2011 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election
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The 2011 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election was held on Thursday 5 May 2011 to elect 17 members to Tunbridge Wells Borough Council, the same day as other local elections in the United Kingdom. It elected approximately one-third of the council to a four-year term, including 16 regularly-scheduled elections and a by-election in Brenchley and Horsmonden. It was preceded by the 2010 election and followed by the 2012 election. The Conservative Party held control of the council.[1] Turnout across the wards up for election was 46.2%.[2]
Results summary
[edit]2011 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election[2][3][4][5] | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Conservative | 14 | ![]() |
82.4 | 25 | 39 | 81.3 | 18,022 | 55.3 | ![]() | |
Labour | 1 | ![]() |
5.9 | 0 | 1 | 2.1 | 4,597 | 14.1 | ![]() | |
UKIP | 1 | ![]() |
5.9 | 0 | 1 | 2.1 | 2,179 | 6.7 | ![]() | |
Independent | 1 | ![]() |
5.9 | 0 | 1 | 2.1 | 1,978 | 6.1 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 6 | 6 | 12.5 | 5,440 | 16.7 | ![]() | |
Green | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 267 | 0.8 | ![]() | |
English Democrat | 0 | New | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 121 | 0.4 | New |
Ward results
[edit]Benenden and Cranbrook
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Linda Hall* | 1,267 | 52.6 | ![]() | |
Independent | Kim Fletcher | 859 | 35.7 | New | |
Labour | Stephen Brown | 283 | 11.7 | New | |
Majority | 408 | 16.94 | |||
Total valid votes | 2,409 | 98.9 | |||
Rejected ballots | 27 | 1.1 | |||
Turnout | 2,436 | 47.2 | |||
Registered electors | 5,163 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Brenchley and Horsmonden
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jane March | 1,521 | 78.3 | ![]() | |
Labour | Kevin Kerrigan | 421 | 21.7 | New | |
Majority | 1,100 | 56.6 | ![]() | ||
Total valid votes | 1,942 | 99.0 | |||
Rejected ballots | 20 | 1.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,962 | 50.4 | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Culverden
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Nicholas Rogers | 1,261 | 52.2 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Ian Williams | 363 | 15.0 | New | |
Labour | Veronica Kelly | 328 | 13.6 | New | |
Green | Richard Leslie | 267 | 11.1 | ![]() | |
UKIP | Patricia Theophanides | 196 | 8.1 | ![]() | |
Majority | 898 | 37.7 | ![]() | ||
Total valid votes | 2,415 | 99.5 | |||
Rejected ballots | 13 | 0.5 | |||
Turnout | 2,428 | 42.4 | |||
Registered electors | 5,731 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Frittenden and Sissinghurst
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Smith*[b] | 501 | 55.2 | New | |
Conservative | Joy Napier Temple | 406 | 44.8 | ![]() | |
Majority | 95 | 10.5 | N/A | ||
Total valid votes | 907 | 98.5 | |||
Rejected ballots | 14 | 1.5 | |||
Turnout | 921 | 55.1 | |||
Registered electors | 1,673 | ||||
Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | ![]() |
Goudhurst and Lamberhurst
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edmund Hastie | 1,126 | 67.4 | ![]() | |
Labour | Simon Fowler | 224 | 13.4 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | Marguerita Morton | 181 | 10.8 | ![]() | |
Independent | Edward la Coste | 139 | 8.3 | New | |
Majority | 902 | 54.0 | ![]() | ||
Total valid votes | 1,670 | 98.6 | |||
Rejected ballots | 24 | 1.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,694 | 51.3 | |||
Registered electors | 3,304 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Hawkhurst and Sandhurst
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ronald Weeden* | 1,172 | 55.2 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Keith Brown | 683 | 32.2 | ![]() | |
Labour | David Burgess | 269 | 12.7 | New | |
Majority | 489 | 23.0 | ![]() | ||
Total valid votes | 2,124 | 98.6 | |||
Rejected ballots | 30 | 1.4 | |||
Turnout | 2,154 | 46.7 | |||
Registered electors | 4,612 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Paddock Wood East
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Waldock* | 618 | 49.8 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Damion Coleman | 353 | 28.4 | ![]() | |
Labour | Terence White | 271 | 21.8 | ![]() | |
Majority | 265 | 21.3 | ![]() | ||
Total valid votes | 1,242 | 98.3 | |||
Rejected ballots | 21 | 1.7 | |||
Turnout | 1,263 | 40.4 | |||
Registered electors | 3,127 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Paddock Wood West
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Stanley Ward* | 703 | 56.7 | ![]() | |
Labour | Raymond Moon | 299 | 24.1 | ![]() | |
Independent | Ronald Goodman | 238 | 19.2 | New | |
Majority | 404 | 32.6 | ![]() | ||
Total valid votes | 1,240 | 99.4 | |||
Rejected ballots | 8 | 0.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,248 | 42.9 | |||
Registered electors | 2,911 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Pantiles and St. Mark's
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Glenn Hall* | 1,701 | 69.3 | ![]() | |
Labour | Clive Brewer | 374 | 15.2 | New | |
Independent | Christopher Skelton | 241 | 9.8 | New | |
UKIP | Nikolas Frydas | 139 | 5.7 | ![]() | |
Majority | 1,327 | 54.1 | ![]() | ||
Total valid votes | 2,455 | 46.7 | |||
Registered electors | 5,254 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Park
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sean Lockhart* | 1,414 | 56.2 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Mark Mortimer | 465 | 18.5 | ![]() | |
Labour | Nicholas Maltby | 414 | 16.5 | New | |
UKIP | June Moore | 223 | 8.9 | ![]() | |
Majority | 949 | 37.7 | ![]() | ||
Total valid votes | 2,516 | 99.3 | |||
Rejected ballots | 18 | 0.7 | |||
Turnout | 2,534 | 46.3 | |||
Registered electors | 5,469 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Pembury
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | June Crowhurst* | 1,196 | 56.1 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Robert Maddison-Brown | 733 | 34.4 | ![]() | |
Labour | Isobel Kerrigan | 202 | 9.5 | New | |
Majority | 463 | 21.7 | ![]() | ||
Total valid votes | 2,131 | 98.5 | |||
Rejected ballots | 32 | 1.5 | |||
Turnout | 2,163 | 48.5 | |||
Registered electors | 4,456 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Rusthall
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UKIP | Victor Webb | 634 | 36.6 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Barry Edwards* | 560 | 32.3 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Thomas Snook | 540 | 31.1 | ![]() | |
Majority | 74 | 4.3 | N/A | ||
Total valid votes | 1,734 | 98.6 | |||
Rejected ballots | 25 | 1.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,759 | 49.2 | |||
Registered electors | 3,573 | ||||
UKIP gain from Conservative | Swing | ![]() |
Sherwood
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lynne Weatherly | 813 | 47.8 | ![]() | |
Labour | Ian Carvell | 340 | 20.0 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Lewis | 235 | 13.8 | ![]() | |
UKIP | Christopher Hoare | 192 | 11.3 | ![]() | |
English Democrat | Joanna Stanley | 121 | 7.1 | New | |
Majority | 473 | 27.8 | ![]() | ||
Total valid votes | 1,701 | 35.3 | |||
Registered electors | 4,813 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Southborough and High Brooms
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Dianne Hill | 952 | 48.6 | ![]() | |
Conservative | John Chater* | 801 | 40.9 | ![]() | |
UKIP | Christine Marshall | 205 | 10.5 | ![]() | |
Majority | 151 | 7.7 | N/A | ||
Total valid votes | 1,958 | 98.9 | |||
Rejected ballots | 21 | 1.1 | |||
Turnout | 1,979 | 37.9 | |||
Registered electors | 5,219 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ![]() |
Southborough North
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Elliott* | 829 | 52.4 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Jacqueline Prance | 395 | 25.0 | ![]() | |
Labour | Nicholas Blackwell | 220 | 13.9 | ![]() | |
UKIP | Derek Higgins | 139 | 8.8 | New | |
Majority | 434 | 27.4 | ![]() | ||
Total valid votes | 1,583 | 98.6 | |||
Rejected ballots | 23 | 1.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,606 | 50.9 | |||
Registered electors | 3,156 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Speldhurst and Bidborough
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Jukes | 1,613 | 67.3 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Robert Baldock | 517 | 21.6 | ![]() | |
UKIP | Eileen Gayler | 265 | 11.1 | New | |
Majority | 1,096 | 45.8 | ![]() | ||
Total valid votes | 2,395 | 97.8 | |||
Rejected ballots | 55 | 2.2 | |||
Turnout | 2,450 | 53.3 | |||
Registered electors | 4,595 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
St. John's
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Caroline Derrick | 1,021 | 46.8 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Lesley Herriot* | 975 | 44.7 | ![]() | |
UKIP | Joyce Matthews | 186 | 8.5 | ![]() | |
Majority | 46 | 2.1 | N/A | ||
Total valid votes | 2,182 | 98.0 | |||
Rejected ballots | 44 | 2.0 | |||
Turnout | 2,226 | 44.2 | |||
Registered electors | 5,036 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ![]() |
Notes
[edit]- ^ The ward of Brenchley and Horsmonden was up for a by-election following the resignation of incumbent councillor Marcella Callow, who was last elected in the 2008 election.[7]
- ^ John Smith was elected in 2007 as the candidate for the Conservative Party, but ran for reelection as an independent politician.
References
[edit]- ^ Tetteh, Edmund (24 May 2011). "Local elections 2011" (PDF). The House of Commons Library. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Local Elections Handbook 2011" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Teale, Andrew. "Local Election Results 2011 - Tunbridge Wells". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
- ^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Tunbridge Wells Borough Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
- ^ "Democracy and Standards". Tunbridge Wells Borough Council. Archived from the original on 14 May 2011. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Benson, William. "Election Results - 5 May - Borough Election Results" (PDF). Tunbridge Wells Borough Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 October 2011. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
- ^ Teale, Andrew. "Brenchley and Horsmonden Ward - Tunbridge Wells". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
- ^ Benson, William. "Election Results - 5 May - Brenchley & Horsmonden By-election Result" (PDF). Tunbridge Wells Borough Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 October 2011. Retrieved 15 July 2025.