2006 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election

The 2006 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2006 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:

Election result

Tunbridge Wells local election result 2006^[3]^[4]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	14	2	0	+2	87.5	58.9	14,301	+6.1%
Liberal Democrats	2	0	2	−2	12.5	31.6	7,668	−1.5%
Labour	0	0	0	0	0	5.6	1,370	−2.3%
Green	0	0	0	0	0	2.2	536	−1.6%
UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	1.7	422	−0.4%

Ward results

Benenden and Cranbrook^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Davies	1,183	60.7	+8.4
	Liberal Democrats	Winifred Honnywill	603	30.9	−3.2
	UKIP	Oliver Clement	163	8.4	−5.2
Majority			580	29.8	+11.6
Turnout			1,949	38.6	−4.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brenchley and Horsmonden^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sally-Ann Slade	1,096	79.1	+17.4
	Liberal Democrats	John Billingham	290	20.9	−4.7
Majority			806	58.2	+22.1
Turnout			1,386	37.6	−6.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Broadwater^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Crawford	503	46.1	+9.9
	Conservative	David Stanyer	486	44.6	−1.6
	UKIP	Theresa Theophanides	101	9.3	−0.6
Majority			17	1.5
Turnout			1,090	37.6	−3.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Culverden^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Leonard Price	981	58.6	+4.0
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Beard	450	26.9	+3.6
	Green	Brian Leslie	244	14.6	+3.9
Majority			531	31.7	+0.4
Turnout			1,675	34.9	−2.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hawkhurst and Sandhurst^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Cunningham	1,064	69.9	+4.4
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Brown	458	30.1	+4.8
Majority			606	39.8	−0.4
Turnout			1,522	34.9	−7.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Paddock Wood East^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Marriott	603	64.8	+26.8
	Liberal Democrats	Lorraine Braam	207	22.2	−13.8
	Labour	Timothy Rich	121	13.0	−8.4
Majority			396	42.6	+40.6
Turnout			931	30.9	+5.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Paddock Wood West^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Elizabeth Thomas	525	60.6	+3.4
	Labour	Raymond Moon	183	21.1	+4.3
	UKIP	Victor Webb	158	18.2	+18.2
Majority			342	39.5	+8.3
Turnout			866	30.1	+7.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pantiles and St Marks^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Scholes	1,156	68.6	+2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Johnson	529	31.4	−2.3
Majority			627	37.2	+4.6
Turnout			1,685	35.0	−5.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Park^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Catherine Mayhew	1,250	63.9	+9.1
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Hillier	707	36.1	+5.1
Majority			543	27.8	+4.0
Turnout			1,957	38.2	−4.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pembury^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Tompsett	1,124	56.2	−1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Symondson	877	43.8	+10.0
Majority			247	12.4	−11.5
Turnout			2,001	44.7	+1.6
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

St James'^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Neve	776	65.5	+5.2
	Conservative	Christopher Browne	273	23.1	−3.1
	Green	Richard Leslie	135	11.4	+11.4
Majority			503	42.4	+8.3
Turnout			1,184	35.6	+1.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

St John's^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Woodward	760	44.7	+7.1
	Liberal Democrats	Lesley Herriot	636	37.4	−4.5
	Green	Phyllis Leslie	157	9.2	+1.8
	Labour	Keith Hamm	146	8.6	+0.0
Majority			124	7.3	+3.0
Turnout			1,699	35.5	+0.2
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Sherwood^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Jolley	754	53.7	+0.3
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Bullion	399	28.4	+7.0
	Labour	Jemima Blackmore	252	17.9	−7.4
Majority			355	25.3	−2.8
Turnout			1,405	30.9	−0.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Southborough and High Brooms^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin Bothwell	849	49.4	+10.6
	Labour	Dianne Hill	561	32.7	−4.5
	Liberal Democrats	Marguerita Morton	308	17.9	+2.1
Majority			188	16.7	+15.1
Turnout			1,718	33.7	−0.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Southborough North^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Rusbridge	797	57.8	+11.4
	Liberal Democrats	Terence Driscoll	474	34.4	−14.0
	Labour	Gregory Lay	107	7.8	+7.8
Majority			323	23.4
Turnout			1,378	45.1	+7.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Speldhurst and Bidborough^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Melvyn Howell	1,400	75.6	+4.9
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Williams	451	24.4	−4.9
Majority			949	51.2	+9.8
Turnout			1,851	42.3	−2.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

^ "Local elections: Tunbridge Wells". BBC News Online. Retrieved 21 November 2010.
^ Wilson, Graeme (5 May 2006). "Conservatives Cameron's crusade puts Tories back on victory trail". The Daily Telegraph. p. 4.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q "Elections 5 May 2006". Tunbridge Wells Borough Council. Archived from the original on 27 September 2006. Retrieved 21 November 2010.
^ "Local elections". The Times. 5 May 2006. p. 9.

[1] "Local elections: Tunbridge Wells". BBC News Online. Retrieved 21 November 2010.

[2] Wilson, Graeme (5 May 2006). "Conservatives Cameron's crusade puts Tories back on victory trail". The Daily Telegraph. p. 4.

[results-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q "Elections 5 May 2006". Tunbridge Wells Borough Council. Archived from the original on 27 September 2006. Retrieved 21 November 2010.

[4] "Local elections". The Times. 5 May 2006. p. 9.

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