Local Councillors are elected by the community to decide how the council should carry out its various activities. They represent public interest as well as individuals living within the ward in which he or she has been elected to serve a term of office.
They have regular contact with the general public through council meetings, telephone calls or surgeries. Surgeries provide an opportunity for any ward resident to go and talk their councillor face to face and these take place on a regular basis.
Councillors are not paid a salary for their work, but they do receive allowances. By law, all members of the Council are required to complete a declaration of interest form, the details of which are published annually.
To find your councillor please use the below links:
Furley
Labour
Aylesford & East Stour
The Green Party
Deputy Portfolio Holder for Housing and Homelessness and Deputy Leader of the Green Party
Singleton East
Ashford Independent
Cabinet Member for Port Health
Mersham, Sevington South with Finberry
Conservative
Upper Weald
Conservative
Biddenden
Conservative
Leader of the Conservative Group
Bircholt
Ashford Independent
Cabinet Member for Commercial Property & Investment
Weald Central
Conservative
Weald North
Conservative
Furley
Independent
Willesborough
The Green Party
Deputy Leader of the Council & Cabinet Member for Climate, Environment and Sustainability and Co-Leader of the Green Party
Stanhope
Labour
Leader of the Labour Group
Bybrook
Labour
Godinton
Conservative
Repton
Conservative
Norman
The Green Party
Singleton West
Labour
Victoria
Labour
Park Farm South
The Green Party
Co-Leader of the Green Party
Washford
Labour
Saxon Shore
Ashford Independent
Cabinet Member for Planning, Housing Delivery & Communication
Roman
Ashford Independent
Cabinet Member for Tourism, Culture, Policy and Performance
Repton
Conservative
Weald South
Conservative
Kennington
Conservative
Downs West
Conservative
Beaver
Labour
Weald South
Ashford Independent
Tenterden St Michaels
Conservative
Kingsnorth Village & Bridgefield
Ashford Independent
Downs North
The Green Party
Goat Lees
Ashford Independent
Deputy Mayor of Ashford
Tenterden North
Conservative
Highfield
The Green Party
Cabinet Member for People & Services
Wye with Hinxhill
Ashford Independent
Leader of the Council & Cabinet Member for Finance and Resource (with Special Responsibility for Housing & Homelessness)
Conningbrook & Little Burton Farm
Ashford Independent
Weald Central
Conservative
Charing
Conservative
Isle of Oxney
Conservative
Tenterden South
Conservative
Bockhanger
Labour
Deputy Leader of the Labour Group
Victoria
Labour
Beaver
Labour
Mayor of Ashford
Park Farm North
Ashford Independent
Rolvenden & Tenterden West
The Green Party
Cabinet Member for Parks, Recreation and Legal
Willesborough
The Green Party
Cabinet Member for Communities, Health and Wellbeing