The Southborough Society has chosen Diana Blackwell as its new Chair, after she impressed members with her recent work on modernising the Society’s website and social media offerings. The Society held its Annual General Meeting last Thursday (23rd May), which ended with the election of Diana Blackwell (pictured below), who has spent the last two …
Month: May 2019
Labour’s Alain Lewis is New Mayor of Southborough
Southborough Town Council met last week for the first time following May’s local elections and installed Cllr Alain Lewis from the Labour Party as the Town’s new Mayor and Chair of the Council. Labour is now the largest single party on the Town Council, following the slump in support for the Conservatives as reported in …
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Trevor Poile is Back on Borough Council for Southborough After 12 Years Away
Liberal Democrat Trevor Poile has returned to the Tunbridge Wells Borough Council by defeating his Conservative opponent, Cllr David Elliott, in Southborough North. Cllr Poile (pictured below) previously represented the same ward for 12 years between 1994 and 2007. He told Southborough News: “This win is particularly special as I have come back as a …
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Calverley Grounds £90 million Civic Project “Unlikely to Happen” After Slump in Conservative Vote
The plan by Tunbridge Wells Borough Council to borrow £90million to build new council offices and theatre in the town is on the brink of collapse after a devastating set of local election results for the ruling Conservative Group. The leader of the Borough Council, David Jukes, lost his seat of Speldhurst and Bidborough. And …
Conservatives Defeated Heavily on Town Council but “too late” to stop Hub
There has been a heavy defeat for the Conservatives on Southborough Town Council, putting Labour in charge of the new council with support from Liberal Democrats. But it seems to be too late to make any major changes to the Southborough Hub plans. Labour's Nick Blackwell (below) told Southborough News that he was overwhelmed by …
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