I am standing as your Reform UK candidate for the Hawkhurst, Sandhurst & Benenden ward in the Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election on the 7th May 2026.

Full statement

I have worked and lived in Tunbridge Wells for nearly 25 years and want to give back to the community that has given me so much.

We all know that our country is in trouble and we are in desperate need of proper leadership which none of the mainstream political parties can offer us.

Reform UK took control of Kent County Council last year, and in less than a year, we have identified millions in savings and fixed the 2026/27 council tax increase at 3.99%, which is lower than the national 4.99% cap, and the lowest in Kent for many years. I want the opportunity to bring those sorts of reforms to Tunbridge Wells Borough Council as your councillor.

I have been a supporter of Reform UK since it started and am proud to have campaigned and stood for election in previous Tunbridge Wells Borough Council and Kent County Council elections in 2024 and 2025.

I feel passionately about standing up for local businesses, making sure parents can find a place for their children at primary and secondary schools that are not miles away from where they live, and challenging the government’s unrealistic house building targets that will do nothing to provide affordable housing for local people, but will risk overwhelming our local infrastructure and destroying our countryside.

Remember, this year Reform UK successfully legally challenged the government’s plans to cancel local elections across much of the country, and thanks to our party, approximately 4.6 million people have had their right to vote restored in the local elections.

I am asking you for your vote so that I may have the chance to serve Hawkhurst, Sandhurst & Benenden.