Ashford: 1983 local elections

45 wards with results. Council page

Before (end of 1982) (49 seats, Elections Centre)

Conservative 24 · Labour 10 · Other 9 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 6

After (end of 1983) (49 seats, Elections Centre)

Conservative 26 · Other 9 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 8 · Labour 6

Ward results

Aldington1 seat · turnout 55.3%

P. Bouldon	Conservative	409
S. Griggs	Independent	93
R. Peacock	Lib/Sdp	81

Appledore1 seat · turnout 65.0%

C. Harper	Conservative	295 ✓
A. Green	Independent	80
J. Howlett	Labour	67
T. Webber	Lib/Sdp	38

Ashford Bockhanger1 seat · turnout 40.2%

R. Hall	Conservative	388
R. Ansell	Labour	260
C. Riddel	Lib/Sdp	251

Ashford Brookfield1 seat · turnout 39.9%

L. Lawrie	Labour	412
N. Wilkins	Conservative	158
W. Tugwell	Lib/Sdp	78

Ashford Bybrock1 seat · turnout 46.5%

P. Smith	Conservative	402
D. Berrie	Lib/Sdp	166
E. Crook	Labour	118

Ashford Central2 seats · turnout 34.4%

S. Ford	Conservative	407 ✓
C. Wheal	Conservative	407 ✓
M. Nunn	Lib/Sdp	242
H. Nunn	Lib/Sdp	200
F. Norton	Labour	182
A. Shaw	Labour	165
J. Dienst	Independent	60

Ashford Eastmead1 seat · turnout 43.8%

J. Powell	Labour	244
A. Perrin	Conservative	240
S. Whawell	Lib/Sdp	202

Ashford Hampden1 seat · turnout 42.9%

K. Roberts	True Ashf	208 ✓
D. Crawley	Labour	92
J. Gill	Conservative	80
J. Pike	Lib/Sdp	58

Ashford Henwood1 seat · turnout 45.8%

D. Blain	Lib/Sdp	206 ✓
R. Shearer	Conservative	170
R. Burton	Ind LIB	118
F. Laughton	Labour	60
M. Collins	Ecol	14

Ashford Kennington Lees1 seat · turnout 57.7%

T. Edwards	Lib/Sdp	483
A. Keeves	Conservative	135

Ashford Musgrove1 seat · turnout 39.6%

D. Madgett	Labour	284
D. Horn	Conservative	143
P. Vago	Lib/Sdp	97

Ashford Queens1 seat

H. Lavender

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0 ✓

Ashford Singleton2 seats · turnout 37.5%

B. Holloway	Lib/Sdp	273
R. Smith	Lib/Sdp	255
J. Burrows	Conservative	248
I. McMurchie	Conservative	236
A. Coomes	Labour	105
S. Attridge	Labour	104

Ashford South Willesborough1 seat · turnout 45.1%

G. Turner	True Lib	645
S. Turner	Labour	126
C. Mallon	Conservative	81

Ashford Spearpoint1 seat · turnout 47.3%

G. Worrall	Independent	338
C. Goodall	Conservative	293

Ashford Twelve Acres1 seat · turnout 55.8%

D. Weatherall	Lib/Sdp	672
J. Constable	Labour	55

Ashford Victoria Park1 seat · turnout 37.8%

J. Hawkes	Lib/Sdp	258
J. Foster	Conservative	126
M. Merrick	Labour	111

Ashford Warren1 seat · turnout 45.9%

B. Moorman	Conservative	407
C. Burnham	Lib/Sdp	191

Ashford Waterside1 seat · turnout 47.0%

T. Golding	Lib/Sdp	388
R. Speight	Conservative	186

Ashford Willesborough Lees1 seat · turnout 47.1%

J. Simpson	Conservative	626
F. Winslade	Lib/Sdp	301
T. O'Driscoll	Labour	51

Ashford Windmill1 seat · turnout 61.3%

C. Dennis	Lib/Sdp	440
P. Reeves	Ind RES	204
A. Brown	Conservative	181

Ashford Woolreeds1 seat · turnout 39.8%

M. Wiggins	Labour	261
A. Coleman	Lib/Sdp	164
J. Rymer-Jones	Conservative	94

Bethersden1 seat · turnout 55.9%

B. Finn	Conservative	399
K. Brannan	Independent	129
A. Howlett	Labour	35

Biddenden1 seat · turnout 32.9%

T. Richards	Independent	410
J. Robinson	Labour	91
R. Lockwood	BNP	83

Boughton Aluph1 seat · turnout 38.0%

J. Nicholson	Conservative	416
C. Porter	Ind Ecol	211

Brabourne1 seat · turnout 55.6%

T. Jeanes	Conservative	439
E. Nunn	Lib/Sdp	297

Charing2 seats

J. Williams	Conservative	0 ✓
J. Winnifrith	Independent	0 ✓

Chilham1 seat · turnout 47.1%

J. Smith	Conservative	600
R. Evans	Lib/Sdp	100
C. Barden	Labour	87

Great Chart1 seat · turnout 49.5%

W. Swaffer	Independent	191
B. Judges	Conservative	183

Hamstreet1 seat · turnout 52.1%

P. Stutchbury	Conservative	596
J. Hallett	Lib/Sdp	265

High Halden1 seat · turnout 65.9%

H. Apps	Conservative	596
L. Smith	Lib/Sdp	72

Hothfield1 seat · turnout 40.5%

C. Oliver	Conservative	337
D. Clifton	Labour	112
G. Knight	Ind Ecol	30

Kingsnorth1 seat · turnout 42.5%

R. Harrington	Independent	881
H. Yeo	Labour	64
A. King	Nat Lab	40

Mersham1 seat · turnout 50.1%

G. Fortescue	Conservative	457
E. Stickells	Independent	318
A. Vaughan	Lib/Sdp	85

Pluckley1 seat · turnout 55.8%

M. Carr	Conservative	282
E. English	Lib/Sdp	221

Rolvenden1 seat · turnout 62.7%

J. Hoad	Conservative	562
B. Dewdney	Labour	223

St. Michaels1 seat · turnout 37.5%

E. Barrows	Conservative	488
K. Thornton	Labour	115

Stanhope2 seats · turnout 21.6%

P. Constable	Labour	544
J. Ackerley	Labour	530
K. Taylor	Nat Lab	68
J. King	Nat Lab	68

Tenterden East1 seat · turnout 45.7%

H. Blake	Conservative	569
H. Saunders	Labour	105

Tenterden South East1 seat · turnout 41.3%

Greenfield R.	Conservative	346
A. Pickett	Lib/Sdp	128
V. John	Labour	55

Tenterden West1 seat · turnout 41.5%

C. Rosson	Conservative	272
J. Tugwell	Lib/Sdp	71
M. Saunders	Labour	47

Weald North1 seat · turnout 39.6%

H. Hilder	Conservative	557
J. Smith	Labour	87

Wittersham1 seat · turnout 49.3%

E. Sweatman	Conservative	408
M. Honeysett	Labour	157

Woodchurch1 seat · turnout 50.6%

G. Weller	Conservative	598
M. Honeysett	Lib/Sdp	87

Wye1 seat · turnout 50.0%

P. Worrall	Independent	427
T. Fitzgerald-Moore	Conservative	397
P. Munday	Labour	113