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. This was on the same day as other local elections.

2019 Ashford Borough Council election

2 May 2019 (2019-05-02)
All 47 seats to Ashford Borough Council 24 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Ashford Ind. Labour Last election 34 seats, 51.9% 3 seats, 5.6% 4 seats, 19.9% Seats won 26 11 7 Seat change 8 8 3 Popular vote 13,429 6,544 5,476 Percentage 39.2% 19.1% 14.9% Swing 12.7% 13.5% 3.9%   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Green Independent Last election 0 seats, 6.5% 0 seats, 2.9% Seats won 2 1 Seat change 2 1 Popular vote 4,500 556 Percentage 13.2% 1.6% Swing 6.7% 1.3%
Winner of each seat at the 2019 Ashford Borough Council election
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Conservative

Summary

Election result

2019 Ashford Borough Council election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	47	26	0	8	8	55.3	39.2	13,429	–12.7
	Ashford Ind.	15	11	4	0	8	23.4	19.1	6,544	+13.5
	Labour	27	7	3	0	3	14.9	16.0	5,476	–3.9
	Green	19	2	2	0	2	4.3	13.2	4,500	+6.7
	Independent	1	1	1	0	1	2.1	1.6	556	–1.3
	Liberal Democrats	15	0	0	1	1	0.0	6.4	2,203	+3.3
	UKIP	8	0	0	1	1	0.0	4.4	1,510	–5.7

Ward results

Aylesford & East Stour

Aylesford & East Stour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Ashford Ind.	David Smith	426	38.5
	Ashford Ind.	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
	Ashford Ind. win (new seat)
	Ashford Ind. 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 Ind.	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
	Ashford Ind. 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 Ind.	Katherine Ovenden	330	70.4
	Conservative	Yvonne Roden	139	29.6
Majority
Turnout			474	31.6
	Ashford Ind. 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 Ind.	Winston Michael	586	82.8
	Conservative	James Ransley	67	9.5
	Labour	Jane Carling	55	7.8
Majority
Turnout			711	38.0
	Ashford Ind. 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 Ind.	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 Ind.	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 Ind.	Tina Heyes	360	69.1
	Conservative	David Robey	161	30.9
Majority
Turnout			528	29.2
	Ashford Ind. 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 Ind.	Heather Hayward	366	59.1
	Conservative	Callum Furner	193	31.2
	Labour	Waheed Qureshi	60	9.7
Majority
Turnout			627	29.2
	Ashford Ind. win (new seat)

Saxon Shore

Saxon Shore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ashford Ind.	Linda Harman	528	56.3
	Conservative	Jane Martin	410	43.7
Majority
Turnout			943	46.2
	Ashford Ind. 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 Ind.	Sarah Dacre	384	30.8
	Ashford Ind.	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 Ind.	David Ledger	941	58.4
	Ashford Ind.	George Sparks	818	50.8
	Conservative	Aline Hicks	715	44.4
	Conservative	Charles Dehnel	567	35.2
Majority
Turnout			1,638	38.9
	Ashford Ind. gain from Conservative		Swing
	Ashford Ind. 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
	Green gain from Conservative

Wye with Hinxhill

Wye with Hinxhill

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

By-elections

Downs North (July 2019)

Downs North: 18 July 2019
Death of Stephen Dehnel

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Dehnel	229	37.4	–10.0
	Green	Geoff Meaden	190	31.0	+7.5
	Liberal Democrats	Adrian Gee-Turner	70	11.4	–7.3
	Ashford Ind.	Rachael Carley	67	10.9	N/A
	UKIP	Philip Meads	22	3.6	N/A
	Labour	Carly Ruppert Lingham	17	2.8	–7.6
	Independent	Sarah Williams	17	2.8	N/A
Majority			39	6.4
Turnout			645	31.5
Registered electors			2,046
	Conservative hold		Swing	8.8

Park Farm North

Park Farm North: 12 March 2020
Resignation of Jo Gideon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ashford Ind.	Trish Cornish	247	60.2	N/A
	Conservative	Aline Hicks	115	28.0	–33.5
	Labour	Garry Harrison	29	7.1	–12.8
	Green	Thom Pizzey	11	2.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Samuel Strolz	8	2.0	–16.6
Majority			132	32.2
Turnout			410	22.1
Registered electors			1,859
	Ashford Ind. gain from Conservative		Swing	N/A

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 (August 2021)

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 Ind.	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