Green	Marianne Brett	509	12.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Tom McNeice	233	5.6	–4.8
	Homeland	Steve Laws	50	1.2	N/A
	Socialist (GB)	Max Hess	38	0.9	–1.7
Majority			636	15.4	N/A
Turnout			4,138	31.7	+6.0
Registered electors			13,060
	Reform UK gain from Labour

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Folkestone West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform UK	John Baker	1,748	33.6	N/A
	Labour	Adrian Lockwood	1,152	22.1	–14.6
	Green	Rebecca Shoob	996	19.1	N/A
	Conservative	Dylan Jeffrey*	852	16.4	–26.7
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Horrox	414	7.9	–3.2
	Socialist (GB)	Andy Thomas	47	0.9	–0.2
Majority			596	11.5	N/A
Turnout			5,222	37.6	+4.4
Registered electors			13,878
	Reform UK gain from Conservative

Hythe West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform UK	Peter Osborne	2,421	43.5	N/A
	Green	Roy Smith	1,563	28.1	–9.7
	Conservative	Sean McKirdy	870	15.6	–33.5
	Labour	Christian Perry	326	5.9	–3.6
	Liberal Democrats	John Stokes	254	4.6	N/A
	Independent	Andy Weatherhead	136	2.4	N/A
Majority			858	15.4	N/A
Turnout			5,577	42.9	+3.0
Registered electors			13,000
	Reform UK gain from Green

Romney Marsh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform UK	David Wimble	3,903	63.6	+60.0
	Conservative	Tony Hills*	978	15.9	–46.3
	Labour Co-op	Tony Cooper	555	9.0	–7.1
	Green	Malcolm Watkinson	443	7.2	–4.8
	Liberal Democrats	Gary Fuller	258	4.2	N/A
Majority			2,925	47.7	N/A
Turnout			6,153	40.7	+7.4
Registered electors			15,125
	Reform UK gain from Conservative		Swing	53.2

Gravesham

Party		Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	Reform UK	5	5	16,141	44.1	+44.1
	Labour	0	1	8,219	22.43	–15.7
	Conservative	0	4	8,193	22.36	–28.8
	Green	0		3,401	9.3	+4.1
	Liberal Democrats	0		683	1.9	–3.6

Gravesend East (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform UK	Georgia Foster	3,721	47.3	New
	Reform UK	Garry Sturley	3,518	44.7	New
	Conservative	Iris Smith	1,729	22.0	31.8
	Labour	Deborah Croxton	1,692	21.5	20.5
	Labour	John Burden	1,661	21.1	16.6
	Conservative	Deepak Panda	1,629	20.7	27.4
	Green	Rebecca Hopkins	1,047	13.3	4.6
	Green	Stephen Porter	751	9.5	New
Turnout			15,748	27
Registered electors			30,619
	Reform UK gain from Conservative
	Reform UK gain from Conservative

Gravesend Rural

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform UK	Diane Morton	2,591	44.6	New
	Conservative	Jordan Meade*	1,993	34.3	32.8
	Labour	Harriet Howes	546	9.4	5.4
	Liberal Democrats	John Death	367	6.3	5.0
	Green	Diana Scott	309	5.3	1.5
Majority			598	10.3
Turnout			5,815	38
Registered electors			15,225
	Reform UK gain from Conservative		Swing	39.5

Northfleet & Gravesend West (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform UK	Matthew Fraser Moat	3,237	42.9	New
	Reform UK	Sharon Roots	3,074	40.8	New
	Labour	Karina O'Malley	2,195	29.1	16.0
	Labour	Narinderjit Thandi	2,125	28.2	16.1
	Conservative	Gary Harding	1,512	20.0	24.3
	Conservative	Frank Wardle	1,330	17.6	29.4
	Green	James Eagle	716	9.5	1.4
	Green	Martin Wilson	578	7.7	New
	Liberal Democrats	Ukonu Obasi	316	4.2	4.2
Turnout			7,937	26
Registered electors			30,888
	Reform UK gain from Conservative
	Reform UK gain from Labour

Maidstone

Maidstone district summary

Party		Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	Reform UK	7	7	18,029	34.6	+34.1
	Liberal Democrats	1	1	9,552	18.4	–1.7
	Green	1	1	8,753	16.8	+4.2
	Conservative	0	7	12,030	23.1	–25.0
	Labour	0		3,416	6.6	–8.4
	British Democrats	0		70	0.1	N/A
	Independent	0		70	0.1	–3.7
	Homeland	0		64	0.1	N/A
	Heritage	0		57	0.1	N/A
Total		9		52,041	32.1
Registered electors				134,324	–

Division results

Maidstone Central (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform UK	Oliver Bradshaw	2,477	25.8	N/A
	Green	Stuart Jeffrey	2,373	24.7	+11.9
	Reform UK	Peter Jarvis	2,372	24.7	N/A
	Conservative	Stan Forecast	2,299	24.0	–5.8
	Green	Rachel Rodwell	2,151	22.4	+6.2
	Conservative	Tom Cannon*	2,034	21.2	–19.3
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Passmore*	2,026	21.1	–12.4
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Harwood	1,782	18.6	–7.1
	Labour	Derek Swan	612	6.4	–14.7
	Labour	Joanna Wilkinson	524	5.5	–14.8
Turnout			9,596	31.5
Registered electors			30,472
	Reform UK gain from Conservative
	Green gain from Liberal Democrats

Maidstone North East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Samme	1,637	35.5	–3.7
	Reform UK	Mark Johnson	1,554	33.7	N/A
	Conservative	Michelle Hastie	720	15.6	–21.1
	Green	Allison Sweetman	384	8.3	–3.0
	Labour	Dan Wilkinson	320	6.9	–5.9
Majority			83	1.8	–0.7
Turnout			4,628	29.8	–3.0
Registered electors			15,532
	Liberal Democrats hold

Maidstone Rural East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform UK	Sarah Emberson	2,709	45.8	N/A
	Conservative	Shelina Prendergast*	1,700	28.8	–36.5
	Green	Callum Sweetman	719	12.2	–4.8
	Labour	Carter Powell	375	6.3	–2.4
	Liberal Democrats	Sam Burrows	345	5.8	+0.2
	Homeland	Simon Bennett	64	1.1	N/A
Majority			1,009	17.0	N/A
Turnout			6,010	36.8	–3.2
Registered electors			16,347
	Reform UK gain from Conservative

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Maidstone Rural North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform UK	Spencer Dixon	1,697	35.3	N/A
	Conservative	Paul Carter*	1,233	25.6	–20.1
	Green	Stephen Thompson	1,092	22.7	+11.5
	Liberal Democrats	Clive English	471	9.8	+2.2
	Labour	Ryan Slaughter	261	5.4	–8.7
	Heritage	Sean Turner	57	1.2	N/A
Majority			464	9.7	N/A
Turnout			4,817	33.8	–2.8
Registered electors			14,259
	Reform UK gain from Conservative

Maidstone Rural South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform UK	Brian Black	1,874	35.9	+34.0
	Conservative	Lottie Parfitt*	1,818	34.9	–10.8
	Green	Derek Eagle	600	11.5	–0.6
	Labour	Rory Silkin	493	9.5	+0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Dinesh Khadka	429	8.2	N/A
Majority			56	1.0	N/A
Turnout			5,224	33.3	–5.9
Registered electors			15,703
	Reform UK gain from Conservative		Swing	22.4

Maidstone Rural West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform UK	Robert Ford	1,854	37.1	N/A
	Conservative	Simon Webb*	1,230	24.6	–35.4
	Green	Julie Read	974	19.5	+4.7
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Wales	772	15.4	+0.5
	Labour	Oliver Worsfield	169	3.4	–6.8
Majority			624	12.5	N/A
Turnout			5,009	36.1	–3.1
Registered electors			13,869
	Reform UK gain from Conservative

Maidstone South East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform UK	Linden Kemkaran	1,689	51.3	N/A
	Conservative	Richard Chesson	546	16.6	–48.2
	Liberal Democrats	David Naghi	361	11.0	–0.4
	Labour	Tim Oladimeji	347	10.5	–13.3
	Green	Caroline Richer	279	8.5	N/A
	British Democrats	Lawrence Rustem	70	2.1	N/A
Majority			1,143	34.7	N/A
Turnout			3,296	23.2	–0.4
Registered electors			14,202
	Reform UK gain from Conservative

Maidstone South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform UK	Paul Thomas	1,803	39.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Clark	1,729	38.0	+3.0
	Conservative	Darcy Rotherham	450	9.9	–32.5
	Labour	Maureen Cleator	315	6.9	–4.1
	Green	Benjamin Potts	181	4.0	–3.0
	Independent	Gary Butler	70	1.5	–1.0
Majority			74	1.6	N/A
Turnout			4,552	32.7	+2.5
Registered electors			13,940
	Reform UK gain from Conservative

Sevenoaks

Sevenoaks district summary

Party		Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	Reform UK	4	4	9,889	32.4	N/A
	Conservative	1	4	9,875	32.3	–24.0
	Liberal Democrats	1		6,246	20.4	+3.0
	Green	0		2,815	9.2	–4.6
	Labour	0		1,721	5.6	–4.3
Total		6		30,546	34.4
Registered electors				90,433	–

Division results

Sevenoaks North & Darent Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform UK	Marc Logen	2,133	36.6	N/A
	Conservative	Roger Gough*	1,945	33.4	–30.9
	Liberal Democrats	Adam Durbaba	1,103	18.9	+7.5
	Green	Michael Barker	387	6.6	–6.1
	Labour	Ben Davies	263	4.5	–7.0
Majority			188	3.2	N/A
Turnout			5,836	36.2	+2.2
Registered electors			16,120
	Reform UK gain from Conservative

Sevenoaks Rural North East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform UK	Maxine Fothergill	2,259	41.6	N/A
	Conservative	Penny Cole	1,699	31.3	–27.7
	Green	Laura Manston	1,080	19.9	–13.5
	Labour	Claire Fox	241	4.4	–3.2
	Liberal Democrats	Lise Michaelides	146	2.7	N/A
Majority			560	10.3	N/A
Turnout			5,432	38.4	+4.1
Registered electors			14,147
	Reform UK gain from Conservative

Sevenoaks Rural South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform UK	Robert Mayall	1,172	30.4	N/A
	Conservative	Ian Butcher	1,058	27.4	–34.0
	Green	Juliet Townsend	784	20.3	+6.5
	Labour	Matt Oliver	774	18.0	–4.8
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Hobhouse	570	14.8	+1.9
Majority			114	3.0	N/A
Turnout			4,367	31.6	–2.6
Registered electors			13,812
	Reform UK gain from Conservative

Sevenoaks Town

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Streatfeild*	2,510	45.8	+0.5
	Conservative	James London	1,662	30.3	–12.2
	Reform UK	Luke Knott	929	16.9	N/A
	Green	Paul Wharton	199	3.6	–4.1
	Labour Co-op	Theo Michael	186	3.4	–1.1
Majority			848	15.5	+12.7
Turnout			5,490	36.2	–5.7
Registered electors			15,178
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	6.4

Sevenoaks West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Williams	1,983	34.5	–24.1
	Liberal Democrats	Sandra Robinson	1,659	28.9	+8.3
	Reform UK	Steve Bassi	1,616	28.1	N/A
	Labour Co-op	Neil Proudfoot	274	4.8	–4.2
	Green	Robert Royston	209	3.6	–8.3
Majority			324	5.6	–32.4
Turnout			5,753	37.1	+1.3
Registered electors			15,495
	Conservative hold		Swing	16.2

Swanley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform UK	Dean Truder	1,780	42.3	N/A
	Conservative	Perry Cole*	1,528	36.3	–18.8
	Labour Co-op	Jackie Griffiths	483	11.5	–5.7
	Liberal Democrats	Tristan Ward	258	6.1	+1.7
	Green	Mike Young	156	3.7	–0.9
Majority			252	6.0	N/A
Turnout			4,213	26.9	–1.5
Registered electors			15,681
	Reform UK gain from Conservative

Swale

Swale district summary

Party		Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	Reform UK	5	5	19,210	44.2	+43.6
	Liberal Democrats	1		4,160	9.6	+0.3
	Green	1		3,621	8.3	–4.2
	Conservative	0	4	5,737	13.2	–33.2
	Swale Ind.	0	1	5,083	11.7	–6.2
	Labour	0		4,069	9.4	–2.8
	Independent	0		1,557	3.6	+2.5
Total		7		43,437	31.4
Registered electors				112,247	–

Division results

Faversham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Antony Hook*	2,750	43.6	–1.0
	Reform UK	Jess Valentine	1,620	25.7	N/A
	Labour Co-op	Rob Crayford	707	11.2	–6.5
	Green	Carol Goatham	691	11.0	N/A
	Conservative	Ben Fisher	541	8.6	–22.0
Majority			1,130	17.9	+3.9
Turnout			6,326	37.6	–2.7
Registered electors			16,830
	Liberal Democrats hold

Sheppey (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform UK	Maxwell Harrison	5,060	53.7	+50.0
	Reform UK	Isabella Kemp	4,605	48.8	N/A
	Swale Ind.	Elliott Jayes	1,625	17.2	–7.7
	Independent	Mike Whiting	1,557	16.5	N/A
	Conservative	Andy Booth*	1,169	12.4	–39.0
	Conservative	Mark Tucker	1,039	11.0	–58.4
	Labour	Dolley Wooster	851	9.0	–13.6
	Labour	Hayden Brawn	693	7.3	N/A
	Green	Sam Banks	513	5.4	–5.0
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Brinklow	391	4.1	–0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Frances Stennings	160	1.7	–1.3
Turnout			9,431	29.5	+5.6
Registered electors			31,990
	Reform UK gain from Conservative
	Reform UK gain from Conservative

Sittingbourne North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform UK	Chris Palmer	1,885	48.6	N/A
	Labour	Ashley Wise	758	19.6	–5.9
	Conservative	Michael Dendor*	485	12.5	–29.8
	Swale Ind.	Derek Carnell	357	9.2	–13.5
	Green	Stephen Davey	236	6.1	+0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Zeng	155	4.0	–0.1
Majority			1,127	29.0	N/A
Turnout			3,887	22.7	–1.8
Registered electors			17,108
	Reform UK gain from Conservative

Sittingbourne South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform UK	Paul Webb	1,735	38.2	N/A
	Swale Ind.	Tom Lee	1,281	28.2	–4.1
	Conservative	Thomas Leeming	620	13.7	–26.5
	Labour	Karen Watson	495	10.9	–5.6
	Green	Lisa Eades	205	4.5	–2.1
	Liberal Democrats	Alexander Stennings	201	4.4	–0.1
Majority			454	10.0	N/A
Turnout			4,545	32.2	–0.5
Registered electors			14,112
	Reform UK gain from Conservative

Swale East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Rich Lehmann*	1,976	35.6	–16.1
	Reform UK	Ryan Kidby	1,755	31.6	N/A
	Conservative	Julien Speed	1,318	23.7	–17.5
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Gibson	269	4.8	N/A
	Labour	Frances Rehal	236	4.2	–2.9
Majority			221	4.0	–6.5
Turnout			5,564	38.1	–4.4
Registered electors			14,599
	Green hold

Swale West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform UK	Richard Palmer	2,550	46.4	N/A
	Swale Ind.	Mike Baldock*	1,820	33.1	–22.9
	Conservative	James Hogben	565	10.3	–33.7
	Labour	Chrystable Appiah	329	6.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Marc Wilson	234	4.3	N/A
Majority			730	13.3	N/A
Turnout			5,506	31.3	–0.6
Registered electors			17,608
	Reform UK gain from Swale Ind.

Thanet

Thanet district summary

Party		Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	Reform UK	7	7	19,932	39.7	+39.2
	Conservative	0	5	9,375	18.7	–26.8
	Green	0		8,824	17.6	–1.9
	Labour	0	2	8,802	17.6	–7.0
	Liberal Democrats	0		2,447	4.9	+0.9
	Independent	0		772	1.5	±0.0
Total		7		50,152	31.5
Registered electors				104,443	–

Division results

Birchington & Rural (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform UK	Luke Evans	3,766	42.1	+39.1
	Reform UK	Amelia Randall	3,245	36.3	N/A
	Conservative	Phil Fellows	2,595	29.0	–26.4
	Conservative	Derek Crow-Brown*	2,521	28.2	–24.9
	Green	Will Jarman	1,035	11.6	–8.9
	Labour	Bryan Harrod	1,016	11.4	–10.8
	Labour	Laurie Hudson	966	10.8	N/A
	Green	Fi O'Connor	841	9.4	–4.0
	Liberal Democrats	Deborah Holmes	609	6.8	+0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Rachel Mummery	512	5.7	+0.8
Turnout			8,949	32.1	+2.2
Registered electors			27,913
	Reform UK gain from Conservative
	Reform UK gain from Conservative

Broadstairs

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform UK	John Finch	1,947	33.2	N/A
	Green	Mike Garner	1,462	24.9	+7.9
	Labour	Joanne Bright	1,196	20.4	–8.7
	Conservative	Charlie Leys	1,058	18.1	–32.5
	Liberal Democrats	Claire Goldfinch	198	3.4	+0.1
Majority			485	8.3	N/A
Turnout			5,867	39.9	+3.0
Registered electors			14,687
	Reform UK gain from Conservative

Cliftonville

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform UK	Daniel Taylor	1,922	40.2	N/A
	Labour	Peter Mousley	1,055	22.0	–4.4
	Conservative	Lesley Game*	942	19.7	–37.7
	Green	Steve Roberts	576	12.0	+1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Mo Shafaei	147	3.1	–0.3
	Independent	Ian Driver	143	3.0	N/A
Majority			867	18.2	N/A
Turnout			4,787	33.4	+3.0
Registered electors			14,321
	Reform UK gain from Conservative

Margate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform UK	Jamie Henderson	1,332	36.7	N/A
	Labour	Jack Packman	1,099	30.3	–11.8
	Independent	Barry Lewis*	629	17.3	N/A
	Conservative	Marc Rattigan	333	9.2	–30.3
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Brown	236	6.5	+1.1
Majority			233	6.4	N/A
Turnout			3,647	23.9	+1.8
Registered electors			15,243
	Reform UK gain from Labour

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Ramsgate (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform UK	Trevor Shonk*	3,939	40.9	N/A
	Reform UK	Terry Mole	3,781	39.3	N/A
	Green	Becky Wing	2,634	27.4	–3.7
	Green	Thea Barrett	2,276	23.6	+2.4
	Labour	Claire Hedderman	1,807	18.8	–15.8
	Labour	Helen Whitehead	1,663	17.3	–10.1
	Conservative	John Davis	1,041	10.8	–24.1
	Conservative	Barry Manners	885	9.2	–21.3
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy de Rose	374	3.9	+1.0
	Liberal Democrats	Harry Goldfinch	371	3.9	+1.5
Turnout			9,626	29.8	+2.0
Registered electors			32,279
	Reform UK gain from Conservative
	Reform UK gain from Labour

Tonbridge and Malling

Tonbridge & Malling district summary

Party		Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	Conservative	3	1	12,493	27.9	–21.4
	Green	2		11,936	26.6	–2.1
	Reform UK	1	1	11,678	26.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	1		6,047	13.5	+2.8
	Labour	0		2,649	5.9	–2.4
	Independent	0		8	<0.1	N/A
Total		7		44,811	44.6
Registered electors				100,550	–

Division results

Malling Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Trudy Dean*	2,398	55.8	–11.9
	Reform UK	Kevin Brady	1,284	29.9	N/A
	Conservative	Luke Chapman	356	8.3	–18.5
	Labour	Sarah Palmer	133	3.1	–2.4
	Green	Isla Arnold	115	2.7	N/A
	Independent	Afua Akoto	8	0.2	N/A
Majority			1,114	25.9	–15.0
Turnout			4,304	32.5	–1.9
Registered electors			13,246
	Liberal Democrats hold

Malling North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform UK	Sian Dodger	1,755	36.6	N/A
	Conservative	Robin Betts	1,332	27.8	–35.9
	Labour	Paul Hickmott	808	16.8	–3.4
	Liberal Democrats	Kate O'Shea	712	14.8	–1.2
	Green	Matt Broadley	192	4.0	N/A
Majority			423	8.8	N/A
Turnout			4,815	32.0	+3.0
Registered electors			15,054
	Reform UK gain from Conservative

Malling North East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Kennedy*	2,290	44.2	–28.4
	Reform UK	Stephen Dean	1,684	32.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	James Cox	477	9.2	+0.4
	Labour	Angus Bennison	411	7.9	–3.3
	Green	Thomas Shelley	323	6.2	–1.2
Majority			606	11.7	–49.7
Turnout			5,196	31.3	–2.4
Registered electors			16,586
	Conservative hold

Malling Rural East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sarah Hudson*	2,140	42.6	–22.3
	Reform UK	Helen Brown	1,538	30.6	N/A
	Green	Daid Nicholls	732	14.6	+0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy Bishop	374	7.4	+0.2
	Labour	Jack Tyrrell	244	4.9	–2.6
Majority			602	12.0	–38.5
Turnout			5,033	33.0	–2.3
Registered electors			15,249
	Conservative hold

Malling West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Harry Rayner*	2,162	45.5	–19.1
	Reform UK	Callum Wrighton	1,206	25.4	N/A
	Green	Sam Gallon	626	13.2	–0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Scott	438	9.2	–2.3
	Labour	Kathleen Garlick	315	6.6	–3.1
Majority			956	20.1	–30.4
Turnout			4,754	36.1	–1.8
Registered electors			13,175
	Conservative hold

Tonbridge (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Mark Hood*	5,415	50.9	–3.3
	Green	Paul Stepto*	4,533	42.6	–3.7
	Reform UK	Matt Botten	2,355	22.1	N/A
	Conservative	Jennifer Lewis	2,188	20.5	–18.8
	Conservative	Frixos Tombolis	2,025	19.0	–19.6
	Reform UK	Gary Longley	1,856	17.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Frances Hoskins	997	9.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Garry Bridge	651	6.1	N/A
	Labour	Callum Lake	433	4.1	–2.3
	Labour	Catherine Tuke	305	2.9	–2.7
Turnout			10,648	39.1	–5.4
Registered electors			27,240
	Green hold
	Green hold

Tunbridge Wells

Tunbridge Wells district summary

Party		Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	Liberal Democrats	5	5	9,779	32.5	+10.8
	Conservative	1	5	6,713	22.3	–21.5
	Reform UK	0		6,868	22.8	+22.6
	Green	0		2,126	7.1	–4.6
	Labour	0		2,049	6.8	–10.0
	Alliance	0		1,968	6.5	+2.8
	IfTW	0		599	2.0	N/A
Total		6		30,102	34.4
Registered electors				87,640	–

Division results

Cranbrook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Claudine Russell	1,442	28.6	–23.3
	Reform UK	Lucie Gavrilova	1,425	28.3	+27.0
	Alliance	Ellen Neville	1,107	22.0	–1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Vivian Widgery	426	8.5	+3.0
	Green	Helen Yeo	384	7.6	+0.3
	Labour	Gergory Holder	187	3.7	–4.3
	IfTW	Dan Littlechild	66	1.3	N/A
Majority			17	0.3	–28.2
Turnout			5,044	34.6	–5.7
Registered electors			14,572
	Conservative hold		Swing	25.2

Tunbridge Wells East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Sefton	1,690	36.9	+14.3
	Conservative	Andrew Hobart	950	20.7	–27.1
	Reform UK	Kris Niewolski	922	20.1	N/A
	IfTW	Suzie Wakeman	375	8.2	N/A
	Labour Co-op	Alan Bullion	302	6.6	–11.6
	Green	Kate Sergeant	271	5.9	–5.6
	Alliance	Paul Johnson	75	1.6	N/A
Majority			740	16.2	N/A
Turnout			4,595	30.9	–8.5
Registered electors			14,854
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	20.7

Tunbridge Wells North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Ellis	2,026	42.5	+24.3
	Reform UK	Christopher Hoare	1,071	22.5	N/A
	Conservative	Vivek Gautam	614	12.9	–22.3
	Labour	Tom Connolly	571	12.0	–21.9
	Green	Maria Gavin	329	6.9	–3.6
	Alliance	Kit Hawes-Webb	87	1.8	N/A
	IfTW	Joe Dore	70	1.5	N/A
Majority			955	20.0	N/A
Turnout			4,783	33.6	–8.1
Registered electors			14,243
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Tunbridge Wells Rural

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Munday	1,767	34.8	+12.3
	Reform UK	Oliver Kinkade	1,500	29.5	N/A
	Conservative	Sarah Hamilton*	1,276	25.1	–21.6
	Green	Alasdair Fraser	272	5.4	–8.6
	Labour	Anne Musker	141	2.8	–10.9
	Alliance	Alison Webster	81	1.6	N/A
	IfTW	Libby Richardson	41	0.8	N/A
Majority			267	5.3	N/A
Turnout			5,089	34.5	–8.5
Registered electors			14,772
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Tunbridge Wells South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Brice	2,001	37.6	+7.0
	Reform UK	John Spence	1,044	19.6	N/A
	Conservative	Sedat Zorba	1,031	19.4	–30.1
	Green	Jeremy Clapham	525	9.9	–2.5
	Alliance	Nick Pope	458	8.6	N/A
	Labour	Kate McAlpine	257	4.8	–8.2
Majority			957	18.0	N/A
Turnout			5,322	36.3	–9.1
Registered electors			14,659
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Tunbridge Wells West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Moreland	1,869	35.1	+4.5
	Conservative	Richard Long	1,400	26.3	–23.2
	Reform UK	Rob Grindley	906	17.0	N/A
	Labour	Jayne Sharratt	591	11.1	–1.9
	Green	Stephanie Gandon	345	6.5	–5.9
	Alliance	Clare Escombe	160	3.0	N/A
	IfTW	David Kain	47	0.9	N/A
Majority			469	8.8	N/A
Turnout			5,326	36.6	–7.8
Registered electors			14,540
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	13.9

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