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The 2004 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election took place on 10 June 2004 to elect members of Tunbridge Wells Borough Council in Kent, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

Tunbridge Wells local election result 2004^[3]^[4]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	12	1	0	+1	75.0	52.8	13,797	+0.8%
Liberal Democrats	4	0	0	0	25.0	33.1	8,645	+1.0%
Labour	0	0	1	−1	0	7.9	2,074	−1.6%
Green	0	0	0	0	0	3.8	1,000	+0.6%
UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	559	+0.4%
Independent	0	0	0	0	0	0.3	76	−1.2%

Ward results

Benenden and Cranbrook^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eleanor North	1,135	52.3	−10.6
	Liberal Democrats	Winifred Honnywill	740	34.1	+5.3
	UKIP	Oliver Clement	294	13.6	+5.4
Majority			395	18.2	−15.9
Turnout			2,169	42.9	+12.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brenchley and Horsmonden^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nicholas Fairrie	1,016	61.7
	Liberal Democrats	Arthur Charlesworth	421	25.6
	Green	Matthew Robertson	209	12.7
Majority			595	36.1
Turnout			1,646	44.1	+10.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Broadwater^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Barbara Cobbold	561	46.2
	Liberal Democrats	Jamie Johnson	440	36.2
	UKIP	Victor Webb	120	9.9
	Labour	Richard Maryan	94	7.7
Majority			121	10.0
Turnout			1,215	41.0	+9.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Capel^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Hugh Patterson	496	69.6	+5.8
	Conservative	Paul Green	217	30.4	−5.8
Majority			279	39.2	+11.6
Turnout			713	42.3	+5.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Culverden^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eldred Wakefield	985	54.6	−6.6
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Ollive	420	23.3	−9.3
	Labour	David Kirkham	206	11.4	+11.4
	Green	Brian Leslie	194	10.7	−0.6
Majority			565	31.3	+2.7
Turnout			1,805	37.3	+10.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Goudhurst and Lamberhurst^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin Noakes	933	69.7	+10.7
	Liberal Democrats	John Billingham	406	30.3	+13.2
Majority			527	39.4	+4.3
Turnout			1,339	42.8	+5.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hawkhurst and Sandhurst^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Beverley Palmer	1,183	65.5	+0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Brown	457	25.3	−1.8
	Labour	David Burgess	166	9.2	+1.0
Majority			726	40.2	+2.6
Turnout			1,806	41.9	+11.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pantiles and St Marks^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Leonard Horwood	1,274	66.3	+2.0
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Hillier	648	33.7	+4.9
Majority			626	32.6	−2.9
Turnout			1,922	40.4	+11.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Park^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Bulman	1,204	54.8	+6.6
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Bullion	681	31.0	−14.2
	Green	Storm Poorun	165	7.5	+7.5
	Labour	Jae Fassam	146	6.6	+0.1
Majority			523	23.8	+20.8
Turnout			2,196	42.4	+12.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pembury^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Barrington-King	1,112	57.7	+17.7
	Liberal Democrats	Lorraine Braam	651	33.8	−18.6
	Green	Toby Allen	163	8.5	+8.5
Majority			461	23.9
Turnout			1,926	43.1	+7.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rusthall^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Wratten	691	51.6	+10.9
	Conservative	James Perry	377	28.2	−6.6
	UKIP	Patricia Theophanides	145	10.8	+2.5
	Labour	Sarah Carpenter	126	9.4	−2.8
Majority			314	23.4	+17.5
Turnout			1,339	38.5	+12.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

St James'^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Beatrice Lewis	717	60.3
	Conservative	Rosemary Fitzherbert	312	26.2
	Labour	Brian Clenshaw	160	13.5
Majority			405	34.1
Turnout			1,189	34.0	+2.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

St John's^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Bannister	715	41.9	−9.9
	Conservative	Brian Ranslet	641	37.6	+6.1
	Labour	Peter Ross-Skedd	147	8.6	−1.8
	Green	Phyllis Leslie	126	7.4	+1.1
	Independent	David Wilson	76	4.5	+4.5
Majority			74	4.3	−16.0
Turnout			1,705	35.3	+10.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Sherwood^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frank Williams	792	53.4	+13.5
	Labour	Ian Carvell	375	25.3	−5.3
	Liberal Democrats	Cicilia Bannister	317	21.4	−2.6
Majority			417	28.1	+18.8
Turnout			1,484	31.5	+8.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Southborough and High Brooms^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joseph Simmons	682	38.8	−2.8
	Labour	David Belchem	654	37.2	−4.6
	Liberal Democrats	Marguerita Morton	277	15.8	+15.8
	Green	Chris Godson	143	8.1	0.0
Majority			28	1.6
Turnout			1,756	34.2	+8.9
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Speldhurst and Bidborough^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jennifer Paulson-Ellis	1,373	70.7	+0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqueline Cassidy	568	29.3	+6.1
Majority			805	41.4	−6.0
Turnout			1,941	44.7	+12.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

^ "Tunbridge Wells council". BBC News Online. Retrieved 21 November 2010.
^ "Elections 2004: Results at a glance". The Guardian. 12 June 2004. p. 10.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q "Elections 10 June 2004". Tunbridge Wells Borough Council. Archived from the original on 27 September 2006. Retrieved 21 November 2010.
^ "Ballot box". The Times. 12 June 2004. p. 26.