2019 Ashfield District Council election

The 2019 Ashfield District Council election took place on 2 May 2019, to elect all members of Ashfield District Council in England.^[1]

2019 Ashfield District Council election

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All 35 seats to Ashfield District Council 18 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   AI Con Lab Leader Jason Zadrozny Kevin Rostance Cheryl Butler Party Ashfield Ind. Conservative Labour Leader's seat Larwood Hucknall West Kirkby Cross & Portland (defeated) Last election 0 4 22 Seats won 30 3 2 Seat change 30 1 20
Map of the results of the election. Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the main table of results.
Council control before election No overall control Council control after election Ashfield Independents

The election resulted in the Ashfield Independents gaining control of the council with a large majority, winning 30 of the 35 seats up for election. The Labour Party suffered heavy losses, winning just 2 seats, a decrease of 20 compared with the last election in 2015.^[2]

Overall election results

Ashfield District Council (Summary of Overall Results)

Within Ashfield District Council 2019
Party		Candidates						Votes
		Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	Ashfield Ind.	35	30	30	0	+26		64.6	39,245
	Labour	35	2	0	20	-20		18.2	11,066
	Conservative	35	3	0	1	-1		11.2	6,795
	Independent	4	0	0	4	0		3.2	1,922
	UKIP	6	0	0	0	0		1.4	822
	Liberal Democrats	3	0	0	5	-5		1.2	736
	Green	2	0	0	0	0		0.2	139

Ashfield District Council - Results by Ward

Abbey Hill

Abbey Hill (1)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ashfield Ind.	Andy Meakin	706	73	+50
	Labour	Christopher Michael Murphy	176	18	−17
	UKIP	Moira Jean Sansom	62	6	−15
	Conservative	Dale Saddington	21	2	−12
Turnout			965	40%
	Ashfield Ind. gain from Labour		Swing

Annesley & Kirkby Woodhouse

Annesley & Kirkby Woodhouse (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ashfield Ind.	Rachel Elisabeth Madden*	1,894	75	+33
	Ashfield Ind.	Ciaran Richard Brown	1,642	65	N/A
	Labour	Don Davis*	410	16	−20
	Labour	Roo Stevens	328	13	−19
	UKIP	Glyn Street	185	7	−20
	Conservative	Paul Anthony Bedford	113	4	N/A
	Conservative	Tom Clark	101	4	N/A
Turnout				43%
	Ashfield Ind. gain from Labour		Swing
	Ashfield Ind. gain from Liberal Democrats

Ashfields

Ashfields (1)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ashfield Ind.	David Thomas Walters	970	83	N/A
	Labour	Damian John Darby	113	10	−16
	Conservative	Andrew Mark Abele	83	7	−7
Turnout			1166	40%
	Ashfield Ind. gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Carsic

Carsic (1)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ashfield Ind.	John Frederick Smallridge	708	72	N/A
	Labour	Cathy Mason*	241	25	−38
	Conservative	John Dobson	30	3	−13
Turnout
	Ashfield Ind. gain from Labour		Swing

Central & New Cross

Central & New Cross (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ashfield Ind.	Samantha Kay Deakin	1,371	81	+55
	Ashfield Ind.	David Lawrence Hennigan	1,188	70	N/A
	Labour	Marty Everett	249	15	−31
	Labour	Crystal Jane Parker	227	13	−30
	Green	Arran Rangi	84	5	N/A
	Conservative	Nicholas Felton	62	4	N/A
	Conservative	Mark Richard Simons	51	3	N/A
Turnout
	Ashfield Ind. gain from Labour		Swing
	Ashfield Ind. gain from Labour		Swing

Hucknall Central

Hucknall Central (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ashfield Ind.	Trevor Charles Locke	690	38	N/A
	Ashfield Ind.	Jim Blagden	671	37	+30
	Labour	John Hartley Wilkinson	559	31	−10
	Labour	Nicolle Ndiweni*	540	30	−6
	Conservative	Trevor Ronald Peat	356	20	−8
	Conservative	Liz Kelly	297	16	−3
	UKIP	Jack Holland	279	15	−11
Turnout
	Ashfield Ind. gain from Labour
	Ashfield Ind. gain from Labour

Hucknall North

Hucknall North (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ashfield Ind.	John Anthony Wilmott*	2,011	65	+50
	Ashfield Ind.	Lee Waters	1,879	61	N/A
	Ashfield Ind.	Dave Shaw	1,869	60	N/A
	Labour	Alice Elisabeth Grice	619	20	−15
	Labour	Nat Mason	557	18	−12
	Labour	Natalie Rachael Bryan	539	17	−12
	Liberal Democrats	Vicki Charlton	309	10	N/A
	Conservative	Cathryn Georgina Rostance	281	9	−27
	Liberal Democrats	James Alan Harvey	231	7	N/A
	Conservative	David Stephen Randall	216	7	−26
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Alan Howes	196	6	N/A
	Conservative	Maria Stojak	192	6	−24
Turnout
	Ashfield Ind. gain from Conservative		Swing
	Ashfield Ind. gain from Conservative
	Ashfield Ind. gain from Labour

Hucknall South

Hucknall South (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lauren Amber Mitchell*	642	38	−4
	Labour	Keir Alexander Morrison*	606	36	−
	Conservative	Jan Lees	526	31	+1
	Conservative	Brian Anthony Willows	496	29	−1
	Ashfield Ind.	Ben John Tomlinson	470	28	N/A
	Ashfield Ind.	Jean Rose Toseland	461	27	N/A
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Hucknall West

Hucknall West (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kevin Thomas Rostance*	1,043	44	+6
	Conservative	Phil Rostance*	1,031	44	+8
	Conservative	Chris Baron*	831	35	−1
	Ashfield Ind.	Rachael Clarke	691	29	N/A
	Ashfield Ind.	Nicole Charlotte Paylor	653	28	N/A
	Labour	Patrick Stephen Ayres	642	27	−9
	Ashfield Ind.	Gordon Kenneth Mann	610	26	N/A
	Labour	Louise Margaret Cooke	603	26	−8
	Labour	Ian Morrison	600	25	−8
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Huthwaite & Brierley

Huthwaite & Brierley (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ashfield Ind.	Tom Hollis	1,933	81	N/A
	Ashfield Ind.	Andrew Richard Harding	1,832	77	N/A
	Labour	Ali Lakin	318	13	−22
	Labour	Lee Michael Holland	285	12	−22
	Conservative	Jeff Self	100	4	−17
	Conservative	Adam Kevin Rostance	71	3	N/A
Turnout
	Ashfield Ind. gain from Labour		Swing
	Ashfield Ind. gain from Labour		Swing

Jacksdale

Jacksdale (1)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ashfield Ind.	Christian Richard Chapman*	929	82	+47
	UKIP	Ray Young	94	8	N/A
	Labour	Debbie Roe	82	7	−27
	Conservative	Daniel James Alletson	28	2	N/A
Turnout
	Ashfield Ind. gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Kingsway

Kingsway (1)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ashfield Ind.	Dale Anthony Grounds	763	72	N/A
	Labour	Mike Smith*	162	15	−35
	UKIP	Catheryn Elizabeth Howells	82	8	N/A
	Conservative	Gemma Lucy Rudge	50	5	N/A
Turnout
	Ashfield Ind. gain from Labour		Swing

Kirkby Cross & Portland

Kirkby Cross & Portland (1)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ashfield Ind.	Daniel Frederick Williamson	1,026	73	N/A
	Labour	Cheryl Butler*	308	22	−17
	Conservative	Derrick Joseph Hart	68	5	N/A
Turnout
	Ashfield Ind. gain from Labour		Swing

Larwood

Larwood (1)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ashfield Ind.	Jason Zadrozny*	993	81	+34
	Labour	David Kenneth Warwick	161	13	−14
	Conservative	Paul Andrew Sheridan	68	6	−8
Turnout
	Ashfield Ind. gain from Independent		Swing

Leamington

Leamington (1)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ashfield Ind.	Sarah Jayne Madigan	712	72	N/A
	Labour	David Jonathan Giffiths*	184	19	−51
	Independent	Tony Wallis	55	6	N/A
	Conservative	Paul Adam Bailey	35	4	N/A
Turnout
	Ashfield Ind. gain from Labour		Swing

Selston

Selston (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ashfield Ind.	Andy Gascoyne	1,216	56	N/A
	Ashfield Ind.	Arnie Hankin	1,169	54	N/A
	Independent	Sam Wilson*	818	37	−8
	Independent	Emma Olden	670	31	N/A
	Labour	Stuart William Jackson	154	7	−12
	Labour	Pam Lewis	116	5	−13
	Conservative	Rebecca Sarah Hughes	91	4	N/A
	Conservative	Millie Warren	54	2	N/A
Turnout
	Ashfield Ind. gain from Independent		Swing
	Ashfield Ind. gain from Independent

Skegby

Skegby (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ashfield Ind.	Melanie Jane Darrington	1,629	78	N/A
	Ashfield Ind.	Anthony Neil Brewer*	1,619	78	+44
	Labour	Bea Evans-Braddow	290	14	−14
	Labour	Paul Roberts*	255	12	−17
	Conservative	Keith Lewis Broughton	93	4	N/A
	Conservative	Daniel Yates	54	3	N/A
Turnout
	Ashfield Ind. gain from Labour		Swing
	Ashfield Ind. gain from Liberal Democrats

St Marys

St Marys (1)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ashfield Ind.	Kier Barsby	941	78	N/A
	Labour	William Russell Booth	211	18	−18
	Conservative	Shaun Alan Flowers	53	4	−11
Turnout
	Ashfield Ind. gain from Labour		Swing

Stanton Hill & Teversal

Stanton Hill & Teversal (1)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ashfield Ind.	Helen-Ann Smith*	726	83	+40
	Labour	Linford Martyn Gibbons	108	12	−20
	Conservative	Remi Bambo	46	5	N/A
Turnout
	Ashfield Ind. gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Summit

Summit (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ashfield Ind.	John Baird	1,472	79	+56
	Ashfield Ind.	Warren Thomas Nuttall	1,302	70	N/A
	Labour	Donna Samantha Jane Gilbert	260	14	−28
	Labour	John Russell Knight*	250	13	−29
	UKIP	Janet Jeanes	120	6	−24
	Conservative	Lee Stuart Bradbury	39	2	N/A
	Conservative	Karen Simons	33	2	N/A
Turnout
	Ashfield Ind. gain from Labour		Swing
	Ashfield Ind. gain from Labour		Swing

Sutton Junction & Harlow Wood

Sutton Junction & Harlow Wood (1)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ashfield Ind.	Matthew James Relf	1,007	88	N/A
	Labour	Kevin Allan Ball	104	9	−29
	Conservative	Leslie Norman Boyington	33	3	N/A
Turnout
	Ashfield Ind. gain from Labour		Swing

The Dales

The Dales (1)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ashfield Ind.	Caroline Louise Wilkinson	794	83	N/A
	Labour	Sinead Emily Causer	115	12	−39
	Conservative	Christine Jennifer Self	52	5	N/A
Turnout
	Ashfield Ind. gain from Labour		Swing

Underwood

Underwood (1)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ashfield Ind.	David Bernard Martin	698	54	N/A
	Independent	Dawn Justice	379	30	N/A
	Conservative	Dawn Hodgman	97	8	−10
	Green	Simon Philip Towle	55	4	N/A
	Labour	Tracy Sowter	52	4	−13
Turnout			1281	48
	Ashfield Ind. gain from Independent		Swing

By-elections

Annesley and Kirkby Woodhouse

Annesley and Kirkby Woodhouse: 6 May 2021

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ashfield Ind.	Jamie Bell	1,630	74.9
	Labour	Perry Woodhouse	547	25.1
Majority			1,083	49.8
Turnout			2,177
	Ashfield Ind. hold		Swing

Skegby

Skegby: 6 May 2021

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ashfield Ind.	Will Bostock	1,137	60.7
	Conservative	Sam Howlett	426	22.7
	Labour	Joanne Booker-Varley	310	16.6
Majority			711	38.0
Turnout			1,873
	Ashfield Ind. hold		Swing

Hucknall Central

Hucknall Central: 23 November 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ashfield Ind.	Nicholas Brian Richard Parvin	710	54.5
	Labour	John Hartley Wilkinson	397	30.5
	Conservative	Janine Carol Lees	195	15.0
Majority			313	24.0
Turnout			1,307
	Ashfield Ind. hold		Swing