Ashford Borough Council elections

Ashford Borough Council in Kent, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2003, 43 councillors have been elected from 35 wards.^[1]

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[2]

Party in control	Years
No overall control	1973–1976
Conservative	1976–1979
No overall control	1979–1983
Conservative	1983–1995
No overall control	1995–2003
Conservative	2003–present

Council elections

Ashford Borough Council election, 1999
Ashford Borough Council election, 2003 (boundary changes reduced the number of seats by 6)^[3]
Ashford Borough Council election, 2007
Ashford Borough Council election, 2011
Ashford Borough Council election, 2015

Borough result maps

Ashford UK local election 2003 map.svg

2003 results map
Ashford UK local election 2007 map.svg

2007 results map
Ashford Borough Council election 2011 map.svg

2011 results map

By-election results

Tenterden East By-Election 11 December 1997
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	387	58.9	-3.7
	Liberal Democrat	147	22.4	-15.0
	Labour	123	18.7	+18.7
Majority		240	36.5
Turnout		657
	Conservative hold	Swing

Charing By-Election 16 February 2006^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gerald Clarkson	419	71.7	+4.3
	Liberal Democrat	Jonathan Heuch	126	21.6	-11.0
	Labour	Malcolm Horton	39	6.7	+6.7
Majority			293	50.1
Turnout			584	30.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Resignation of Conservative Cllr Steve Wright.

Wye by-election, 6th March 2014
Party		Candidate
	Liberal Democrat	Ken Blanshard
	Conservative	Ian Cooling
	UKIP	Elaine Evans
	Labour	Dylan Jones
	Green	Geoff Meaden
	Ashford Independent	Noel Ovenden
Majority
Turnout

References

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By-election results

External links

Ashford Borough Council

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v t e Council elections in Kent
Kent County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013
Ashford Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015
Canterbury City Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015
Dartford Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015
Dover District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015
Gravesham Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015
Maidstone Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016
Medway Council	1997 2000 2003 2007 2011 2015
Sevenoaks District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015
Shepway District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015
Swale Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2015
Thanet District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015
Tonbridge & Malling Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016
Rochester-upon-Medway City Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 Abolished
Gillingham Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 Abolished
See also: Wards Boundary changes

Ashford Borough Council elections

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Borough result maps

By-election results

References

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