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Tunbridge Wells 2023

Local elections held 4 May 2023.

16 ward races
16 seats
11 elected below the proportional quota
68.8% of seats below quota

How to read this page

Each race below shows the share of valid ballots the marginal elected candidate actually won, and compares it to the proportional quota: the share that would be needed to be guaranteed that seat under any proportional voting method (1 seats + 1). For a 1-seat ward the quota is 50%; for 2 seats, 33.3%; for 3 seats, 25%.

Where the actual winning share fell below the quota, we show the gap as points under par — the editorial indictment. Above-par results are just majority mandates and pass without comment. The voting method is the subject of every observation here. Named candidates appear as the public election record requires; the cause being audited is the voting method, not the individuals. See the methodology page for derivations.

If votes were counted by party

Across the 16 wards in this cycle, parties received the vote totals below. The proportional column shows what each party would have won if the 16 seats had been allocated to those vote totals in proportion (how, with caveats). The Δ column is the actual seat count minus the proportional seat count — positive numbers are parties First-Past-the-Post over-represented in this council, negative are parties it under-represented.

PartyVotesVote %Seats won% of seatsProportional seatsProportional %Δ
Conservative and Unionist Party7,80829.4%212.5%531.3%-3
Liberal Democrats6,73325.3%531.3%425.0%+1
Tunbridge Wells Alliance4,80418.1%531.3%318.8%+2
Labour Party4,33016.3%318.8%318.8%0
Green Party2,1778.2%00.0%16.3%-1
Independent3911.5%16.3%00.0%+1
RES2490.9%00.0%00.0%0
Reform UK830.3%00.0%00.0%0
Total26,575100.0%16100.0%16100.0%0

Vote share vs seats won

The top bar is each party's share of votes cast in this council. Below, one square per seat, coloured by the party that won it — first the actual First-Past-the-Post result, then what a proportional method would have produced from the same vote totals. Divergence between the bar and the actual grid is the indictment of the method.

Vote share
Actual seats
Proportional seats

Wards in this council

Sorted with the largest gap below the quota first. Click any ward to jump to its full result.

Race results

Paddock Wood East · single-seat

Marginal winner 35.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +14.1 pts below quota Valid ballots 1,088

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Atkins, R.Independent39135.9%Elected
2Maari, N.Conservative and Unionist Party30928.4%
3Bailey, M.RES17816.4%
4Muir, A.Labour Party1089.9%
5Peerless, P.Green Party585.3%
6Guinnessy, B.Liberal Democrats444.0%

Electorate 3,360 · Ballots cast 1,088 · Back to ward index

Sherwood · single-seat

Marginal winner 37.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +12.7 pts below quota Valid ballots 1,722

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Pound, H.Labour Party64337.3%Elected
2Jamil, N.Conservative and Unionist Party54531.6%
3Elliott, A.Liberal Democrats23513.6%
4Dore, J.Tunbridge Wells Alliance21012.2%
5Mackinnon, L.Green Party895.2%

Electorate 5,756 · Ballots cast 1,722 · Back to ward index

Park · single-seat

Marginal winner 38.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +11.3 pts below quota Valid ballots 2,242

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1O'Connell, S.Tunbridge Wells Alliance86838.7%Elected
2Atwood, C.Conservative and Unionist Party61627.5%
3Luxford, J.Liberal Democrats33214.8%
4Pound, S.Labour Party26411.8%
5Fraser, A.Green Party1627.2%

Electorate 5,890 · Ballots cast 2,242 · Back to ward index

Paddock Wood West · single-seat

Marginal winner 40.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +9.6 pts below quota Valid ballots 1,084

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Munday, M.Liberal Democrats43840.4%Elected
2Mobbs, T.Conservative and Unionist Party35432.7%
3Bisdee, T.Green Party22120.4%
4Store, L.RES716.5%

Electorate 3,077 · Ballots cast 1,084 · Back to ward index

Rusthall · single-seat

Marginal winner 41.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +8.5 pts below quota Valid ballots 1,512

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Sharratt, J.Labour Party62741.5%Elected
2Funnell, D.Liberal Democrats53335.3%
3Allen, J.Conservative and Unionist Party26617.6%
4Taylor, A.Green Party865.7%

Electorate 3,572 · Ballots cast 1,512 · Back to ward index

Goudhurst & Lamberhurst · single-seat

Marginal winner 41.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +8.4 pts below quota Valid ballots 1,251

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Webster, A.Tunbridge Wells Alliance52041.6%Elected
2Winter, B.Conservative and Unionist Party29123.3%
3Mason, G.Green Party27221.7%
4Rappoport, Q.Liberal Democrats967.7%
5Musker, A.Labour Party725.8%

Electorate 3,533 · Ballots cast 1,251 · Back to ward index

Southborough North · single-seat

Marginal winner 41.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +8.1 pts below quota Valid ballots 1,476

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Opara, J.Liberal Democrats61941.9%Elected
2Bridges, S.Conservative and Unionist Party47832.4%
3Farina, J.Tunbridge Wells Alliance16311.0%
4Betts, M.Labour Party1439.7%
5Lovell, S.Green Party734.9%

Electorate 3,333 · Ballots cast 1,476 · Back to ward index

Speldhurst & Bidborough · single-seat

Marginal winner 42.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +7.9 pts below quota Valid ballots 2,099

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Curry, P.Tunbridge Wells Alliance88442.1%Elected
2Brand, A.Conservative and Unionist Party60829.0%
3Leach, R.Liberal Democrats36317.3%
4Gandon, S.Green Party1366.5%
5Froome, P.Labour Party1085.1%

Electorate 4,578 · Ballots cast 2,099 · Back to ward index

Benenden & Cranbrook · single-seat

Marginal winner 42.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +7.1 pts below quota Valid ballots 1,687

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Warne, N.Tunbridge Wells Alliance72342.9%Elected
2Austen, J.Conservative and Unionist Party61936.7%
3Blackmore, L.Labour Party1207.1%
4Mason, R.Green Party1166.9%
5Gill, M.Liberal Democrats1096.5%

Electorate 5,221 · Ballots cast 1,687 · Back to ward index

St. Johns · single-seat

Marginal winner 47.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +2.1 pts below quota Valid ballots 2,124

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Morton, M.Liberal Democrats1,01847.9%Elected
2Francis, D.Labour Party67031.5%
3Puffette, A.Conservative and Unionist Party32115.1%
4Thorne, A.Green Party1155.4%

Electorate 5,202 · Ballots cast 2,124 · Back to ward index

Hawkhurst & Sandhurst · single-seat

Marginal winner 48.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +1.9 pts below quota Valid ballots 1,663

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Bland, G.Conservative and Unionist Party80048.1%Elected
2Eccles, H.Tunbridge Wells Alliance29117.5%
3Appelbe, M.Liberal Democrats23013.8%
4Draper, A.Labour Party1599.6%
5Keech, D.Green Party1006.0%
6Hilton, S.Reform UK835.0%

Electorate 4,954 · Ballots cast 1,663 · Back to ward index

Pembury · single-seat

Marginal winner 51.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −1.3 pts Valid ballots 1,797

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Hayward, D.Tunbridge Wells Alliance92251.3%Elected
2Gautam, V.Conservative and Unionist Party52929.4%
3Ballara, E.Liberal Democrats1226.8%
4Turner, J.Labour Party1156.4%
5Hurst-Buist, E.Green Party1096.1%

Electorate 4,388 · Ballots cast 1,797 · Back to ward index

Culverden · single-seat

Marginal winner 51.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −1.5 pts Valid ballots 2,143

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Osborne, D.Liberal Democrats1,10451.5%Elected
2Woodward, C.Conservative and Unionist Party58027.1%
3Calvert, M.Green Party24911.6%
4Farnham, A.Labour Party2109.8%

Electorate 6,173 · Ballots cast 2,143 · Back to ward index

Southborough & High Brooms · single-seat

Marginal winner 53.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −3.8 pts Valid ballots 1,734

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Francis, J.Labour Party93353.8%Elected
2Mitchem, M.Conservative and Unionist Party30517.6%
3Johnson, P.Tunbridge Wells Alliance1699.7%
4Raptis, Y.Liberal Democrats1659.5%
5Holton, D.Green Party1629.3%

Electorate 5,488 · Ballots cast 1,734 · Back to ward index

Pantiles & St. Marks · single-seat

Marginal winner 54.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −4.0 pts Valid ballots 2,313

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Wilkinson, P.Liberal Democrats1,25054.0%Elected
2Scott, D.Conservative and Unionist Party75832.8%
3Bullion, A.Labour Party1586.8%
4Mason, J.Green Party1476.4%

Electorate 5,327 · Ballots cast 2,313 · Back to ward index

Frittenden & Sissinghurst · single-seat

Marginal winner 67.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −17.0 pts Valid ballots 640

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Fairweather, A.Conservative and Unionist Party42967.0%Elected
2Hurst, J.Green Party8212.8%
3Funnell, A.Liberal Democrats7511.7%
4Smith, J.Tunbridge Wells Alliance548.4%

Electorate 1,805 · Ballots cast 640 · Back to ward index