2019 Ashford Borough Council election

The 2019 Ashford Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Ashford Borough Council in England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Result summary[]

2019 Ashford Borough Council election
	Seats	Net gain/loss	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	26	8	39.2	13,429	-12.7
Ashford Independent	11	8	19.1	6,544	+13.5
Labour	7	3	16.0	5,476	-3.9
Green	2	2	13.2	4,500	+6.7
Independent	1	1	1.6	556	-1.3
Liberal Democrats	0	1	6.4	2,203	+3.3
UKIP	0	1	4.4	1,510	-5.7

Ward results[]

Aylesford & East Stour[]

Aylesford & East Stour
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Ashford Independent	David Smith	426	38.5
	Ashford Independent	Andy Rogers	365	33.0
	Labour	Matthew Harris	253	22.9
	Labour	Garry Harrison	237	21.4
	Green	Joanna Baker	160	14.5
	Conservative	John Seaton	150	13.6
	UKIP	Dave Vegas	147	13.3
	Conservative	Ijeoma Onweluzo	121	10.9
	Green	Philip Monaghan	88	8.0
	Liberal Democrats	Hein Behrens	70	6.3
Majority
Turnout			1,115	24.6
	win (new seat)
	win (new seat)

Beaver[]

Beaver
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Lyn Suddards	480	43.4
	Labour	Alexander Ward	437	39.5
	UKIP	Thomas Taylor	283	25.6
	Conservative	Amanda Hodgkinson	238	21.5
	Green	Maria Pizzey	237	21.4
	Conservative	Rob Dobson	183	16.6
Majority
Turnout			1,107	24.1
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from UKIP		Swing

Biddenden[]

Biddenden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Neil Bell	575	72.0	-1.0
	Green	Guy Pullen	224	28.0	+1.0
Majority
Turnout			805	34.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bircholt[]

Bircholt
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William Howard	Unopposed
Majority
Turnout			–	–
	Conservative win (new seat)

Bockhanger[]

Bockhanger
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Diccon Spain	280	49.1	+15.6
	Conservative	Simon Howard-Smith	222	38.9	-27.6
	Liberal Democrats	Carol Wilcox	68	11.9	New
Majority
Turnout			578	27.7
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Bybrook[]

Bybrook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ashford Independent	Howard Turner	297	43.9	*New*
	Conservative	Shafi Khan	203	30.0	-25.8
	Labour	Alan Dean	176	26.0	-18.2
Majority
Turnout			683	33.2
	gain from Conservative		Swing

Charing[]

Charing
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gerry Clarkson	479	71.6	+20.5
	Labour	Janet White	190	28.4	New
Majority
Turnout			719	33.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Conningbrook & Little Burton Farm[]

Conningbrook & Little Burton Farm
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Ashford Independent	Katherine Ovenden	330	70.4
	Conservative	Yvonne Roden	139	29.6
Majority
Turnout			474	31.6
	win (new seat)

Downs North[]

Downs North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Dehnel	375	47.4	-14.2
	Green	Marilyn Sansom	186	23.5	+4.3
	Liberal Democrats	David Reid	148	18.7	New
	Labour	Carly Ruppert-Lingham	82	10.4	-8.8
Majority
Turnout			806	39.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Downs West[]

Downs West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Larry Krause	485	62.4	-5.0
	Green	Geoffery Meaden	220	28.3	-4.3
	Labour	Noyo Rai	72	9.3	New
Majority
Turnout			798	34.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Furley[]

Furley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Andrew Buchanan	459	34.3
	Labour	Euan Anckorn	454	33.9
	Conservative	Graham Galpin	453	33.8
	Green	Peter Morgan	380	28.4
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Graham	244	18.2
	UKIP	Susannah Burden	184	13.7
	UKIP	Eddy Barrows	170	12.7
Majority
Turnout			1,345	29.8
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Goat Lees[]

Goat Lees
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Ashford Independent	Winston Michael	586	82.8
	Conservative	James Ransley	67	9.5
	Labour	Jane Carling	55	7.8
Majority
Turnout			711	38.0
	win (new seat)

Godinton[]

Godinton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Feacey	331	55.5	+14.0
	Green	Chris Squire	148	24.8	+15.1
	Labour	Kaprasad Chhantyal	117	19.6	+3.1
Majority
Turnout			609	31.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Highfield[]

Highfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gerald White	290	41.1	-3.2
	Ashford Independent	Barry Ball	201	28.5	-0.7
	Green	Emma Nash	132	18.7	+8.6
	Liberal Democrats	Clare Hardwick	82	11.6	New
Majority
Turnout			714	35.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Isle of Oxney[]

Isle of Oxney
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mick Burgess	Unopposed
Majority
Turnout			–	–	–
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kennington[]

Kennington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Nathan Iliffe	553	62.0
	Ashford Independent	Ian Anderson	266	29.8
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Dove	73	8.2
Majority
Turnout			895	50.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kingsnorth Village & Bridgefield[]

Kingsnorth Village & Bridgefield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Ashford Independent	Tina Heyes	360	69.1
	Conservative	David Robey	161	30.9
Majority
Turnout			528	29.2
	win (new seat)

Mersham, Sevington South with Finberry[]

Mersham, Sevington South with Finberry
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Paul Bartlett	Unopposed
Majority
Turnout			–	–
	Conservative win (new seat)

Norman[]

Norman
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jenny Webb	205	34.2
	Labour	Dylan Jones	187	31.2
	UKIP	Neil Burgess	130	21.7
	Green	Al Arnold	78	13.0
Majority
Turnout			602	30.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Park Farm North[]

Park Farm North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jo Gideon	300	61.5
	Labour	Kate Leavey	97	19.9
	Liberal Democrats	Theresa Dickens	91	18.6
Majority
Turnout			501	27.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Park Farm South[]

Park Farm South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	James Wedgbury	291	61.1
	Labour	Amy Mitchell	103	21.6
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Grayling	82	17.2
Majority
Turnout			490	26.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Repton[]

Repton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Matthew Forest	411	55.8
	Conservative	Bernard Heyes	345	46.8
	Labour	Patric Nutton	223	30.3
	Green	Dave Higgins	220	29.9
	Liberal Democrats	Alexander Coxall	133	18.0
Majority
Turnout			755	25.4
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Rolvenden & Tenterden West[]

Rolvenden & Tenterden West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Kate Walder	556	61.2
	Conservative	Mike Bennett	352	38.8
Majority
Turnout			920	46.8
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Roman[]

Roman
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Ashford Independent	Heather Hayward	366	59.1
	Conservative	Callum Furner	193	31.2
	Labour	Waheed Qureshi	60	9.7
Majority
Turnout			627	29.2
	win (new seat)

Saxon Shore[]

Saxon Shore
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Ashford Independent	Linda Harman	528	56.3
	Conservative	Jane Martin	410	43.7
Majority
Turnout			943	46.2
	gain from Conservative		Swing

Singleton East[]

Singleton East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Bill Barrett	202	42.3
	Labour	Dhan Limbu	134	28.1
	Green	Claire Wallington	92	19.3
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Mengham	49	10.3
Majority
Turnout			493	26.9
	Conservative win (new seat)

Singleton West[]

Singleton West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Kalysha Howard-Smith	189	42.2
	Labour	Sally Gathern	168	37.5
	Liberal Democrats	Ken Standish	91	20.3
Majority
Turnout			470	23.8
	Conservative win (new seat)

Stanhope[]

Stanhope
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Brandan Chilton	257	67.1
	Conservative	Brad Bradford	70	18.3
	Green	Thom Pizzey	56	14.6
Majority
Turnout			394	20.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Tenterden North[]

Tenterden North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Paul Clokie	535	72.5
	Labour	David Ward	203	27.5
Majority
Turnout			777	40.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Tenterden South[]

Tenterden South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Callum Knowles	Unopposed
Majority
Turnout			–	–	–
	Conservative hold		Swing

Tenterden St. Michael's[]

Tenterden St. Michael's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Link	Unopposed
Majority
Turnout			–	–
	Conservative win (new seat)

Upper Weald[]

Upper Weald
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Clair Bell	Unopposed
Majority
Turnout			–	–
	Conservative win (new seat)

Victoria[]

Victoria
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Dara Farrell	484	38.6
	Labour	Charles Suddards	378	30.1
	Conservative	Jeremy Adby	290	23.1
	Green	Jonathan Small	278	22.2
	Liberal Democrats	Charlotte Mbali	274	21.9
	Conservative	Matthew Bridger	248	19.8
	UKIP	Peter Stewart	186	14.8
	UKIP	Ann Taylor	193	15.4
Majority
Turnout			1,259	28.8
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Washford[]

Washford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Neil Shorter	257	51.5
	Green	Joe Annandale	142	28.5
	Labour	Malcolm Wiffen	100	20.0
Majority
Turnout			512	24.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Weald Central[]

Weald Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Alan Pickering	606	48.6
	Conservative	Jessamy Blanford	595	47.7
	Ashford Independent	Sarah Dacre	384	30.8
	Ashford Independent	Matthew Peach	371	29.7
	Green	Hannah Laws	250	20.0
	Labour	Katie Homewood	72	5.8
	Labour	Vivien Wheatley	62	5.0
Majority
Turnout			1,266	38.4
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Weald North[]

Weald North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ken Mulholland	439	47.6
	Green	Hilary Jones	266	28.9
	UKIP	Gary Hanson	217	23.5
Majority
Turnout			931	47.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Weald South[]

Weald South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Ashford Independent	David Ledger	941	58.4
	Ashford Independent	George Sparks	818	50.8
	Conservative	Aline Hicks	715	44.4
	Conservative	Charles Dehnel	567	35.2
Majority
Turnout			1,638	38.9
	gain from Conservative		Swing
	gain from Conservative		Swing

Willesborough[]

Willesborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Steven Campkin	714	44.6
	Green	Liz Wright	629	39.3
	Conservative	Belinda Naiken-Payne	433	27.0
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Baker	426	26.6
	Conservative	Carole White	401	25.0
	Liberal Democrats	Adrian Gee-Turner	301	18.8
	Labour	Elizampeth Mylonogianni	175	10.9
Majority
Turnout			1,638	35.8
	Green gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing

Wye with Hinxhill[]

Wye with Hinxhill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Ashford Independent	Noel Ovenden	671	81.2
	Conservative	Aidan Wedgbury	84	10.2
	Liberal Democrats	David Browne	71	8.6
Majority
Turnout			831	43.6
	win (new seat)

By-elections[]

Beaver[]

Beaver: 6 May 2021
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Trevor Brooks	468	42.2	+23.0
	Labour	Dylan Jones	402	36.2	-2.6
	Independent	Garry Harrison	105	9.5	N/A
	Green	Thom Pizzey	70	6.3	-12.8
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqueline Stamp	64	5.8	N/A
Majority			66	6.0
Turnout			1,109
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	12.8

Downs North[]

Downs North: 19 August 2021
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Geoff Meaden	273	51.8	+28.3
	Conservative	Sarah Williams	239	45.4	-2.1
	Liberal Democrats	Carol Wilcox	15	2.8	-15.9
Majority			34	6.6
Turnout			527
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing	15.2

Highfield[]

Highfield: 16 December 2021
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Dawnie Nilsson	191	40.0	+21.2
	Conservative	James Ransley	163	34.1	-7.0
	Ashford Independent	Barry Ball	101	21.1	-7.4
	Labour	Terry Pavlou	23	4.8	N/A
Majority			28	5.9
Turnout			478	23.6
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing	14.1

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