Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election, 2010

Map of the results of the 2010 Tunbridge Wells council election. Conservatives in blue and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Wards in grey were not contested in 2010.

The 2010 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2010 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.^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was

Conservative 42
Liberal Democrat 6^[2]

Election result

The results saw the Conservative stay in control of the council despite losing 2 seats.^[3] The Liberal Democrats gained seats in Benenden and Cranbrook wards to hold 6 seats, compared to 42 for the Conservatives.^[3] Overall turnout in the election was 68.59%.^[4]

Tunbridge Wells Local Election Result 2010^[4]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	12	0	2	-2	75.0	54.1	25,870	-2.7%
	Liberal Democrat	4	2	0	+2	25.0	34.9	16,722	+8.2%
	Labour	0	0	0	0	0	6.3	3,002	+1.5%
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	2.9	1,389	-2.1%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	576	-2.9%
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	0.6	297	-2.1%

Ward results

Benenden and Cranbrook^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Francis Rook	1,900	52.4	+26.6
	Conservative	Peter Davies	1,727	47.6	+6.4
Majority			173	4.8
Turnout			3,627	70.8	+32.1
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Brenchley and Horsmonden^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan McDermott	1,971	69.1	+6.7
	Liberal Democrat	John Billingham	882	30.9	-6.7
Majority			1,089	38.2	+13.3
Turnout			2,853	75.8	+33.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Broadwater^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Crawford	1,004	51.3	+19.7
	Conservative	William Rutherford	955	48.7	-19.7
Majority			49	2.5
Turnout			1,959	62.7	+33.3
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Culverden^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Leonard Price	1,934	52.1	-5.0
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Williams	1,222	32.9	+32.9
	Green	Richard Leslie	313	8.4	-23.8
	UKIP	Patricia Theophanides	198	5.3	-5.4
	Independent	Ahsan Ahmad	45	1.2	+1.2
Majority			712	19.2	-5.7
Turnout			3,712	65.9	+34.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hawkhurst and Sandhurst^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Cunningham	2,028	63.4	-3.1
	Liberal Democrat	Keith Brown	909	28.4	+10.8
	Labour	David Burgess	261	8.2	+2.1
Majority			1,119	35.0	-13.8
Turnout			3,198	70.5	+33.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Paddock Wood East^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bill Hills	979	47.4	-4.2
	Liberal Democrat	Hugh Patterson	495	24.0	+11.4
	Labour	Raymond Moon	340	16.5	-2.9
	Independent	Ron Goodman	252	12.2	-4.3
Majority			484	23.4	-8.8
Turnout			2,066	67.5	+34.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Paddock Wood West^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Elizabeth Thomas	1,137	58.1	-20.9
	Liberal Democrat	Damion Coleman	536	27.4	+27.4
	Labour	Terry White	283	14.5	-6.5
Majority			601	30.7	-27.3
Turnout			1,956	66.5	+38.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pantiles and St Marks^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Scholes	2,159	59.3
	Liberal Democrat	Christo Skelton	1,195	32.8
	Labour	Peter Mills	289	7.9
Majority			964	26.5
Turnout			3,643	71.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Park^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Catherine Mayhew	2,155	56.0	-6.1
	Liberal Democrat	Matthew Nash	1,402	36.4	+11.6
	UKIP	Eileen Gayler	294	7.6	+7.6
Majority			753	19.6	-17.7
Turnout			3,851	72.3	+37.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pembury^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Tompsett	1,884	59.4	-8.5
	Liberal Democrat	Lorraine Braam	1,287	40.6	+14.6
Majority			597	18.8	-23.0
Turnout			3,171	70.0	+29.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

St James'^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	David Neve	1,666	64.9	+6.3
	Conservative	Simon Bannister	901	35.1	+2.2
Majority			765	29.8	+4.1
Turnout			2,567	64.6	+31.5
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

St John's^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Trevor Poile	1,639	47.1	+1.7
	Conservative	Chris Woodward	1,577	45.3	-0.6
	Green	Phyllis Leslie	263	7.6	-1.1
Majority			62	1.8
Turnout			3,479	70.0	+34.2
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Sherwood^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ted Jolley	1,343	48.0	-10.6
	Liberal Democrat	Timothy Woodman	737	26.3	+0.5
	Labour	Timothy Rich	454	16.2	+0.5
	UKIP	Christopher Hoare	263	9.4	+9.4
Majority			606	21.7	-11.1
Turnout			2,797	58.3	+29.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Southborough and High Brooms^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin Bothwell	1,513	46.2	+4.2
	Labour	Dianne Hill	1,375	42.0	+5.8
	UKIP	Beverley Bradshaw	385	11.8	+4.2
Majority			138	4.2	-1.7
Turnout			3,273	63.7	+31.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Southborough North^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Rusbridge	1,335	59.0	+4.5
	Liberal Democrat	Jacqueline Prance	927	41.0	+1.3
Majority			408	18.0	+3.2
Turnout			2,262	71.8	+27.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Speldhurst and Bidborough^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Julia Soyke	2,272	66.0	-7.6
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Baldock	921	26.8	+8.7
	UKIP	Peter Fasey	249	7.2	-1.1
Majority			1,351	39.3	-16.2
Turnout			3,442	74.8	+34.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

↑ "Tunbridge Wells". BBC News Online. 2009-04-19. Retrieved 2010-11-23.
↑ "Local elections 2010". London: guardian.co.uk. 2010-05-07. Retrieved 2010-11-24.
1 2 "Tory casualties at borough elections". this is Kent. 2010-05-14. Retrieved 2010-11-24.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 "Tunbridge Wells Borough Council Election Results - 6 May 2010". Tunbridge Wells Borough Council. Retrieved 2010-11-23.

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