2019 Ashfield District Council election

2019 Ashfield District Council election
All 35 seats to Ashfield District Council; 18 seats needed for a majority
	Map of the results of the election. Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the main table of results.
Council control before election; No overall control;	Council control after election ; Ashfield Independents;

The 2019 Ashfield District Council election took place on 2 May 2019, to elect all members of Ashfield District Council in England.^[1]

The election resulted in the Ashfield Independents gaining control of the council with a large majority, winning 30 of the 35 seats up for election. The Labour Party suffered heavy losses, winning just 2 seats, a decrease of 20 compared with the last election in 2015.^[2]

Overall election results[]

Ashfield District Council (Summary of Overall Results)[]

Within Ashfield District Council 2019

Party		Candidates						Votes
Party		Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	Ashfield Independents	35	30	30	0	26		64.6	39,245
	Labour	35	2	0	20	-20		18.2	11,066
	Conservative	35	3	0	1	-1		11.2	6,795
	Independent	4	0	0	4	0		3.2	1,922
	UKIP	6	0	0	0	0		1.4	822
	Liberal Democrats	3	0	0	5	-5		1.2	736
	Green	2	0	0	0	0		0.2	139

Ashfield District Council - Results by Ward[]

Abbey Hill[]

Abbey Hill (1)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ashfield Independents	Andy Meakin	706	73	+50
	Labour	Christopher Michael Murphy	176	18	-17
	UKIP	Moira Jean Sansom	62	6	-15
	Conservative	Dale Saddington	21	2	-12
Turnout			965	40%
	Ashfield Independents gain from Labour		Swing

Annesley & Kirkby Woodhouse[]

Annesley & Kirkby Woodhouse (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ashfield Independents	Rachel Elisabeth Madden*	1,894	75	+33
	Ashfield Independents	Ciaran Richard Brown	1,642	65	N/A
	Labour	Don Davis*	410	16	-20
	Labour	Roo Stevens	328	13	-19
	UKIP	Glyn Street	185	7	-20
	Conservative	Paul Anthony Bedford	113	4	N/A
	Conservative	Tom Clark	101	4	N/A
Turnout				43%
	Ashfield Independents gain from Labour		Swing
	Ashfield Independents gain from Liberal Democrats

Ashfields[]

Ashfields (1)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ashfield Independents	David Thomas Walters	970	83	N/A
	Labour	Damian John Darby	113	10	-16
	Conservative	Andrew Mark Abele	83	7	-7
Turnout			1166	40%
	Ashfield Independents gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Carsic[]

Carsic (1)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ashfield Independents	John Frederick Smallridge	708	72	N/A
	Labour	Cathy Mason*	241	25	-38
	Conservative	John Dobson	30	3	-13
Turnout
	Ashfield Independents gain from Labour		Swing

Central & New Cross[]

Central & New Cross (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ashfield Independents	Samantha Kay Deakin	1,371	81	+55
	Ashfield Independents	David Lawrence Hennigan	1,188	70	N/A
	Labour	Marty Everett	249	15	-31
	Labour	Crystal Jane Parker	227	13	-30
	Green	Arran Rangi	84	5	N/A
	Conservative	Nicholas Felton	62	4	N/A
	Conservative	Mark Richard Simons	51	3	N/A
Turnout
	Ashfield Independents gain from Labour		Swing
	Ashfield Independents gain from Labour		Swing

Hucknall Central[]

Hucknall Central (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ashfield Independents	Trevor Charles Locke	690	38	N/A
	Ashfield Independents	Jim Blagden	671	37	+30
	Labour	John Hartley Wilkinson	559	31	-10
	Labour	Nicolle Sibusiso Ndiweni*	540	30	-6
	Conservative	Trevor Ronald Peat	356	20	-8
	Conservative	Liz Kelly	297	16	-3
	UKIP	Jack Holland	279	15	-11
Turnout
	Ashfield Independents gain from Labour
	Ashfield Independents gain from Labour

Hucknall North[]

Hucknall North (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ashfield Independents	John Anthony Wilmott*	2,011	65	+50
	Ashfield Independents	Lee Waters	1,879	61	N/A
	Ashfield Independents	Dave Shaw	1,869	60	N/A
	Labour	Alice Elisabeth Grice	619	20	-15
	Labour	Nat Mason	557	18	-12
	Labour	Natalie Rachael Bryan	539	17	-12
	Liberal Democrats	Vicki Charlton	309	10	N/A
	Conservative	Cathryn Georgina Rostance	281	9	-27
	Liberal Democrats	James Alan Harvey	231	7	N/A
	Conservative	David Stephen Randall	216	7	-26
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Alan Howes	196	6	N/A
	Conservative	Maria Stojak	192	6	-24
Turnout
	Ashfield Independents gain from Conservative		Swing
	Ashfield Independents gain from Conservative
	Ashfield Independents gain from Labour

Hucknall South[]

Hucknall South (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lauren Amber Mitchell*	642	38	-4
	Labour	Keir Alexander Morrison*	606	36	-
	Conservative	Jan Lees	526	31	+1
	Conservative	Brian Anthony Willows	496	29	-1
	Ashfield Independents	Ben John Tomlinson	470	28	N/A
	Ashfield Independents	Jean Rose Toseland	461	27	N/A
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Hucknall West[]

Hucknall West (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kevin Thomas Rostance*	1,043	44	+6
	Conservative	Phil Rostance*	1,031	44	+8
	Conservative	Chris Baron*	831	35	-1
	Ashfield Independents	Rachael Clarke	691	29	N/A
	Ashfield Independents	Nicole Charlotte Paylor	653	28	N/A
	Labour	Patrick Stephen Ayres	642	27	-9
	Ashfield Independents	Gordon Kenneth Mann	610	26	N/A
	Labour	Louise Margaret Cooke	603	26	-8
	Labour	Ian Morrison	600	25	-8
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Conservative hold

Huthwaite & Brierley[]

Huthwaite & Brierley (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ashfield Independents	Tom Hollis	1,933	81	N/A
	Ashfield Independents	Andrew Richard Harding	1,832	77	N/A
	Labour	Ali Lakin	318	13	-22
	Labour	Lee Michael Holland	285	12	-22
	Conservative	Jeff Self	100	4	-17
	Conservative	Adam Kevin Rostance	71	3	N/A
Turnout
	Ashfield Independents gain from Labour		Swing
	Ashfield Independents gain from Labour		Swing

Jacksdale[]

Jacksdale (1)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ashfield Independents	Christian Richard Chapman*	929	82	+47
	UKIP	Ray Young	94	8	N/A
	Labour	Debbie Roe	82	7	-27
	Conservative	Daniel James Alletson	28	2	N/A
Turnout
	Ashfield Independents gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Kingsway[]

Kingsway (1)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ashfield Independents	Dale Anthony Grounds	763	72	N/A
	Labour	Mike Smith*	162	15	-35
	UKIP	Catheryn Elizabeth Howells	82	8	N/A
	Conservative	Gemma Lucy Rudge	50	5	N/A
Turnout
	Ashfield Independents gain from Labour		Swing

Kirkby Cross & Portland[]

Kirkby Cross & Portland (1)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ashfield Independents	Daniel Frederick Williamson	1,026	73	N/A
	Labour	Cheryl Butler*	308	22	-17
	Conservative	Derrick Joseph Hart	68	5	N/A
Turnout
	Ashfield Independents gain from Labour		Swing

Larwood[]

Larwood (1)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ashfield Independents	Jason Zadrozny*	993	81	+34
	Labour	David Kenneth Warwick	161	13	-14
	Conservative	Paul Andrew Sheridan	68	6	-8
Turnout
	Ashfield Independents gain from Independent		Swing

Leamington[]

Leamington (1)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ashfield Independents	Sarah Jayne Madigan	712	72	N/A
	Labour	David Jonathan Giffiths*	184	19	-51
	Independent	Tony Wallis	55	6	N/A
	Conservative	Paul Adam Bailey	35	4	N/A
Turnout
	Ashfield Independents gain from Labour		Swing

Selston[]

Selston (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ashfield Independents	Andy Gascoyne	1,216	56	N/A
	Ashfield Independents	Arnie Hankin	1,169	54	N/A
	Independent	Sam Wilson*	818	37	-8
	Independent	Emma Olden	670	31	N/A
	Labour	Stuart William Jackson	154	7	-12
	Labour	Pam Lewis	116	5	-13
	Conservative	Rebecca Sarah Hughes	91	4	N/A
	Conservative	Millie Warren	54	2	N/A
Turnout
	Ashfield Independents gain from Independent		Swing
	Ashfield Independents gain from Independent

Skegby[]

Skegby (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ashfield Independents	Melanie Jane Darrington	1,629	78	N/A
	Ashfield Independents	Anthony Neil Brewer*	1,619	78	+44
	Labour	Bea Evans-Braddow	290	14	-14
	Labour	Paul Roberts*	255	12	-17
	Conservative	Keith Lewis Broughton	93	4	N/A
	Conservative	Daniel Yates	54	3	N/A
Turnout
	Ashfield Independents gain from Labour		Swing
	Ashfield Independents gain from Liberal Democrats

St Marys[]

St Marys (1)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ashfield Independents	Kier Barsby	941	78	N/A
	Labour	William Russell Booth	211	18	-18
	Conservative	Shaun Alan Flowers	53	4	-11
Turnout
	Ashfield Independents gain from Labour		Swing

Stanton Hill & Teversal[]

Stanton Hill & Teversal (1)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ashfield Independents	Helen-Ann Smith*	726	83	+40
	Labour	Linford Martyn Gibbons	108	12	-20
	Conservative	Remi Bambo	46	5	N/A
Turnout
	Ashfield Independents gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Summit[]

Summit (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ashfield Independents	John Baird	1,472	79	+56
	Ashfield Independents	Warren Thomas Nuttall	1,302	70	N/A
	Labour	Donna Samantha Jane Gilbert	260	14	-28
	Labour	John Russell Knight*	250	13	-29
	UKIP	Janet Jeanes	120	6	-24
	Conservative	Lee Stuart Bradbury	39	2	N/A
	Conservative	Karen Simons	33	2	N/A
Turnout
	Ashfield Independents gain from Labour		Swing
	Ashfield Independents gain from Labour		Swing

Sutton Junction & Harlow Wood[]

Sutton Junction & Harlow Wood (1)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ashfield Independents	Matthew James Relf	1,007	88	N/A
	Labour	Kevin Allan Ball	104	9	-29
	Conservative	Leslie Norman Boyington	33	3	N/A
Turnout
	Ashfield Independents gain from Labour		Swing

The Dales[]

The Dales (1)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ashfield Independents	Caroline Louise Wilkinson	794	83	N/A
	Labour	Sinead Emily Causer	115	12	-39
	Conservative	Christine Jennifer Self	52	5	N/A
Turnout
	Ashfield Independents gain from Labour		Swing

Underwood[]

Underwood (1)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ashfield Independents	David Bernard Martin	698	54	N/A
	Independent	Dawn Justice	379	30	N/A
	Conservative	Dawn Hodgman	97	8	-10
	Green	Simon Philip Towle	55	4	N/A
	Labour	Tracy Sowter	52	4	-13
Turnout			1281	48
	Ashfield Independents gain from Independent		Swing

By-elections[]

Annesley and Kirkby Woodhouse[]

Annesley and Kirkby Woodhouse: 6 May 2021
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Ashfield Independents	Jamie Bell	1,630	74.9
	Labour	Perry Woodhouse	547	25.1
Majority			1,083	49.8
Turnout			2,177
	Ashfield Independents hold		Swing

Skegby[]

Skegby: 6 May 2021
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Ashfield Independents	Will Bostock	1,137	60.7
	Conservative	Sam Howlett	426	22.7
	Labour	Joanne Booker-Varley	310	16.6
Majority			711	38.0
Turnout			1,873
	Ashfield Independents hold		Swing

References[]

^ "Ashfield District Council - Elections".
^ "Ashfield District Council". BBC News. Retrieved 4 May 2019.

[1] "Ashfield District Council - Elections".

[2] "Ashfield District Council". BBC News. Retrieved 4 May 2019.

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