2023 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election

2023 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election
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16 out of 48 seats to Tunbridge Wells Borough Council
25 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
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Leader Ben Chapelard Tom Dawlings David Hayward
Party Liberal Democrats Conservative Alliance
Last election 17 seats, 22.4% 15 seats, 32.1% 9 seats, 21.5%
Seats before 15 13 9
Seats won 5 2 5
Seats after 17 11 11
Seat change Steady Decrease2 Steady
Popular vote 6,733 7,808 4,804
Percentage 25.3 29.4 18.1
Swing Increase2.9 Decrease2.7 Decrease3.4
  Fourth party Fifth party
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Leader Hugo Pound
Party Labour Independent
Last election 7 seats, 19.6% N/A
Seats before 7 4
Seats won 3 1
Seats after 8 1
Seat change Increase1 Steady
Popular vote 4,330 640
Percentage 16.3 2.4
Swing Decrease3.3 N/A
Winner of each seat at the 2023 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election
Leader before election

Ben Chapelard
Liberal Democrat
No overall control

Leader after election

Ben Chapelard
Liberal Democrat
No overall control

The 2023 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Tunbridge Wells Borough Council in Kent, England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections across England.

The council remained under no overall control, being led by a coalition of the Liberal Democrats, local party the Tunbridge Wells Alliance, Labour and an independent councillor, led by Ben Chapelard of the Liberal Democrats.[2] The council remained under no overall control after the election and continued to be run by the same coalition.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Notice of election" (PDF). Tunbridge Wells Borough Council. 20 March 2023. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  2. ^ "Your Councillors by Party". Tunbridge Wells Borough Council. Archived from the original on 24 March 2023. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  3. ^ Thorne, Lucy (5 May 2023). "Tunbridge Wells local election results 2023". Kent Live. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  4. ^ "Borough Partnership continues following local elections". Tunbridge Wells Borough Council. May 2023. Retrieved 1 October 2023.