Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election, 2012

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The 2012 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election is scheduled to take place on Thursday 3 May 2012 to elect members of Tunbridge Wells Borough Council in Kent, England. One third of the council will be up for election.

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Election result

Tunbridge Wells Local Election Result 2012
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 48.22 14,105 -
  Labour 17.60 5,149
  Liberal Democrat 17.43 5,099
  UKIP 12.86 3,761
  Independent 3.15 922
  Green 0.74 216

Ward results

Benenden and Cranbrook [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Stephen Brown 397
Conservative Sean Holden
Majority 1089
Turnout 29.26
Brenchley and Horsmonden [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Kevin Kerrigan 318
Conservative Jane March 917
Majority
Turnout 31.74
Broadwater (2) [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Clive Brewer 208
Conservative Barbara Cobbold 555
UKIP Malcolm Dow 220
Liberal Democrat Alex Green 222
Liberal Democrat Chris Jeffrey 161
Labour Graham Munn 155
Conservative Chris Woodward 477
Turnout 32.84
Capel [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Thomas Devlin 42
Liberal Democrat Hugh Patterson 340
Conservative Brian Ransley 298
Majority
Turnout 38.04
Culverden [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Ronen Basu 746
Labour Veronica Kelly 213
Green Richard Leslie 216
UKIP Patricia Theophanides 231
Liberal Democrat Ian Williams 182
Majority
Turnout 29.03
Goudhurst and Lamberhurst [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Simon Fowler 205
Independent Edward La Coste 86
Conservative Barry Noakes 708
Majority
Turnout 30.01
Hawkhurst and Sandhurst [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat 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]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Lorna Blackmore 333
UKIP Eileen Gayler 194
Conservative Len Horwood 1047
Majority
Turnout 30.52
Park [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Peter Bulman 852
Labour Nick Maltby 378
UKIP June Moore 233
Liberal Democrat Rachel Sadler 327
Majority
Turnout 33.05
Pembury (2) [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Paul Barrington-King 736
Liberal Democrat 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]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Bob Atwood 487
Liberal Democrat Vic Bethell 103
Labour Alex Britcher 263
UKIP Piers Wauchope 533
Majority
Turnout 38.20
Sherwood [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Alan Bullion 123
Labour Ian Carvell 261
UKIP Christopher Hoare 421
Conservative Frank Williams 594
Majority
Turnout 29.51
Southborough and High Brooms [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Nasir Jamil 604
Labour Alain Lewis 630
UKIP Christine Marshall 193
Liberal Democrat Marguerita Morton 96
Majority
Turnout 28.80
Speldhurst and Bidborough [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Robert Baldock 164
UKIP Peter Fasey 221
Conservative Julian Stayner 1011
Labour Ann Tyler 212
Majority
Turnout 34.69
St James’ [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Ben Chapeland 790
Labour Jaimi Lallu 156
UKIP Naz Mian 115
Conservative James Tansley 213
Majority
Turnout 31.95
St John’s [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Lesley Herriot 554
UKIP Joyce Matthews 148
Labour Timothy Rice 244
Conservative David Scott 662
Majority
Turnout 31.54

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The 1998 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Tunbridge Wells Borough Council in Kent, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.

The 1999 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of Tunbridge Wells Borough Council in Kent, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.

The 2000 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2000 to elect members of Tunbridge Wells Borough Council in Kent, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.

The 2002 Tunbridge Wells Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Tunbridge Wells Borough Council in Kent, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000. The Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.

The 2003 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Tunbridge Wells Borough Council in Kent, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.

The 2004 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election took place on 10 June 2004 to elect members of Tunbridge Wells Borough Council in Kent, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.

2006 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election

The 2006 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Tunbridge Wells Borough Council in Kent, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.

2007 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election

The 2007 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Tunbridge Wells Borough Council in Kent, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.

2009 Kent County Council election

The Kent County Council election, 2013 was an election to all 84 seats on Kent County Council held on 2 May as part of the United Kingdom local elections, 2009. 84 councillors were elected from 72 electoral divisions, which returned either one or two county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office. The electoral divisions were the same as those used at the previous election in 2005. No elections were held in Medway, which is a unitary authority outside the area covered by the County Council.

2008 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election

The 2008 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Tunbridge Wells Borough Council in Kent, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.

2010 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election

The 2010 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2010 to elect members of Tunbridge Wells Borough Council in Kent, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.

Tunbridge Wells Borough Council is the local authority for the Borough of Tunbridge Wells.

The 2014 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election took place on 22 May 2014 to elect members of Tunbridge Wells Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

The 2015 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of the Tunbridge Wells Borough Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections.

The 2016 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Tunbridge Wells Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

The 2018 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Tunbridge Wells Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 "Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF). Tunbridge Wells Borough Council. Retrieved 2012-04-14.
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