Tunbridge Wells Local Elections 2024: Every candidate standing for your vote including in Southborough and Penbury

Tom van Klaveren

2 May 2024 at 0:15 pm·4-min read

Tunbridge Wells scrapes into Which? top 20 best small city or town for a short break — Every seat on Tunbridge Wells borough council is up for grabs -Credit:Sally Loram

It could be all change on Tunbridge Wells Borough Council after the 2024 Local Elections as boundary changes mean that every seat on the council is up for grabs.

The number of councillors has been reduced by nine, from 48 to 39, with each ward in the borough electing between one and three members depending on population size.

The council is currently in no overall control 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. 20 seats will be required for any party to take control of the council.

The only other Kent borough with Local Elections in 2024 is Maidstone, which is also reelecting the whole council due to boundary changes. However, every area in the county will have a vote for the next Kent Police Crime Commissioner. All of the votes are being held on Thursday, May 2.

When are results expected?

It is expected that full results will be declared for Tunbridge Wells Borough Council at around 4pm on Friday, May 3.

List of Candidates

Every candidate for the Tunbridge Wells Borough Council elections 2024 is listed below, along with the wards they are standing in and the number of councillors that will be elected for each ward.

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

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When are results expected?

List of Candidates

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