The results of this year's local elections in Ashfield have been confirmed, with the Ashfield Independents increasing their majority despite a turbulent few years. Voters in the area headed to the polls on Thursday (May 4) to elect the 35 members of its district council.
The 2019 election saw the Ashfield Independents winning 30 of the 35 seats available and the party fielded 35 candidates this time. The Ashfield Independents first took control of Ashfield District Council in 2018 after a vote of no confidence in the Labour leadership.
The vote came after two Labour councillors, Lee Anderson and Chris Baron, left the party to join the Conservatives. Below are all the results of this year's elections in Ashfield, which saw the Ashfield Independents winning 32 seats, the Conservatives winning two and Labour winning one.
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Abbey Hill (One councillor) - Turnout: 30.5% - ASHFIELD INDEPENDENT HOLD
Andrew Victor Meakin – Ashfield Independents - 473
Pat Rogerson – Conservatives - 73
Sean Andrew White – Labour - 149
Annesley and Kirkby Woodhouse (Two councillors) - Turnout: 36% - ASHFIELD INDEPENDENT HOLD
Jamie David Bell – Ashfield Independents - 1027
Simon John Edward Bishop – Labour - 615
Donna Samantha Jane Gilbert – Labour - 588
Anthony Thomas Hunt – Trade Union and Socialist Coalition - 28
Rachel Elisabeth Madden – Ashfield Independents - 1117
Richard Anthony Portas – Conservatives - 278
Dale Saddington – Conservatives - 249
Ashfields (One councillor) - Turnout: 31.09% - ASHFIELD INDEPENDENT HOLD
Sam Ansell – Conservatives - 243
David Thomas Walters – Ashfield Independents - 421
Margaret Ann Wilson – Labour - 257
Carsic (One councillor) - Turnout: 27.75% - LABOUR GAIN
Derrick Etches - 27
Tony Johnson – Conservatives - 137
Cathy Mason – Labour - 332
Joel Martyn Meakin – Ashfield Independents - 236
Greenwood and Summit (Two councillors) - Turnout: 25.34% - ASHFIELD INDEPENDENT HOLD
Enid Bakewell – Labour - 356
Linford Martyn Gibbons – Labour - 336
Christoper John Huskinson – Ashfield Independents - 746
Warren Thomas Nuttall – Ashfield Independents - 744
Lee Scothern – Conservatives - 136
Simon Wright – Conservatives - 116
Hucknall Central (Two councillors) - Turnout: 30.73% - ASHFIELD INDEPENDENT HOLD
Ria Cash – Labour - 627
James Alan Harvey – Liberal Democrats - 82
Jaimie McPherson – Conservatives - 234
Nick Parvin – Ashfield Independents - 860
Lee Waters – Ashfield Independents - 826
John Hartley Wilkinson – Labour - 529
Hucknall North (Three councillors) - Turnout: 33.52% - ASHFIELD INDEPENDENT HOLD
Patrick Stephen Ayres – Labour - 892
Anna Ellis – Ashfield Independents - 1277
Martin Alan Howes – Liberal Democrats - 388
Gordon Kenneth Mann – Ashfield Independents - 1218
Kevin Alan Stevenson – Liberal Democrats - 145
David Kenneth Warwick – Labour - 815
John Morton Anthony Wilmott – Ashfield Independents - 1371
Lewis Jake Wright – Conservatives - 368
Steve Wright – Conservatives - 365
Hucknall South (Two councillors) - Turnout: 28.75% - ASHFIELD INDEPENDENT GAIN
Stuart Bell – Labour - 634
Oliver John Hay – Ashfield Independents - 707
Trevor Charles Locke – Ashfield Independents - 845
Dave Randall – Conservatives - 311
Hucknall West (Three councillors) - Turnout: 30.65% - ONE ASHFIELD INDEPENDENT GAIN
Ian John Briggs – Ashfield Independents - 987
Paul Craddock – Ashfield Independents - 878
Jan Lees – Conservatives - 699
Andrew James Alexander Meikle – Breakthrough Party - 153
Kevin Thomas Rostance – Conservatives - 881
Phil Rostance – Conservatives - 896
David Paul Shaw – Ashfield Independents - 1070
Richard Speight – Labour - 724
Huthwaite & Brierley (Two councillors) - Turnout: 36.34% - ASHFIELD INDEPENDENT HOLD
Paul Ernest Grafton – Ashfield Independents - 848
Tom Hollis – Ashfield Independents - 854
John Anthony Howlett – Conservatives - 359
Stefan Lamb – Labour - 726
Jane Anne Lilliman – Labour - 690
Graham Lynk – Conservatives - 351
Jacksdale and Westwood (One councillor) - Turnout: 30.45% - ASHFIELD INDEPENDENT HOLD
Chris Baron – Conservatives - 103
Julie Anne Dawn Gregory – Ashfield Independents - 529
Christopher Varnam – Labour - 136
Kingsway (One councillor) - Turnout: 32.37% - ASHFIELD INDEPENDENT HOLD
Darren Clay – Conservatives - 107
Dale Anthony Grounds – Ashfield Independents - 423
Clare Marie West – Labour - 211
Kirkby Cross and Portland (One councillor) - Turnout: 35.30% - ASHFIELD INDEPENDENT HOLD
Cheryl Butler – Labour - 345
Sam Howlett – Conservatives - 228
Sarah Jane Lewsey – Ashfield Independents - 500
Larwood (One councillor) - Turnout: 33% - ASHFIELD INDEPENDENT HOLD
Adam Neville Bright – Labour - 206
Jack Stuart Middleton – Conservatives - 161
Jason Bernard Zadrozny – Ashfield Independents - 587
Leamington (One councillor) - Turnout: 26.62% - ASHFIELD INDEPENDENT HOLD
Sarah Jayne Madigan – Ashfield Independents - 351
Stuart Phillip Peach – Conservatives - 89
Ruth Stevens – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition - 15
Kerry Anne Thornton – Labour - 277
Selston (Two councillors) - ASHFIELD INDEPENDENT HOLD
Mark Joseph Bradshaw – Conservatives - 343
Rob Brooks – Labour - 362
Cam Felton – Conservatives - 319
Colleen Flint – Labour - 387
Andy Gascoyne – Ashfield Independents - 863
Arnie Hankin – Ashfield Independents - 832
Skegby (Two councillors) - Turnout: 32.77% - ASHFIELD INDEPENDENT HOLD
Michael Charles Barber – Labour - 474
Will Bostock – Ashfield Independents - 712
Keith Broughton – Conservatives - 385
Jodine Ocean Cronshaw – Ashfield Independents - 715
Roman Gasecki – Conservatives - 301
George Watson – Labour - 519
Stanton Hill and Teversal (One councillor) - Turnout: 35.59% - ASHFIELD INDEPENDENT HOLD
Lee Haywood – Labour - 381
Bill Rogerson – Conservatives - 120
Helen-Ann Smith – Ashfield Independents - 426
Sutton Central and New Cross (Two councillors) - Turnout: 26% - ASHFIELD INDEPENDENT HOLD
Samantha Kay Deakin – Ashfield Independents - 677
Max Patrick Everett – Labour - 381
Vicki Heslop – Ashfield Independents - 551
Shinto Mathew – Conservatives - 380
Margaret Betty Renshaw – Labour - 316
Lea Sharpe – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition - 39
Karen Jayne Shaw – Conservatives - 325
Sutton Junction and Harlow Wood (One councillor) - Turnout: 35.41% - ASHFIELD INDEPENDENT HOLD
Marcus James Everett – Labour - 166
Mitch Mitchell – Conservatives - 260
Matthew James Relf – Ashfield Independents - 525
Sutton St Mary's (One councillor) - Turnout: 33.87% - ASHFIELD INDEPENDENT HOLD
Kier Barsby – Ashfield Independents - 355
Christopher Barton-Hanson – Conservatives - 298
Rebekkah Paige Sisson – Labour - 272
The Dales (One councillor) - Turnout: 33% - ASHFIELD INDEPENDENT HOLD
Jackie Barber – Labour - 239
Angela Louise Bentley – Conservatives - 182
John Frederick Smallridge – Ashfield Independents - 351
Underwood (One councillor) - Turnout: 46% - CONSERVATIVE GAIN
Dawn Justice – Conservatives - 547
David Bernard Martin – Ashfield Independents - 510
Sebastian Lawrence Wilson – Labour - 128
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