Ashford Borough Council elections

Ashford Borough Council in Kent, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2003, 43 councillors have been elected from 35 wards.^[1]

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[2]

Party in control	Years
No overall control	1973–1976
Conservative	1976–1979
No overall control	1979–1983
Conservative	1983–1995
No overall control	1995–2003
Conservative	2003–present

Council elections

• Ashford Borough Council election, 1973
• Ashford Borough Council election, 1976 (New ward boundaries)^[3]
• Ashford Borough Council election, 1979
• Ashford Borough Council election, 1983
• Ashford Borough Council election, 1987
• Ashford Borough Council election, 1991
• Ashford Borough Council election, 1995
• Ashford Borough Council election, 1999
• Ashford Borough Council election, 2003 (New ward boundaries reduced the number of seats by 6)^[4][5]
• Ashford Borough Council election, 2007
• Ashford Borough Council election, 2011
• Ashford Borough Council election, 2015

Borough result maps

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  2003 results map

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  2007 results map

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  2011 results map

By-election results

Tenterden East By-Election 11 December 1997

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative		387	58.9	-3.7
	Liberal Democrat		147	22.4	-15.0
	Labour		123	18.7	+18.7
Majority			240	36.5
Turnout			657
	Conservative hold		Swing

Charing By-Election 16 February 2006^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Gerald Clarkson	419	71.7	+4.3
	Liberal Democrat	Jonathan Heuch	126	21.6	-11.0
	Labour	Malcolm Horton	39	6.7	+6.7
Majority			293	50.1
Turnout			584	30.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Resignation of Conservative Cllr Steve Wright.

Wye by-election, 6th March 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Ken Blanshard
	Conservative	Ian Cooling
	UKIP	Elaine Evans
	Labour	Dylan Jones
	Green	Geoff Meaden
	Ashford Independent	Noel Ovenden
Majority
Turnout

Beaver by-election 4 August 2016^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	UKIP	Ryan Macpherson	373	42.1	+11.6
	Labour	Caroline Harris	243	27.4	-3.3
	Conservative	Jo Gideon	240	27.1	+0.2
	Green	Liz Wright	31	3.5	-3.8
Majority			130	14.7
Turnout			890	21.3
	UKIP gain from Labour		Swing

The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Councillor Jill Britcher.

References

1. "Role of a Councillor". Ashford.gov.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
2. "England council elections". BBC News Online. Archived from the original on 19 May 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
3. legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Ashford (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1975. Retrieved on 19 November 2015.
4. "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
5. legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Ashford (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
6. "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). Ashford Borough Council. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
7. http://www.kentonline.co.uk/ashford/news/ukip-steal-labour-seat-in-100226/

• By-election results

External links

• Ashford Borough Council