| Election Name: | 2023 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election |
| Country: | Kent |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Previous Election: | 2022 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2022 |
| Next Election: | 2024 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election |
| Next Year: | 2024 |
| Seats For Election: | 16 out of 48 seats to Tunbridge Wells Borough Council |
| Majority Seats: | 25 |
| Leader1: | Ben Chapelard |
| Party1: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Last Election1: | 17 seats, 22.4% |
| Seats Before1: | 15 |
| Seats1: | 5 |
| Seats After1: | 17 |
| Popular Vote1: | 6,733 |
| Percentage1: | 25.3 |
| Swing1: | 2.9 |
| Leader2: | Tom Dawlings |
| Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Last Election2: | 15 seats, 32.1% |
| Seats Before2: | 13 |
| Seats2: | 2 |
| Seats After2: | 11 |
| Seat Change2: | 2 |
| Popular Vote2: | 7,808 |
| Percentage2: | 29.4 |
| Swing2: | 2.7 |
| Leader3: | David Hayward |
| Party3: | Tunbridge Wells Alliance |
| Last Election3: | 9 seats, 21.5% |
| Seats Before3: | 9 |
| Seats3: | 5 |
| Seats After3: | 11 |
| Popular Vote3: | 4,804 |
| Percentage3: | 18.1 |
| Swing3: | 3.4 |
| Leader4: | Hugo Pound |
| Party4: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Last Election4: | 7 seats, 19.6% |
| Seats Before4: | 7 |
| Seats4: | 3 |
| Seats After4: | 8 |
| Seat Change4: | 1 |
| Popular Vote4: | 4,330 |
| Percentage4: | 16.3 |
| Swing4: | 3.3 |
| Party5: | Independent politician |
| Last Election5: | N/A |
| Seats Before5: | 4 |
| Seats5: | 1 |
| Seats After5: | 1 |
| Popular Vote5: | 640 |
| Percentage5: | 2.4 |
| Swing5: | N/A |
| Leader | |
| Posttitle: | Leader after election |
| Before Election: | Ben Chapelard Liberal Democrat |
| Before Party: | No overall control |
| After Election: | Ben Chapelard Liberal Democrat |
| After Party: | No overall control |
The 2023 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Tunbridge Wells Borough Council in Kent, England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections across England.
The council remained under no overall control, being led by a coalition of the Liberal Democrats, local party the Tunbridge Wells Alliance, Labour and an independent councillor, led by Ben Chapelard of the Liberal Democrats.[2] The council remained under no overall control after the election and continued to be run by the same coalition.[3] [4]
The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Tunbridge Wells Borough Council following the close of nominations on 5 April 2023.[5] The results were as follows:[6]
Labour councillor Raymond Moon was suspended from the party in July 2023.[7] David Hayward, elected for the Tunbridge Wells Alliance, left the party (of which he had been the leader) in August 2023 to form a new independent group.[8]