2011 Ashford Borough Council election

2011 UK local government election March 2025 November 2013 thumb|Map of results of 2011 election The 2011 Ashford Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of Ashford Borough Council in Kent, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/election2011/council/html/29ub.stm England council elections BBC News 22 May 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110519015140/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/election2011/council/html/29ub.stm 19 May 2011 live Election result The Conservatives gained 2 seats to have 30 of the 43 councillors.http://www.thisiskent.co.uk/Tories-tighten-grip-council/story-11990165-detail/story.html Tories tighten grip on council 13 May 2011 this is Kent 5 June 2011 Labour picked up 3 seats, while the Ashford Independents made a net gain of 1 seat, to both have 5 councillors.http://www.yourmedway.co.uk/p_143/Article/a_13534/Tories_retain_Ashford_as_Independent_challenge_fails_to_do_enough Tories retain Ashford as Independent challenge fails to do enough 6 May 2011 yourmedway.co.uk 5 June 2011 Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrats were reduced to just 2 seats in North Willesborough and Victoria wards, a result that was blamed on the party's national unpopularity. Overall turnout in the election was 56%. Ashford local election result 2011http://www.ashford.gov.uk/council_democracy/elections/election_results_may_2011.aspx Local Election Result 2011 Ashford.gov.uk 22 May 2011 Conservative Party (UK) 30 3 1 +2 69.8 46.8 21,836 -6.0% Ashford Independents 5 4 3 +1 11.6 19.9 9,276 +19.9% Labour Party (UK) 5 3 0 +3 11.6 10.5 4,914 +3.4% Liberal Democrats (UK) 2 0 6 -6 4.7 10.4 4,852 -17.5% Independent (politician) 1 0 0 0 2.3 8.1 3,762 -3.2% Green Party of England and Wales 0 0 0 0 0 2.4 1,135 +1.5% United Kingdom Independence Party 0 0 0 0 0 1.8 853 +1.8% |} 2 Conservative candidates were elected unopposed. Ward results Aylesford Green Labour Party (UK) David Adley 241 36.3 +36.3 Ashford Independents Brian Norris 240 36.1 -2.3 Conservative Party (UK) Paul Hardisty 183 27.6 +6.4 1 0.2 664 34.3 +6.1 Labour Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Beaver (2) Labour Party (UK) Chris Clark 481 Labour Party (UK) Brendan Naughton 479 Conservative Party (UK) Stephen Bates 452 Conservative Party (UK) Cenghizhan Jem 335 Ashford Independents Laura Lawrence 308 Ashford Independents Stacey Smith 261 2,316 33.8 +5.1 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Biddenden Conservative Party (UK) Neil Bell 776 80.4 +6.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Clare Hardwick 189 19.6 -6.4 587 60.8 +12.8 965 48.1 +5.4 Conservative Party (UK) Bockhanger Conservative Party (UK) Michael Claughton 407 50.7 -11.4 Ashford Independents Shirley Ambrose 208 25.9 +25.9 Labour Party (UK) Thomas Reed 123 15.3 -7.9 Green Party of England and Wales Steven Campkin 65 8.1 +8.1 199 24.8 -14.1 80.3 44.3 +8.9 Conservative Party (UK) Boughton Aluph & Eastwell Ashford Independents Winston Michael 401 38.9 +38.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Rita Hawes 367 35.6 -32.3 Conservative Party (UK) Ian Cooling 262 25.4 -6.7 34 3.3 1,030 43.9 +8.4 Ashford Independents Liberal Democrats (UK) Bybrook Conservative Party (UK) Andrew Buchanan 300 36.8 -17.8 Ashford Independents John Ley 282 34.6 +34.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Christopher Took 234 28.7 -16.7 18 2.2 -7.0 816 41.9 +2.2 Conservative Party (UK) Charing Conservative Party (UK) Gerald Clarkson 674 68.1 -5.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) George Whyte 315 31.9 +5.0 359 36.3 -9.9 989 49.5 +9.5 Conservative Party (UK) Downs North Conservative Party (UK) Douglas Marriott 580 56.8 -3.1 Ashford Independents Sarah Dacre 279 27.3 +27.3 Green Party of England and Wales Geoffery Meaden 162 15.9 -12.2 301 29.5 -2.3 1,021 52.5 +7.1 Conservative Party (UK) Downs West Conservative Party (UK) David Robey 456 49.0 -18.0 Ashford Independents Antony Bartlett 280 30.1 +30.1 Green Party of England and Wales Lola Sansom 113 12.1 +12.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Leonard Wicklewright 82 8.8 -12.9 176 18.9 -36.4 931 49.7 -10.9 Conservative Party (UK) Godinton (2) Conservative Party (UK) Peter Feacey 935 Conservative Party (UK) Bernard Heyes 801 United Kingdom Independence Party David Botting 370 Ashford Independents Rachel Moorat 368 Independent (politician) Michael Sharpe 291 2,765 39.6 +6.5 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Great Chart with Singleton North Conservative Party (UK) Jessamy Blanford 423 42.2 -6.3 Ashford Independents Jerry Preston-Ladd 400 39.9 +15.9 Labour Party (UK) Waheed Qureshi 179 17.9 +7.6 23 2.3 -22.2 1,002 38.3 +5.3 Conservative Party (UK) Highfield Ashford Independents Jane Davey 376 44.4 +23.7 Conservative Party (UK) Gregory Winter 311 36.8 -1.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) John Mackie 159 18.8 -21.8 65 7.6 846 44.7 +8.3 Ashford Independents Liberal Democrats (UK) Isle of Oxney Conservative Party (UK) Michael Burgess unopposed Conservative Party (UK) Kennington Ashford Independents Philip Sims 440 45.7 Conservative Party (UK) Elizabeth Tweed 415 43.1 Labour Party (UK) Robert Maxted 107 11.1 25 2.6 962 54.0 Ashford Independents Conservative Party (UK) Little Burton Farm Conservative Party (UK) Marion Martin 505 50.0 -23.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Kelly-Marie Blundell 195 19.3 -7.2 Ashford Independents Charlotte Fraser 171 16.9 +16.9 Labour Party (UK) Terry Pavlou 138 13.7 +13.7 310 30.7 -16.3 1,009 46.2 +9.2 Conservative Party (UK) Norman Labour Party (UK) Harriet Yeo 224 30.5 +30.5 Conservative Party (UK) Richard Davis 202 27.5 +9.0 Ashford Independents Abigail Burt 165 22.4 +9.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Jack Cowen 144 19.6 -19.0 22 3.0 735 37.3 +7.9 Labour Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) North Willesborough (2) Liberal Democrats (UK) Robert Davidson 624 Ashford Independents Andrew Mortimer 522 Liberal Democrats (UK) Robert Cowley 502 Ashford Independents Simon Thomason 452 Conservative Party (UK) Alex Bell 446 Conservative Party (UK) Alan Pickering 351 Labour Party (UK) Leonardo Cannon 302 3,199 46.7 +8.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Ashford Independents Liberal Democrats (UK) Park Farm North Conservative Party (UK) Bettina Heyes 540 54.4 -11.6 Labour Party (UK) Martin Chandler 214 21.6 +6.6 Ashford Independents Natalie Edwards-Moss 163 16.4 +16.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Stuart Dove 75 7.6 -11.5 326 32.9 -14.0 992 41.0 +10.8 Conservative Party (UK) Park Farm South Conservative Party (UK) James Wedgbury 489 73.4 -7.6 Labour Party (UK) Thomas Devine 177 26.6 +16.1 312 46.8 -23.7 666 32.5 +2.5 Conservative Party (UK) Rolvenden & Tenterden West Conservative Party (UK) Michael Bennett 586 52.5 -29.1 Ashford Independents Juliet Fenton 438 39.2 +39.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Marion Murray 93 8.3 -10.1 148 13.2 -50.0 1,117 58.3 +9.7 Conservative Party (UK) Saxon Shore (2) Conservative Party (UK) Peter Wood 1,194 Conservative Party (UK) William Howard 1,019 Ashford Independents Susan Davison 535 Green Party of England and Wales Tracy Dighton-Brown 496 Liberal Democrats (UK) Rosemary Davies 340 3,584 52.7 +11.4 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Singleton South Conservative Party (UK) Amanda Hodgkinson 387 46.7 -0.3 Independent (politician) Malcolm Eke 238 28.7 +28.7 Ashford Independents Terence Stock 126 15.2 +2.2 Independent (politician) Jonathan Clarke 77 9.3 +9.3 149 18.0 -0.5 828 37.5 +0.9 Conservative Party (UK) South Willesborough Independent (politician) David Smith 526 63.8 +20.0 Labour Party (UK) Sophie Griffiths 150 18.2 +18.2 Conservative Party (UK) Carol Brook 148 18.0 +0.6 376 45.6 +23.9 824 32.8 +5.6 Independent (politician) St Michaels Conservative Party (UK) John Link 626 70.8 -4.2 Green Party of England and Wales Matthew Stanley 187 21.2 +21.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Anthony Hardwick 71 8.0 -17.0 439 49.7 -0.3 884 46.9 +8.7 Conservative Party (UK) Stanhope Labour Party (UK) Brendan Chilton 286 56.2 +56.2 Ashford Independents Palma Laughton 223 43.8 -24.4 63 12.4 509 28.5 +8.2 Labour Party (UK) Ashford Independents Stour (2) Conservative Party (UK) Graham Galpin 645 Conservative Party (UK) Matthew French 578 Ashford Independents Emily Neighbour 382 Labour Party (UK) David Burt 366 Labour Party (UK) Angharad Yeo 310 Ashford Independents James McDonald 268 Liberal Democrats (UK) Nadiya Yildirim 178 2,727 41.4 +5.6 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Tenterden North Conservative Party (UK) Paul Clokie 523 50.1 -19.0 Ashford Independents Gillian Whittaker 251 24.0 +24.0 Independent (politician) Michael Pearson 146 14.0 +14.0 Labour Party (UK) Rebecca Andrews 124 11.9 +11.9 272 26.1 -12.1 1,044 56.7 +13.0 Conservative Party (UK) Tenterden South Conservative Party (UK) Peter Goddard 546 58.8 -0.4 Ashford Independents Roy Isworth 382 41.2 +41.2 164 17.7 -0.7 928 48.6 +8.5 Conservative Party (UK) Victoria (2) Liberal Democrats (UK) Jeremy Adby 425 Conservative Party (UK) Harold Apps 387 Labour Party (UK) Roy Clark 370 Liberal Democrats (UK) Stephen Dye 361 Labour Party (UK) Susan Clark 347 Conservative Party (UK) Muhammed Khan 293 Ashford Independents Karen Hopkins 189 Ashford Independents Sarah Stanfield 185 2,557 36.9 +6.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Washford Conservative Party (UK) Neil Shorter 329 37.7 +1.5 Independent (politician) John Holland 253 29.0 +29.0 Labour Party (UK) Robert Vincent 184 21.1 +6.6 Ashford Independents Simon Nelson 107 12.3 -26.5 76 8.7 873 36.3 +6.2 Conservative Party (UK) Ashford Independents Weald Central (2) Conservative Party (UK) Clair Bell 1,113 Conservative Party (UK) Robert Taylor 999 Ashford Independents Paul Andrews 470 United Kingdom Independence Party Thomas Taylor 386 2,968 47.4 +4.6 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Weald East Conservative Party (UK) Paul Bartlett uncontested Conservative Party (UK) Weald North Conservative Party (UK) Geraldine Dyer 635 58.9 -13.0 Ashford Independents Timothy Lee 332 30.8 +30.8 Green Party of England and Wales Hilary Jones 112 10.4 -2.1 303 28.1 -28.2 1,079 55.8 -4.3 Conservative Party (UK) Weald South (2) Ashford Independents Peter Davison 1,020 Conservative Party (UK) Aline Hicks 992 Conservative Party (UK) John Rivers 601 Independent (politician) Edward Relf 525 Independent (politician) Hilary Moorby 440 Liberal Democrats (UK) Christine Stone 226 Liberal Democrats (UK) Ian Stone 183 3,987 52.5 +6.4 Ashford Independents Conservative Party (UK) Wye Conservative Party (UK) Steven Wright 392 38.9 +8.4 Ashford Independents Jack Woodford 318 31.5 -33.6 Labour Party (UK) Alexander Latham 112 11.1 +11.1 United Kingdom Independence Party Mike Adams 97 9.6 +9.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Kenneth Blanshard 89 8.8 +4.4 74 7.4 1,008 55.5 +5.6 Conservative Party (UK) Ashford Independents References Ashford 2011 Category:2010s in Kent