2007_Ashford_Borough_Council_election

2007 Ashford Borough Council election

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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.

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

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	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	28	4	1	+3	65.1	52.8	20,825	+4.1%
Liberal Democrats	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%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	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 Democrats gain from Independent		Swing

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

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

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

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	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 Democrats hold		Swing

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

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

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Neil Wallace	470	67.0	+10.1
	Liberal Democrats	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

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jessamy Blanford	347	48.5	+12.6
	Independent	Ian McClintock	172	24.0	-32.5
	Liberal Democrats	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	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 Democrats gain from Independent		Swing

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Norman Ayres	535	73.5	+6.3
	Liberal Democrats	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 Democrats	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 Democrats gain from Independent		Swing

Park Farm North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tina Heyes	463	66.0	+40.2
	Liberal Democrats	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 Democrats	Nicholas Fawcett	39	8.5	+8.5
Majority			323	70.5	+46.9
Turnout			458	30.0	+2.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Singleton South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Amanda Hodgkinson	335	47.0	+11.6
	Liberal Democrats	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

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

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

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Smith	274	43.8	-43.8
	Liberal Democrats	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

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

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

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

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

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Packham	529
	Liberal Democrats	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 Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

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 Democrats	Shaun Chamberlain	71	10.5	+10.5
Majority			15	2.2	+1.1
Turnout			674	30.1	+2.6
	Independent hold		Swing

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

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hugh Ellison	663	71.9	+13.9
	Liberal Democrats	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

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

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