# 2007 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election

The 2007 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Tunbridge Wells Borough Council in Kent, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
* Conservative 41
* Liberal Democrat 7

## Election result

The results saw the Labour Party lose its last councillor, Ronnie Ooi, on the council. Ooi lost his seat in Southborough and High Brooms ward after campaigning by distancing himself from the national Labour government and calling on voters to preserve an opposition to the Conservatives on the council.
Tunbridge Wells local election result 2007 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | 15 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 93.8 | 57.2 | 13,455 | −1.7% |
| Liberal Democrats | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 6.3 | 27.9 | 6,571 | −3.7% |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 | 1,482 | +4.6% |
| Labour | 0 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 5.9 | 1,391 | +0.3% |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 469 | −0.2% |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 164 | +0.7% |

## Ward results

Benenden and Cranbrook :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Linda Hall | 1,170 | 58.5 | −2.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Francis Rook | 696 | 34.8 | +3.9 |
| | UKIP | Oliver Clement | 133 | 6.7 | −1.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 474 | 23.7 | −6.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,999 | 38.9 | +0.3 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Culverden :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Miller | 921 | 58.1 | −0.5 |
| | Green | Brian Leslie | 469 | 29.6 | +15.0 |
| | UKIP | Patricia Theophanides | 196 | 12.4 | +12.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 452 | 28.5 | −3.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,586 | 32.6 | −2.3 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Frittenden and Sissinghurst :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Smith | 505 | 63.7 | −10.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Graham Lee | 288 | 36.3 | +10.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 217 | 27.4 | −20.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 793 | 47.3 | +6.9 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Goudhurst and Lamberhurst :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Bullock | 806 | 64.6 | −5.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Billingham | 297 | 23.8 | −6.5 |
| | UKIP | Julie La Coste | 144 | 11.5 | +11.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 509 | 40.8 | +1.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,247 | 38.9 | −3.9 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Hawkhurst and Sandhurst :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Ron Weeden | 1,095 | 71.6 | +1.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Keith Brown | 435 | 28.4 | −1.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 660 | 43.2 | +3.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,530 | 34.5 | −0.4 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Paddock Wood East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Peter Waldock | 513 | 51.6 | −13.2 |
| | Labour | Raymond Moon | 193 | 19.4 | +6.4 |
| | Independent | Ronald Goodman | 164 | 16.5 | +16.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jamie Johnson | 125 | 12.6 | −9.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 349 | 32.2 | −10.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 995 | 32.7 | +1.8 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Paddock Wood West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Stanley Ward | 646 | 79.0 | +18.4 |
| | Labour | Raymond Steward | 172 | 21.0 | −0.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 474 | 58.0 | +18.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 818 | 28.2 | −1.9 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Pantiles and St Marks :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Gillian Barber-Hughes | 1,110 | 64.1 | −4.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jean-Luc Bressard | 470 | 27.1 | −4.3 |
| | UKIP | Beryl Woodall | 152 | 8.8 | +8.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 640 | 37.0 | −0.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,732 | 36.0 | +1.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Sean Lockhart | 1,115 | 58.6 | −5.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Hillier | 616 | 32.4 | −3.7 |
| | UKIP | Ian Peters | 171 | 9.0 | +9.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 499 | 26.2 | −1.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,902 | 35.8 | −2.4 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Pembury :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | June Crowhurst | 955 | 54.3 | −1.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lorraine Braam | 687 | 39.0 | −4.8 |
| | UKIP | Christopher Luke | 118 | 6.7 | +6.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 268 | 15.3 | +2.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,760 | 39.7 | −5.0 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
Rusthall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Barry Edwards | 528 | 45.1 | +16.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Gillmore | 321 | 27.4 | −24.2 |
| | UKIP | June Moore | 175 | 15.0 | +4.2 |
| | Labour | Lorna Blackmore | 146 | 12.5 | +3.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 207 | 17.7 | −5.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,170 | 34.1 | −4.4 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
St John's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lesley Herriot | 836 | 50.4 | +13.0 |
| | Conservative | Brian Ransley | 708 | 42.7 | −2.0 |
| | UKIP | Philip Crofton | 116 | 7.0 | +7.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 128 | 7.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,660 | 34.5 | −1.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Sherwood :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Robert Mayall | 675 | 46.6 | −7.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alan Bullion | 405 | 28.0 | −0.4 |
| | Labour | Katherine Wilson | 218 | 15.0 | −2.9 |
| | UKIP | Victor Webb | 151 | 10.4 | +10.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 270 | 18.6 | −6.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,449 | 30.6 | −0.3 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Southborough and High Brooms :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Chater | 658 | 37.4 | −12.0 |
| | Labour | Ronnie Ooi | 582 | 33.1 | +0.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Marguerita Morton | 394 | 22.4 | +4.5 |
| | UKIP | Christopher Hoare | 126 | 7.2 | +7,2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 76 | 4.3 | −12.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,760 | 34.3 | +0.6 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Southborough North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | David Elliott | 748 | 54.5 | −3.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Trevor Poile | 544 | 39.7 | +5.3 |
| | Labour | Antony Wood | 80 | 5.8 | −2.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 204 | 14.8 | −8.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,372 | 43.9 | −1.2 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
Speldhurst and Bidborough :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | David Jukes | 1,302 | 74.0 | −1.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ian Williams | 457 | 26.0 | +1.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 845 | 48.0 | −3.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,759 | 39.5 | −2.8 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |