2008 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election

The 2008 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2008 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]

Map of the results of the 2008 Tunbridge Wells council election. Conservatives in blue and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Wards in grey were not contested in 2008.

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Conservative 44
• Liberal Democrat 4[2]

Election result

The results saw the Conservatives retain control after gaining 3 seats from the Liberal Democrats to have 44 seats compared to 4 for the Liberal Democrats.[3]

Tunbridge Wells local election result 2008[4][5]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	15	3	0	+3	93.8	56.8	12,756	−0.4%
	Liberal Democrats	1	0	3	−3	6.3	26.7	5,994	−1.2%
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	5.0	1,121	−1.3%
	Labour	0	0	0	0	0	4.8	1,077	−1.1%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	4.1	913	+2.1%
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	2.7	599	+2.0%

Ward results

Benenden and Cranbrook[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Sean Holden	836	41.3	−17.2
	Independent	Peter Jempson	599	29.6	+29.6
	Liberal Democrats	Francis Rook	522	25.8	−9.0
	UKIP	Oliver Clement	67	3.3	−3.4
Majority			237	11.7	−12.0
Turnout			2,024	38.7	−0.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brenchley and Horsmonden[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Marcella Callow	1,011	62.4	−16.7
	Liberal Democrats	Isobel Kerrigan	608	37.6	+16.7
Majority			403	24.9	−33.3
Turnout			1,619	42.4	+4.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Broadwater[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Barbara Cobbold	637	68.4	+23.8
	Liberal Democrats	Jean-Luc Bressard	294	31.6	−14.5
Majority			343	36.8
Turnout			931	29.4	−8.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Capel[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Brian Ransley	422	55.6	+25.2
	Liberal Democrats	Hugh Patterson	337	44.4	−25.2
Majority			85	11.2
Turnout			759	41.3	−1.0
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Culverden[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Ronen Basu	919	57.1	−1.0
	Green	Brian Leslie	518	32.2	+2.6
	UKIP	Patricia Theophanides	172	10.7	−1.7
Majority			401	24.9	−3.6
Turnout			1,609	31.5	−1.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Goudhurst and Lamberhurst[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Barry Noakes	902	73.5	+8.9
	Liberal Democrats	John Billingham	227	18.5	−5.3
	UKIP	Victor Webb	99	8.1	−3.4
Majority			675	55.0	+14.2
Turnout			1,228	37.9	−1.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hawkhurst and Sandhurst[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Beverley Palmer	1,120	66.5	−5.1
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Brown	297	17.6	−10.8
	UKIP	Jeffrey King	166	9.9	+9.9
	Labour	David Burgess	102	6.1	+6.1
Majority			823	48.8	+5.6
Turnout			1,685	37.2	+2.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pantilles and St Mark's[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Leonard Horwood	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Park[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Peter Bulman	1,161	62.1	+3.5
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Hillier	464	24.8	−7.6
	Green	Shaun Carey	244	13.1	+13.1
Majority			697	37.3	+11.1
Turnout			1,869	34.4	−1.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pembury[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Paul Barrington-King	1,230	67.9	+13.6
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqueline Prance	472	26.0	−13.0
	UKIP	Christopher Hoare	110	6.1	−0.6
Majority			758	41.8	+26.5
Turnout			1,812	40.6	+0.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rusthall[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Robert Atwood	505	42.8	−2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Bob Prance	380	32.2	+4.8
	Labour	Tim Probert	166	14.1	+1.6
	UKIP	June Moore	129	10.9	−4.1
Majority			125	10.6	−7.1
Turnout			1,180	34.3	+0.2
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

St James'[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats	Beatrice Lewis	694	58.6	−6.9
	Conservative	Alan McDermott	390	32.9	+9.8
	UKIP	Christopher Luke	101	8.5	+8.5
Majority			304	25.7	−16.7
Turnout			1,185	33.1	−2.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

St John's[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Tracy Moore	794	45.9	+3.2
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Bullion	786	45.4	−5.0
	Green	Phyllis Leslie	151	8.7	+8.7
Majority			8	0.5
Turnout			1,731	35.8	+1.3
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Sherwood[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Frank Williams	789	58.6	+12.0
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Lewis	347	25.8	−2.2
	Labour	Loma Blackmore	211	15.7	+0.7
Majority			442	32.8	+14.2
Turnout			1,347	28.9	−1.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Southborough and High Brooms[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Joseph Simmons	695	42.0	+4.6
	Labour	Ronnie Ooi	598	36.2	+3.1
	Liberal Democrats	Marguerita Morton	235	14.2	−8.2
	UKIP	Eileen Gayler	125	7.6	+0.4
Majority			97	5.9	+1.6
Turnout			1,653	31.9	−2.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Speldhurst and Bidborough[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	David Stanyer	1,345	73.6	−0.4
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Williams	331	18.1	−7.9
	UKIP	Peter Fasey	152	8.3	+8.3
Majority			1,014	55.5	+7.5
Turnout			1,828	40.4	+0.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

1. "Tunbridge Wells". BBC News Online. Retrieved 21 November 2010.
2. "Local elections: Results: Voters in the cities and the shires have their say in the ballot box". The Guardian. 2 May 2008. p. 7.
3. "Tories take control in Maidstone". BBC News Online. 2 May 2008. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
4. "Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election - 1 May 2008" (PDF). Tunbridge Wells Borough Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 October 2011. Retrieved 21 November 2010.
5. "Local elections Results". The Times. 2 May 2008. p. 28.