Standing for you: Your local Labour candidates
Find out who your candidates are for the Kent County Council elections on 1 May 2025
Your Labour candidates for Kent County Council
Members of the Tonbridge Labour Party are local Kent residents living in Tonbridge and the surrounding towns and villiages.
A vote for Tonbridge Labour is a vote for real change on 1 May 2025.
Tonbridge Labour Party is standing candidates in all Kent County Council divisions in and around Tonbridge. Our agenda is to build the future, not block it like the Conservatives, Greens or Liberal Democrats.
We want to see better services and better roads and transport. Most of all, we want our local councils build a better future for our community's young people.
Callum Lake
Tonbridge town division
Callum is a public servant working in health policy. He moved to Kent for his studies and settled in Tonbridge, where he lives with his partner in South Tonbridge. Callum will fight for affordable housing for all.
Catherine Tuke
Tonbridge town division
Catherine is a former Sevenoaks District Council Labour councillor and a longtime Kent resident.
Claire Fox
Sevenoaks Rural North East division (including Hartley and New Ash Green)
Claire works in finance, is a mother of three young children, and a Hartley resident for eight years. She works in finance, is passionate about local issues and improving life opportunities for children.
Matt Oliver
Sevenoaks Rural South division (including Edenbridge and Penshurst)
Matt works in public relations and corporate affairs in the agricultural sector. He and his wife moved to West Kent during the pandemic and since have a young son. Matt wants to see more and better provision of childcare by KCC.
Sarah Palmer
Malling Central division (including West Malling and East Malling)
Sarah is a Malling resident of 25 years, former Kent County Councillor, school governor with expertise in education and is passionate about supprting older people and those with disabilities. She is a semi-retired professor at the University of Greenwich.
Katie Garlick
Malling West division (including Hildenborough and Borough Green)
Katie Garlick is a retired teacher and for some years has been a volunteer at the local school that her children attended. She is also a member of the Co-operative Party and has lived in the Malling area for 36 years.
Jack Tyrrell
Malling Rural East division (including Hadlow, East Peckham and Wateringbury)
Jack is parent of two boys, works in the construction industry. oved to the area 3 years ago, enjoys paddling on the Medway and is passionate about about education and making housing and childcare affordable.
Kent County Council election notice:
Thursday 1 May 2025
Polls open at 7am and close at 10pm. Visit the Kent County Council website to learn more about how you can vote.
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What's my KCC division?
Find out which electoral division you live in by using the Kent County Council postcode checker.
How do I vote?
Find out everything you need to know to make sure you’re ready to vote on 1 May.
What photo ID can I use?
You will need to show a correct form of photo ID if you are planning on voting in person. Visit the Electoral Commission's website for more information.
Contact us
If you have a question or suggestion, or would like to know more about how to get involved with Tonbridge Labour Party, please send us an email or follow us on social media.
E-mail: tonbridgekent.labour@gmail.com
Promoted by Jane Pover, 1 St Mary’s Close, Sevenoaks, TN15 8NH on behalf of the Labour Party.
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