# 2007 Ashford Borough Council election

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 | 51.4 | 15,624 | +3.7% |
| Liberal Democrats | 8 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 18.6 | 27.1 | 8,244 | +7.4% |
| Ashford Ind. | 4 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 9.3 | 13 | 3,945 | -3.9% |
| Labour | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 4.7 | 6.3 | 1,909 | -6.2% |
| Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 2.3 | 1.1 | 348 | -0.2% |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 355 | -0.4% |
2 Conservatives were unopposed.

## Ward results

Aylesford Green :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Brian Norris | 209 | 40.3 | +20.8 |
| | Ashford Ind. | Jim Gower | 199 | 38.4 | +4.9 |
| | Conservative | James Holtum | 110 | 21.2 | +10.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 10 | 1.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 518 | 28.2 | +1.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Ashford Ind. | Liberal Democrats gain from Ashford Ind. | Swing | | |
Beaver (2) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 2,204 | 28.7 | +4.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Biddenden :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Neil Bell | 615 | 74.0 | −3.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paddy Platt | 216 | 26.0 | +3.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 399 | 48.0 | −7.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 831 | 42.7 | +8.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Bockhanger :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 245 | 38.9 | +19.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 630 | 35.4 | +3.2 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Boughton Aluph & Eastwell :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rita Hawes | 511 | 67.9 | −3.7 |
| | Conservative | Michael Lloyd | 242 | 32.1 | +3.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 269 | 35.8 | −7.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 753 | 35.5 | +5.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Bybrook :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Marlon Martin | 411 | 54.6 | −8.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jeremy Adby | 342 | 45.4 | +45.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 69 | 9.2 | −16.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 753 | 39.7 | +8.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Charing :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Gerry Clarkson | 564 | 73.1 | +5.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | George Whyte | 208 | 26.9 | −5.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 356 | 46.2 | +11.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 772 | 40.0 | +16.6 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Downs North :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 271 | 31.8 | −26.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 853 | 45.4 | +5.8 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Downs West :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 318 | 55.3 | +31.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 701 | 38.8 | +0.6 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Godinton (2) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 2,292 | 33.1 | +4.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Great Chart with Singleton North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Jessamy Blanford | 347 | 48.5 | +12.6 |
| | Ashford Ind. | 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 | Majority | Majority | 175 | 24.5 | +3.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 716 | 33.0 | −7.4 |
| | Conservative gain from Ashford Ind. | Conservative gain from Ashford Ind. | Swing | | |
Highfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Susan Heaton | 290 | 40.6 | +14.1 |
| | Conservative | Steven Davis | 277 | 38.7 | +12.4 |
| | Ashford Ind. | Ieda Hogarth | 148 | 20.7 | −26.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 13 | 1.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 715 | 36.4 | +3.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Ashford Ind. | Liberal Democrats gain from Ashford Ind. | Swing | | |
Isle of Oxney :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Michael Burgess | 722 | 77.7 | +11.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Bob Rawlings | 207 | 22.3 | +1.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 515 | 55.4 | +9.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 929 | 45.5 | +2.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Kennington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Kemp | uncontested | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Little Burton Farm :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Norman Ayres | 535 | 73.5 | +6.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anthony Hardwick | 193 | 26.5 | +6.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 342 | 47.0 | −0.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 728 | 37.0 | +4.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Norman :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Bradberry | 228 | 38.6 | +9.2 |
| | Ashford Ind. | 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 | Majority | Majority | 49 | 8.3 | +2.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 590 | 30.4 | −1.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Ashford Ind. | Liberal Democrats gain from Ashford Ind. | Swing | | |
North Willesborough (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | George Koowaree | 897 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Bob Davidson | 846 | | |
| | Conservative | Alan Hutchinson | 401 | | |
| | Conservative | Josephine Masters | 367 | | |
| | Ashford Ind. | Stephen Horn | 207 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,718 | 38.4 | +2.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Park Farm North :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 329 | 46.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 702 | 30.2 | +3.0 |
| | Conservative gain from Ashford Ind. | Conservative gain from Ashford Ind. | Swing | | |
Park Farm South :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 323 | 70.5 | +46.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 458 | 30.0 | +2.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Rolvenden & Tenterden West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Jill Hutchinson | 765 | 81.6 | +4.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Terrence Brown | 172 | 18.4 | +5.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 593 | 63.2 | −0.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 937 | 48.6 | −15.2 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Saxon Shore (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Peter Wood | 1,139 | | |
| | Conservative | Richard Honey | 1,137 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stuart Dove | 506 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anne Baxter | 486 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,268 | 41.3 | −2.3 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Singleton South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Amanda Hodgkinson | 335 | 47.0 | +11.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Chris Took | 203 | 28.5 | +28.5 |
| | Ashford Ind. | Carol Brunger | 93 | 13.0 | −25.6 |
| | Labour | Andrew Pharoah | 82 | 11.5 | −14.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 132 | 18.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 713 | 36.6 | +9.3 |
| | Conservative gain from Ashford Ind. | Conservative gain from Ashford Ind. | Swing | | |
South Willesborough :
| Party | 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 |
| | Ashford Ind. | Malcolm Eke | 104 | 16.6 | −52.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 136 | 21.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 625 | 27.2 | −3.6 |
| | Independent gain from Ashford Ind. | Independent gain from Ashford Ind. | Swing | | |
St Michaels :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Link | 543 | 75.0 | −5.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Patricia Rickwood | 181 | 25.0 | +5.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 462 | 50.0 | −10.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 724 | 38.2 | +3.6 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Stanhope :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Ashford Ind. | 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 | Majority | Majority | 188 | 52.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 359 | 20.3 | +1.7 |
| | Ashford Ind. gain from Labour | Ashford Ind. gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Stour (2) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 2,635 | 35.8 | +5.6 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Tenterden North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Paul Clokie | 528 | 69.1 | +2.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Barry Wright | 236 | 30.9 | −2.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 292 | 38.2 | +4.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 764 | 43.7 | +5.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Tenterden South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Peter Goddard | 433 | 59.2 | −6.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Miller | 299 | 40.8 | +20.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 134 | 18.4 | −27.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 732 | 40.1 | +5.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Victoria (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Packham | 529 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Cowley | 522 | | |
| | Conservative | Felicitie Sykes | 218 | | |
| | Conservative | Irene Hitchings | 217 | | |
| | Ashford Ind. | Terry Stock | 215 | | |
| | Ashford Ind. | Tony Serretiello | 158 | | |
| | Labour | Preeti Farooki | 109 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,968 | 30.4 | +4.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Washford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Ashford Ind. | 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 | Majority | Majority | 15 | 2.2 | +1.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 674 | 30.1 | +2.6 |
| | Ashford Ind. hold | Ashford Ind. hold | Swing | | |
Weald Central (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Robert Taylor | 950 | | |
| | Conservative | Clair Bell | 891 | | |
| | Ashford Ind. | Keith Brannan | 534 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ann Murray | 371 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jon Heuch | 224 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,970 | 42.8 | +3.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Weald East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Paul Bartlett | uncontested | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Weald North :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 519 | 56.3 | +22.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 922 | 60.1 | +10.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Weald South (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Ashford Ind. | Peter Davison | 998 | | |
| | Conservative | Aline Hicks | 991 | | |
| | Conservative | Neil Shorter | 955 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rosemary Davies | 449 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,393 | 46.1 | +0.9 |
| | Ashford Ind. hold | Ashford Ind. hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Wye :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Ashford Ind. | 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 | Majority | Majority | 313 | 34.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 905 | 49.9 | +6.3 |
| | Ashford Ind. gain from Conservative | Ashford Ind. gain from Conservative | Swing | | |