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2003 Ashford Borough Council election
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Borough Council elections of 1 May 2003
July 2026
December 2013
thumb|300px|right|Map of the results of the 2003 Ashford council election.
Elections to Ashford Borough Council were held on 1 May 2003. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1999 reducing the number of seats by 6. The Conservative Party gained control of the council from no overall control.1 May 2003 Borough Elections 1 May 2003 https://www.ashford.gov.uk/media/mrapuqav/borough-elections-1-may-2003-pdf-80kb.pdf 20 July 2024 ashford.gov.ukBBC NEWS VOTE 2003 Ashford http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/bsp/hi/vote2003/locals/html/11.stm 2024-07-20 BBC NewsLocal Elections Archive Project - 2003 - Ashford https://www.andrewteale.me.uk/leap/results/2003/236/ 2024-07-20 andrewteale.me.uk
Election result
Ashford local election result 2003
Conservative Party (UK)
25
+2
58.1
47.7
13,624
Ashford Independents
9
+9
20.9
16.9
4,838
Liberal Democrats (UK)
5
-2
11.6
19.7
5,622
Labour Party (UK)
4
-6
9.3
12.5
3,569
Green Party of England and Wales
0
0
0
1.6
453
Independent
0
0
0
1.3
359
British National Front
0
0
0
0.3
98
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Ward results
Aylesford Green
Ashford Independents
Robert Enock
168
33.5
Labour Party (UK)
Martin Allcock
133
26.5
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Rodney Norris
98
19.5
Conservative Party (UK)
James Holtum
52
10.4
British National Front
John Kellam
51
10.2
35
7.0
502
26.3
Beaver (2)
Labour Party (UK)
Alan Allcock
636
Labour Party (UK)
Allen Wells
619
Conservative Party (UK)
Gillian Taylor-Lowen
261
Conservative Party (UK)
Janet Rymer-Jones
259
1,775
24.3
Biddenden
Conservative Party (UK)
Neil Bell
507
77.5
Liberal Democrats (UK)
William Platt
147
22.5
360
55.0
654
34.2
Bockhanger
Conservative Party (UK)
Noel Greaves
350
59.8
Labour Party (UK)
Simon Storer
235
40.2
115
19.6
585
32.2
Boughton Aluph & Eastwell
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Rita Hawes
391
71.6
Conservative Party (UK)
Stephen Killick
155
28.4
236
43.2
546
29.9
Bybrook
Conservative Party (UK)
Marlon Martin
381
62.8
Labour Party (UK)
Madhanagopal Permall
226
37.2
155
25.6
607
31.6
Charing
Conservative Party (UK)
Douglas Gillard
443
67.4
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Leonard Micklewright
214
32.6
229
34.8
657
25.4
Downs North
Conservative Party (UK)
Jane Marriott
599
79.1
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Myrtle Butcher
158
20.9
441
58.2
757
39.6
Downs West
Conservative Party (UK)
Neil Wallace
412
56.9
Liberal Democrats (UK)
John Hawes
242
33.4
Labour Party (UK)
Valerie Horton
70
9.7
170
23.5
724
38.2
Godington (2)
Conservative Party (UK)
Peter Feacey
463
Conservative Party (UK)
Bernard Heyes
406
Labour Party (UK)
Ivor Groves
209
Labour Party (UK)
Doreen Topley
193
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Patricia Packham
175
Green Party of England and Wales
Pauline Fillery
105
Green Party of England and Wales
Lola Sansom
49
1,600
28.6
Great Chart with Singleton North
Ashford Independents
Antony Maltby
298
56.5
Conservative Party (UK)
Charles Campbell
189
35.9
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Claire Yeo
40
7.6
109
20.6
527
40.4
Highfield
Ashford Independents
Maureen Larkin
299
47.2
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Julian Norris
168
26.5
Conservative Party (UK)
James Coultrip
167
26.3
131
20.7
634
32.7
Isle of Oxney
Conservative Party (UK)
Michael Burgess
596
66.7
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Barry Wright
189
21.1
Labour Party (UK)
Katherine Manning
109
12.2
407
45.6
894
43.5
Kennington
Conservative Party (UK)
John Kemp
465
71.4
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Robert Rawlings
186
28.6
279
42.8
651
36.2
Little Burton Farm
Conservative Party (UK)
Norman Ayres
405
67.2
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Anthony Hardwick
118
19.6
Labour Party (UK)
Muhammed Khan
80
13.3
287
47.6
603
33.0
Norman
Ashford Independents
Melvyn Elliff
223
35.7
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Barbara Simmons
184
29.4
Labour Party (UK)
Leslie Lawrie
146
23.3
Conservative Party (UK)
Louis Parsons
72
11.5
39
6.3
625
31.4
North Willesborough (2)
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Serge Koowaree
584
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Robert Davidson
558
Ashford Independents
Robert Stubbs
374
Conservative Party (UK)
Stephen Cochrane
364
Ashford Independents
Margaret Pryke
337
Conservative Party (UK)
Douglas Marriott
294
Labour Party (UK)
Matthew Kirk
135
2,646
36.4
Park Farm North
Ashford Independents
Reginald Harrington
398
67.1
Conservative Party (UK)
William Walker
153
25.8
Liberal Democrats (UK)
David Hilliger
42
7.1
245
41.3
593
27.2
Park Farm South
Conservative Party (UK)
James Wedgbury
244
61.8
Ashford Independents
Aline Hicks
151
38.2
93
23.6
395
27.9
Rolvenden & Tenterden West
Conservative Party (UK)
Jill Hutchinson
645
77.0
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Marion Murray
111
13.2
Labour Party (UK)
James Knight
82
9.8
534
63.8
838
43.0
Saxon Shore (2)
Conservative Party (UK)
Peter Wood
989
Conservative Party (UK)
Bruce Claridge
947
Ashford Independents
Jack Woodford
395
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Emily Nighbour
377
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Robin Fletcher
302
3,010
43.6
Singleton South
Ashford Independents
Carol Brunger
191
38.6
Conservative Party (UK)
Clair Bell
175
35.4
Labour Party (UK)
Stephen Williams
129
26.1
16
3.2
495
27.3
South Willesborough
Ashford Independents
Malcolm Eke
327
68.6
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Jennifer Blackman
105
22.0
Conservative Party (UK)
Charles Vavasour
45
9.4
222
46.6
477
30.8
St Michaels
Conservative Party (UK)
John Link
534
80.4
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Oliver Dove
130
19.6
404
60.8
664
34.6
Stanhope
Labour Party (UK)
Harriet Yeo
173
46.0
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Victoria Macdonald
103
27.4
Conservative Party (UK)
John Smith
53
14.1
British National Front
Terry Blackham
47
12.5
70
18.6
376
18.7
Stour (2)
Labour Party (UK)
Michael Hubert
458
Conservative Party (UK)
Matthew French
414
Labour Party (UK)
Walter Davies
406
Conservative Party (UK)
Christopher Main
402
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Jacqueline Smith
312
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Stephen Smith
233
2,225
30.2
Tenterden North
Conservative Party (UK)
Paul Clokie
466
66.9
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Stuart Dove
231
33.1
235
33.8
697
38.7
Tenterden South
Conservative Party (UK)
Peter Goddard
411
66.1
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Patricia Rickwood
124
19.9
Labour Party (UK)
Michael Kirk
87
14.0
287
46.2
622
35.0
Victoria (2)
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Robert Packham
342
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Robert Cowley
333
Labour Party (UK)
Derek Madgett
324
Labour Party (UK)
Brendan Naughton
320
Conservative Party (UK)
Michael Rice
198
Conservative Party (UK)
Carmela Kegos
190
Green Party of England and Wales
Hazel Dawe
96
Green Party of England and Wales
Sharon Harvey
60
1,863
25.7
Washford
Ashford Independents
John Holland
164
34.5
Conservative Party (UK)
Antonia Missions
159
33.4
Labour Party (UK)
Campbell Miller
153
32.1
5
1.1
476
27.5
Weald Central (2)
Conservative Party (UK)
Robert Taylor
975
Conservative Party (UK)
Mark Wickham
930
Ashford Independents
Keith Brannan
563
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Jonathan Heuch
308
Labour Party (UK)
John Moriarty
184
2,960
39.7
Weald East
Conservative Party (UK)
Paul Bartlett
357
57.5
Ashford Independents
Michael Ciccone
264
42.5
93
15.0
621
41.4
Weald North
Conservative Party (UK)
Rita Kelly
538
58.0
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Clare Hardwick
225
24.2
Ashford Independents
Derek Swann
165
17.8
313
33.8
928
49.6
Weald South (2)
Conservative Party (UK)
George Weller
900
Ashford Independents
Peter Davison
858
Conservative Party (UK)
Michael Lancaster
706
Independent (politician)
Edward Relf
359
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Rosemary Davies
261
Labour Party (UK)
Gemma Carter
259
3,343
45.2
Wye
Conservative Party (UK)
Ian Cooling
470
60.3
Green Party of England and Wales
Steven Dawe
252
32.3
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Nicholas Fawcett
57
7.3
218
28.0
779
43.6
References
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