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    1976 handbook

    Ashford: 1976 local elections

    45 wards with results. Council page

    Before (end of 1975) (44 seats, Elections Centre)

    Conservative 22 · The Liberal Party 10 · Labour 8 · Other 4

    After (end of 1976) (49 seats, Elections Centre)

    Conservative 31 · Other 8 · Labour 7 · The Liberal Party 3

    Ward results

    Aldington1 seat · turnout 53.6%
    P. BouldenConservative340
    A. WheelerIndependent211
    Appledore1 seat · turnout 60.6%
    M. CliftonConservative267
    N. StapleyIndependent180
    Ashford Bockhanger1 seat · turnout 37.3%
    M. WaltonConservative402
    A. WebsterLabour236
    Ashford Brookfield1 seat · turnout 32.2%
    R. AckerleyLabour359
    F. WoodConservative134
    Ashford Bybrock1 seat · turnout 50.3%
    P. Blair-RickleyRES379
    R. ColleyConservative241
    L. WhittakerLIB117
    Ashford Central2 seats · turnout 31.5%
    S. FordConservative291 ✓
    Brooks S.Conservative230 ✓
    C. Ross-StewardRES229
    J. KavanaghLabour120
    T. GoldingLIB82
    R. SmithLIB61
    W. DuncanIndependent55
    Ashford Eastmead1 seat · turnout 30.4%
    E. MartinLabour200
    J. BrintonConservative193
    C. HarrisLIB81
    Ashford Hampden1 seat · turnout 37.8%
    C. ThomasLabour165
    B. DaleConservative125
    K. RobertsIndependent100
    Ashford Henwood1 seat · turnout 39.8%
    W. GowerConservative297
    R. BurtonLIB212
    Ashford Kennington Lees1 seat · turnout 48.1%
    M. MartinConservative331
    V. DockeryLIB170
    Ashford Musgrove1 seat · turnout 34.5%
    R. LewisLabour312
    T. PictonLIB117
    K. KatzConservative54
    Ashford Queens1 seat · turnout 52.7%
    H. LavenderRES220
    B. MoormanConservative172
    M. LowdenLIB130
    Ashford Singleton2 seats · turnout 45.2%
    G. ThompsonConservative175
    H. OrdeConservative168
    J. AckerleyLabour165
    A. CoomesLabour163
    A. MasonLIB158
    A. Gardner-BrownLIB148
    Ashford South Willesborough1 seat · turnout 57.4%
    G. TurnerTrue Lib361 ✓
    R. BunceLIB269
    D. MadgettLabour157
    D. PuxtyConservative69
    Ashford Spearpoint1 seat · turnout 43.1%
    G. WorrallRES304
    E. HarridenceConservative258
    Ashford Twelve Acres1 seat · turnout 49.7%
    D. WetherallLIB375 ✓
    K. CooperRES161
    J. AllenLabour104
    M. CookConservative45
    F. HollandIndependent11
    Ashford Victoria Park1 seat · turnout 42.6%
    F. NewbleConservative115
    J. BirchLabour67
    P. BunceLIB60
    Ashford Warren1 seat · turnout 46.4%
    R. CraigConservative340
    J. BarefootLIB215
    Ashford Waterside1 seat · turnout 35.9%
    B. PrebbleLIB249
    A. RussellConservative140
    R. DeanRES47
    Ashford Willesborough Lees1 seat · turnout 47.4%
    K. TettConservative395
    E. TredwellLIB242
    Ashford Windmill1 seat · turnout 53.9%
    C. DennisLIB569
    M. SmithConservative127
    Ashford Woolreeds1 seat · turnout 26.1%
    M. WigginsLabour220
    A. ColemanLIB132
    Bethersden1 seat
    A. TapsellConservative0 ✓
    Biddenden1 seat
    T. RichardsIndependent0 ✓
    Boughton Aluph1 seat · turnout 38.4%
    J. NicholsonConservative414
    P. HearnIndependent181
    Brabourne1 seat · turnout 59.6%
    T. JeanesConservative532
    J. SimpsonLIB180
    Charing2 seats · turnout 44.4%
    D. BertramConservative870
    J. WinnifrithIndependent800
    J. WilliamsIndependent177
    Chilham1 seat
    J. SmithConservative0 ✓
    Great Chart1 seat · turnout 55.8%
    R. AbrahamsConservative179
    W. SwafferIndependent121
    D. CrawleyLabour82
    Hamstreet1 seat
    M. TuckerConservative0 ✓
    High Halden1 seat
    H. AppsConservative0 ✓
    Hothfield1 seat
    E. HollisConservative0 ✓
    Kingsnorth1 seat · turnout 61.9%
    W. CottonConservative518
    R. HarringtonLIB454
    Mersham1 seat
    G. FortescueConservative0 ✓
    Pluckley1 seat · turnout 62.9%
    M. CarrConservative302
    F. WenbanIndependent270
    Rolvenden1 seat
    N. SumnerConservative0 ✓
    St. Michaels1 seat · turnout 53.1%
    H. WattsConservative519
    T. AndrewsLIB288
    Stanhope2 seats · turnout 20.9%
    L. LawrieLabour501
    B. PawseyLabour497
    P. RocheCOMM129
    Tenterden East1 seat
    C. WigginsConservative0 ✓
    Tenterden South East1 seat · turnout 39.0%
    G. MillsConservative236
    A. HarrisLabour80
    C. Callingham-WoodsLIB63
    Tenterden West1 seat
    A. TealeConservative0 ✓
    Weald North1 seat
    A. PalmerConservative0 ✓
    Wittersham1 seat
    A. CookeIndependent0 ✓
    Woodchurch1 seat · turnout 53.6%
    A. HamiltonIndependent292
    L. MathewsConservative207
    A. MaybourneLabour114
    Wye1 seat
    N. SpearmanConservative0 ✓