title: 2019 Ashfield District Council election
text: # 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.
  
  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.
  
  ## Overall election results
  
  ### Ashfield District Council (Summary of Overall Results)
  
  Within Ashfield District Council 2019 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Votes | Votes | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Party | Party | 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 | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 965 | 40% | |
  | | Ashfield Ind. gain from Labour | Ashfield Ind. gain from Labour | Swing | | |
  
  ### Annesley & Kirkby Woodhouse
  
  Annesley & Kirkby Woodhouse (2) :
  
  | Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | | 43% | |
  | | Ashfield Ind. gain from Labour | Ashfield Ind. gain from Labour | Swing | | |
  | | Ashfield Ind. gain from Liberal Democrats | Ashfield Ind. gain from Liberal Democrats | Ashfield Ind. gain from Liberal Democrats | Ashfield Ind. gain from Liberal Democrats |
  
  ### Ashfields
  
  Ashfields (1) :
  
  | Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 1166 | 40% | |
  | | Ashfield Ind. gain from Liberal Democrats | Ashfield Ind. gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
  
  ### Carsic
  
  Carsic (1) :
  
  | Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
  | | Ashfield Ind. gain from Labour | Ashfield Ind. gain from Labour | Swing | | |
  
  ### Central & New Cross
  
  Central & New Cross (2) :
  
  | Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
  | | Ashfield Ind. gain from Labour | Ashfield Ind. gain from Labour | Swing | | |
  | | Ashfield Ind. gain from Labour | Ashfield Ind. gain from Labour | Swing | | |
  
  ### Hucknall Central
  
  Hucknall Central (2) :
  
  | Party | 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 Sibusiso Ndiweni* | 540 | 30 | -6 |
  | | Conservative | Trevor Ronald Peat | 356 | 20 | -8 |
  | | Conservative | Liz Kelly | 297 | 16 | -3 |
  | | UKIP | Jack Holland | 279 | 15 | -11 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
  | | Ashfield Ind. gain from Labour | Ashfield Ind. gain from Labour | Ashfield Ind. gain from Labour | Ashfield Ind. gain from Labour |
  | | Ashfield Ind. gain from Labour | Ashfield Ind. gain from Labour | Ashfield Ind. gain from Labour | Ashfield Ind. gain from Labour |
  
  ### Hucknall North
  
  Hucknall North (3) :
  
  | Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
  | | Ashfield Ind. gain from Conservative | Ashfield Ind. gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
  | | Ashfield Ind. gain from Conservative | Ashfield Ind. gain from Conservative | Ashfield Ind. gain from Conservative | Ashfield Ind. gain from Conservative |
  | | Ashfield Ind. gain from Labour | Ashfield Ind. gain from Labour | Ashfield Ind. gain from Labour | Ashfield Ind. gain from Labour |
  
  ### Hucknall South
  
  Hucknall South (2) :
  
  | Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
  
  ### Hucknall West
  
  Hucknall West (3) :
  
  | Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
  
  Conservative hold
  
  ### Huthwaite & Brierley
  
  Huthwaite & Brierley (2) :
  
  | Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
  | | Ashfield Ind. gain from Labour | Ashfield Ind. gain from Labour | Swing | | |
  | | Ashfield Ind. gain from Labour | Ashfield Ind. gain from Labour | Swing | | |
  
  ### Jacksdale
  
  Jacksdale (1) :
  
  | Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
  | | Ashfield Ind. gain from Liberal Democrats | Ashfield Ind. gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
  
  ### Kingsway
  
  Kingsway (1) :
  
  | Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
  | | Ashfield Ind. gain from Labour | Ashfield Ind. gain from Labour | Swing | | |
  
  ### Kirkby Cross & Portland
  
  Kirkby Cross & Portland (1) :
  
  | Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
  | | Ashfield Ind. gain from Labour | Ashfield Ind. gain from Labour | Swing | | |
  
  ### Larwood
  
  Larwood (1) :
  
  | Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
  | | Ashfield Ind. gain from Independent | Ashfield Ind. gain from Independent | Swing | | |
  
  ### Leamington
  
  Leamington (1) :
  
  | Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
  | | Ashfield Ind. gain from Labour | Ashfield Ind. gain from Labour | Swing | | |
  
  ### Selston
  
  Selston (2) :
  
  | Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
  | | Ashfield Ind. gain from Independent | Ashfield Ind. gain from Independent | Swing | | |
  | | Ashfield Ind. gain from Independent | Ashfield Ind. gain from Independent | Ashfield Ind. gain from Independent | Ashfield Ind. gain from Independent |
  
  ### Skegby
  
  Skegby (2) :
  
  | Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
  | | Ashfield Ind. gain from Labour | Ashfield Ind. gain from Labour | Swing | | |
  | | Ashfield Ind. gain from Liberal Democrats | Ashfield Ind. gain from Liberal Democrats | Ashfield Ind. gain from Liberal Democrats | Ashfield Ind. gain from Liberal Democrats |
  
  ### St Marys
  
  St Marys (1) :
  
  | Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
  | | Ashfield Ind. gain from Labour | Ashfield Ind. gain from Labour | Swing | | |
  
  ### Stanton Hill & Teversal
  
  Stanton Hill & Teversal (1) :
  
  | Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
  | | Ashfield Ind. gain from Liberal Democrats | Ashfield Ind. gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
  
  ### Summit
  
  Summit (2) :
  
  | Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
  | | Ashfield Ind. gain from Labour | Ashfield Ind. gain from Labour | Swing | | |
  | | Ashfield Ind. gain from Labour | Ashfield Ind. gain from Labour | Swing | | |
  
  ### Sutton Junction & Harlow Wood
  
  Sutton Junction & Harlow Wood (1) :
  
  | Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
  | | Ashfield Ind. gain from Labour | Ashfield Ind. gain from Labour | Swing | | |
  
  ### The Dales
  
  The Dales (1) :
  
  | Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
  | | Ashfield Ind. gain from Labour | Ashfield Ind. gain from Labour | Swing | | |
  
  ### Underwood
  
  Underwood (1) :
  
  | Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 1281 | 48 | |
  | | Ashfield Ind. gain from Independent | Ashfield Ind. gain from Independent | Swing | | |
  
  ## By-elections
  
  ### Annesley and Kirkby Woodhouse
  
  Annesley and Kirkby Woodhouse: 6 May 2021 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Ashfield Ind. | Jamie Bell | 1,630 | 74.9 |
  | | Labour | Perry Woodhouse | 547 | 25.1 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,083 | 49.8 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,177 | |
  | | Ashfield Ind. hold | Ashfield Ind. hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Skegby
  
  Skegby: 6 May 2021 :
  
  | Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 711 | 38.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,873 | |
  | | Ashfield Ind. hold | Ashfield Ind. hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Hucknall Central
  
  Hucknall Central: 23 November 2022 :
  
  | Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 313 | 24.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,307 | |
  | | Ashfield Ind. hold | Ashfield Ind. hold | Swing | |
  