2003 Ashford Borough Council election

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][2][3]

Election result

Ashford Local Election Result 2003

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	25			+2	58.1	47.7	13,624
	Ashford Ind.	9			+9	20.9	16.9	4,838
	Liberal Democrats	5			-2	11.6	19.7	5,622
	Labour	4			-6	9.3	12.5	3,569
	Green	0			0	0	1.6	453
	Independent	0			0	0	1.3	359
	National Front	0			0	0	0.3	98

Ward results

Aylesford Green

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ashford Ind.	Robert Enock	168	33.5
	Labour	Martin Allcock	133	26.5
	Liberal Democrats	Rodney Norris	98	19.5
	Conservative	James Holtum	52	10.4
	National Front	John Kellam	51	10.2
Majority			35	7.0
Turnout			502	26.3

Beaver (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Allcock	636
	Labour	Allen Wells	619
	Conservative	Gillian Taylor-Lowen	261
	Conservative	Janet Rymer-Jones	259
Turnout			1,775	24.3

Biddenden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Neil Bell	507	77.5
	Liberal Democrats	William Platt	147	22.5
Majority			360	55.0
Turnout			654	34.2

Bockhanger

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Noel Greaves	350	59.8
	Labour	Simon Storer	235	40.2
Majority			115	19.6
Turnout			585	32.2

Boughton Aluph & Eastwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Rita Hawes	391	71.6
	Conservative	Stephen Killick	155	28.4
Majority			236	43.2
Turnout			546	29.9

Bybrook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Marlon Martin	381	62.8
	Labour	Madhanagopal Permall	226	37.2
Majority			155	25.6
Turnout			607	31.6

Charing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Douglas Gillard	443	67.4
	Liberal Democrats	Leonard Micklewright	214	32.6
Majority			229	34.8
Turnout			657	25.4

Downs North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jane Marriott	599	79.1
	Liberal Democrats	Myrtle Butcher	158	20.9
Majority			441	58.2
Turnout			757	39.6

Downs West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Neil Wallace	412	56.9
	Liberal Democrats	John Hawes	242	33.4
	Labour	Valerie Horton	70	9.7
Majority			170	23.5
Turnout			724	38.2

Godington (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Feacey	463
	Conservative	Bernard Heyes	406
	Labour	Ivor Groves	209
	Labour	Doreen Topley	193
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Packham	175
	Green	Pauline Fillery	105
	Green	Lola Sansom	49
Turnout			1,600	28.6

Great Chart with Singleton North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ashford Ind.	Antony Maltby	298	56.5
	Conservative	Charles Campbell	189	35.9
	Liberal Democrats	Claire Yeo	40	7.6
Majority			109	20.6
Turnout			527	40.4

Highfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ashford Ind.	Maureen Larkin	299	47.2
	Liberal Democrats	Julian Norris	168	26.5
	Conservative	James Coultrip	167	26.3
Majority			131	20.7
Turnout			634	32.7

Isle of Oxney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Burgess	596	66.7
	Liberal Democrats	Barry Wright	189	21.1
	Labour	Katherine Manning	109	12.2
Majority			407	45.6
Turnout			894	43.5

Kennington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Kemp	465	71.4
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Rawlings	186	28.6
Majority			279	42.8
Turnout			651	36.2

Little Burton Farm

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Norman Ayres	405	67.2
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Hardwick	118	19.6
	Labour	Muhammed Khan	80	13.3
Majority			287	47.6
Turnout			603	33.0

Norman

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ashford Ind.	Melvyn Elliff	223	35.7
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara Simmons	184	29.4
	Labour	Leslie Lawrie	146	23.3
	Conservative	Louis Parsons	72	11.5
Majority			39	6.3
Turnout			625	31.4

North Willesborough (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Serge Koowaree	584
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Davidson	558
	Ashford Ind.	Robert Stubbs	374
	Conservative	Stephen Cochrane	364
	Ashford Ind.	Margaret Pryke	337
	Conservative	Douglas Marriott	294
	Labour	Matthew Kirk	135
Turnout			2,646	36.4

Park Farm North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ashford Ind.	Reginald Harrington	398	67.1
	Conservative	William Walker	153	25.8
	Liberal Democrats	David Hilliger	42	7.1
Majority			245	41.3
Turnout			593	27.2

Park Farm South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Wedgbury	244	61.8
	Ashford Ind.	Aline Hicks	151	38.2
Majority			93	23.6
Turnout			395	27.9

Rolvenden & Tenterden West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jill Hutchinson	645	77.0
	Liberal Democrats	Marion Murray	111	13.2
	Labour	James Knight	82	9.8
Majority			534	63.8
Turnout			838	43.0

Saxon Shore (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Wood	989
	Conservative	Bruce Claridge	947
	Ashford Ind.	Jack Woodford	395
	Liberal Democrats	Emily Nighbour	377
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Fletcher	302
Turnout			3,010	43.6

Singleton South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ashford Ind.	Carol Brunger	191	38.6
	Conservative	Clair Bell	175	35.4
	Labour	Stephen Williams	129	26.1
Majority			16	3.2
Turnout			495	27.3

South Willesborough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ashford Ind.	Malcolm Eke	327	68.6
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Blackman	105	22.0
	Conservative	Charles Vavasour	45	9.4
Majority			222	46.6
Turnout			477	30.8

St Michaels

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Link	534	80.4
	Liberal Democrats	Oliver Dove	130	19.6
Majority			404	60.8
Turnout			664	34.6

Stanhope

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harriet Yeo	173	46.0
	Liberal Democrats	Victoria Macdonald	103	27.4
	Conservative	John Smith	53	14.1
	National Front	Terry Blackham	47	12.5
Majority			70	18.6
Turnout			376	18.7

Stour (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Hubert	458
	Conservative	Matthew French	414
	Labour	Walter Davies	406
	Conservative	Christopher Main	402
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqueline Smith	312
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Smith	233
Turnout			2,225	30.2

Tenterden North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Clokie	466	66.9
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Dove	231	33.1
Majority			235	33.8
Turnout			697	38.7

Tenterden South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Goddard	411	66.1
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Rickwood	124	19.9
	Labour	Michael Kirk	87	14.0
Majority			287	46.2
Turnout			622	35.0

Victoria (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Packham	342
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Cowley	333
	Labour	Derek Madgett	324
	Labour	Brendan Naughton	320
	Conservative	Michael Rice	198
	Conservative	Carmela Kegos	190
	Green	Hazel Dawe	96
	Green	Sharon Harvey	60
Turnout			1,863	25.7

Washford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ashford Ind.	John Holland	164	34.5
	Conservative	Antonia Missions	159	33.4
	Labour	Campbell Miller	153	32.1
Majority			5	1.1
Turnout			476	27.5

Weald Central (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Taylor	975
	Conservative	Mark Wickham	930
	Ashford Ind.	Keith Brannan	563
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Heuch	308
	Labour	John Moriarty	184
Turnout			2,960	39.7

Weald East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Bartlett	357	57.5
	Ashford Ind.	Michael Ciccone	264	42.5
Majority			93	15.0
Turnout			621	41.4

Weald North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rita Kelly	538	58.0
	Liberal Democrats	Clare Hardwick	225	24.2
	Ashford Ind.	Derek Swann	165	17.8
Majority			313	33.8
Turnout			928	49.6

Weald South (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Weller	900
	Ashford Ind.	Peter Davison	858
	Conservative	Michael Lancaster	706
	Independent	Edward Relf	359
	Liberal Democrats	Rosemary Davies	261
	Labour	Gemma Carter	259
Turnout			3,343	45.2

Wye

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Cooling	470	60.3
	Green	Steven Dawe	252	32.3
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Fawcett	57	7.3
Majority			218	28.0
Turnout			779	43.6

References

1. "Borough Elections 1 May 2003" (PDF). ashford.gov.uk. 1 May 2003. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
2. "BBC NEWS | VOTE 2003 | Ashford". news.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
3. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2003 - Ashford". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 20 July 2024.