Ashford Council election, 2007

Elections to Ashford Council were held on 3 May, 2007. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party held on to overall control of the council.

Election Result

Election Summary Party
party = Conservative Party (UK)
seats = 28
gain = 4
loss = 1
net = +3
seats % = 65.1
votes % = 52.8
votes = 20,825
plus/minus = +4.1%Election Summary Party
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
seats = 8
gain = 3
loss = 0
net = +3
seats % = 18.6
votes % = 27.9
votes = 11,025
plus/minus = +8.5%Election Summary Party
party = Independent (politician)
seats = 5
gain = 2
loss = 6
net = -4
seats % = 11.6
votes % = 11.3
votes = 4,449
plus/minus = -3.9%Election Summary Party
party = Labour Party (UK)
seats = 2
gain = 0
loss = 2
net = -2
seats % = 4.7
votes % = 7.1
votes = 2,798
plus/minus = -7.7%Election Summary Party
party = Green Party of England and Wales
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 0.9
votes = 355
plus/minus = -0.6%

2 Conservatives were unopposed.

Ward results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Brian Norris
votes = 209
percentage = 40.3
change = +20.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Jim Gower
votes = 199
percentage = 38.4
change = +4.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = James Holtum
votes = 110
percentage = 21.2
change = +10.8Election box majority
votes = 10
percentage = 1.9
change = Election box turnout
votes = 518
percentage = 28.2
change = +1.9Election box gain with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
loser = Independent (politician)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Brendan Naughton
votes = 554
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Allen Wells
votes = 545
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Jenny Wedgbury
votes = 377
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = James Barrow
votes = 369
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Jill Norris
votes = 184
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Gwendoline Thornton
votes = 175
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,204
percentage = 28.7
change = +4.4Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Neil Bell
votes = 615
percentage = 74.0
change = -3.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Paddy Platt
votes = 216
percentage = 26.0
change = +3.5Election box majority
votes = 399
percentage = 48.0
change = -7.0Election box turnout
votes = 831
percentage = 42.7
change = +8.5Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Claughton
votes = 391
percentage = 62.1
change = +2.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Shafi Khan
votes = 146
percentage = 23.2
change = -17.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Josephine Took
votes = 93
percentage = 14.8
change = +14.8Election box majority
votes = 245
percentage = 38.9
change = +19.3Election box turnout
votes = 630
percentage = 35.4
change = +3.2Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Rita Hawes
votes = 511
percentage = 67.9
change = -3.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Lloyd
votes = 242
percentage = 32.1
change = +3.7Election box majority
votes = 269
percentage = 35.8
change = -7.4Election box turnout
votes = 753
percentage = 35.5
change = +5.6Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Marlon Martin
votes = 411
percentage = 54.6
change = -8.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Jeremy Adby
votes = 342
percentage = 45.4
change = +45.4Election box majority
votes = 69
percentage = 9.2
change = -16.4Election box turnout
votes = 753
percentage = 39.7
change = +8.1Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Gerry Clarkson
votes = 564
percentage = 73.1
change = +5.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = George Whyte
votes = 208
percentage = 26.9
change = -5.7Election box majority
votes = 356
percentage = 46.2
change = +11.4Election box turnout
votes = 772
percentage = 40.0
change = +16.6Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Jane Marriott
votes = 511
percentage = 59.9
change = 19.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Jan Cormack
votes = 240
percentage = 28.1
change = +28.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Leonard Micklewight
votes = 102
percentage = 12.0
change = -8.9Election box majority
votes = 271
percentage = 31.8
change = -26.4Election box turnout
votes = 853
percentage = 45.4
change = +5.8Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Neil Wallace
votes = 470
percentage = 67.0
change = +10.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = John Hawes
votes = 152
percentage = 21.7
change = -11.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Chris Twydell
votes = 79
percentage = 11.3
change = +1.6Election box majority
votes = 318
percentage = 55.3
change = +31.8Election box turnout
votes = 701
percentage = 38.8
change = +0.6Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Feacey
votes = 798
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Bernard Heyes
votes = 753
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Patricia Packham
votes = 340
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Arthur Young
votes = 201
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Paul Taig
votes = 200
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,292
percentage = 33.1
change = +4.5Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Jessamy Blanford
votes = 347
percentage = 48.5
change = +12.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Ian McClintock
votes = 172
percentage = 24.0
change = -32.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Christopher Atkins
votes = 123
percentage = 17.2
change = +9.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Katherine Manning
votes = 74
percentage = 10.3
change = +10.3Election box majority
votes = 175
percentage = 24.5
change = +3.9Election box turnout
votes = 716
percentage = 33.0
change = -7.4Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Independent (politician)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Susan Heaton
votes = 290
percentage = 40.6
change = +14.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Steven Davis
votes = 277
percentage = 38.7
change = +12.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Ieda Hogarth
votes = 148
percentage = 20.7
change = -26.5Election box majority
votes = 13
percentage = 1.9
change = Election box turnout
votes = 715
percentage = 36.4
change = +3.7Election box gain with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
loser = Independent (politician)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Burgess
votes = 722
percentage = 77.7
change = +11.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Bob Rawlings
votes = 207
percentage = 22.3
change = +1.2Election box majority
votes = 515
percentage = 55.4
change = +9.8Election box turnout
votes = 929
percentage = 45.5
change = +2.0Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Kemp
votes = uncontested
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Norman Ayres
votes = 535
percentage = 73.5
change = +6.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Anthony Hardwick
votes = 193
percentage = 26.5
change = +6.9Election box majority
votes = 342
percentage = 47.0
change = -0.6Election box turnout
votes = 728
percentage = 37.0
change = +4.0Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = David Bradberry
votes = 228
percentage = 38.6
change = +9.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Melvyn Elliff
votes = 179
percentage = 30.3
change = -5.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Janet Rymer-Jones
votes = 109
percentage = 18.5
change = +7.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Abbie Burt
votes = 74
percentage = 12.5
change = +12.5Election box majority
votes = 49
percentage = 8.3
change = +2.0Election box turnout
votes = 590
percentage = 30.4
change = -1.0Election box gain with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
loser = Independent (politician)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = George Koowaree
votes = 897
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Bob Davidson
votes = 846
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Alan Hutchinson
votes = 401
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Josephine Masters
votes = 367
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Stephen Horn
votes = 207
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,718
percentage = 38.4
change = +2.0Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Tina Heyes
votes = 463
percentage = 66.0
change = +40.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Ruth Kirby
votes = 134
percentage = 19.1
change = +12.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Harriet Yeo
votes = 105
percentage = 15.0
change = +15.0Election box majority
votes = 329
percentage = 46.9
change = Election box turnout
votes = 702
percentage = 30.2
change = +3.0Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Independent (politician)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Jim Wedgbury
votes = 371
percentage = 81.0
change = +19.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Angharad Yeo
votes = 48
percentage = 10.5
change = +10.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Nicholas Fawcett
votes = 39
percentage = 8.5
change = +8.5Election box majority
votes = 323
percentage = 70.5
change = +46.9Election box turnout
votes = 458
percentage = 30.0
change = +2.1Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Jill Hutchinson
votes = 765
percentage = 81.6
change = +4.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Terrence Brown
votes = 172
percentage = 18.4
change = +5.2Election box majority
votes = 593
percentage = 63.2
change = -0.6Election box turnout
votes = 937
percentage = 48.6
change = -15.2Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Wood
votes = 1,139
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Richard Honey
votes = 1,137
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Stuart Dove
votes = 506
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Anne Baxter
votes = 486
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,268
percentage = 41.3
change = -2.3Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Amanda Hodgkinson
votes = 335
percentage = 47.0
change = +11.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Chris Took
votes = 203
percentage = 28.5
change = +28.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Carol Brunger
votes = 93
percentage = 13.0
change = -25.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Andrew Pharoah
votes = 82
percentage = 11.5
change = -14.6Election box majority
votes = 132
percentage = 18.5
change = Election box turnout
votes = 713
percentage = 36.6
change = +9.3Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Independent (politician)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = David Smith
votes = 274
percentage = 43.8
change = -43.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Ian Smith
votes = 138
percentage = 22.1
change = +0.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Miranda Kelly
votes = 109
percentage = 17.4
change = +8.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Malcolm Eke
votes = 104
percentage = 16.6
change = -52.0Election box majority
votes = 136
percentage = 21.7
change = Election box turnout
votes = 625
percentage = 27.2
change = -3.6Election box hold with party link
winner = Independent (politician)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Link
votes = 543
percentage = 75.0
change = -5.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Patricia Rickwood
votes = 181
percentage = 25.0
change = +5.4Election box majority
votes = 462
percentage = 50.0
change = -10.8Election box turnout
votes = 724
percentage = 38.2
change = +3.6Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Palma Laughton
votes = 245
percentage = 68.2
change = +68.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Robert Ackfield
votes = 57
percentage = 15.9
change = +1.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Gill Stone
votes = 57
percentage = 15.9
change = -11.5Election box majority
votes = 188
percentage = 52.3
change = Election box turnout
votes = 359
percentage = 20.3
change = +1.7Election box gain with party link
winner = Independent (politician)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = William Howard
votes = 597
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Matthew French
votes = 573
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Les Lawrie
votes = 413
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Chris Clark
votes = 344
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Steve Smith
votes = 340
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Kevin Rochester
votes = 278
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,635
percentage = 35.8
change = +5.6Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Paul Clokie
votes = 528
percentage = 69.1
change = +2.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Barry Wright
votes = 236
percentage = 30.9
change = -2.2Election box majority
votes = 292
percentage = 38.2
change = +4.4Election box turnout
votes = 764
percentage = 43.7
change = +5.0Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Goddard
votes = 433
percentage = 59.2
change = -6.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = John Miller
votes = 299
percentage = 40.8
change = +20.9Election box majority
votes = 134
percentage = 18.4
change = -27.8Election box turnout
votes = 732
percentage = 40.1
change = +5.1Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Robert Packham
votes = 529
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Robert Cowley
votes = 522
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Felicitie Sykes
votes = 218
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Irene Hitchings
votes = 217
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Terry Stock
votes = 215
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Tony Serretiello
votes = 158
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Preeti Farooki
votes = 109
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,968
percentage = 30.4
change = +4.7Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = John Holland
votes = 260
percentage = 38.6
change = +4.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Stephen Bates
votes = 245
percentage = 36.4
change = +3.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Perry Calvert
votes = 98
percentage = 14.5
change = -17.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Shaun Chamberlain
votes = 71
percentage = 10.5
change = +10.5Election box majority
votes = 15
percentage = 2.2
change = +1.1Election box turnout
votes = 674
percentage = 30.1
change = +2.6Election box hold with party link
winner = Independent (politician)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Robert Taylor
votes = 950
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Clair Bell
votes = 891
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Keith Brannan
votes = 534
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Ann Murray
votes = 371
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Jon Heuch
votes = 224
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,970
percentage = 42.8
change = +3.1Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Paul Bartlett
votes = uncontested
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Hugh Ellison
votes = 663
percentage = 71.9
change = +13.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Clare Hardwick
votes = 144
percentage = 15.6
change = -8.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Hilary Jones
votes = 115
percentage = 12.5
change = +12.5Election box majority
votes = 519
percentage = 56.3
change = +22.5Election box turnout
votes = 922
percentage = 60.1
change = +10.5Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Peter Davison
votes = 998
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Aline Hicks
votes = 991
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Neil Shorter
votes = 955
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Rosemary Davies
votes = 449
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,393
percentage = 46.1
change = +0.9Election box hold with party link
winner = Independent (politician)
swing = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Jack Woodford
votes = 589
percentage = 65.1
change = +65.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Ian Cooling
votes = 276
percentage = 30.5
change = -29.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = David Berrie
votes = 40
percentage = 4.4
change = -2.9Election box majority
votes = 313
percentage = 34.6
change = Election box turnout
votes = 905
percentage = 49.9
change = +6.3Election box gain with party link
winner = Independent (politician)
loser = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

External links

[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/vote2007/councils/html/29ub.stm 2007 Ashford election result]

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