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The 2022 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022 to elect one third of Tunbridge Wells Borough Council in England.^[1]

Results summary

2022 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	6	4	37.5	11	17	35.4	6,379	22.4	-4.4
	Conservative	2	9	12.5	13	15	29.2	9,150	32.1	-4.8
	Alliance	5	3	31.3	4	9	20.8	6,134	21.5	+8.7
	Labour	3	2	18.8	4	7	14.6	5,573	19.6	+2.8
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	1,140	4.0	-2.4
	UKIP	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	103	0.4	+0.1
	Socialist (GB)	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	11	<0.1	N/A

Ward results

Benenden & Cranbrook

Benenden & Cranbrook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Dawlings	766	43.1	-5.5
	Alliance	Lee Hatcher	675	38.0	+9.1
	Labour	Dariel Francis	174	9.8	+2.6
	Green	Julie Simpson	162	9.1	+2.8
Majority			91	5.1
Turnout			1,777	33.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	7.3

Brenchley & Horsmonden

Brenchley & Horsmonden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	Stephen Mcmillan	755	45.1	+18.4
	Conservative	Thomas Mobbs	556	33.2	-12.5
	Labour	Kevin Kerrigan	225	13.4	+0.7
	Green	Louise Wilby	139	8.3	-0.5
Majority			199	11.9
Turnout			1,675	40.5
	Alliance gain from Conservative		Swing	15.5

Broadwater

Broadwater

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jamie Johnson	429	34.1	+0.4
	Green	Adrian Thorne	376	29.9	+3.5
	Conservative	Christopher Woodward	296	23.5	-7.2
	Labour	Anne Musker	72	5.7	-1.2
	Alliance	Pennt Kift	68	5.4	N/A
	UKIP	Alun Elder-Brown	18	1.4	-0.9
Majority			53	4.2
Turnout			1,259	39.6
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	1.6

Culverden

Culverden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Brice	1,313	54.6	+0.9
	Conservative	David Scott	732	30.4	-2.6
	Labour	Stephen Burgess	276	11.5	-1.8
	UKIP	Victor Webb	85	3.5	N/A
Majority			581	24.2
Turnout			2,406	39.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	1.8

Hawkhurst & Sandhurst

Hawkhurst & Sandhurst

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	Ellen Neville	868	48.1	+26.8
	Conservative	Patrick Thomson	746	41.4	-16.8
	Labour	Ana-Mari Draper	190	10.5	+2.1
Majority			122	6.7
Turnout			1,804
	Alliance gain from Conservative		Swing	21.8

Paddock Wood East

Paddock Wood West

Paddock Wood West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Raymond Moon	397	36.2	+5.3
	Conservative	Vivek Gautam	301	27.4	-11.2
	Alliance	Begnat Robichaud	217	19.8	N/A
	Green	Trevor Bisdee	133	12.1	-13.4
	Liberal Democrats	James Cole	50	4.6	-0.3
Majority			96	8.8
Turnout			1,098	36.9
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	8.3

Pantiles & St. Mark's

Pantiles & St. Mark's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Gavin Barrass	1,386	58.4	+10.3
	Conservative	Dogan Delman	715	30.1	-6.0
	Green	John Hurst	132	5.6	-3.1
	Labour	Lorna Blackmore	130	5.5	-1.5
	Socialist (GB)	Shannon Kennedy	11	0.5	N/A
Majority			671	28.3
Turnout			2,374	45.1
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	8.2

Park

Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	Nicholas Pope	902	37.0	+11.6
	Conservative	Sedat Zorba	793	32.5	-3.2
	Liberal Democrats	Julia Luxford	437	17.9	+1.2
	Labour	Susan Pound	308	12.6	-0.8
Majority			109	4.5
Turnout			2,440	41.9
	Alliance hold		Swing	7.4

Pembury

Pembury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Barrington-King	808	46.1	-0.1
	Alliance	Angela Ward	750	42.8	+8.4
	Labour	Philip Wheeler	194	11.1	+0.5
Majority			58	3.3
Turnout			1,752	40.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	4.3

Sherwood

Sherwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Shadi Rogers	930	53.4	+15.2
	Conservative	Robert Backhouse	813	46.6	-4.1
Majority			117	6.8
Turnout			1,743	30.9
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	9.7

Southborough & High Brooms

Southborough & High Brooms

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alain Lewis	1,033	60.3	+7.8
	Conservative	Nasir Jamil	436	25.5	-3.8
	Liberal Democrats	Yvonne Raptis	243	14.2	+6.0
Majority			597	34.8
Turnout			1,712	31.3
	Labour hold		Swing	5.8

Southborough North

Southborough North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Brendon Le Page	630	43.8	-8.4
	Conservative	Joseph Simmons	604	42.0	+10.5
	Labour	John Francis	203	14.1	+3.8
Majority			26	1.8
Turnout			1,437	43.8
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	9.5

Speldhurst & Bidborough

Speldhurst & Bidborough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	Matthew Sankey	1,322	64.6	+37.6
	Conservative	Clive Allen	579	28.3	-11.1
	Labour	Millie Gray	146	7.1	-0.5
Majority			743	36.3
Turnout			2,047	44.6
	Alliance hold		Swing	24.4

St. James'

St. James'

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Wormington	984	62.8	-6.2
	Conservative	Nicola King	229	14.6	-1.9
	Labour	Alan Bullion	217	13.8	-0.7
	Green	Alasdair Fraser	138	8.8	N/A
Majority			755	48.2
Turnout			1,568	35.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	2.2

St. John's

St. John's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Ellis	907	41.3	-7.9
	Labour	Michael Tapp	903	41.1	+15.5
	Conservative	Thelma Huggett	385	17.5	-7.7
Majority			4	0.2
Turnout			2,195	42.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	11.7

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