- Ashford Council election, 2003
Elections to Ashford Council were held on
1 May ,2003 . The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in1999 reducing the number of seats by 6. The Conservative party gained control of the council from no overall control.Election Result
Election Summary Party
party = Conservative Party (UK)
seats = 25
gain =
loss =
net = +2
seats % = 58.1
votes % = 48.7
votes = 17,689
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = Independent (politician)
seats = 9
gain =
loss =
net = 0
seats % = 20.9
votes % = 15.2
votes = 5,534
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
seats = 5
gain =
loss =
net = -2
seats % = 11.6
votes % = 19.4
votes = 7,048
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = Labour Party (UK)
seats = 4
gain =
loss =
net = -6
seats % = 9.3
votes % = 14.8
votes = 5,366
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = Green Party of England and Wales
seats = 0
gain =
loss =
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 1.5
votes = 562
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = British National Front
seats = 0
gain =
loss =
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 0.3
votes = 98
plus/minus =Ward results
Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Robert Enock
votes = 168
percentage = 33.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Martin Allcock
votes = 133
percentage = 26.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Rodney Norris
votes = 98
percentage = 19.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = James Holtum
votes = 52
percentage = 10.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Front
candidate = John Kellam
votes = 51
percentage = 10.2
change = Election box majority
votes = 35
percentage = 7.0
change = Election box turnout
votes = 502
percentage = 26.3
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Alan Allcock
votes = 636
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Allen Wells
votes = 619
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Gillian Taylor-Lowen
votes = 261
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Janet Rymer-Jones
votes = 259
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,775
percentage = 24.3
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Neil Bell
votes = 507
percentage = 77.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = William Platt
votes = 147
percentage = 22.5
change = Election box majority
votes = 360
percentage = 55.0
change = Election box turnout
votes = 654
percentage = 34.2
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Noel Greaves
votes = 350
percentage = 59.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Simon Storer
votes = 235
percentage = 40.2
change = Election box majority
votes = 115
percentage = 19.6
change = Election box turnout
votes = 585
percentage = 32.2
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Rita Hawes
votes = 391
percentage = 71.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Stephen Killick
votes = 155
percentage = 28.4
change = Election box majority
votes = 236
percentage = 43.2
change = Election box turnout
votes = 546
percentage = 29.9
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Marlon Martin
votes = 381
percentage = 62.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Permall
votes = 226
percentage = 37.2
change = Election box majority
votes = 155
percentage = 25.6
change = Election box turnout
votes = 607
percentage = 31.6
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Douglas Gillard
votes = 443
percentage = 67.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Leonard Micklewright
votes = 214
percentage = 32.6
change = Election box majority
votes = 229
percentage = 34.8
change = Election box turnout
votes = 657
percentage = 25.4
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Jane Marriott
votes = 599
percentage = 79.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Myrtle Butcher
votes = 158
percentage = 20.9
change = Election box majority
votes = 441
percentage = 58.2
change = Election box turnout
votes = 757
percentage = 39.6
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Neil Wallace
votes = 412
percentage = 56.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = John Hawes
votes = 242
percentage = 33.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Valerie Horton
votes = 70
percentage = 9.7
change = Election box majority
votes = 170
percentage = 23.5
change = Election box turnout
votes = 724
percentage = 38.2
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Feacey
votes = 463
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Bernard Heyes
votes = 406
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Ivor Groves
votes = 209
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Doreen Topley
votes = 193
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Patricia Packham
votes = 175
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Pauline Fillery
votes = 105
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Lola Sansom
votes = 49
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,600
percentage = 28.6
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Antony Maltby
votes = 298
percentage = 56.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Charles Campbell
votes = 189
percentage = 35.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Claire Yeo
votes = 40
percentage = 7.6
change = Election box majority
votes = 109
percentage = 20.6
change = Election box turnout
votes = 527
percentage = 40.4
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Maureen Larkin
votes = 299
percentage = 47.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Julian Norris
votes = 168
percentage = 26.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = James Coultrip
votes = 167
percentage = 26.3
change = Election box majority
votes = 131
percentage = 20.7
change = Election box turnout
votes = 634
percentage = 32.7
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Burgess
votes = 596
percentage = 66.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Barry Wright
votes = 189
percentage = 21.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Katherine Manning
votes = 109
percentage = 12.2
change = Election box majority
votes = 407
percentage = 45.6
change = Election box turnout
votes = 894
percentage = 43.5
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Kemp
votes = 465
percentage = 71.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Robert Rawlings
votes = 186
percentage = 28.6
change = Election box majority
votes = 279
percentage = 42.8
change = Election box turnout
votes = 651
percentage = 36.2
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Norman Ayres
votes = 405
percentage = 67.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Anthony Hardwick
votes = 118
percentage = 19.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Muhammed Khan
votes = 80
percentage = 13.3
change = Election box majority
votes = 287
percentage = 47.6
change = Election box turnout
votes = 603
percentage = 33.0
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Melvyn Elliff
votes = 223
percentage = 35.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Barbara Simmons
votes = 184
percentage = 29.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Leslie Lawrie
votes = 146
percentage = 23.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Louis Parsons
votes = 72
percentage = 11.5
change = Election box majority
votes = 39
percentage = 6.3
change = Election box turnout
votes = 625
percentage = 31.4
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Serge Koowaree
votes = 584
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Robert Davidson
votes = 558
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Robert Stubbs
votes = 374
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Stephen Cochrane
votes = 364
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Margaret Pryke
votes = 337
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Douglas Marriott
votes = 294
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Matthew Kirk
votes = 135
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,646
percentage = 36.4
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Reginald Harrington
votes = 398
percentage = 67.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = William Walker
votes = 153
percentage = 25.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = David Hilliger
votes = 42
percentage = 7.1
change = Election box majority
votes = 245
percentage = 41.3
change = Election box turnout
votes = 593
percentage = 27.2
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = James Wedgbury
votes = 244
percentage = 61.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Aline Hicks
votes = 151
percentage = 38.2
change = Election box majority
votes = 93
percentage = 23.6
change = Election box turnout
votes = 395
percentage = 27.9
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Jill Hutchinson
votes = 645
percentage = 77.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Marion Murray
votes = 111
percentage = 13.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = James Knight
votes = 82
percentage = 9.8
change = Election box majority
votes = 534
percentage = 63.8
change = Election box turnout
votes = 838
percentage = 43.0
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Wood
votes = 989
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Bruce Claridge
votes = 947
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Jack Woodford
votes = 395
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Emily Nighbour
votes = 377
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Robin Fletcher
votes = 302
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,010
percentage = 43.6
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Carol Brunger
votes = 191
percentage = 38.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Clair Bell
votes = 175
percentage = 35.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Stephen Williams
votes = 129
percentage = 26.1
change = Election box majority
votes = 16
percentage = 3.2
change = Election box turnout
votes = 495
percentage = 27.3
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Malcolm Eke
votes = 327
percentage = 68.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Jennifer Blackman
votes = 105
percentage = 22.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Charles Vavasour
votes = 45
percentage = 9.4
change = Election box majority
votes = 222
percentage = 46.6
change = Election box turnout
votes = 477
percentage = 30.8
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Link
votes = 534
percentage = 80.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Oliver Dove
votes = 130
percentage = 19.6
change = Election box majority
votes = 404
percentage = 60.8
change = Election box turnout
votes = 664
percentage = 34.6
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Harriet Yeo
votes = 173
percentage = 46.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Victoria Macdonald
votes = 103
percentage = 27.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Smith
votes = 53
percentage = 14.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Front
candidate = Terry Blackham
votes = 47
percentage = 12.5
change = Election box majority
votes = 70
percentage = 18.6
change = Election box turnout
votes = 376
percentage = 18.7
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Hubert
votes = 458
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Matthew French
votes = 414
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Walter Davies
votes = 406
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Christopher Main
votes = 402
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Jacqueline Smith
votes = 312
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Stephen Smith
votes = 233
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,225
percentage = 30.2
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Paul Clokie
votes = 466
percentage = 66.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Stuart Dove
votes = 231
percentage = 33.1
change = Election box majority
votes = 235
percentage = 33.8
change = Election box turnout
votes = 697
percentage = 38.7
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Goddard
votes = 411
percentage = 66.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Patricia Rickwood
votes = 124
percentage = 19.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Kirk
votes = 87
percentage = 14.0
change = Election box majority
votes = 287
percentage = 46.2
change = Election box turnout
votes = 622
percentage = 35.0
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Robert Packham
votes = 342
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Robert Cowley
votes = 333
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Derek Madgett
votes = 324
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Brendan Naughton
votes = 320
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Rice
votes = 198
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Carmela Kegos
votes = 190
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Hazel Dawe
votes = 96
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Sharon Harvey
votes = 60
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,863
percentage = 25.7
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = John Holland
votes = 164
percentage = 34.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Antonia Missions
votes = 159
percentage = 33.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Campbell Miller
votes = 153
percentage = 32.1
change = Election box majority
votes = 5
percentage = 1.1
change = Election box turnout
votes = 476
percentage = 27.5
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Robert Taylor
votes = 975
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Mark Wickham
votes = 930
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Keith Brannan
votes = 563
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Jonathan Heuch
votes = 308
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Moriarty
votes = 184
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,960
percentage = 39.7
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Paul Bartlett
votes = 357
percentage = 57.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Michael Ciccone
votes = 264
percentage = 42.5
change = Election box majority
votes = 93
percentage = 15.0
change = Election box turnout
votes = 621
percentage = 41.4
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Rita Kelly
votes = 538
percentage = 58.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Clare Hardwick
votes = 225
percentage = 24.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Derek Swann
votes = 165
percentage = 17.8
change = Election box majority
votes = 313
percentage = 33.8
change = Election box turnout
votes = 928
percentage = 49.6
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = George Weller
votes = 900
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Peter Davison
votes = 858
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Lancaster
votes = 706
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Edward Relf
votes = 359
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Rosemary Davies
votes = 261
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Gemma Carter
votes = 259
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,343
percentage = 45.2
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Ian Cooling
votes = 470
percentage = 60.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Steven Dawe
votes = 252
percentage = 32.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Nicholas Fawcett
votes = 57
percentage = 7.3
change = Election box majority
votes = 218
percentage = 28.0
change = Election box turnout
votes = 779
percentage = 43.6
change =External links
[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/vote2003/locals/html/11.stm 2003 Ashford election result]
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