Council by-election · Tunbridge Wells Borough: Cranbrook, Sissinghurst & Frittenden ward · Wednesday, 23 September 2026
This is where politics meets your life.
Before anyone asks for your vote: what the official record says about the area around this area, from planning to local statistics, and who represents you now.
Every recorded council election here since 2006, most recent first. Elected candidates in bold. Past results describe the past; each election is a new contest.
2024— Conservative and Unionist Party, Tunbridge Wells Alliance, Conservative and Unionist Party elected · turnout 49%
Andy Fairweather
Conservative and Unionist Party
917
Nancy Warne
Tunbridge Wells Alliance
843
David Somers
Conservative and Unionist Party
640
John Cave Austen
Conservative and Unionist Party
547
John Anthony Hurst
Green Party
360
Joel McKean Turner
Labour Party
275
Sally Karen Moesgaard-Kjeldsen
Liberal Democrats
197
James Cole
Liberal Democrats
197
Chris Hoare
Independents for Tunbridge Wells
155
Brian John Guinnessy
Liberal Democrats
139
Source: DCLEAPIL v1.0 British local election results 2006–2024, by Jason Leman, drawing on Andrew Teale's Local Elections Archive Project and Democracy Club (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0). Where a ward's boundaries changed, earlier results were for a somewhat different area.
Who represents you now
Councillors for Cranbrook, Sissinghurst & Frittenden, as recorded after the May 2026 elections:
Alexander Ellison, Conservative and Unionist
Nancy Warne, Tunbridge Wells Alliance
Andy Fairweather, Conservative and Unionist
This by-election fills a seat that has fallen vacant since then, so one of those listed may no longer hold it.
Across the whole of Tunbridge Wells council (39 seats in 2026): Conservative 7, Labour 3, Liberal Democrat 25, Other 4. Run by: Liberal Democrats, with a majority.
Councillors and council make-up from Open Council Data (public domain). The council's own website lists current councillors and how to contact them.
Life in Tunbridge Wells Borough: Cranbrook, Sissinghurst & Frittenden ward: the official facts
Official open data about the area. It describes the place, not you, and it favours no candidate.
People claiming unemployment-related benefits
120 people in Cranbrook, Sissinghurst & Frittenden ward, 2.8% of residents aged 16–64, against 4.1% across England (September 2026).
Claimant count, Office for National Statistics via Nomis (Open Government Licence). It counts people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance or Universal Credit while required to seek work; it is not the same as the unemployment rate.
House prices in Tunbridge Wells
Average price £452,845, down 0.1% on a year earlier (August 2026).
Flats and maisonettes: £257,815
Detached houses: £858,368
Source: HM Land Registry UK House Price Index for the local authority (Open Government Licence). A local-authority average; prices within it vary widely.
Recorded crime nearby, September 2026
2 street-level crimes recorded within about a mile of the area's centre.
anti social behaviour: 1
burglary: 1
Source: data.police.uk (Open Government Licence). Centroid of the ONS 2024 boundary. Statistics near this point describe the area, not any household. Recorded crime reflects reporting and policing as well as offending; see the ONS guidance in further reading.
