# 2018 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election

The 2018 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Tunbridge Wells Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

## Ward results
### Benenden and Cranbook

Benenden and Cranbook :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Tom Dawlings* | 854 | 50 | +8 |
| | Alliance | John Smith | 542 | 32 | N/A |
| | Labour | Anne Musker | 175 | 10 | +1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Saul Clackson | 136 | 8 | −18 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 312 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,699 | 32.15 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Brenchley and Horsmonden

Brenchley and Horsmonden :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Alan McDermott* | 951 | 65 | +9 |
| | Labour | Kelly Llewellyn | 262 | 18 | +2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Zoe Norman | 240 | 17 | +10 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 689 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,440 | 35.99 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Broadwater

Broadwater :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Chris Woodward* | 479 | 39 | −7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Hall | 471 | 39 | +31 |
| | Labour | Louise Reid | 213 | 17 | +1 |
| | UKIP | Alun Elder-Brown | 59 | 5 | −26 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 8 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,218 | 37.64 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Culverden

Culverden :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | David Scott | 663 | 30 | −17 |
| | Alliance | Lucy Willis | 499 | 23 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Martin Brice | 400 | 18 | +5 |
| | Labour | Carol Wilson | 327 | 15 | +5 |
| | Women's Equality | Liz Orr | 323 | 15 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 164 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,208 | 38.3 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Hawkhurst and Sandhurst

Hawkhurst and Sandhurst :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Patrick Thomson | 1,012 | 68 | +17 |
| | Labour | Ana Draper | 261 | 17 | +10 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Clare Bishop | 221 | 15 | +10 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 751 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,486 | 31.74 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Paddock Wood East

Paddock Wood East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Allan Gooda | 430 | 44 | ±0 |
| | Alliance | Rodney Atkins | 265 | 27 | N/A |
| | Labour | Derek Boyle | 196 | 20 | +9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gillian Douglass | 78 | 8 | +1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 165 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 967 | 31.47 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Paddock Wood West

Paddock Wood West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Elizabeth Thomas* | 425 | 45 | +1 |
| | Labour | Raymond Moon | 235 | 25 | +6 |
| | Alliance | Brian Ransley | 143 | 15 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Cole | 72 | 8 | +2 |
| | Green | Trevor Bisdee | 65 | 7 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 190 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 936 | 33.03 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Pantiles and St. Mark's

Pantiles and St. Mark's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | James Scholes* | 983 | 48 | −8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andy Hickey | 729 | 35 | +21 |
| | Labour | Lorna Blackmore | 344 | 17 | +2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 254 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,042 | 39.63 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Park

Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Alliance | Nick Pope | 773 | 34 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Catherine Rankin | 630 | 28 | −21 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rachel Sadler | 533 | 23 | +10 |
| | Labour | Hugo Pound | 335 | 15 | −1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 143 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 40.64 | 2,265 | |
| | Alliance gain from Conservative | Alliance gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Pembury

Pembury :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Paul Barrington-King* | 1,014 | 63 | +22 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Colin Sefton | 301 | 19 | +15 |
| | Labour | Sarah Carpenter | 282 | 18 | +12 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 713 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,589 | 35.74 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Sherwood

Sherwood :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Bob Backhouse* | 633 | 39 | −8 |
| | Labour | Seb St John | 520 | 32 | +18 |
| | Alliance | Nick Twist | 290 | 18 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alan Bullion | 113 | 7 | +2 |
| | UKIP | Chris Hoare | 67 | 4 | −29 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 113 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,621 | 41.45 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Southborough and High Brooms

Southborough and High Brooms :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Alain Lewis | 1,094 | 62 | +30 |
| | Conservative | Harry Allen | 455 | 26 | −6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Marguerita Morton | 211 | 12 | +2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 639 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,747 | 32.17 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Southborough North

Southborough North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Joe Simmons | 614 | 51 | −5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Trevor Poile | 354 | 29 | +16 |
| | Labour | Martin Betts | 247 | 20 | +4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 260 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,211 | 38.13 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Speldhurst and Bidborough

Speldhurst and Bidborough :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Julia Soyke* | 1,186 | 66 | +5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jackie Prance | 361 | 20 | +10 |
| | Labour | David Adams | 251 | 14 | +4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 825 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,789 | 38.39 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### St. James'

St. James' :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Neve* | 762 | 51 | −2 |
| | Alliance | Steve Bowser | 270 | 18 | N/A |
| | Labour | Isobel Kerrigan | 246 | 16 | +3 |
| | Conservative | Matt Bailey | 230 | 15 | −2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 492 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,506 | 35.27 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### St. John's

St. John's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mark Ellis | 1,038 | 47 | +15 |
| | Labour | Bjorn Simpole | 599 | 27 | +18 |
| | Conservative | Jamil Nasir | 575 | 26 | −9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 439 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,208 | 43.03 | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |