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Local Election Results 2007

Ashford

Whole council up for election. Two Conservative councillors were elected unopposed.

Ashford = Ashford Independent

Other results for Ashford: 2003 2011 2015 2019 2023
By-elections for Ashford (may be incomplete): 16th February 2006 (Charing) — 24th November 2011 (Beaver) — 12th July 2012 (Tenterden S.) — 28th February 2013 (Beaver) — 2nd May 2013 (Saxon Shore) — 6th March 2014 (Wye) — 19th November 2015 (Aylesford Green) — 4th August 2016 (Beaver) — 8th June 2017 (Bockhanger; Victoria) — 25th October 2018 (Kennington) — 18th July 2019 (Downs N.) — 12th March 2020 (Park Farm N.) — 6th May 2021 (Beaver) — 19th August 2021 (Downs N.) — 16th December 2021 (Highfield) — 17th October 2024 (Aylesford & East Stour)
Results for Kent county council: 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021

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Consolidated results — Ashford 2007

Party Votes Percent Seats
Conservative 15624 51.4% 28
Liberal Democrat 8244 27.1% 8
Ashford Independents 3945 13.0% 4
Labour 1909 6.3% 2
Green Party 355 1.2% 0
Independent 348 1.1% 1

Aylesford Green [LD gain from Ashford]

Brian Norris LD 209 40.3%
Jim Gower Ashford 199 38.4%
James Holtum C 110 21.2%

Beaver (2)

Brendan Naughton Lab 554 49.7%
Allen Wells Lab 545
Jenny Wedgbury C 377 33.8%
James Barrow C 369
Jill Norris LD 184 16.5%
Gwendoline Thornton LD 175

Biddenden

Neil Bell C 615 74.0%
Paddy Platt LD 216 26.0%

Bockhanger

Michael Claughton C 391 62.1%
Shafi Khan Lab 146 23.2%
Josephine Took LD 93 14.8%

Boughton Aluph and Eastwell

Rita Hawes LD 551 69.5%
Michael Lloyd C 242 30.5%

Bybrook

Marion Martin C 411 54.6%
Jeremy Adby LD 342 45.4%

Charing

Gerry Clarkson C 565 73.1%
George Whyte LD 208 26.9%

Downs North

Jane Marriott C 511 59.9%
Jan Cormack Grn 240 28.1%
Leonard Micklewright LD 102 12.0%

Downs West

Neil Wallace C 470 67.0%
John Hawes LD 152 21.7%
Chris Twydell Lab 79 11.3%

Godinton (2)

Peter Feacey C 798 59.6%
Bernard Heyes C 753
Patricia Packham LD 340 25.4%
Arthur Young Lab 201 15.0%
Paul Taig LD 200

Great Chart with Singleton North [C gain from Ashford]

Jessamy Blanford C 347 48.5%
Ian McClintock Ashford 172 24.0%
Christopher Atkins LD 123 17.2%
Katherine Manning Lab 74 10.3%

Highfield [LD gain from Ashford]

Susan Heaton LD 290 40.6%
Steven Davis C 277 38.7%
Ieda Hogarth Ashford 148 20.7%

Isle of Oxney

Michael Burgess C 722 77.7%
Bob Rawlings LD 207 22.3%

Kennington

John Kemp C unop.

Little Burton Farm

Norman Ayres C 595 75.5%
Tony Hardwick LD 193 24.5%

Norman [LD gain from Ashford]

David Bradberry LD 228 38.6%
Melvyn Elliff Ashford 179 30.3%
Janet Rymer-Jones C 109 18.5%
Abbie Burt Ind 74 12.5%

North Willesborough (2)

George Koowaree LD 897 59.6%
Bob Davidson LD 846
Alan Hutchinson C 401 26.6%
Josephine Masters C 367
Stephen Horn Ashford 207 13.8%

Park Farm North [C gain from Ashford]

Tina Heyes C 463 66.0%
Ruth Kirby LD 134 19.1%
Harriet Yeo Lab 105 15.0%

Park Farm South

Jim Wedgbury C 371 81.0%
Angharad Yeo Lab 48 10.5%
Nicholas Fawcett LD 39 8.5%

Rolvenden and Tenterden West

Jill Hutchinson C 765 81.6%
Terrence Brown LD 172 18.4%

St Michaels

John Link C 543 75.0%
Patricia Rickwood LD 181 25.0%

Saxon Shore (2)

Peter Wood C 1139 69.2%
Richard Honey C 1137
Stuart Dove LD 506 30.8%
Anne Baxter LD 486

Singleton South [C gain from Ashford]

Amanda Hodgkinson C 335 47.0%
Chris Took LD 203 28.5%
Carol Brunger Ashford 93 13.0%
Andrew Pharoah Lab 82 11.5%

South Willesborough [Ind gain from Ashford]

David Smith Ind 274 43.8%
Ian Stone LD 138 22.1%
Miranda Kelly C 109 17.4%
Malcolm Eke Ashford 104 16.6%

Stanhope [Ashford gain from Lab]

Palma Laughton Ashford 245 68.2%
Robert Ackfield C 57 15.9%
Gill Stone LD 57 15.9%

Stour (2) [1 C gain from Lab]

William Howard C 597 44.2%
Matthew French C 573
Les Lawrie Lab 413 30.6%
Chris Clark Lab 344
Steve Smith LD 340 25.2%
Kevin Rochester LD 278

Tenterden North

Paul Clokie C 528 69.1%
Barry Wright LD 236 30.9%

Tenterden South

Peter Goddard C 433 59.2%
John Miller LD 299 40.8%

Victoria (2)

Robert Packham LD 529 49.4%
Robert Cowley LD 522
Felicitie Sykes C 218 20.4%
Irene Hitchings C 217
Terry Stock Ashford 215 20.1%
Tony Serretiello Ashford 158
Preeti Farooki Lab 109 10.2%

Washford

John Holland Ashford 262 38.8%
Stephen Bates C 245 36.2%
Perry Calvert Lab 98 14.5%
Shaun Chamberlain LD 71 10.5%

Weald Central (2)

Robert Taylor C 950 51.2%
Clair Bell C 891
Keith Brannan Ashford 534 28.8%
Ann Murray LD 371 20.0%
Jon Heuch LD 224

Weald East

Paul Bartlett C unop.

Weald North

Hugh Ellison C 663 71.9%
Clare Hardwick LD 144 15.6%
Hilary Jones Grn 115 12.5%

Weald South (2)

Peter Davison Ashford 998 40.9%
Aline Hicks C 991 40.6%
Neil Shorter C 955
Rosemary Davies LD 449 18.4%

Wye [Ashford gain from C]

Jack Woodford Ashford 589 65.1%
Ian Cooling C 276 30.5%
David Berrie LD 40 4.4%

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