I’d much rather know what @mrmarksteel.bsky.social thinks of my town (actually village=Alderholt, Dorset). Partly because I know what I think of his (original home) town Swanley, having grown up in (and long since fled from) Hextable… :o)
What does BBC Chris Mason think of YOUR town..?
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June 23, 2026 at 4:46 PM
I’d much rather know what @mrmarksteel.bsky.social thinks of my town (actually village=Alderholt, Dorset). Partly because I know what I think of his (original home) town Swanley, having grown up in (and long since fled from) Hextable… :o)
Mayor Of Swanley Celebrates Completion Of Hextable Care Home - See the full story on The Carer's website.# Adult_Social_Care# Care# Care_Homes# News
June 8, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Mayor Of Swanley Celebrates Completion Of Hextable Care Home - See the full story on The Carer's website.# Adult_Social_Care# Care# Care_Homes# News
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By: News on Monday, June 8, 2026
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Mayor Of Swanley Celebrates Completion Of Hextable Care Home
The Mayor of Swanley, Councillor Michael Horwood, has celebrated the completion of Barchester Healthcare’s new luxury care home in Hextable, Elderwood House, in front of invited guests from the local community.
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June 8, 2026 at 2:22 PM
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By: News on Monday, June 8, 2026
Mayor Of Swanley Celebrates Completion Of Hextable Care Home - See the full story on The Carer's website.# Adult_Social_Care# Care# Care_Homes# News
June 8, 2026 at 9:54 AM
Mayor Of Swanley Celebrates Completion Of Hextable Care Home - See the full story on The Carer's website.# Adult_Social_Care# Care# Care_Homes# News
⚽ MATCHDAY ⚽
We head to playoff chasing Elmstead today...
🆚 @FElmstead
🗓️ 28/3/26
🏆 @SCEFLeague Division 1
⏰ KO 3:00pm
📍 Lower Road Ground, Hextable, BR8 7RZ
🔴⚫ #Spartans
We head to playoff chasing Elmstead today...
🆚 @FElmstead
🗓️ 28/3/26
🏆 @SCEFLeague Division 1
⏰ KO 3:00pm
📍 Lower Road Ground, Hextable, BR8 7RZ
🔴⚫ #Spartans
March 28, 2026 at 5:50 AM
⚽ MATCHDAY ⚽
We head to playoff chasing Elmstead today...
🆚 @FElmstead
🗓️ 28/3/26
🏆 @SCEFLeague Division 1
⏰ KO 3:00pm
📍 Lower Road Ground, Hextable, BR8 7RZ
🔴⚫ #Spartans
We head to playoff chasing Elmstead today...
🆚 @FElmstead
🗓️ 28/3/26
🏆 @SCEFLeague Division 1
⏰ KO 3:00pm
📍 Lower Road Ground, Hextable, BR8 7RZ
🔴⚫ #Spartans
NEXT UP 🔜
After 3 home games in a row we head away to Elmstead on Saturday.
🆚 @FElmstead
🗓️ 28/3/26
🏆 @SCEFLeague Division 1
⏰ KO 3:00pm
📍 Lower Road Ground, Hextable, BR8 7RZ
🔴⚫ #Spartans
After 3 home games in a row we head away to Elmstead on Saturday.
🆚 @FElmstead
🗓️ 28/3/26
🏆 @SCEFLeague Division 1
⏰ KO 3:00pm
📍 Lower Road Ground, Hextable, BR8 7RZ
🔴⚫ #Spartans
March 24, 2026 at 9:01 PM
NEXT UP 🔜
After 3 home games in a row we head away to Elmstead on Saturday.
🆚 @FElmstead
🗓️ 28/3/26
🏆 @SCEFLeague Division 1
⏰ KO 3:00pm
📍 Lower Road Ground, Hextable, BR8 7RZ
🔴⚫ #Spartans
After 3 home games in a row we head away to Elmstead on Saturday.
🆚 @FElmstead
🗓️ 28/3/26
🏆 @SCEFLeague Division 1
⏰ KO 3:00pm
📍 Lower Road Ground, Hextable, BR8 7RZ
🔴⚫ #Spartans
Hextable usually returns independents - or certainly has done in recent years. The Kent County Council division that the village sits in (which includes a part of Swanley) has a Reform county councillor. I wouldn't say this was a traditional one-nation Tory area, to be honest
March 6, 2026 at 9:26 AM
Hextable usually returns independents - or certainly has done in recent years. The Kent County Council division that the village sits in (which includes a part of Swanley) has a Reform county councillor. I wouldn't say this was a traditional one-nation Tory area, to be honest
There were hyper-local issues in Hextable, mainly about a mothballed school site that Reform-led Kent CC might want to sell, but all other candidates wanted to protect. Reform and Green candidates weren't local, all others live in the village.
March 6, 2026 at 6:16 AM
There were hyper-local issues in Hextable, mainly about a mothballed school site that Reform-led Kent CC might want to sell, but all other candidates wanted to protect. Reform and Green candidates weren't local, all others live in the village.
Great effort from Ashley as a new candidate in #Hextable! Looking forward to a win next time…
Hextable (Sevenoaks) Council By-Election Result:
🌳 CON: 38.9% (+19.3)
➡️ RFM: 26.3% (New)
🔶 LDM: 23.8% (New)
🙋 Ind: 7.0% (New)
🌍 GRN: 4.0% (New)
No Ind (-80.4) as previous.
Changes w/ 2023.
🌳 CON: 38.9% (+19.3)
➡️ RFM: 26.3% (New)
🔶 LDM: 23.8% (New)
🙋 Ind: 7.0% (New)
🌍 GRN: 4.0% (New)
No Ind (-80.4) as previous.
Changes w/ 2023.
March 6, 2026 at 5:57 AM
Great effort from Ashley as a new candidate in #Hextable! Looking forward to a win next time…
All of tonight's by-election results are in.
Stroud, Thrupp: Grn hold
Sevenoaks, Hextable: C gain from Ind
Braintree, Coggeshall: RUK gain from Ind
Tamworth, Spital: RUK gain from Lab
Durham, Murton: Lab gain from RUK
Previews: andrewteale.me.uk/previews
Stroud, Thrupp: Grn hold
Sevenoaks, Hextable: C gain from Ind
Braintree, Coggeshall: RUK gain from Ind
Tamworth, Spital: RUK gain from Lab
Durham, Murton: Lab gain from RUK
Previews: andrewteale.me.uk/previews
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March 6, 2026 at 12:36 AM
All of tonight's by-election results are in.
Stroud, Thrupp: Grn hold
Sevenoaks, Hextable: C gain from Ind
Braintree, Coggeshall: RUK gain from Ind
Tamworth, Spital: RUK gain from Lab
Durham, Murton: Lab gain from RUK
Previews: andrewteale.me.uk/previews
Stroud, Thrupp: Grn hold
Sevenoaks, Hextable: C gain from Ind
Braintree, Coggeshall: RUK gain from Ind
Tamworth, Spital: RUK gain from Lab
Durham, Murton: Lab gain from RUK
Previews: andrewteale.me.uk/previews
Hextable, Sevenoaks DC
🔵 CON GAIN FROM 🙋🏼♂️ IND
🔵 Con, 600, 38.9% (+19.3)
➡️ RefUK, 406, 26.3% (New)
🔶 LD, Ashley Wassall, 367, 23.8% (New)
🙋🏼♂️ Ind, 108, 7.0% (New)
🟢 Grn, 62, 4.0% (New)
Thanks to Ashley Wassall and the 🔶 team.
🔵 CON GAIN FROM 🙋🏼♂️ IND
🔵 Con, 600, 38.9% (+19.3)
➡️ RefUK, 406, 26.3% (New)
🔶 LD, Ashley Wassall, 367, 23.8% (New)
🙋🏼♂️ Ind, 108, 7.0% (New)
🟢 Grn, 62, 4.0% (New)
Thanks to Ashley Wassall and the 🔶 team.
March 6, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Hextable, Sevenoaks DC
🔵 CON GAIN FROM 🙋🏼♂️ IND
🔵 Con, 600, 38.9% (+19.3)
➡️ RefUK, 406, 26.3% (New)
🔶 LD, Ashley Wassall, 367, 23.8% (New)
🙋🏼♂️ Ind, 108, 7.0% (New)
🟢 Grn, 62, 4.0% (New)
Thanks to Ashley Wassall and the 🔶 team.
🔵 CON GAIN FROM 🙋🏼♂️ IND
🔵 Con, 600, 38.9% (+19.3)
➡️ RefUK, 406, 26.3% (New)
🔶 LD, Ashley Wassall, 367, 23.8% (New)
🙋🏼♂️ Ind, 108, 7.0% (New)
🟢 Grn, 62, 4.0% (New)
Thanks to Ashley Wassall and the 🔶 team.
It’s going to be a “legacy parties are not yet dead yet” sort of night. Have heard that Conservatives have won Hextable despite expecting to lose to Reform….
March 5, 2026 at 11:58 PM
It’s going to be a “legacy parties are not yet dead yet” sort of night. Have heard that Conservatives have won Hextable despite expecting to lose to Reform….
Hextable (Sevenoaks) Council By-Election Result:
🌳 CON: 38.9% (+19.3)
➡️ RFM: 26.3% (New)
🔶 LDM: 23.8% (New)
🙋 Ind: 7.0% (New)
🌍 GRN: 4.0% (New)
No Ind (-80.4) as previous.
Changes w/ 2023.
🌳 CON: 38.9% (+19.3)
➡️ RFM: 26.3% (New)
🔶 LDM: 23.8% (New)
🙋 Ind: 7.0% (New)
🌍 GRN: 4.0% (New)
No Ind (-80.4) as previous.
Changes w/ 2023.
March 5, 2026 at 11:56 PM
Hextable (Sevenoaks) Council By-Election Result:
🌳 CON: 38.9% (+19.3)
➡️ RFM: 26.3% (New)
🔶 LDM: 23.8% (New)
🙋 Ind: 7.0% (New)
🌍 GRN: 4.0% (New)
No Ind (-80.4) as previous.
Changes w/ 2023.
🌳 CON: 38.9% (+19.3)
➡️ RFM: 26.3% (New)
🔶 LDM: 23.8% (New)
🙋 Ind: 7.0% (New)
🌍 GRN: 4.0% (New)
No Ind (-80.4) as previous.
Changes w/ 2023.
The Conservatives have won the Hextable by-election on Sevenoaks District Council, triggered by the death of sitting independent councillor.
Hextable (Sevenoaks District Council) result:
🌳 Lee Allen (Con) - 600
⚪ Jackie Griffiths (Ind) - 108
➡️ Daniel Kersten (Ref) - 406
🔶 Ashley Wassall (LDem) - 367
🟢 Oliver Young (Grn) - 62
Turnout: 47.15% (weirdly high - 27% in 2023 locals)
Con GAIN from Ind
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🌳 Lee Allen (Con) - 600
⚪ Jackie Griffiths (Ind) - 108
➡️ Daniel Kersten (Ref) - 406
🔶 Ashley Wassall (LDem) - 367
🟢 Oliver Young (Grn) - 62
Turnout: 47.15% (weirdly high - 27% in 2023 locals)
Con GAIN from Ind
@electionmaps.uk
March 5, 2026 at 11:40 PM
The Conservatives have won the Hextable by-election on Sevenoaks District Council, triggered by the death of sitting independent councillor.
Hextable (Sevenoaks District Council) result:
🌳 Lee Allen (Con) - 600
⚪ Jackie Griffiths (Ind) - 108
➡️ Daniel Kersten (Ref) - 406
🔶 Ashley Wassall (LDem) - 367
🟢 Oliver Young (Grn) - 62
Turnout: 47.15% (weirdly high - 27% in 2023 locals)
Con GAIN from Ind
@electionmaps.uk
🌳 Lee Allen (Con) - 600
⚪ Jackie Griffiths (Ind) - 108
➡️ Daniel Kersten (Ref) - 406
🔶 Ashley Wassall (LDem) - 367
🟢 Oliver Young (Grn) - 62
Turnout: 47.15% (weirdly high - 27% in 2023 locals)
Con GAIN from Ind
@electionmaps.uk
March 5, 2026 at 11:38 PM
Hextable (Sevenoaks District Council) result:
🌳 Lee Allen (Con) - 600
⚪ Jackie Griffiths (Ind) - 108
➡️ Daniel Kersten (Ref) - 406
🔶 Ashley Wassall (LDem) - 367
🟢 Oliver Young (Grn) - 62
Turnout: 47.15% (weirdly high - 27% in 2023 locals)
Con GAIN from Ind
@electionmaps.uk
🌳 Lee Allen (Con) - 600
⚪ Jackie Griffiths (Ind) - 108
➡️ Daniel Kersten (Ref) - 406
🔶 Ashley Wassall (LDem) - 367
🟢 Oliver Young (Grn) - 62
Turnout: 47.15% (weirdly high - 27% in 2023 locals)
Con GAIN from Ind
@electionmaps.uk
Predict Hextable: called-it.uk/election/loc...
March 5, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Predict Hextable: called-it.uk/election/loc...
This weeks guesses
Coggeshall (Braintree) Ind Group
Murton (Durham) RefUK
Hextable (Sevenoaks) Ind
Spital (Tamworth) RefUK
Thrupp (Stroud) Green - interesting to see if addition of a LD candidate has much impact on Greens.
Coggeshall (Braintree) Ind Group
Murton (Durham) RefUK
Hextable (Sevenoaks) Ind
Spital (Tamworth) RefUK
Thrupp (Stroud) Green - interesting to see if addition of a LD candidate has much impact on Greens.
March 5, 2026 at 1:20 PM
This weeks guesses
Coggeshall (Braintree) Ind Group
Murton (Durham) RefUK
Hextable (Sevenoaks) Ind
Spital (Tamworth) RefUK
Thrupp (Stroud) Green - interesting to see if addition of a LD candidate has much impact on Greens.
Coggeshall (Braintree) Ind Group
Murton (Durham) RefUK
Hextable (Sevenoaks) Ind
Spital (Tamworth) RefUK
Thrupp (Stroud) Green - interesting to see if addition of a LD candidate has much impact on Greens.
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March 5, 2026 at 8:40 AM
TODAY’S THE DAY!
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Good luck to the Liberal Democrats standing in today's by-elections:
Braintree; Coggeshall - Barry Fleet
Durham; Murton - Neil Thompson
Sevenoaks; Hextable - Ashley Wassall
Stroud; Thrupp - Raffy Chiswick
Braintree; Coggeshall - Barry Fleet
Durham; Murton - Neil Thompson
Sevenoaks; Hextable - Ashley Wassall
Stroud; Thrupp - Raffy Chiswick
March 5, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Good luck to the Liberal Democrats standing in today's by-elections:
Braintree; Coggeshall - Barry Fleet
Durham; Murton - Neil Thompson
Sevenoaks; Hextable - Ashley Wassall
Stroud; Thrupp - Raffy Chiswick
Braintree; Coggeshall - Barry Fleet
Durham; Murton - Neil Thompson
Sevenoaks; Hextable - Ashley Wassall
Stroud; Thrupp - Raffy Chiswick
Voting this Thursday in #Hextable! Get in touch if you can help us beat Reform.
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March 3, 2026 at 6:08 AM
Voting this Thursday in #Hextable! Get in touch if you can help us beat Reform.
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⚠️ Latest tactical voting advice to STOP Reform: https://t.co/CjG1bd6zuN Via @forwarddemo LOCAL BY-ELECTIONS 5th Mar 2026 ⚪ Coggeshall = IND 🔴 Murton = LABOUR 🟠 Hextable = LIB DEM 🟢 Thrupp = GREEN 🟢 Spital = GREEN #Braintree #Durham #Sevenoaks #Stroud #Tamworth
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Our latest tactical voting advice to stop Reform:
stopreformuk.vote
Local by-elections 5th Mar 2026
⚪ Coggeshall = IND
🔴 Murton = LABOUR
🟠 Hextable = LIB DEM
🟢 Thrupp = GREEN
🟢 Spital = GREEN
#Braintree #Durham #Sevenoaks #Stroud #Tamworth
stopreformuk.vote
Local by-elections 5th Mar 2026
⚪ Coggeshall = IND
🔴 Murton = LABOUR
🟠 Hextable = LIB DEM
🟢 Thrupp = GREEN
🟢 Spital = GREEN
#Braintree #Durham #Sevenoaks #Stroud #Tamworth
March 2, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Our latest tactical voting advice to stop Reform:
stopreformuk.vote
Local by-elections 5th Mar 2026
⚪ Coggeshall = IND
🔴 Murton = LABOUR
🟠 Hextable = LIB DEM
🟢 Thrupp = GREEN
🟢 Spital = GREEN
#Braintree #Durham #Sevenoaks #Stroud #Tamworth
stopreformuk.vote
Local by-elections 5th Mar 2026
⚪ Coggeshall = IND
🔴 Murton = LABOUR
🟠 Hextable = LIB DEM
🟢 Thrupp = GREEN
🟢 Spital = GREEN
#Braintree #Durham #Sevenoaks #Stroud #Tamworth
5⃣ Council By-Elections are taking place this week across England:
🙋 Coggeshall (Braintree)
➡️ Murton (Durham)
🙋 Hextable (Sevenoaks)
🌍 Thrupp (Stroud)
🌹 Spital (Tamworth)
🙋 Coggeshall (Braintree)
➡️ Murton (Durham)
🙋 Hextable (Sevenoaks)
🌍 Thrupp (Stroud)
🌹 Spital (Tamworth)
March 2, 2026 at 9:25 AM
5⃣ Council By-Elections are taking place this week across England:
🙋 Coggeshall (Braintree)
➡️ Murton (Durham)
🙋 Hextable (Sevenoaks)
🌍 Thrupp (Stroud)
🌹 Spital (Tamworth)
🙋 Coggeshall (Braintree)
➡️ Murton (Durham)
🙋 Hextable (Sevenoaks)
🌍 Thrupp (Stroud)
🌹 Spital (Tamworth)
I am sure we all enjoyed seeing Reform losing this morning....your next chance to knock them back is next Thursday! Come and support Ashley. www.sevenoakslibdems.org.uk/ashley-for-h...
February 27, 2026 at 4:52 AM
I am sure we all enjoyed seeing Reform losing this morning....your next chance to knock them back is next Thursday! Come and support Ashley. www.sevenoakslibdems.org.uk/ashley-for-h...
The Conservatives have failed. There is no Labour candidate and the Greens can't win here.
👉 And TONIGHT – Friday 27 February – is your chance to hear from candidates at the Hextable Hustings!
🤝 Final week – can you help? We need volunteers:
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👉 And TONIGHT – Friday 27 February – is your chance to hear from candidates at the Hextable Hustings!
🤝 Final week – can you help? We need volunteers:
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Ashley for Hextable - Sevenoaks, Dartford and Gravesham Liberal Democrats
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February 27, 2026 at 3:16 AM
The Conservatives have failed. There is no Labour candidate and the Greens can't win here.
👉 And TONIGHT – Friday 27 February – is your chance to hear from candidates at the Hextable Hustings!
🤝 Final week – can you help? We need volunteers:
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👉 And TONIGHT – Friday 27 February – is your chance to hear from candidates at the Hextable Hustings!
🤝 Final week – can you help? We need volunteers:
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