The Liberal Democrats comfortably held onto the ward of St. John's in a Borough Council by-election on Thursday.
The by-election followed the resignation of the the Liberal Democrat councillor Matthew Fox, who was elected last year.
Ukonu Obasi was elected with 53% of the vote. The turnout was 28.4%.
Afterwards Ukonu Obasi spoke to the Kent Current newsletter. He said “I love this community. It’s a very diverse, welcoming community, and it’s my honour and pleasure to be elected to serve them.”
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The Lib Dems have an overall majority on the Borough Council and their control is unaffected by Thursday's vote.
Labour weren't standing in the by- election.
The full result in St John's in the vote on 30th October 2025 was:
|
|
|
Votes |
% |
|
OBASI, Ukonu Elisha |
Lib Dems |
629 |
53.3 |
|
HOARE, Chris |
Reform UK |
177 |
15.0 |
|
SERGEANT, Kate |
Green |
160 |
13.5 |
|
HAWES-WEBB, Kit |
TW Alliance |
105 |
8.9 |
|
SUMNER, David |
Conservative |
90 |
7.6 |
|
DORE, Joe |
Independents for TW |
20 |
1.7 |
|
Electorate = 4,159 |
Total votes cast= |
1,181 |
|
The result from last year's May 2024 election would be useful for a comparison but do not appear to be available on the TWBC website on Friday morning.
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