2012 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election

Map of the results

The 2012 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election took place on Thursday 3 May 2012 to elect members of Tunbridge Wells Borough Council in Kent, England. One third of the council was up for election.

Election result

Tunbridge Wells local election result 2012

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative						48.22	14,105	-
	Labour						17.60	5,149
	Liberal Democrats						17.43	5,099
	UKIP						12.86	3,761
	Independent						3.15	922
	Green						0.74	216

Ward results

Benenden and Cranbrook ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Brown	397
	Conservative	Sean Holden
Majority			1089
Turnout				29.26

Brenchley and Horsmonden ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevin Kerrigan	318
	Conservative	Jane March	917
Majority
Turnout				31.74

Broadwater (2) ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clive Brewer	208
	Conservative	Barbara Cobbold	555
	UKIP	Malcolm Dow	220
	Liberal Democrats	Alex Green	222
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Jeffrey	161
	Labour	Graham Munn	155
	Conservative	Chris Woodward	477
Turnout				32.84

Capel ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Devlin	42
	Liberal Democrats	Hugh Patterson	340
	Conservative	Brian Ransley	298
Majority
Turnout				38.04

Culverden ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ronen Basu	746
	Labour	Veronica Kelly	213
	Green	Richard Leslie	216
	UKIP	Patricia Theophanides	231
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Williams	182
Majority
Turnout				29.03

Goudhurst and Lamberhurst ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Simon Fowler	205
	Independent	Edward La Coste	86
	Conservative	Barry Noakes	708
Majority
Turnout				30.01

Hawkhurst and Sandhurst ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Brown	217
	UKIP	William Orpin	263
	Conservative	Beverley Palmer	717
	Labour	Kim Watts	148
Majority
Turnout				29.56

Pantiles and St Mark’s ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lorna Blackmore	333
	UKIP	Eileen Gayler	194
	Conservative	Len Horwood	1047
Majority
Turnout				30.52

Park ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Bulman	852
	Labour	Nick Maltby	378
	UKIP	June Moore	233
	Liberal Democrats	Rachel Sadler	327
Majority
Turnout				33.05

Pembury (2) ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Barrington-King	736
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Beard	312
	Conservative	Lynn Hine	506
	Labour	Isobel Kerrigan	145
	Labour	Margaret Morgan	229
	UKIP	Colin Nicholson	505
	Independent	Mike Tompsett	836
Turnout				39.82

Rusthall ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bob Atwood	487
	Liberal Democrats	Vic Bethell	103
	Labour	Alex Britcher	263
	UKIP	Piers Wauchope	533
Majority
Turnout				38.20

Sherwood ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Bullion	123
	Labour	Ian Carvell	261
	UKIP	Christopher Hoare	421
	Conservative	Frank Williams	594
Majority
Turnout				29.51

Southborough and High Brooms ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nasir Jamil	604
	Labour	Alain Lewis	630
	UKIP	Christine Marshall	193
	Liberal Democrats	Marguerita Morton	96
Majority
Turnout				28.80

Speldhurst and Bidborough ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Baldock	164
	UKIP	Peter Fasey	221
	Conservative	Julian Stayner	1011
	Labour	Ann Tyler	212
Majority
Turnout				34.69

St James' ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ben Chapeland	790
	Labour	Jaimi Lallu	156
	UKIP	Naz Mian	115
	Conservative	James Tansley	213
Majority
Turnout				31.95

St John’s ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Lesley Herriot	554
	UKIP	Joyce Matthews	148
	Labour	Timothy Rice	244
	Conservative	David Scott	662
Majority
Turnout				31.54

References

1. "Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF). Tunbridge Wells Borough Council. Retrieved 14 April 2012.^{[ permanent dead link ]}