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The parliamentary seat of Tonbridge is seeing a hard fought battle for votes, in sharp contrast to the last General Election five years ago when the Conservatives dominated and took a 64% share of votes. A poll this week from Electoral Calculus suggests that the Conservative vote share in Tonbridge could fall to just 32%. …
Continue reading “Very Close” Tonbridge General Election Race
The three main political parties in Tunbridge Wells all say they have a good chance of winning the seat, despite the fact that the constituency has been held by the Conservatives since it was formed in 1974. The Liberal Democrats have focused sizable resources on Tunbridge Wells as a key target seat, having just won …
Continue reading Tunbridge Wells General Election Winner is Hard to Predict
Residents in central Tunbridge Wells say they are "fed up" and "frustrated" by the failure of local councillors to sort out the problems they face due to the town centre's traffic restrictions. Local people looking for parking in the streets they live in must do a mile long diversionary loop involving 3 sets of traffic …
Continue reading Residents are “Fed Up” as Traffic Scheme sees Fines for Drivers Exceed £2 million
The local members of the Conservative Party have chosen a banker who once organised the private investment activities of Lord Rothschild as their replacement for Greg Clark as General Election candidate in Tunbridge Wells. Neil Mahapatra is the son of two doctors and was brought up in the village of Leeds near Maidstone. Neil Mahapatra …
Continue reading Conservatives Choose Financier Neil Mahapatra as Tunbridge Wells Candidate
Local Conservative Party members will choose a new candidate for Tunbridge Wells after Greg Clark announced last week that he would be stepping down after 19 years as the town’s MP. On Tuesday evening the LBC presenter Iain Dale said he was leaving his show to attempt to be selected to run for the Conservatives. …
The Labour Party has launched its General Election campaign in Tunbridge Wells, arguing that its plans to step up house building should include some development of Green Belt land. Labour's Parliamentary candidate, Hugo Pound (pictured below) said: "We stopped the sprawl of joining Tunbridge Wells to Pembury in a recent application...so we protected the Green …
Continue reading Labour’s Hugo Pound Bids to be Tunbridge Wells MP
The Liberal Democrats have taken full control of Tunbridge Wells Borough Council, winning 22 of the 39 seats after governing in coalition with other parties for the past two years. The new council has been slimmed down from 48 to 39 members and is now made up of:Lib Dems 22 (was 17 in old council)Conservatives …
Continue reading Lib Dems Win in Southborough and Take Full Control of Borough
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council elections take place on Thursday - and the podcast "West Kent Talking" has just been released containing frank interviews with leaders of the key parties to help voters make their choice. The Liberal Democrats currently have effective control of most council decisions thanks to a coalition deal with the Tunbridge Wells …
The Green Party in Tonbridge has endorsed the demolition of the Angel leisure centre but wants Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council to specify where replacement leisure facilities for residents should be built. Mark Hood, who is the Green councillor for Judd ward, (pictured below) said: "We believe it is the right decision to demolish the …
Continue reading Tonbridge Green Party Backs Angel Centre Demolition
A meeting of key members of Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council on 5th December decided that the town's Angel Leisure Centre no longer meets modern standards and it needs to be demolished. New leisure facilities will be built for residents, but no decision has been made on where that’ll be. The Angel centre was only …
