Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council elections
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Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council is the local authority for the borough of Tonbridge and Malling in Kent, United Kingdom. The council is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2023, 44 councillors have been elected from 19 wards.[1]
Council composition
| Year | Conservative | Liberal Democrats[a] | Labour | Green | Independents & Others |
Council control after election | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Local government reorganisation; council established (53 seats) | ||||||||
| 1973 | 30 | 8 | 11 | – | 4 | Conservative | ||
| 1976 | 42 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | Conservative | ||
| New ward boundaries (52 seats) | ||||||||
| 1979 | 40 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | Conservative | ||
| 1980 | 37 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | Conservative | ||
| 1982 | 36 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | Conservative | ||
| 1983 | 36 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | Conservative | ||
| 1984 | 35 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 1 | Conservative | ||
| 1986 | 33 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1 | Conservative | ||
| 1987 | 30 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 1 | Conservative | ||
| 1988 | 32 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 1 | Conservative | ||
| New ward boundaries (55 seats) | ||||||||
| 1991 | 32 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 0 | Conservative | ||
| 1995 | 23 | 21 | 11 | 0 | 0 | No overall control | ||
| 1999 | 27 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 0 | No overall control | ||
| New ward boundaries (53 seats) | ||||||||
| 2003 | 33 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 0 | Conservative | ||
| 2007 | 46 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Conservative | ||
| 2011 | 48 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Conservative | ||
| New ward boundaries (53 seats) | ||||||||
| 2015 | 48 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Conservative | ||
| 2019 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3[b] | Conservative | ||
| New ward boundaries (44 seats) | ||||||||
| 2023 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 2[c] | No overall control | ||
The elections scheduled to take place in 1990 were cancelled due to the council's decision to move to all-out elections in 1991 on new boundaries.[3]
Results maps
2003 results map
2007 results map
2011 results map
2015 results map
2019 results map
2023 results map
By-election results
1995–99
A by-election was held in East Peckham Ward following the resignation of E. Pries.
| East Peckham Ward By-Election 24 July 1997[4] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ±% | ||
| Stephen John Cresswell | Liberal Democrats | 357 | 41.75% | −18.9% | ||
| Keith Stephen Chantler | Conservative Party | 337 | 39.42% | +4.8% | ||
| John Edward Howard | Labour Party | 161 | 18.83% | +18.8% | ||
| Total | 855 | 100.00% | ||||
| Rejected Ballot Papers | ||||||
| Ballot Papers Issued | ||||||
| Registered Electors | ||||||
| Turnout | 33.5% | |||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | ||||||
A by-election was held in Cage Green Ward following the resignation of G. Evans.
| Cage Green Ward By-Election 7 May 1998[5] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ±% | ||
| Nicolas John Heslop | Conservative Party | 827 | 58.28% | +13.2% | ||
| Labour Party | 368 | 25.93% | −14.5% | |||
| Liberal Democrats | 224 | 15.79% | +1.2% | |||
| Total | 1,419 | 100.00% | ||||
| Rejected Ballot Papers | ||||||
| Ballot Papers Issued | ||||||
| Registered Electors | ||||||
| Turnout | 44% | |||||
| Conservative hold | ||||||
1999–03
| Wrotham Ward By-Election 4 May 2000[6] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ±% | ||
| Cordelia Emma Julia McCartney | Conservative Party | 396 | 60.46% | +14.4% | ||
| Liberal Democrats | 259 | 39.54% | +39.5% | |||
| Total | 655 | 100.00% | ||||
| Rejected Ballot Papers | ||||||
| Ballot Papers Issued | ||||||
| Registered Electors | ||||||
| Turnout | 45.1% | |||||
| Conservative hold | ||||||
| Snodland East Ward By-Election 31 January 2002[7] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ±% | ||
| Jeremy Hayes | Labour Party | 493 | 58.48% | +8.4% | ||
| Conservative Party | 350 | 41.52% | +16.4% | |||
| Total | 843 | 100.00% | ||||
| Rejected Ballot Papers | ||||||
| Ballot Papers Issued | ||||||
| Registered Electors | ||||||
| Turnout | 27.8% | |||||
| Labour hold | ||||||
2003–07
A by-election was held in Burham, Wouldham & Eccles Ward following the resignation of John Jennings on 23 August 2004.
| Burham, Wouldham & Eccles Ward By-Election 14 October 2004[8][9] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ±% | ||
| David Anthony Stuart Davis | Conservative Party | 660 | 58.56% | +13.8% | ||
| Linda O’Halloran | Liberal Democrats | 312 | 27.68% | −16.7% | ||
| Joy Wharton | Labour Party | 155 | 13.75% | +3.0% | ||
| Total | 1,127 | 100.00% | ||||
| Rejected Ballot Papers | ||||||
| Ballot Papers Issued | ||||||
| Registered Electors | ||||||
| Turnout | 35% | |||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | ||||||
A by-election was held in Ightham Ward following the death of Geraldine Bowden.
| Ightham Ward By-Election 31 August 2006[10][11] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ±% | ||
| Frederick Rodney Dodds Chartres | Conservative Party | 352 | 53.91% | −20.6% | ||
| Rebecca Jane Hunt | Liberal Democrats | 301 | 46.09% | +20.6% | ||
| Total | 653 | 100.00% | ||||
| Rejected Ballot Papers | ||||||
| Ballot Papers Issued | ||||||
| Registered Electors | ||||||
| Turnout | 42.46% | |||||
| Conservative hold | ||||||
2007–11
There were no by-elections between May 2007 and May 2011.
2011–15
A by-election was held in West Malling and Leybourne Ward following the death of Mark Worrall on 26 April 2012.
| West Malling & Leybourne Ward By-Election 5 July 2012[12][13] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ±% | ||
| Sophie Olivia Shrubsole | Conservative Party | 769 | 48.33% | −3.5% | ||
| Yvonne Mary Smyth | Liberal Democrats | 472 | 29.67% | +9.1% | ||
| Peter Graham Stevens | UK Independence Party | 127 | 7.98% | −4.5% | ||
| Kathleen Maria Garlick | Labour Party | 123 | 7.73% | −7.4% | ||
| Michael Philip Walters | English Democrats | 57 | 3.58% | +3.6% | ||
| Howard Porter | Green Party | 43 | 2.70% | +2.7% | ||
| Total | 1,591 | 100.00% | ||||
| Rejected Ballot Papers | 1 | |||||
| Ballot Papers Issued | 1,592 | |||||
| Registered Electors | 4,572 | |||||
| Turnout | 34.82% | |||||
| Conservative hold | ||||||
A by-election was held in Borough Green and Long Mill Ward following the resignation of David Evans in December 2013.
| Borough Green & Long Mill Ward By-Election 9 January 2014[14] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ±% | ||
| Mike Taylor | Independent | 692 | 38.85 | +19.2 | ||
| Stuart Keith Murray | Conservative Party | 588 | 33.02 | −5.2 | ||
| David Leonard Waller | UK Independence Party | 349 | 19.60 | +19.6 | ||
| Victoria Hayman | Labour Party | 84 | 4.72 | −3.4 | ||
| Howard Porter | Green Party | 68 | 3.82 | +3.8 | ||
| Total | 1,781 | 100.00% | ||||
| Rejected Ballot Papers | 2 | |||||
| Ballot Papers Issued | 1,783 | |||||
| Registered Electors | 5,486 | |||||
| Turnout | 32.50% | |||||
| Independent gain | ||||||
2015-2019
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Georgina Thomas | 603 | 61.2 | +17.4 | |
| Labour | Fred Long | 204 | 20.7 | +1.1 | |
| UKIP | David Allen | 178 | 18.1 | −0.3 | |
| Majority | 399 | 40.5 | |||
| Turnout | 985 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Des Keers | 1,249 | 71.5 | +0.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Mandy Morrison | 349 | 20.0 | +20.0 | |
| Green | Frances Long | 148 | 8.5 | +8.5 | |
| Majority | 900 | 51.5 | |||
| Turnout | 1,746 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
2019-2023
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Anna Cope | 731 | 59.3 | +36.0 | |
| Conservative | Johurul Islam | 454 | 36.8 | −7.4 | |
| Labour | Julian Wilson | 48 | 3.9 | −5.0 | |
| Majority | 277 | 22.5 | |||
| Turnout | 1,233 | ||||
| Green gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Dan Harman | 740 | 59.3 | +12.2 | |
| Independent | Louis Westlake | 316 | 25.3 | +25.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Julian Wilson | 191 | 15.3 | −3.0 | |
| Majority | 424 | 34.0 | |||
| Turnout | 1,247 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Paul Boxall | 776 | 49.6 | +17.8 | |
| Conservative | David Thompson | 624 | 39.8 | +3.9 | |
| Green | Jordan Mahoney | 137 | 8.7 | +8.7 | |
| Labour | Robin Potter | 29 | 1.9 | −4.0 | |
| Majority | 152 | 9.7 | |||
| Turnout | 1,566 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
2023-2027
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Stacey Pilgrim | 2,051 | 63.6 | ||
| Conservative | Jenny Lewis | 787 | 24.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Michelle Fallaize | 387 | 12.0 | ||
| Majority | 1,264 | 39.2 | |||
| Turnout | 3,225 | ||||
| Green hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Luke Chapman | 543 | 44.0 | ||
| Labour | Shaun Loader | 346 | 28.0 | ||
| Independent | Nick Watts | 195 | 15.8 | ||
| Green | Kim Winterbottom | 151 | 12.2 | ||
| Majority | 197 | 16.0 | |||
| Turnout | 1,235 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||