# 2012 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election

The 2012 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election was 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 was up for election.

## Election result

Tunbridge Wells local election result 2012 :
| Party | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | 48.22 | 14,105 | - |
| Labour | 17.60 | 5,149 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 17.43 | 5,099 | |
| UKIP | 12.86 | 3,761 | |
| Independent | 3.15 | 922 | |
| Green | 0.74 | 216 | |

## Ward results

Benenden and Cranbrook :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Stephen Brown | 397 | |
| | Conservative | Sean Holden | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1089 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 29.26 |
Brenchley and Horsmonden :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Kevin Kerrigan | 318 | |
| | Conservative | Jane March | 917 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 31.74 |
Broadwater (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Clive Brewer | 208 | |
| | Conservative | Barbara Cobbold | 555 | |
| | UKIP | Malcolm Dow | 220 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alex Green | 222 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Chris Jeffrey | 161 | |
| | Labour | Graham Munn | 155 | |
| | Conservative | Chris Woodward | 477 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 32.84 |
Capel :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Thomas Devlin | 42 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Hugh Patterson | 340 | |
| | Conservative | Brian Ransley | 298 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 38.04 |
Culverden :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Ronen Basu | 746 | |
| | Labour | Veronica Kelly | 213 | |
| | Green | Richard Leslie | 216 | |
| | UKIP | Patricia Theophanides | 231 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ian Williams | 182 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 29.03 |
Goudhurst and Lamberhurst :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Simon Fowler | 205 | |
| | Independent | Edward La Coste | 86 | |
| | Conservative | Barry Noakes | 708 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 30.01 |
Hawkhurst and Sandhurst :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Keith Brown | 217 | |
| | UKIP | William Orpin | 263 | |
| | Conservative | Beverley Palmer | 717 | |
| | Labour | Kim Watts | 148 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 29.56 |
Pantiles and St Mark’s :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Lorna Blackmore | 333 | |
| | UKIP | Eileen Gayler | 194 | |
| | Conservative | Len Horwood | 1047 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 30.52 |
Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Peter Bulman | 852 | |
| | Labour | Nick Maltby | 378 | |
| | UKIP | June Moore | 233 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rachel Sadler | 327 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 33.05 |
Pembury (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Paul Barrington-King | 736 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Beard | 312 | |
| | Conservative | Lynn Hine | 506 | |
| | Labour | Isobel Kerrigan | 145 | |
| | Labour | Margaret Morgan | 229 | |
| | UKIP | Colin Nicholson | 505 | |
| | Independent | Mike Tompsett | 836 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 39.82 |
Rusthall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Bob Atwood | 487 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Vic Bethell | 103 | |
| | Labour | Alex Britcher | 263 | |
| | UKIP | Piers Wauchope | 533 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 38.20 |
Sherwood :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alan Bullion | 123 | |
| | Labour | Ian Carvell | 261 | |
| | UKIP | Christopher Hoare | 421 | |
| | Conservative | Frank Williams | 594 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 29.51 |
Southborough and High Brooms :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Nasir Jamil | 604 | |
| | Labour | Alain Lewis | 630 | |
| | UKIP | Christine Marshall | 193 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Marguerita Morton | 96 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 28.80 |
Speldhurst and Bidborough :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Baldock | 164 | |
| | UKIP | Peter Fasey | 221 | |
| | Conservative | Julian Stayner | 1011 | |
| | Labour | Ann Tyler | 212 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 34.69 |
St James' :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ben Chapeland | 790 | |
| | Labour | Jaimi Lallu | 156 | |
| | UKIP | Naz Mian | 115 | |
| | Conservative | James Tansley | 213 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 31.95 |
St John’s :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lesley Herriot | 554 | |
| | UKIP | Joyce Matthews | 148 | |
| | Labour | Timothy Rice | 244 | |
| | Conservative | David Scott | 662 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 31.54 |