# 2014 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election

The 2014 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election took place on 22 May 2014 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 | 876 | 42 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Francis Rook | 541 | 26 |
| | UKIP | Simon Hilton | 468 | 23 |
| | Labour | Isobel Kerrigan | 188 | 9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 335 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,063 | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | |

### Brenchley and Horsmonden

Brenchley and Horsmonden :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Alan McDermott | 930 | 65 |
| | UKIP | David Weatherley | 334 | 20 |
| | Labour | Kevin Kerrigan | 263 | 16 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nancy Warne | 123 | 7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 596 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,645 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Broadwater

Broadwater :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Chris Woodward | 577 | 46 |
| | UKIP | Alun Elder-Brown | 393 | 31 |
| | Labour | Clive Brewer | 196 | 16 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Jeffery | 95 | 8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 184 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,256 | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |

### Culverden

Culverden :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Don Sloan | 988 | 47 |
| | UKIP | Patricia Underwood | 390 | 19 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alan Bullion | 267 | 13 |
| | Green | Rick Leslie | 229 | 11 |
| | Labour | Veronica Wallace | 218 | 10 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 598 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,085 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Hawkhurst and Sandhurst

Hawkhurst and Sandhurst :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Nathan Gray | 940 | 51 |
| | UKIP | John Austen | 537 | 29 |
| | Green | Marie Jones | 139 | 8 |
| | Labour | David Burgess | 131 | 7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tom Deacon | 89 | 5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 403 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,832 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Paddock Wood East

Paddock Wood East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Bill Hills | 562 | 44 |
| | UKIP | Thomas Chetta | 471 | 37 |
| | Labour | Terry White | 144 | 11 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mark Bicknell | 93 | 7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 91 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,269 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Paddock Wood West

Paddock Wood West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Elizabeth Thomas | 494 | 44 |
| | UKIP | Bob Davison | 350 | 31 |
| | Labour | Ray Moon | 219 | 19 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Matthew Warne | 71 | 6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 144 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,131 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Pantiles and St. Mark's

Pantiles and St. Mark's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | James Scholes | 1,137 | 56 |
| | UKIP | Kit Read | 326 | 16 |
| | Labour | Lorna Blackmore | 297 | 15 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Geoffrey Bent | 284 | 14 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 811 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,033 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Park

Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Catherine Mayhew | 1,086 | 49 |
| | UKIP | Andrew Osborne | 488 | 22 |
| | Labour | Mary Wilson | 348 | 16 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jacqueline Prance | 277 | 13 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 598 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,186 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Pembury

Pembury :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Paul Barrington-King | 853 | 41 |
| | UKIP | Colin Nicholson | 572 | 27 |
| | Independent | Terry Cload | 445 | 21 |
| | Labour | Margaret Morgan | 130 | 6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rachel Sadler | 92 | 4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 281 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,088 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Sherwood

Sherwood :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Bob Backhouse | 813 | 47 |
| | UKIP | Stephen Lukacs | 578 | 33 |
| | Labour | Nick Maltby | 249 | 14 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Victor Bethell | 93 | 5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 235 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,726 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Southborough and High Brooms

Southborough and High Brooms :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Graham Munn | 602 | 32 |
| | Conservative | Peter Oakford | 591 | 32 |
| | UKIP | Richard Harrington | 486 | 26 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Marguerita Morton | 190 | 10 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 11 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,856 | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | |

### Southborough North

Southborough North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Mike Rusbridge | 790 | 56 |
| | Labour | Nicholas Blackwell | 233 | 16 |
| | UKIP | Mark Nicholson | 219 | 15 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jo Wright | 181 | 13 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 557 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,416 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Speldhurst and Bidborough

Speldhurst and Bidborough :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Julia Soyke | 1,255 | 61 |
| | UKIP | Nick Frydas | 396 | 19 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Baldock | 201 | 10 |
| | Labour | Ann Tyler | 198 | 10 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 859 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,038 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### St. James'

St. James' :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Neve | 751 | 53 |
| | Conservative | Alex Lewis-Grey | 247 | 17 |
| | UKIP | Naz Mian | 246 | 17 |
| | Labour | Jaimi Lallu | 184 | 13 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 504 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,418 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |

### St. John's

St. John's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Jamil Nasir | 711 | 35 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Trevor Poile | 646 | 32 |
| | UKIP | Simon Ford-Forrester | 309 | 15 |
| | Labour | Timothy Rich | 187 | 9 |
| | Green | Phyl Leslie | 174 | 9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 65 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,018 | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |