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All 44 seats to Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council 23 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Winner of each seat at the 2023 Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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An election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect councillors to Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council in Kent, England. This took place on the same day as other local elections across England. Boundary changes which took effect at this election saw the number of councillors reduced from 54 to 44 and the number of wards reduced from 24 to 19.
The council went from having a Conservative majority to being under no overall control. [2] The Conservatives and Independent Alliance formed a coalition after the election; with 22 councillors they had exactly half the seats on the council. At the subsequent annual council meeting on 17 May 2023 the Conservative leader Matt Boughton retained his position as leader of the council. The vote was initially tied at 22 votes both for and against. The new Conservative mayor, James Lark, used his casting vote in favour of Boughton remaining leader. Independent Alliance leader Mike Taylor was made the cabinet member for planning. [3]
The overall result was as follows: [4]
2023 Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council election | ||||||||||
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Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
Conservative | 44 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 45.5 | 40.2 | 32,304 | –6.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | 23 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25.0 | 24.6 | 19,808 | +5.1 | |
Green | 18 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 18.2 | 20.7 | 16,621 | +9.2 | |
Labour | 19 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6.8 | 7.9 | 6,358 | –0.1 | |
Independent Alliance (Kent) | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.5 | 5.6 | 4,472 | –3.0 | |
Independent | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 527 | –3.4 | ||
Reform UK | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 244 | N/A | ||
Heritage | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 77 | N/A |
The results for each ward were as follows, with an asterisk (*) indicating a sitting councillor standing for re-election. [5] [6]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Conservative | Roger Dalton* | 953 | 45.9 | ||
Conservative | Dave Davis* | 909 | 43.8 | ||
Conservative | Alex McDermott | 737 | 35.5 | ||
Labour | Stephen Beadle | 661 | 31.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Julia Bell | 471 | 22.7 | ||
Labour | Rizwana Shelley | 329 | 15.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | David Young | 321 | 15.5 | ||
Labour | Thomas Shelley | 315 | 15.2 | ||
Independent | Jason Green | 301 | 14.5 | ||
Green | Em Perera | 223 | 10.7 | ||
Green | Mark West | 195 | 9.4 | ||
Reform UK | Rob Gailer | 119 | 5.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,075 | 29.4 | |||
Registered electors | 7,071 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Conservative | Steve Hammond* | 1,132 | 53.4 | ||
Conservative | Rob Cannon* | 975 | 46.0 | ||
Conservative | Colin Williams* | 975 | 46.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Dan Markham | 789 | 37.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Trevor Walker | 778 | 36.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | James Cox | 700 | 33.0 | ||
Labour | Julia Jenner | 284 | 13.4 | ||
Labour | Paul Wilson | 241 | 11.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,120 | 32.2 | |||
Registered electors | 6,576 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Liberal Democrats | Paul Boxall* | 957 | 59.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Bill Banks | 870 | 54.2 | ||
Conservative | Mary McKinlay | 558 | 34.8 | ||
Conservative | Sam Webb | 543 | 33.9 | ||
Labour | Deirdre Evans | 120 | 7.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,604 | 35.2 | |||
Registered electors | 4,563 | ||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Ind. Alliance | Mike Taylor* | 1,233 | 75.6 | ||
Ind. Alliance | Wendy Palmer* | 1,199 | 73.5 | ||
Conservative | Patrick Lohlein | 319 | 19.6 | ||
Conservative | Christian Wragg | 291 | 17.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,631 | 35.7 | |||
Registered electors | 4,565 | ||||
Ind. Alliance win (new seat) | |||||
Ind. Alliance win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Green | Steve Crisp | 761 | 44.5 | ||
Conservative | James Lark* | 730 | 42.7 | ||
Green | Bernice Catt | 725 | 42.4 | ||
Conservative | Piers Montague* | 655 | 38.3 | ||
Ind. Alliance | Sue Butterfill | 355 | 20.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,709 | 41.3 | |||
Registered electors | 4,137 | ||||
Green win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Green | Anna Cope* | 1,828 | 62.3 | ||
Green | Robert Oliver | 1,737 | 59.2 | ||
Green | Bethan Parry | 1,639 | 55.9 | ||
Conservative | Vivian Branson* | 1,128 | 38.5 | ||
Conservative | Jenny Lewis | 1,087 | 37.1 | ||
Conservative | Johurul Islam | 983 | 33.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,933 | 43.7 | |||
Registered electors | 6,715 | ||||
Green win (new seat) | |||||
Green win (new seat) | |||||
Green win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Liberal Democrats | Trudy Dean* | 1,831 | 62.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Roger Roud* | 1,620 | 55.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Michelle Tatton* | 1,598 | 54.5 | ||
Conservative | David Thompson | 695 | 23.7 | ||
Conservative | Simon Slater | 626 | 21.3 | ||
Conservative | Joel Blacket | 515 | 17.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,402 | 36.2 | |||
Registered electors | 6,629 | ||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Conservative | Sarah Hudson* | 1,260 | 63.2 | ||
Conservative | Matt Boughton* | 1,201 | 60.2 | ||
Green | Kim Winterbottom | 377 | 18.9 | ||
Green | Stephen Jackson | 348 | 17.4 | ||
Labour | Robin Potter | 279 | 14.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Suzanne Burdon | 268 | 13.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,995 | 40.0 | |||
Registered electors | 4,991 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Lee Athwal | 1,240 | 54.7 | +34.3 | |
Conservative | Dennis King* | 1,106 | 48.8 | –10.1 | |
Green | Antony Burdon | 1,101 | 48.6 | N/A | |
Conservative | Frixos Tombolis* | 951 | 42.0 | –3.6 | |
Turnout | 2,265 | 47.6 | +10.9 | ||
Registered electors | 4,757 | ||||
Green gain from Conservative | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Mark Rhodes* | 1,011 | 52.6 | –0.4 | |
Green | Kath Barton | 928 | 48.3 | +25.7 | |
Conservative | Steve Webster | 812 | 42.2 | –4.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Helen Hobhouse | 505 | 26.3 | +11.3 | |
Labour | Michael Connor | 282 | 14.7 | +6.2 | |
Turnout | 1,923 | 44.8 | +5.2 | ||
Registered electors | 4,289 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Green gain from Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Mark Hood* | 1,633 | 79.0 | +1.9 | |
Green | George Hines | 1,562 | 75.6 | +0.2 | |
Conservative | Holly Ware | 358 | 17.3 | –0.5 | |
Conservative | Paul Webster | 321 | 15.5 | +1.6 | |
Labour | Matthew Oliver | 151 | 7.3 | N/A | |
Turnout | 2,066 | 44.1 | –6.8 | ||
Registered electors | 4,683 | ||||
Green hold | |||||
Green hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Dan Harman* | 1,085 | 56.8 | +9.4 | |
Conservative | Christopher Brown* | 1,048 | 54.8 | +0.1 | |
Conservative | Kim Tanner* | 1,047 | 54.8 | +13.4 | |
Green | Richard Dowling | 480 | 25.1 | N/A | |
Green | Louis Westlake | 438 | 22.9 | N/A | |
Labour | Kathleen Garlick | 258 | 13.5 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Nick Taplin | 256 | 13.4 | –7.8 | |
Labour | Sarah Palmer | 234 | 12.2 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Ken Poege | 234 | 12.2 | –4.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | James Young | 216 | 11.3 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,911 | 27.6 | +1.8 | ||
Registered electors | 6,930 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Liberal Democrats | David Thornewell* | 1,401 | 78.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Anita Oakley* | 1,385 | 77.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Timothy Bishop* | 1,372 | 76.9 | ||
Conservative | Dougie Dick | 371 | 20.8 | ||
Conservative | Harry Noble | 284 | 15.9 | ||
Conservative | Edward Thackwell | 272 | 15.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,785 | 25.8 | |||
Registered electors | 6,911 | ||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Conservative | Robin Betts* | 987 | 53.0 | ||
Conservative | Martin Coffin* | 934 | 50.1 | ||
Ind. Alliance | Tim Shaw* | 908 | 48.7 | ||
Ind. Alliance | Scott Millener | 777 | 41.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,864 | 40.9 | |||
Registered electors | 4,588 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Wayne Mallard | 487 | 52.3 | +11.9 | |
Conservative | Sue Bell* | 445 | 47.8 | –5.6 | |
Labour | Martin Aldridge | 430 | 46.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | Brian Luker* | 399 | 42.9 | –5.4 | |
Turnout | 931 | 22.3 | +0.6 | ||
Registered electors | 4,182 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Paul Hickmott* | 755 | 62.7 | +10.6 | |
Labour | Angus Bennison | 638 | 53.0 | +10.0 | |
Conservative | David Gaunt | 422 | 35.0 | –15.0 | |
Conservative | Archie Bartlett | 415 | 34.5 | –14.5 | |
Heritage | Vicky Parker | 77 | 6.4 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,204 | 27.4 | +0.9 | ||
Registered electors | 4,394 | ||||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour gain from Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Adem Mehmet | 735 | 43.2 | –2.2 | |
Conservative | Keith Tunstall | 726 | 42.6 | –2.4 | |
Green | Stacey Pilgrim | 720 | 42.3 | N/A | |
Green | Chris Hill | 686 | 40.3 | N/A | |
Labour | Callum Lake | 173 | 10.2 | –13.3 | |
Labour | Kathryn Parish | 165 | 9.7 | –13.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Yvonne Brightmore | 97 | 5.7 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,703 | 40.8 | +11.9 | ||
Registered electors | 4,172 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Frances Hoskins* | 1,487 | 63.2 | –1.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Garry Bridge* | 1,306 | 55.5 | –1.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | James Clokey | 1,275 | 54.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | David Cain | 612 | 26.0 | –13.8 | |
Conservative | Michael Payne | 603 | 25.6 | –8.1 | |
Conservative | Roberick Tay | 544 | 23.1 | N/A | |
Labour | Kerry Jordan-Daus | 338 | 14.4 | N/A | |
Independent | Rachna Sinha | 226 | 9.6 | N/A | |
Reform UK | Peregrine White | 125 | 5.3 | N/A | |
Turnout | 2,352 | 37.8 | +2.4 | ||
Registered electors | 6,225 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Conservative | Des Keers* | 544 | 65.3 | ||
Labour Co-op | Lola Oyemusi | 218 | 26.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Lisa Cox | 71 | 8.5 | ||
Majority | 326 | 39.1 | |||
Turnout | 844 | 36.0 | |||
Registered electors | 2,345 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
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