Ashford council election, 2023

04/05/2023 · 39 wards · 47 seats contested

Most seats
19
Conservative and Unionist Party
Seats contested
47
across 39 wards
Turnout
—
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party 19 -1 14,133 35.8% -3.7
Labour Party 11 +4 9,924 25.1% +9.3
Ashford Independent 9 -2 5,919 15.0% -4.8
Green Party 8 +6 7,183 18.2% +5.3
Liberal Democrats 0 +0 1,549 3.9% -2.4
Independent 0 -1 626 1.6% -0.0
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 0 +0 107 0.3% —
Reform UK 0 +0 90 0.2% —

Changes are against the previous council election on 02/05/2019. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.

Candidates

Party Candidates Of a possible 47
Conservative and Unionist Party 47
Labour Party 47
Green Party 27
Ashford Independent 18
Liberal Democrats 15
Independent 4
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 2
Reform UK 1

A party standing a full slate could field 47 candidates, one per seat.

Results by ward

Share is each candidate's share of ballots cast in the ward. Change compares each party's lead candidate with the ward's previous contest. Bold rows are elected candidates.

Aylesford & East Stour 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Sojan Joseph Elected 332 33.9% +8.8
Green Party Al Arnold Elected 297 30.3% +14.5
Labour Party Reena Mathew 287 29.3% —
Green Party Thom Pizzey 261 26.7% —
Ashford Independent Andy Rogers 258 26.4% -15.9
Ashford Independent David Smith 243 24.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Brandon Hawkins 144 14.7% -0.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Joanna McCafferty 136 13.9% —
Majority10
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)979

Labour Party gain from Ashford Independent · Green Party gain from Ashford Independent

Beaver 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Kate Leavey Elected 470 51.0% +14.7
Labour Party Lyn Suddards Elected 410 44.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Dhan Limbu 285 30.9% -11.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Neil Shorter 270 29.3% —
Ashford Independent Phill Thorne 215 23.3% —
Liberal Democrats Jacquie Stamp 99 10.7% +5.0
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Garry Harrison 95 10.3% —
Majority125
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)922

Labour Party hold

Biddenden

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Neil Bell Elected 552 65.8% -6.2
Green Party Guy Alexander Pullen 175 20.9% -7.2
Labour Party Sarah Jane Lucas 112 13.3% —
Majority377
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast839

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Bircholt

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Ashford Independent Simon Bower Betty Elected 294 31.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party William Howard 278 30.0% —
Green Party Pat Marsh 132 14.3% —
Labour Party Julie Clift 116 12.5% —
Independent William Harbottle 106 11.4% —
Majority16
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast926

Bockhanger

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Diccon Spain Elected 340 66.3% +17.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Shafi Khan 173 33.7% -5.2
Majority167
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast513

Labour Party hold

Bybrook

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Alan Edward Dean Elected 261 33.6% +7.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Jac Wood 248 32.0% +1.9
Ashford Independent Howard Hamilton Turner 230 29.6% -14.3
Liberal Democrats Andrew Peter Graham 37 4.8% —
Majority13
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast776

Labour Party gain from Ashford Independent

Charing

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Yvonne Janet Roden Elected 473 66.3% -5.3
Labour Party Janet Marjorie White 240 33.7% +5.3
Majority233
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast713

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Conningbrook & Little Burton Farm

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Ashford Independent Katy Pauley Elected 272 43.8% -26.6
Conservative and Unionist Party John Seaton 159 25.6% -4.0
Labour Party Dylan Alexander Jones 150 24.2% —
Liberal Democrats Charles Knight 40 6.4% —
Majority113
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast621

Ashford Independent hold

Downs North

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Geoff Meaden Elected 348 40.5% -11.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Tony Webb 247 28.7% -16.6
Ashford Independent Chris Main 188 21.9% —
Labour Party Lisa Bouchat 51 5.9% —
Liberal Democrats Carol Wilcox 26 3.0% +0.2
Majority101
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast860

Green Party hold

Downs West

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Larry Krause Elected 435 54.0% —
Green Party Vanessa Lucey Hutchinson 204 25.3% —
Labour Party Geoff White 167 20.7% —
Majority231
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast806

Furley 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Euan Fergus Anckorn Elected 549 44.9% +6.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Andrew Buchanan Elected 506 41.4% +2.2
Labour Party Sharon McCormack 475 38.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Trish Cornish 442 36.2% —
Green Party Louise Homewood 310 25.4% -7.1
Liberal Democrats Adrian John Gee-Turner 162 13.3% -7.6
Majority31
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,222

Labour Party hold · Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Goat Lees

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Ashford Independent Winston Russel Michael Elected 474 76.9% —
Labour Party Ellie Crook 86 14.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Phil Sibbald 56 9.1% —
Majority388
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast616

Godinton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Peter Feacey Elected 330 52.0% -3.6
Labour Party Mark David Silvester 146 23.0% +3.4
Green Party Matt Baker 94 14.8% -10.0
Liberal Democrats Valerie Charlotte Mbali 53 8.3% —
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Cameron Tomos John Osmundsen 12 1.9% —
Majority184
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast635

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Highfield

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Dawnie Nilsson Elected 464 59.0% +19.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Payal Khandaker 205 26.0% -8.1
Labour Party David Leslie Gordon-Young 118 15.0% +10.2
Majority259
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast787

Green Party hold

Isle of Oxney

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Johnny Shilton Elected 439 47.3% —
Ashford Independent Simon Harden Honnor 318 34.2% —
Labour Party Robert Geoffrey Pursey 91 9.8% —
Liberal Democrats Chris Grayling 81 8.7% —
Majority121
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast929

Kennington

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Nathan Iliffe Elected 389 55.4% -6.6
Green Party Philip John Frederick Sims 161 22.9% —
Labour Party Kemar Harriott 152 21.7% —
Majority228
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast702

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Kingsnorth Village & Bridgefield

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Ashford Independent Ray McGeever Elected 273 46.8% -22.3
Conservative and Unionist Party David Patrick John Robey 170 29.2% -1.7
Labour Party Kathy Walters 140 24.0% —
Majority103
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast583

Ashford Independent hold

Mersham, Sevington South with Finberry

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Paul William Bartlett Elected 365 56.4% —
Green Party Anne Mildon 169 26.1% —
Labour Party Chris Kennedy 113 17.5% —
Majority196
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast647

Norman

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Jo Gambling Elected 161 27.7% +14.7
Labour Party Dara Farrell 156 26.8% -4.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Mark Starkings 149 25.6% -8.6
Independent Jenny Webb 116 19.9% —
Majority5
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast582

Green Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Park Farm North

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Ashford Independent Ben Townend Elected 178 35.8% -24.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Biswasdip Limbu 168 33.8% +5.8
Labour Party Terry Peter Jones 151 30.4% +23.3
Majority10
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast497

Ashford Independent hold

Park Farm South

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Katrina Giles Elected 239 41.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Jim Wedgbury 227 39.1% -22.0
Labour Party Aimee Hester Joan Babbs 114 19.7% -2.0
Majority12
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast580

Green Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Repton 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Matthew Forest Elected 405 49.5% -12.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Bernard Heyes Elected 337 41.1% —
Labour Party Elizampeth Mylonogianni 323 39.4% +6.0
Labour Party Priti Paintal 307 37.5% —
Green Party Dave Higgins 138 16.8% -16.2
Green Party Jake Adam Pentland 128 15.6% —
Majority14
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)819

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Rolvenden & Tenterden West

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Kate Walder Elected 444 53.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Tom Spiller 317 38.1% -0.6
Labour Party Amber Wardrop 70 8.4% —
Majority127
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast831

Green Party gain from Independent

Roman

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Ashford Independent Heather Angela Hayward Elected 374 62.8% +17.7
Conservative and Unionist Party John Bentley 123 20.6% -3.1
Labour Party Terry Pavlou 99 16.6% +9.2
Majority251
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast596

Ashford Independent hold

Saxon Shore

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Ashford Independent Linda Lucille Harman Elected 593 72.2% +15.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Laura Robinson 158 19.2% -24.5
Labour Party Dave Gathern 70 8.5% —
Majority435
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast821

Ashford Independent hold

Singleton East

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Bill Barrett Elected 164 34.8% -7.5
Labour Party Lydia Shomuyiwa 146 31.0% +2.9
Ashford Independent Malcolm Wiffen 91 19.3% —
Green Party Andy Whybrow 43 9.1% -10.2
Liberal Democrats Robin Robison 27 5.7% -4.5
Majority18
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast471

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Singleton West

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Sally Ann Gathern Elected 277 54.6% +17.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Kalysha Howard-Smith 160 31.6% -10.6
Liberal Democrats Paul Thornton-Allan 70 13.8% -6.5
Majority117
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast507

Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Stanhope

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Brendan Chilton Elected 215 77.6% +10.5
Green Party Maria Ann Pizzey 34 12.3% -2.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Sarah Claydon 28 10.1% -8.2
Majority181
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast277

Labour Party hold

Tenterden North

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Ken Mulholland Elected 415 51.6% -20.9
Labour Party David John Ward 202 25.1% -2.4
Liberal Democrats Steve Bowen 118 14.7% —
Green Party Owen Erland Elias 70 8.7% —
Majority213
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast805

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Tenterden South

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Pam Smith Elected 341 46.1% —
Independent John Seymour Crawford 249 33.6% —
Labour Party Emma Sophia MacLennan 150 20.3% —
Majority92
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast740

Tenterden St Michael's

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party John Link Elected 342 47.8% —
Liberal Democrats Stuart Medcalf 271 37.8% —
Labour Party Edward Gareth Douglas Lloyd 103 14.4% —
Majority71
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast716

Upper Weald

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Clair Bell Elected 392 57.6% —
Liberal Democrats Keith Brannan 173 25.4% —
Labour Party Mark Harris 116 17.0% —
Majority219
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast681

Victoria 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Tania Jane Simpson Gauder Elected 588 51.2% +9.7
Labour Party Charles Suddards Elected 535 46.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Charles Ellis 294 25.6% +0.7
Green Party Kati Ramsden 267 23.3% -0.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Tony Trilsbach 264 23.0% —
Green Party Steve Sitton 222 19.3% —
Liberal Democrats Sally Newing 127 11.1% -12.4
Majority241
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,148

Labour Party hold

Washford

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Clive John Hallett Elected 162 31.3% +11.2
Independent James Ransley 155 29.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Dirk Ross 148 28.6% -22.9
Green Party Matt Palmer 53 10.2% -18.2
Majority7
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast518

Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Weald Central 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Alan Pickering Elected 591 52.6% +0.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Jessamy Blanford Elected 569 50.6% —
Green Party Philip John Monaghan 298 26.5% +5.1
Green Party Alexander Bienfait 280 24.9% —
Labour Party Sue Hallett 234 20.8% +14.7
Labour Party Derek Smyth 187 16.6% —
Reform UK Wendy Ann Repasky 90 8.0% —
Majority271
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,124

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Weald North

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Kayleigh Brunder-Randall Elected 467 50.2% +2.5
Ashford Independent Philly Adams 249 26.7% —
Green Party Hilary Jones 127 13.6% -15.2
Labour Party Jordan India Richardson 88 9.5% —
Majority218
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast931

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Weald South 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Ashford Independent David Ledger Elected 617 43.8% -18.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Aline Hicks Elected 571 40.6% -6.5
Ashford Independent George Brian Sparks 511 36.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Nicola Denoon Duncan 500 35.5% —
Liberal Democrats Theresa Catherine Dickens 229 16.3% —
Labour Party Norma Smyth 195 13.8% —
Labour Party Steven Horne 194 13.8% —
Majority60
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,408

Ashford Independent hold · Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Ashford Independent

Willesborough 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Steven Campkin Elected 1,102 71.8% +25.5
Green Party Liz Wright Elected 962 62.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Patricia Speakman 328 21.4% -6.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Charles Edward Dehnel 301 19.6% —
Labour Party Ifeyinwa Ajulufo 203 13.2% +1.9
Labour Party Ikechi Okere 171 11.1% —
Majority634
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,534

Green Party hold

Wye with Hinxhill

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Ashford Independent Noel Ovenden Elected 541 76.1% -5.1
Conservative and Unionist Party John Lawton 72 10.1% -0.0
Labour Party Tahsil Hashemi 62 8.7% —
Liberal Democrats David Graham Browne 36 5.1% -3.5
Majority469
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast711

Ashford Independent hold

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