Yahoo News Kent Local Elections 2024: Candidates for Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells plus when results expected
The 2024 Local Elections are nearly upon us and voters across the country will be heading to the polls to vote for their next local councillors.
This year's elections are to be held on Thursday, May 2 and in Kent voters in both Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells will be voting to fill whole councils after boundary changes.
There are no borough council votes this year in Ashford, Canterbury, Dover, Dartford, Folkestone and Hythe, Gravesham, Medway, Sevenoaks, Thanet or Tonbridge and Malling.
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Due to boundary changes the elections in both Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells are "all-in". This means that every seat on the council is up for grabs.
In Maidstone, the number of councillors is being reduced from 55 to 49 while in Tunbridge Wells the number of councillors is being reduced from 48 to 39.
Maidstone Borough Council is currently in no overall control but the Conservatives are the largest party. The 55 seats are taken by 25 Conservatives, 12 Lib Dems, 6 Independents, 6 Green Independent Allianced, 4 Labour and 2 Fant and Oakwood Independents.
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council is also currently in no overall control but with the Lib Dems as the largest party. The 48 seats are taken by 17 Lib Dems, 11 Conservatives, 9 Tunbridge Wells Alliance, 7 Labour, two unaligned Independents and two Independents for Tunbridge Wells.
When are results expected?
Both Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells will begin counting votes the day after polling day on Friday, May 3. Information on PA suggests that Maidstone expects to have declared all results by 3pm with Tunbridge Wells expecting results by 4pm.
Voter ID
Since 2023, voters in UK elections have been required to show a valid form of photo ID at polling stations. More information can be found on the Electoral Commission website here.
Polling stations
For information on your polling station see the Maidstone Borough Council website here, or the Tunbridge Wells Borough Council website here.
All candidates standing in Kent are listed below, along with the party they represent and how many councillors will be elected in each ward.
Maidstone
Allington and Bridge- 2 councillors
Mitu Chowdhury - Conservative
Michelle Englar - Lib Dem
Rita Ginatautaite - Conservative
Stuart Jeffery - Green
Marianna Poliszczuk - Labour
Rachel Rodwell - Green
Benjamin Webster-Whiting - Lib Dem
Barming Heath and Teston - 2 councillors
Reiss Cordrey - Conservative
Fay Gooch - Independent
Chris Passmore - Lib Dem
Mary Shaw - Labour
Keira Stuart Smith - Green
Allison Sweetman - Green
Bryan Vizzard - Lib Dem
Arek Zurawinski - Conservative
Bearsted and Downswood- 3 councillors
Ian Chittenden - Lib Dem
David Cockerham - Reform
Paul Cooper - Conservative
Lee Garrett - Green
Theresa Lyons - Labour
Gordon Newton - Independent
Ciaran Oliver - Green
Denis Spooner - Conservative
Val Springett - Conservative
Sean Turner - Heritage
Edward Wallace - Green
Boughton Monchelsea and Chart Sutton - 1 councillor
George Burr - Conservative
Anne Dawes - Independent
Peter Oliver - Labour
Boxley Downs - 2 councillors
Stephen Banks - Conservative
Michael Beckwith - Labour
Heidi Bryant - Conservative
Vanessa Jones - Independent
Stephen Thompson - Green
Mike Wardle - Reform
Coxheath and Farleigh - 2 councillors
Alan Cocks - Lib Dem
Claire Kehily - Green
Lottie Parfitt-Reid - Conservative
John Randall - Labour
Caroline Richer - Green
John Wilson - Conservative
Fant and Oakwood- 3 councillors
Lee Blake - Lib Dem
Patrick Coates - Fant and Oakwood Independents
Susan Delamere - Reform
Will Dinley - Conservative
Paul Harper - Fant and Oakwood Independents
Lorraine Humm - Lib Dem
Valerie Jacobs - Labour
Rojo Kurien - Lib Dem
Dennis Luchmun - Labour
Kimberley Milham - Green
Mudiwa Musindo - Conservative
Ramakrishna Peeta - Conservative
Margaret Rose - Labour
Grove Green and Vinters Park- 3 councillors
Ronald Burke - Conservative
Steven Cheeseman - Green
Martin Cox - Independent
Rob Field - Lib Dem
Michelle Hastie - Conservative
Jaison Musindo - Conservative
Mark Naghi - Lib Dem
Susan Parr - Green
Jeeva Sampangi - Lib Dem
Mark Tickner - Labour
Anna Winterbottom - Green
Harrietsham, Lenham and North Downs- 3 councillors
Onyekachukwu Chukwuma - Conservative
Julie-Anne Clancy - Conservative
Kathy Cox - Independent
Emily Hudson - Conservative
Janetta Sams - Independent
Tom Sams - Independent
Ryan Slaughter - Labour
Ian Stevens - Reform
Headcorn and Sutton Valence - 2 councillors
Thomas Dawber - Green
Derek Eagle - Green
Henry Morgan - Labour
Martin Richards - Lib Dem
Martin Round - Conservative
Ziggy Trzebinski - Conservative
High Street- 3 councillors
Oliver Bradshaw - Conservative
Saf Buxy - Green
Alan Chell - Conservative
David Collier - Labour
Clive English - Lib Dem
Donna Greenan - Green
Dylan Jeffrey - Conservative
Denise Joy - Independent
Dinesh Khadka - Lib Dem
Ashleigh Kimmance - Lib Dem
Farris Willson - Green
Leeds and Langley - 2 councillors
Gary Cooke - Conservative
Simon Easton - Green
Gill Fort - Conservative
Maxwell Harrison - Reform
Joan Langrick - Labour
Matthew White - Green
Loose and Linton - 2 councillors
Kenneth Amakye - Conservative
Brian Clark - Lib Dem
Nicola Dawber - Green
Matthew Fraser - Green
Bryan Hillman - Reform
Alan Le Grys - Labour
James Reid - Conservative
Simon Wales - Lib Dem
Marden and Yalding- 3 councillors
Annabelle Blackmore - Conservative
Grace Couch - Green
Maria Kelly - Labour
Kelly Rigden - Green
Claudine Russell - Conservative
Tristan Russell - Conservative
Teresa Seamer - Reform
Michael Summersgill - Green
William Wilby - Lib Dem
Palace Wood - 2 councillors
Tom Cannon - Conservative
Stan Forecast - Conservative
Wendy Hollands - Labour
Diana Lewins - Lib Dem
Ian McDonald - Green
Stephen Muggeridge - Green
Cynthia Robertson - Lib Dem
Park Wood and Mangravet - 2 councillors
Joyce Gadd - Conservative
Hilary Jenkins-Baldock - Labour
Lewis McKenna - Conservative
Daniel Wilkinson - Labour
Penenden Heath- 3 councillors
Andrew Bradford - Conservative
Richard Conyard - Lib Dem
Phoebe Frewer - Green
Tony Harwood - Lib Dem
David Naghi - Lib Dem
Derek Nicholson - Conservative
Andrew Reilly - Green
Rachel Slaughter - Labour
Daniel Thompson - Green
Jeff Tree - Conservative
Ringlestone - 1 councillor
Scott Hahnefeld - Conservative
Gareth Henry - Green
Stella Randall - Labour
Mike Thompson - Lib Dem
Senacre - 1 councillor
Patrik Garten - Conservative
Malcolm McKay - Labour
Shepway- 3 councillors
Alan Bartlett - Conservative
Louise Bartlett - Conservative
Sarah Barwick - Labour
Gary Butler - Independent
Maureen Cleator - Labour
Christopher Garland - Conservative
Lawrence Rustem - British Democrats
Geoffrey Samme - Lib Dem
Joanna Wilkinson - Labour
Staplehurst - 2 councillors
Thomas Burnham - Lib Dem
Stewart Lane - Green
John Perry - Conservative
Paddy Riordan - Conservative
Rory Silkin - Labour
Julie Skinner - Labour
Tovil - 2 councillors
Rebecca Bruneau - Conservative
Ian Cleator - Labour
Joe Higson - Lib Dem
Simon Milham - Green
Benjamin Reid - Conservative
Rosemary Riepma - Green
Paul Thomas - Reform
Paul Wilby - Lib Dem
Tunbridge Wells
Cranbrook, Sissinghurst and Frittenden - 3 councillors
John Austen - Conservative
James Cole - Lib Dem
Andy Fairweather - Conservative
Brian Guinnessy - Lib Dem
Chris Hoare - Independent
John Hurst - Green
Sally Moesgaard-Kjeldsen - Lib Dem
David Somers - Conservative
Joel Turner - Labour
Nancy Warne - Tunbridge Wells Alliance
Culverden - 3 councillors
Martin Betts - Labour
Martin Brice - Lib Dem
Alex Dunn - Conservative
Greg Holder - Labour
Sam Macdonald - Independent
Victoria Moll - Green
David Osborne - Lib Dem
Justine Rutland - Lib Dem
David Scott - Conservative
Victoria White - Conservative
Hawkhurst, Sandhurst and Benenden - 3 councillors
Mia Dahl - Labour
Tom Dawlings - Conservative
Andrew Dawson - Lib Dem
Clare Escombe - Tunbridge Wells Alliance
Simon Hilton - Reform
Debs Keech - Green
Dan Littlechild - Independent
Ellen Neville - Tunbridge Wells Alliance
Beverley Palmer - Conservative
Hazel Strouts - Lib Dem
Martin Taylor-Smith - Conservative
Angie Ward - Independent
Vivian Widgery - Lib Dem
High Brooms - 1 councillor
Paul Froome - Green
Dianne Hill - Labour
Steve Humphreys - Lib Dem
David Kain - Independent
Freddie Mobbs - Conservative
Rick Williams - Reform
Paddock Wood - 3 councillors
Rodney Atkins - Independent
Trevor Bisdee - Green
John Hall - Conservative
Don Kent - Lib Dem
Isobel Kerrigan - Labour
Nicolas Maari - Conservative
Mark Munday - Lib Dem
Adrian Pitts - Lib Dem
Begnat Robichaud - Independent
Ros Tucker - Conservative
Pantiles - 3 councillors
James Allen - Conservative
Alan Bullion - Labour
Michael Calvery - Green
Zoe Dommett - Conservative
David Evans - Conservative
Christopher Hall - Lib Dem
Jamie Johnson - Lib Dem
Penny Kift - Independent
Dino Myers-Lamptey - Independents
Penny Peerless - Green
Kate Sergeant - Green
John Spence - Reform
Pamela Wilkinson - Lib Dem
Park - 3 councillors
Bob Atwood - Conservative
Jack Faulkner - Labour
Alasdair Fraser - Green
Andrew Hobart - Conservative
Michael Jerrom - Reform
Corinna Keefe - Lib Dem
Matt Lowe - Lib Dem
Tara Matthews - Lib Dem
Nick Pope - Tunbridge Wells Alliance
Sue Pound - Labour
Sedat Zorba - Conservative
Pembury and Capel - 2 councillors
Paul Barrington-King - Conservative
Astra Birch - Lib Dem
Vivek Gautam - Conservative
David Hayward - Independent
Evelien Hurst-Buist - Green
Anne Musker - Labour
Hugh Patterson - Lib Dem
Paul Roberts - Conservative
Colin Sefton - Lib Dem
Suzie Wakeman - Independent
Rural Tunbridge Wells - 3 councillors
Jill Andrew - Conservative
Lynne Darrah - Conservative
Gillian Douglass - Lib Dem
Jenny Fox - Green
Michael Gill - Lib Dem
Paul Glazier - Independent
Kevin Kerrigan - Labour
David Knight - Tunbridge Wells Alliance
Geoff Mason - Green
Thomas Mobbs - Conservative
Quentin Rappoport - Lib Dem
Andrew Scott - Labour
Alison Webster - Tunbridge Wells Alliance
Helen Yeo - Green
Rusthall and Speldhurst - 3 councillors
Harry Allen - Conservative
Aaron Brand - Conservative
Alex Britcher-Allan - Labour
Paul Curry - Tunbridge Wells Alliance
Martin Franklin - Lib Dem
Teresa Gandon - Green
Mike Hardy - Reform
Rebecca Leach - Lib Dem
James McInroy - Conservative
John Moreland - Lib Dem
Matthew Sankey - Tunbridge Wells Alliance
Jayne Sharratt - Labour
Phil Wheeler - Labour
Graham Withers - Independent
Sherwood - 3 councillors
Christian Atwood - Conservative
Joe Dore - Indepenent
Richard Harrington - Conservative
William Healing - Lib Dem
Victoria Jones - Labour
Sue Lovell - Green
Marguerita Morton - Lib Dem
Hugo Pound - Labour
Yvonne Raptis - Lib Dem
Shadi Rogers - Labour
Lynne Weatherly - Conservative
Southborough and Bidborough - 3 councillors
Penny Breedon - Labour
Sarah Bridges - Conservative
Len Colangelo - Independent
Mark Ellis - Lib Dem
Jonathan Farina - Tunbridge Wells Alliance
John Francis - Labour
Brendon Le Page - Lib Dem
Alain Lewis - Labour
Mark McBennett - Green
Peter Oakford - Conservative
Joe Opara - Lib Dem
Ben Phillips - Green
Alexander Puffette - Conservative
St James' - 3 councillors
Ben Chapelard - Lib Dem
Maria Gavin - Green
Kit Hawes-Webb - Tunbridge Wells Alliance
Misha Mitchem - Conservative
Darren Moore - Labour
Colin Nicholson - Independent
Liberty Richardson - Independent
Courtney Souper - Lib Dem
Chris Stevenson - Labour
Jamie Tucker - Conservative
Christopher Woodward - Conservative
Rob Wormington - Lib Dem
St John's - 2 councillors
Fran Colangelo - Independent
Maura Faulkner - Labour
Matt Fox - Lib Dem
Dariel Francis - Labour
Alexander Lewis-Grey - Conservative
Peter Lidstone - Lib Dem
Mark Nicholson - Independent
Adrian Thorne - Green
Rebecca Winter - Conservative
