Ashford Borough Council election, 2007

Map of the results of the 2007 Ashford council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow, Independents in grey and Labour in red.

Elections to Ashford Borough 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

Ashford Local Election Result 2007
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	28	4	1	+3	65.1	52.8	20,825	+4.1%
	Liberal Democrat	8	3	0	+3	18.6	27.9	11,025	+8.5%
	Independent	5	2	6	-4	11.6	11.3	4,449	-3.9%
	Labour	2	0	2	-2	4.7	7.1	2,798	-7.7%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	0.9	355	-0.6%

2 Conservatives were unopposed.

Ward results

Aylesford Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Brian Norris	209	40.3	+20.8
	Independent	Jim Gower	199	38.4	+4.9
	Conservative	James Holtum	110	21.2	+10.8
Majority			10	1.9
Turnout			518	28.2	+1.9
	Liberal Democrat gain from Independent		Swing

Beaver (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brendan Naughton	554
	Labour	Allen Wells	545
	Conservative	Jenny Wedgbury	377
	Conservative	James Barrow	369
	Liberal Democrat	Jill Norris	184
	Liberal Democrat	Gwendoline Thornton	175
Turnout			2,204	28.7	+4.4
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Biddenden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Neil Bell	615	74.0	-3.5
	Liberal Democrat	Paddy Platt	216	26.0	+3.5
Majority			399	48.0	-7.0
Turnout			831	42.7	+8.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bockhanger
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Claughton	391	62.1	+2.3
	Labour	Shafi Khan	146	23.2	-17.0
	Liberal Democrat	Josephine Took	93	14.8	+14.8
Majority			245	38.9	+19.3
Turnout			630	35.4	+3.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Boughton Aluph & Eastwell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Rita Hawes	511	67.9	-3.7
	Conservative	Michael Lloyd	242	32.1	+3.7
Majority			269	35.8	-7.4
Turnout			753	35.5	+5.6
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Bybrook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Marlon Martin	411	54.6	-8.2
	Liberal Democrat	Jeremy Adby	342	45.4	+45.4
Majority			69	9.2	-16.4
Turnout			753	39.7	+8.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Charing
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gerry Clarkson	564	73.1	+5.7
	Liberal Democrat	George Whyte	208	26.9	-5.7
Majority			356	46.2	+11.4
Turnout			772	40.0	+16.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Downs North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jane Marriott	511	59.9	19.2
	Green	Jan Cormack	240	28.1	+28.1
	Liberal Democrat	Leonard Micklewight	102	12.0	-8.9
Majority			271	31.8	-26.4
Turnout			853	45.4	+5.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Downs West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Neil Wallace	470	67.0	+10.1
	Liberal Democrat	John Hawes	152	21.7	-11.7
	Labour	Chris Twydell	79	11.3	+1.6
Majority			318	55.3	+31.8
Turnout			701	38.8	+0.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Godinton (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Feacey	798
	Conservative	Bernard Heyes	753
	Liberal Democrat	Patricia Packham	340
	Labour	Arthur Young	201
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Taig	200
Turnout			2,292	33.1	+4.5
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Great Chart with Singleton North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jessamy Blanford	347	48.5	+12.6
	Independent	Ian McClintock	172	24.0	-32.5
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher Atkins	123	17.2	+9.6
	Labour	Katherine Manning	74	10.3	+10.3
Majority			175	24.5	+3.9
Turnout			716	33.0	-7.4
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Highfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Susan Heaton	290	40.6	+14.1
	Conservative	Steven Davis	277	38.7	+12.4
	Independent	Ieda Hogarth	148	20.7	-26.5
Majority			13	1.9
Turnout			715	36.4	+3.7
	Liberal Democrat gain from Independent		Swing

Isle of Oxney
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Burgess	722	77.7	+11.0
	Liberal Democrat	Bob Rawlings	207	22.3	+1.2
Majority			515	55.4	+9.8
Turnout			929	45.5	+2.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kennington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Kemp	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

Little Burton Farm
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Norman Ayres	535	73.5	+6.3
	Liberal Democrat	Anthony Hardwick	193	26.5	+6.9
Majority			342	47.0	-0.6
Turnout			728	37.0	+4.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Norman
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	David Bradberry	228	38.6	+9.2
	Independent	Melvyn Elliff	179	30.3	-5.4
	Conservative	Janet Rymer-Jones	109	18.5	+7.0
	Independent	Abbie Burt	74	12.5	+12.5
Majority			49	8.3	+2.0
Turnout			590	30.4	-1.0
	Liberal Democrat gain from Independent		Swing

North Willesborough (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	George Koowaree	897
	Liberal Democrat	Bob Davidson	846
	Conservative	Alan Hutchinson	401
	Conservative	Josephine Masters	367
	Independent	Stephen Horn	207
Turnout			2,718	38.4	+2.0
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Park Farm North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tina Heyes	463	66.0	+40.2
	Liberal Democrat	Ruth Kirby	134	19.1	+12.0
	Labour	Harriet Yeo	105	15.0	+15.0
Majority			329	46.9
Turnout			702	30.2	+3.0
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Park Farm South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jim Wedgbury	371	81.0	+19.2
	Labour	Angharad Yeo	48	10.5	+10.5
	Liberal Democrat	Nicholas Fawcett	39	8.5	+8.5
Majority			323	70.5	+46.9
Turnout			458	30.0	+2.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rolvenden & Tenterden West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jill Hutchinson	765	81.6	+4.6
	Liberal Democrat	Terrence Brown	172	18.4	+5.2
Majority			593	63.2	-0.6
Turnout			937	48.6	-15.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Saxon Shore (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Wood	1,139
	Conservative	Richard Honey	1,137
	Liberal Democrat	Stuart Dove	506
	Liberal Democrat	Anne Baxter	486
Turnout			3,268	41.3	-2.3
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Singleton South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Amanda Hodgkinson	335	47.0	+11.6
	Liberal Democrat	Chris Took	203	28.5	+28.5
	Independent	Carol Brunger	93	13.0	-25.6
	Labour	Andrew Pharoah	82	11.5	-14.6
Majority			132	18.5
Turnout			713	36.6	+9.3
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

South Willesborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Smith	274	43.8	-43.8
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Smith	138	22.1	+0.1
	Conservative	Miranda Kelly	109	17.4	+8.0
	Independent	Malcolm Eke	104	16.6	-52.0
Majority			136	21.7
Turnout			625	27.2	-3.6
	Independent hold		Swing

St Michaels
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Link	543	75.0	-5.4
	Liberal Democrat	Patricia Rickwood	181	25.0	+5.4
Majority			462	50.0	-10.8
Turnout			724	38.2	+3.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stanhope
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Palma Laughton	245	68.2	+68.2
	Conservative	Robert Ackfield	57	15.9	+1.8
	Liberal Democrat	Gill Stone	57	15.9	-11.5
Majority			188	52.3
Turnout			359	20.3	+1.7
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Stour (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Howard	597
	Conservative	Matthew French	573
	Labour	Les Lawrie	413
	Labour	Chris Clark	344
	Liberal Democrat	Steve Smith	340
	Liberal Democrat	Kevin Rochester	278
Turnout			2,635	35.8	+5.6
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Tenterden North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Clokie	528	69.1	+2.2
	Liberal Democrat	Barry Wright	236	30.9	-2.2
Majority			292	38.2	+4.4
Turnout			764	43.7	+5.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Tenterden South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Goddard	433	59.2	-6.9
	Liberal Democrat	John Miller	299	40.8	+20.9
Majority			134	18.4	-27.8
Turnout			732	40.1	+5.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Victoria (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Packham	529
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Cowley	522
	Conservative	Felicitie Sykes	218
	Conservative	Irene Hitchings	217
	Independent	Terry Stock	215
	Independent	Tony Serretiello	158
	Labour	Preeti Farooki	109
Turnout			1,968	30.4	+4.7
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Washford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Holland	260	38.6	+4.1
	Conservative	Stephen Bates	245	36.4	+3.0
	Labour	Perry Calvert	98	14.5	-17.6
	Liberal Democrat	Shaun Chamberlain	71	10.5	+10.5
Majority			15	2.2	+1.1
Turnout			674	30.1	+2.6
	Independent hold		Swing

Weald Central (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Taylor	950
	Conservative	Clair Bell	891
	Independent	Keith Brannan	534
	Liberal Democrat	Ann Murray	371
	Liberal Democrat	Jon Heuch	224
Turnout			2,970	42.8	+3.1
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Weald East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Bartlett	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

Weald North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hugh Ellison	663	71.9	+13.9
	Liberal Democrat	Clare Hardwick	144	15.6	-8.6
	Green	Hilary Jones	115	12.5	+12.5
Majority			519	56.3	+22.5
Turnout			922	60.1	+10.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Weald South (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Peter Davison	998
	Conservative	Aline Hicks	991
	Conservative	Neil Shorter	955
	Liberal Democrat	Rosemary Davies	449
Turnout			3,393	46.1	+0.9
	Independent hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wye
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Jack Woodford	589	65.1	+65.1
	Conservative	Ian Cooling	276	30.5	-29.8
	Liberal Democrat	David Berrie	40	4.4	-2.9
Majority			313	34.6
Turnout			905	49.9	+6.3
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

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Ashford, Kent

Other settlements
in Ashford Town

Bockhanger
Bybrook
Newtown
Little Burton
Park Farm
South Ashford
Stanhope

Buildings

Ashford International Station
County Square and Park Mall shopping centres
East Hill Mill
Julie Rose Stadium
Railway works
St Mary's Church
Victoria Flour Mills

Businesses

Annual events

Ashford & District 10K run
Great Kent Bike Ride
Midsummer Picnic at Kings Wood
Appledore Classic and Vintage Car Rally
ArtiGras

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Joint Services School of Intelligence

People

List of people from Ashford, Kent

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Twin towns

Media

News, property and advertisements	Ashford Herald Kentish Express

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Political

Borough Council and elections	Borough of Ashford 1999 2003 2007 2011

County Council and elections	Kent County Council Kent County Council election, 2001 Kent County Council election, 2005 Kent County Council election, 2009 Kent County Council election, 2013

House of Commons	Ashford constituency Folkestone and Hythe constituency (includes SE of borough)

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