2019 Ashfield District Council election
2019 UK local government election
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The 2019 Ashfield District Council election took place on 2 May 2019, to elect all members of Ashfield District Council in England.[1]
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2 May 2019
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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 | |||||||||||||||
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| 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 | 6,798 | ||||||||
| 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
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashfield Ind. | Andy Meakin | 706 | 73.2 | +50 | |
| Labour | Christopher Michael Murphy | 176 | 18.2 | −17 | |
| UKIP | Moira Jean Sansom | 62 | 6.4 | −15 | |
| Conservative | Dale Saddington | 21 | 2.2 | −12 | |
| Registered electors | 2,421 | ||||
| Rejected ballots | 1 | 0.1 | |||
| Turnout | 966 | 39.9 | |||
| Ashfield Ind. gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Annesley & Kirkby Woodhouse
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashfield Ind. | Rachel Elisabeth Madden* | 1,894 | 75.0 | +33 | |
| Ashfield Ind. | Ciaran Richard Brown | 1,642 | 65.1 | N/A | |
| Labour | Don Davis* | 410 | 16.2 | −20 | |
| Labour | Roo Stevens | 328 | 13.0 | −19 | |
| UKIP | Glyn Street | 185 | 7.3 | −20 | |
| Conservative | Paul Anthony Bedford | 113 | 4.5 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Tom Clark | 101 | 4.0 | N/A | |
| Registered electors | 5,838 | ||||
| Rejected ballots | 12 | 0.5 | |||
| Turnout | 2524 | 43.2 | |||
| Ashfield Ind. gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| Ashfield Ind. gain from Liberal Democrats | |||||
Ashfields
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashfield Ind. | David Thomas Walters | 970 | 83.2 | N/A | |
| Labour | Damian John Darby | 113 | 9.7 | −16 | |
| Conservative | Andrew Mark Abele | 83 | 7.1 | −7 | |
| Registered electors | 2,972 | ||||
| Rejected ballots | 8 | 0.7 | |||
| Turnout | 1174 | 39.5 | |||
| Ashfield Ind. gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Carsic
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashfield Ind. | John Frederick Smallridge | 708 | 72.3 | N/A | |
| Labour | Cathy Mason* | 241 | 24.6 | −38 | |
| Conservative | John Dobson | 30 | 3.1 | −13 | |
| Registered electors | 2,743 | ||||
| Rejected ballots | 9 | 0.9 | |||
| Turnout | 984 | 35.9 | |||
| Ashfield Ind. gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Sutton Central & New Cross
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashfield Ind. | Samantha Kay Deakin | 1,371 | 80.3 | +55 | |
| Ashfield Ind. | David Lawrence Hennigan | 1,188 | 69.6 | N/A | |
| Labour | Marty Everett | 249 | 14.6 | −31 | |
| Labour | Crystal Jane Parker | 227 | 13.3 | −30 | |
| Green | Arran Rangi | 84 | 4.9 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Nicholas Felton | 62 | 3.6 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Mark Richard Simons | 51 | 3.0 | N/A | |
| Registered electors | 5,539 | ||||
| Rejected ballots | 9 | 0.5 | |||
| Turnout | 1708 | 30.8 | |||
| Ashfield Ind. gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| Ashfield Ind. gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Hucknall Central
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashfield Ind. | Trevor Charles Locke | 690 | 38.0 | N/A | |
| Ashfield Ind. | Jim Blagden | 671 | 37.0 | +30 | |
| Labour | John Hartley Wilkinson | 559 | 30.8 | −10 | |
| Labour | Nicolle Ndiweni* | 540 | 29.8 | −6 | |
| Conservative | Trevor Ronald Peat | 356 | 19.6 | −8 | |
| Conservative | Liz Kelly | 297 | 16.4 | −3 | |
| UKIP | Jack Holland | 279 | 15.4 | −11 | |
| Registered electors | 5,542 | ||||
| Rejected ballots | 9 | 0.5 | |||
| Turnout | 1814 | 32.7 | |||
| Ashfield Ind. gain from Labour | |||||
| Ashfield Ind. gain from Labour | |||||
Hucknall North
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashfield Ind. | John Anthony Wilmott* | 2,011 | 64.7 | +50 | |
| Ashfield Ind. | Lee Waters | 1,879 | 60.5 | N/A | |
| Ashfield Ind. | Dave Shaw | 1,869 | 60.2 | N/A | |
| Labour | Alice Elisabeth Grice | 619 | 19.9 | −15 | |
| Labour | Nat Mason | 557 | 17.9 | −12 | |
| Labour | Natalie Rachael Bryan | 539 | 17.3 | −12 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Vicki Charlton | 309 | 9.9 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Cathryn Georgina Rostance | 281 | 9.0 | −27 | |
| Liberal Democrats | James Alan Harvey | 231 | 7.4 | N/A | |
| Conservative | David Stephen Randall | 216 | 7.0 | −26 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Martin Alan Howes | 196 | 6.3 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Maria Stojak | 192 | 6.2 | −24 | |
| Registered electors | 7,985 | ||||
| Rejected ballots | 12 | 0.4 | |||
| Turnout | 3107 | 38.9 | |||
| Ashfield Ind. gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Ashfield Ind. gain from Conservative | |||||
| Ashfield Ind. gain from Labour | |||||
Hucknall South
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Lauren Amber Mitchell* | 642 | 37.8 | −4 | |
| Labour | Keir Alexander Morrison* | 606 | 35.6 | − | |
| Conservative | Jan Lees | 526 | 30.9 | +1 | |
| Conservative | Brian Anthony Willows | 496 | 29.2 | −1 | |
| Ashfield Ind. | Ben John Tomlinson | 470 | 27.6 | N/A | |
| Ashfield Ind. | Jean Rose Toseland | 461 | 27.1 | N/A | |
| Registered electors | 5,596 | ||||
| Rejected ballots | 18 | 1.1 | |||
| Turnout | 1700 | 30.4 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Hucknall West
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Kevin Thomas Rostance* | 1,043 | 43.6 | +6 | |
| Conservative | Phil Rostance* | 1,031 | 43.1 | +8 | |
| Conservative | Chris Baron* | 831 | 34.8 | −1 | |
| Ashfield Ind. | Rachael Clarke | 691 | 28.9 | N/A | |
| Ashfield Ind. | Nicole Charlotte Paylor | 653 | 27.3 | N/A | |
| Labour | Patrick Stephen Ayres | 642 | 26.9 | −9 | |
| Ashfield Ind. | Gordon Kenneth Mann | 610 | 25.5 | N/A | |
| Labour | Louise Margaret Cooke | 603 | 25.2 | −8 | |
| Labour | Ian Morrison | 600 | 25.1 | −8 | |
| Registered electors | 7,409 | ||||
| Rejected ballots | 28 | 1.2 | |||
| Turnout | 2390 | 32.3 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Huthwaite & Brierley
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashfield Ind. | Tom Hollis | 1,933 | 81.0 | N/A | |
| Ashfield Ind. | Andrew Richard Harding | 1,832 | 76.7 | N/A | |
| Labour | Ali Lakin | 318 | 13.3 | −22 | |
| Labour | Lee Michael Holland | 285 | 11.9 | −22 | |
| Conservative | Jeff Self | 100 | 4.2 | −17 | |
| Conservative | Adam Kevin Rostance | 74 | 3.1 | N/A | |
| Registered electors | 5,719 | ||||
| Rejected ballots | 13 | 0.5 | |||
| Turnout | 2387 | 41.7 | |||
| Ashfield Ind. gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| Ashfield Ind. gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Jacksdale & Westwood
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashfield Ind. | Christian Richard Chapman* | 929 | 82.0 | +47 | |
| UKIP | Ray Young | 94 | 8.3 | N/A | |
| Labour | Debbie Roe | 82 | 7.2 | −27 | |
| Conservative | Daniel James Alletson | 28 | 2.5 | N/A | |
| Registered electors | 2,594 | ||||
| Rejected ballots | 2 | 0.2 | |||
| Turnout | 1135 | 43.8 | |||
| Ashfield Ind. gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Kingsway
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashfield Ind. | Dale Anthony Grounds | 763 | 72.2 | N/A | |
| Labour Co-op | Mike Smith* | 162 | 15.3 | −35 | |
| UKIP | Catheryn Elizabeth Howells | 82 | 7.8 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Gemma Lucy Rudge | 50 | 4.7 | N/A | |
| Registered electors | 2,387 | ||||
| Rejected ballots | 4 | 0.4 | |||
| Turnout | 1061 | 44.4 | |||
| Ashfield Ind. gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Kirkby Cross & Portland
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashfield Ind. | Daniel Frederick Williamson | 1,026 | 73.2 | N/A | |
| Labour | Cheryl Butler* | 308 | 22.0 | −17 | |
| Conservative | Derrick Joseph Hart | 68 | 4.9 | N/A | |
| Registered electors | 3,144 | ||||
| Turnout | 1402 | 44.6 | |||
| Ashfield Ind. gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Larwood
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashfield Ind. | Jason Zadrozny* | 993 | 81.3 | +34 | |
| Labour | David Kenneth Warwick | 161 | 13.2 | −14 | |
| Conservative | Paul Andrew Sheridan | 68 | 5.6 | −8 | |
| Registered electors | 2,934 | ||||
| Rejected ballots | 6 | 0.5 | |||
| Turnout | 1229 | 41.9 | |||
| Ashfield Ind. gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Leamington
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashfield Ind. | Sarah Jayne Madigan | 712 | 72.2 | N/A | |
| Labour | David Jonathan Griffiths* | 184 | 18.7 | −51 | |
| Independent | Tony Wallis | 55 | 5.6 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Paul Adam Bailey | 35 | 3.5 | N/A | |
| Registered electors | 2,822 | ||||
| Rejected ballots | 6 | 0.6 | |||
| Turnout | 992 | 35.2 | |||
| Ashfield Ind. gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Selston
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashfield Ind. | Andy Gascoyne | 1,216 | 55.4 | N/A | |
| Ashfield Ind. | Arnie Hankin | 1,169 | 53.3 | N/A | |
| Independent | Sam Wilson* | 818 | 37.3 | −8 | |
| Independent | Emma Olden | 670 | 30.6 | N/A | |
| Labour | Stuart William Jackson | 154 | 7.0 | −12 | |
| Labour | Pam Lewis | 116 | 5.3 | −13 | |
| Conservative | Rebecca Sarah Hughes | 91 | 4.1 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Millie Warren | 54 | 2.5 | N/A | |
| Registered electors | 5,022 | ||||
| Rejected ballots | 8 | 0.4 | |||
| Turnout | 2193 | 43.7 | |||
| Ashfield Ind. gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
| Ashfield Ind. gain from Independent | |||||
Skegby
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashfield Ind. | Melanie Jane Darrington | 1,629 | 78.2 | N/A | |
| Ashfield Ind. | Anthony Neil Brewer* | 1,619 | 77.7 | +44 | |
| Labour | Bea Evans-Braddow | 290 | 13.9 | −14 | |
| Labour | Paul Roberts* | 255 | 12.2 | −17 | |
| Conservative | Keith Lewis Broughton | 93 | 4.5 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Daniel Yates | 54 | 2.6 | N/A | |
| Registered electors | 5,221 | ||||
| Rejected ballots | 5 | 0.2 | |||
| Turnout | 2084 | 39.9 | |||
| Ashfield Ind. gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| Ashfield Ind. gain from Liberal Democrats | |||||
Sutton St Mary's
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashfield Ind. | Kier Barsby | 941 | 78.1 | N/A | |
| Labour | William Russell Booth | 211 | 17.5 | −18 | |
| Conservative | Shaun Alan Flowers | 53 | 4.4 | −11 | |
| Registered electors | 2,878 | ||||
| Rejected ballots | 4 | 0.3 | |||
| Turnout | 1209 | 42.0 | |||
| Ashfield Ind. gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Stanton Hill & Teversal
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashfield Ind. | Helen-Ann Smith* | 726 | 82.5 | +40 | |
| Labour | Linford Martyn Gibbons | 108 | 12.3 | −20 | |
| Conservative | Remi Bambo | 46 | 5.2 | N/A | |
| Registered electors | 2,499 | ||||
| Rejected ballots | 6 | 0.7 | |||
| Turnout | 886 | 35.5 | |||
| Ashfield Ind. gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Greenwood & Summit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashfield Ind. | John Baird | 1,472 | 79.1 | +56 | |
| Ashfield Ind. | Warren Thomas Nuttall | 1,302 | 70.0 | N/A | |
| Labour | Donna Samantha Jane Gilbert | 260 | 14.0 | −28 | |
| Labour | John Russell Knight* | 250 | 13.4 | −29 | |
| UKIP | Janet Jeanes | 120 | 6.5 | −24 | |
| Conservative | Lee Stuart Bradbury | 39 | 2.1 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Karen Simons | 33 | 1.8 | N/A | |
| Registered electors | 5,063 | ||||
| Rejected ballots | 6 | 0.3 | |||
| Turnout | 1860 | 36.7 | |||
| Ashfield Ind. gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| Ashfield Ind. gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Sutton Junction & Harlow Wood
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashfield Ind. | Matthew James Relf | 1,007 | 88.0 | N/A | |
| Labour | Kevin Allan Ball | 104 | 9.1 | −29 | |
| Conservative | Leslie Norman Boyington | 33 | 2.9 | N/A | |
| Registered electors | 2,754 | ||||
| Rejected ballots | 3 | 0.3 | |||
| Turnout | 1147 | 41.6 | |||
| Ashfield Ind. gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
The Dales
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashfield Ind. | Caroline Louise Wilkinson | 794 | 82.6 | N/A | |
| Labour | Sinead Emily Causer | 115 | 12.0 | −39 | |
| Conservative | Christine Jennifer Self | 52 | 5.4 | N/A | |
| Registered electors | 2,382 | ||||
| Rejected ballots | 1 | 0.1 | |||
| Turnout | 962 | 40.4 | |||
| Ashfield Ind. gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Underwood
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashfield Ind. | David Bernard Martin | 698 | 54.5 | N/A | |
| Independent | Dawn Justice | 379 | 29.6 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Dawn Hodgman | 97 | 7.6 | −10 | |
| Green | Simon Philip Towle | 55 | 4.3 | N/A | |
| Labour | Tracy Sowter | 52 | 4.1 | −13 | |
| Registered electors | 2,695 | ||||
| Rejected ballots | 6 | 0.5 | |||
| Turnout | 1287 | 47.8 | |||
| Ashfield Ind. gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Changes 2019–2023
- 27 May 2020: David Hennigan (Sutton Central & New Cross) left the Ashfield Independents group "by mutual consent", while remaining a councillor.[26]
- Melanie Darrington (Skegby) left the Ashfield Independents group to sit as an independent councillor during the term.[citation needed]
- November 2022: council leader Jason Zadrozny and five other Ashfield Independent councillors were arrested by Nottinghamshire Police on suspicion of fraud, money laundering and misconduct in public office; all six were released under investigation.[27] In June 2023 Zadrozny and deputy leader Tom Hollis were among those charged: Zadrozny with 22 offences, comprising 12 counts of fraud by false representation, five counts of money laundering, four counts of income tax evasion and one count of possessing a Class A drug, and Hollis with two counts of failing to declare a pecuniary interest.[28][29] Zadrozny pleaded not guilty to all charges at Nottingham Magistrates' Court on 21 July 2023.[28] Hollis was fined in February 2024.[30] Zadrozny's trial, delayed from an original February 2025 date, was confirmed for 24 August 2026 at Northampton Crown Court.[31]
By-elections
Annesley & Kirkby Woodhouse
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashfield Ind. | Jamie Bell | 1,630 | 74.9 | ||
| Labour | Perry Woodhouse | 547 | 25.1 | ||
| Majority | 1,083 | 49.8 | |||
| Registered electors | 5,807 | ||||
| Rejected ballots | 44 | 2.0 | |||
| Turnout | 2,221 | 38.2 | |||
| Ashfield Ind. hold | Swing | ||||
The by-election was triggered by the resignation of the sitting councillor, Ciaran Richard Brown.[33]
Skegby
| 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 | |||
| Registered electors | 5,194 | ||||
| Rejected ballots | 7 | 0.4 | |||
| Turnout | 1,880 | 36.2 | |||
| Ashfield Ind. hold | Swing | ||||
The by-election was triggered by the death of the sitting councillor, Anthony Neil Brewer, who died on 7 April 2020 after contracting COVID-19; the poll itself was delayed by over a year by the nationwide suspension of English local by-elections during the coronavirus pandemic before being held alongside the rest of the postponed May 2020 election cycle on 6 May 2021.[35]
Hucknall Central
| 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 | |||
| Registered electors | 5,538 | ||||
| Rejected ballots | 5 | 0.4 | |||
| Turnout | 1,307 | 23.6 | |||
| Ashfield Ind. hold | Swing | ||||
The by-election was triggered by the death of the sitting councillor, Jim Blagden, who died on 31 July 2022 after being diagnosed with cancer.[37]