As counting gets going there is potential for changes at Tonbridge and Malling council.

All 53 councillors were up for re-election yesterday and a change in boundaries means an extra seat will be up for grabs.

Labour, Liberal Democrat and Ukip candidates will be attempting to make inroads into the borough which is currently swathed in blue, with 47 of the current 53 seats held by Tory councillors.

Of the remaining six positions, four are held by the Lib Dems, one by Labour and one by independent councillor Mike Taylor.

Ukip is campaigning hard in the area, with 13 candidates standing in comparison to just three at the last election which was held in 2011.

Back then the Conservatives tightened their grip on the council, gaining three seats from the Lib Dems and losing one to Labour, who returned to the council after a four-year absence.

The council has been led by Nicolas Heslop and he has been re-elected on Friday evening.

This time around, the election campaign will be without a familiar face, after former mayor and cabinet member Sue Murray was deselected by the Conservatives in February.
She had represented Borough Green and Longmill since 1999.

An additional seat is also available in both Kings Hill and Medway, while Higham loses a position, going from three to two representatives.

In the final significant change, two-seat wards East Peckham and Golden Green, and Hadlow, Mereworth and West Peckham merge to become three-seat Hadlow and East Peckham.

Polling will take place for all 24 wards on Thursday, May 7, between 7am and 10pm.

Results

Aylesford and Walderslade: Michael Base, Cons, 2, 192, Sandra Hall, Cons. 2, 164, Allan Sullivan, Cons, 2, 069 all elected. Lab 873 and 865.

Burham and Wouldham Roger Dalton (Cons) 653, Dave Davis, Cons, both elected. Independent 493 and 419, Lab 280, 184 and 103.

Borough Green and Long Mill Mike Taylor, Ind) 1, 622, Tim Shaw, Ind, 1, 545, Steve Perry, Cons, 1, 446, all elected, Cons 1, 444 and 1291, Ukip 738, Ind 628, Lab 512, Green 451.

Cage Green Mark Davis, Cons, 1, 515, Nicolas Heslop, Cons, 1, 487, both elected. Lab 585 and Green 521.

Castle Vivian Branson, Cons, 1, 485, Owen Baldock, Cons, 1, 392, both elected. Green 787, Lib Dem 751.

Ditton Ben Walker, Cons, 1, 660, Tom Cannon, Cons, 1, 536 both elected. Lab 580, Green 428, Lab 365.

Downs and Mereworth Ann Kemp, Cons, 1, 550, Matthew Balfour, Cons, 1, 536 both elected. Ukip 635, Green 538.

East Malling Roger Roud, Lib Dem, 865, Daniel Markham, Cons, 843, both elected. Lib Dem 800, Cons, 594, Ukip 476, Lab 250, 210, Green 154.

Hadlow and East Peckham Jill Anderson, Cons, 2, 204, Janet Sergison, Cons, 1, 915, Howard Rogers, Cons, 1, 910, all elected. Ukip 1, 119, Green 921.

Higham Tom Edmondston-Low, Cons, 1, 774, Frixos Tombolis, Cons, 1, 131, both elected. Lab 630, Green 474.

Hildenborough Mark Rhodes, Cons, 1, 753, Chris Smith, Cons, 1, 586, both elected. Ukip 589, Lib Dem 588, Green 573.

Judd Peter Bolt, Cons, 1, 368, David Cure, Cons, 1, 065, both elected. Lab 629, Ukip 485, Green 484, Ukip 383, Lib Dem 330.

Kings Hill Sarah Barker, cons, 2, 179, Lee O'Toole, Cons, 2,044, Piers Montague, 1, 855, all elected. Ukip 843, Ind 747, Lab 673.

Larkfield North Mike Parry-Waller, Cons, 996, Trudy Dean, Lib Dem 987 both elected. Cons 933, Lib Dem 915, Lab 266, Lab 182.

Larkfield South Anita Oakley, Lib Dem, 1, 056, Timothy Bishop, Lib Dem, 847, both elected. Cons 721, 555, Lab 269, 208, Green, 140.

Medway Jon Botton, Cons, 1, 434, Russell Lancaster, Cons, 1, 429, Benjamin Elks, 1, 384, all elected. Ukip 666, Green 643, Lab 620, 555 and 440.

Snodland East and Ham Hill, Sue Bell, cons 872, David Lettington, Cons, 741, both elected, Ukip 544, Lab 535 and 513, Lib Dem 153 and 116.

Snodland West and Holborough Lakes Barbara Brown, Cons, 1, 408, David Keeley, Cons, 1, 373, Steven King, Cons, 1, 228, all elected. Lab 1, 063, 776 and 767, Lib Dem 225, 194 and 192.

Trench Jean Atkinson, Cons, 1, 111, Pam Bates, Cons, 1, 009, both elected. Lab 497, Ukip 468, Lab 451, Green, 240, Lib Dem 222.

Vauxhall Maria Heslop, Cons, 1, 505, Sarah Spence, Cons, 1, 169, Lib Dem 665, Green 551, Lab 548, Lab 510.

Wateringbury Simon Jessel, Cons, 877. Green 151, Lab 139.

West Malling and Leybourne Brian Luker, Cons, 1, 608, Sophie Shrubsole, Cons, 1, 524, Sasha Luck, Cons, 1, 468, all elected. Ukip 761, Lib Dem 671, 612, 578, Ind, 552, Lab 395, Ind 377, Green 335, Ind 334.

Wrotham, Ightham and Standsted Martin Coffin, Cons, 1, 609, Robin Betts, Cons, 1, 503, both elected. Ukip 495, Green 447.