# 2002 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election

The 2002 Tunbridge Wells Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Tunbridge Wells Borough Council in Kent, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000. The Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.

## Results

The results saw the Conservatives increase their majority, while the Labour group leader lost his seat.
Tunbridge Wells local election result 2002 :
| Party | Seats | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| Conservative | 34 | +3 | 70.8 | 58.9 | 33,666 |
| Liberal Democrats | 11 | 0 | 22.9 | 29.3 | 16,715 |
| Labour | 3 | -2 | 6.3 | 9.0 | 5,125 |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.4 | 828 |
| Independent | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1.2 | 661 |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 150 |

### By ward

Benenden and Cranbrook (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Peter Davies | 1,014 | |
| | Conservative | Tom Veitch | 1,012 | |
| | Conservative | Linda Hall | 863 | |
| | Independent | Kim Fletcher | 661 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Patricia Hoare | 607 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,157 | 33.7 |
Brenchley and Horsmonden (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Paul Oliver-Smith | 911 | |
| | Conservative | Nicholas Fairrie | 870 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Ratcliffe | 379 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,160 | 33.3 |
Broadwater (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Crawford | 481 | |
| | Conservative | Barbara Cobbold | 480 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Ollive | 455 | |
| | Conservative | Jennifer Gregory | 435 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,851 | 31.6 |
Capel :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Hugh Patterson | 420 | 63.8 |
| | Conservative | Margaret Pemberton | 238 | 36.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 182 | 27.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 658 | 37.0 |
Culverden (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Leonard Price | 804 | |
| | Conservative | Eldred Wakefield | 800 | |
| | Conservative | Wilfred Ekins-Daukes | 799 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Aileen Prendergast | 523 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Storr | 497 | |
| | Green | Brian Leslie | 388 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,811 | 28.1 |
Frittenden and Sissinghurst :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | John Smith | 468 | 70.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Graham Lee | 193 | 29.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 275 | 41.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 661 | 39.4 |
Goudhurst and Lamberhurst (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Barry Noakes | 784 | |
| | Conservative | John Bullock | 728 | |
| | Labour | Simon Fowler | 269 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,781 | 31.8 |
Hawkhurst and Sandhurst (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | John Cunningham | 945 | |
| | Conservative | Beverley Palmer | 912 | |
| | Conservative | Ronald Weeden | 861 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Keith Brown | 504 | |
| | Labour | David Burgess | 276 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,498 | 32.3 |
Paddock Wood East (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | David Marriott | 489 | |
| | Conservative | Peter Waldock | 359 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lorraine Braam | 342 | |
| | Labour | Timothy Rich | 229 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,419 | 25.3 |
Paddock Wood West (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Elizabeth Thomas | 453 | |
| | Conservative | Stanley Ward | 443 | |
| | Labour | Raymond Moon | 222 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Walter Stone | 217 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,335 | 25.5 |
Pantiles and St Mark's (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | James Scholes | 1,096 | |
| | Conservative | Leonard Horwood | 1,017 | |
| | Conservative | Gillian Barber-Hughes | 1,005 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael McDowall | 454 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Wigley | 428 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,000 | 31.3 |
Park (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Catherine Mayhew | 1,007 | |
| | Conservative | Peter Bulman | 952 | |
| | Conservative | Henry Harrison | 928 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Hillier | 640 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alan Bullion | 629 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Skelton | 620 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,776 | 31.7 |
Pembury (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Archibald Ballantine | 926 | |
| | Conservative | Paul Barrington-King | 911 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Mills | 898 | |
| | Conservative | Gillian Pavely | 818 | |
| | Conservative | Richard Harding | 789 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sonya Wratten | 687 | |
| | Labour | Sally Osborn | 182 | |
| | Green | Toby Birkett | 142 | |
| | Green | Barney Richardson | 65 | |
| | Green | Storm Poorun | 50 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,468 | 42.0 |
Rusthall (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Wratten | 530 | |
| | Conservative | Barry Edwards | 396 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Gillmore | 391 | |
| | Conservative | James Perry | 385 | |
| | Labour | David Kirkham | 194 | |
| | UKIP | Victor Webb | 150 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,046 | 33.0 |
St James' (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Neve | 803 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Beatrice Lewis | 764 | |
| | Conservative | Rosemary Fitzherbert | 226 | |
| | Conservative | Roger Parkes | 168 | |
| | Labour | David Osborn | 123 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,084 | 30.5 |
St John's (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alfred Baker | 745 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Simon Bannister | 742 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Geoffrey Young | 664 | |
| | Conservative | Sean Lockhart | 558 | |
| | Conservative | Christopher Reich | 543 | |
| | Conservative | Christine Dickens | 531 | |
| | Labour | Peter Ross-Skedd | 206 | |
| | Green | Phyllis Leslie | 183 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,172 | 30.0 |
Sherwood (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Ted Jolley | 505 | |
| | Conservative | Frank Williams | 492 | |
| | Conservative | Robert Mayall | 456 | |
| | Labour | Ian Carvell | 445 | |
| | Labour | Emma Collins | 414 | |
| | Labour | John Hopkinson | 340 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Cicilia Bannister | 321 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,528 | 23.4 |
Southborough and High Brooms (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Walter Clary | 774 | |
| | Labour | Jemima Blackmore | 726 | |
| | Labour | Ronnie Ooi | 725 | |
| | Conservative | Colin Bothwell | 625 | |
| | Conservative | Michael Scott | 577 | |
| | Conservative | Kevin Wilkinson | 514 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,941 | 26.7 |
Southborough North (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Michael Rusbridge | 618 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Trevor Poile | 545 | |
| | Conservative | Pamela Howell | 531 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Billingham | 475 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,169 | 35.5 |
Speldhurst and Bidborough (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Melvyn Howell | 1,128 | |
| | Conservative | Jennifer Paulson-Ellis | 1,126 | |
| | Conservative | John Jukes | 1,096 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Patrick Handcock | 420 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jackie Cassidy | 415 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,185 | 35.5 |