Your Councillors
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:
| Photograph | Councillor | Political party | Ward |
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c/o Ashford Borough Council, International House, Dover Place, Ashford, TN23 1HU Home: 07508 812122 |
Labour | Furley |
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Deputy Portfolio Holder for Housing and Homelessness and Deputy Leader of the Green Party C/O Ashford Borough Council, International House, Dover Place, Ashford, TN23 1HU Work: al.arnold@ashford.gov.uk |
The Green Party | Aylesford & East Stour |
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Cabinet Member for Port Health 19 Flaxpond Road, Ashford, Kent, TN23 5PR |
Ashford Independent | Singleton East |
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Imber, Cheeseman's Green Lane, Sevington, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0LJ Home mobile: 07739 293502 |
Conservative | Mersham, Sevington South with Finberry |
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Brass Tacks, Benenden Road, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8BY Home mobile: 07970 885065 |
Conservative | Upper Weald |
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Leader of the Conservative Group Brass Tacks, Benenden Road, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8BY Home mobile: 07970 833716 Work: neil.bell@ashford.gov.uk |
Conservative | Biddenden |
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Cabinet Member for Commercial Property & Investment The Post House, The Street, Brook, Ashford, TN25 5PF Home mobile: 07525 591106 |
Ashford Independent | Bircholt |
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25 Westfields, Pluckley, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0PW Home: 01233 840050 |
Conservative | Weald Central |
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C/O Ashford Borough Council, International House, Dover Place, Ashford, TN23 1HU |
Conservative | Weald North |
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20 Magazine Road, Ashford, Kent, TN24 8NN Home: 01233 627696 |
Independent | Furley |
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Deputy Leader of the Council & Cabinet Member for Climate, Environment and Sustainability and Co-Leader of the Green Party 7 High Trees Close, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0ND Home: 07802 373324 |
The Green Party | Willesborough |
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Leader of the Labour Group c/o Ashford Borough Council, Intnertaional House, Dover Place, Ashford, TN23 1HU Home mobile: 07827 649342 |
Labour | Stanhope |
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c/o Ashford Borough Council, International House, Dover Place, Ashford, TN23 1HU Home mobile: 07962 019654 Work: alan.dean@ashford.gov.uk |
Labour | Bybrook |
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40 Viburnum Close, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3LB Home: 01233 632447 Home mobile: 07788 482053 |
Conservative | Godinton |
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15 Repton Avenue, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3RX Home: 07957 313298 |
Conservative | Repton |
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c/o Ashford Borough Council, International House, Dover Place, Ashford, TN23 1HU Home mobile: 07727 647449 |
The Green Party | Norman |
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c/o Ashford Borough Council, International House, Dover Place, Ashford, TN23 1HU Home: 01233 633966 Home mobile: 07815 803862 |
Labour | Singleton West |
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c/o Ashford Borough Council, International House, Dover Place, Ashford, TN23 1HU Home mobile: 07935 986240 |
Labour | Victoria |
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Co-Leader of the Green Party c/o Ashford Borough Council, International House, Dover Place, Ashford, TN23 1HU Home mobile: 07588 731737 |
The Green Party | Park Farm South |
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c/o Ashford Borough Council, International House, Dover Place, Ashford, Kent, TN23 1HU |
Labour | Washford |
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Cabinet Member for Planning, Housing Delivery & Communication The Cottage, Goldenhurst, Giggers Green Road, Aldington, Kent, TN25 7BY Home: 01233 720420 Home mobile: 07802 776779 |
Ashford Independent | Saxon Shore |
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Cabinet Member for Tourism, Culture, Policy and Performance 274 Kingsnorth Road, Ashford, Kent, TN23 6LU Home: 07970 040172 |
Ashford Independent | Roman |
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7 Kings Avenue, Ashford, Kent, TN23 1LU Home: 01233 634257 |
Conservative | Repton |
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Fairfield, Magpie Hall Road, Stubbs Cross, Ashford, Kent, TN26 1HG Home: 01233 628387 |
Conservative | Weald South |
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26 Kent Avenue, Ashford, Kent, TN24 8NQ Home mobile: 07710 516618 |
Conservative | Kennington |
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Stable Cottage, Church Lane, Hothfield, Ashford, Kent, TN26 1EL Home: 01233 643497 |
Conservative | Downs West |
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c/o Ashford Borough Council, International House, Dover Place, Ashford, TN23 1HU Home mobile: 07748 314573 |
Labour | Beaver |
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Torteval, Woodchurch Road, Shadoxhurst, Ashford, Kent, TN26 1LE Home: 01233 733540 |
Ashford Independent | Weald South |
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1 Barnfield, Ox Lane, St. Michaels, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6NH Home: 01580 765329 |
Conservative | Tenterden St Michaels |
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c/o Ashford Borough Council, International House, Dover Place, Ashford, Kent, TN23 1HU Work: ray.mcgeever@ashford.gov.uk Home: 07841 575739 |
Ashford Independent | Kingsnorth Village & Bridgefield |
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Gorewell, Selling Road, Old Wives Lees, Canterbury, CT4 8BD |
The Green Party | Downs North |
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Deputy Mayor of Ashford 12 Dexter Close, Boughton Aluph, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4QG Home: 01233 636644 |
Ashford Independent | Goat Lees |
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Dering Court, Grange Road, St Micheals, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6DT Home: 07568 063309 |
Conservative | Tenterden North |
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Cabinet Member for People & Services c/o Ashford Borough Council, International House, Dover Place, Ashford, TN23 1HU Home mobile: 07738 851163 |
The Green Party | Highfield |
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Leader of the Council & Cabinet Member for Finance and Resource (with Special Responsibility for Housing & Homelessness) 5 Pottery Cottages, Naccolt, Brook, Ashford, Kent, TN25 5NX Home mobile: 07802 338614 |
Ashford Independent | Wye with Hinxhill |
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c/o Ashford Borough Council, Civic Centre, Tannery Lane, Ashford, Kent, TN23 1PL Home: 07921 225967 |
Ashford Independent | Conningbrook & Little Burton Farm |
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c/o Ashford Borough Council, International House, Dover Place, Ashford, Kent, TN23 1HU Home mobile: 07961 122162 |
Conservative | Weald Central |
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C/O Ashford Borough Council, International House, Dover Place, Ashford, Kent, TN23 1HU Work mobile: 07881 718976 |
The Green Party | Aylesford & East Stour |
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The Old Farmhouse, Faversham Road, Throwley, Faversham, ME13 0JN Home mobile: 07788 426147 |
Conservative | Charing |
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c/o Ashford Borough Council, International House, Dover Place, Ashford, TN23 1HU Home: 01233 281250 |
Conservative | Isle of Oxney |
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The Old Malthouse, Swain Road, St Michaels, Tenterden, TN30 6PS Home mobile: 07872 425627 Work: pam.smith@ashford.gov.uk |
Conservative | Tenterden South |
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Deputy Leader of the Labour Group c/o Ashford Borough Council, International House, Dover Place, Ashford, TN23 1HU Home: 07770 921103 |
Labour | Bockhanger |
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c/o Ashford Borough Council, International House, Dover Place, Ashford, TN23 1HU Home mobile: 07411 743321 |
Labour | Victoria |
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Mayor of Ashford c/o Ashford Borough Council, International House, Dover Place, Ashford, TN23 1HU Home: 07868 459425 |
Labour | Beaver |
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c/o Ashford Borough Council, International House, Dover Place, Ashford, TN23 1HU Home mobile: 07791 135006 |
Ashford Independent | Park Farm North |
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Cabinet Member for Parks, Recreation and Legal Potts Farm, Chennell Park Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6XA Home: 07389 110611 |
The Green Party | Rolvenden & Tenterden West |
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Cabinet Member for Communities, Health and Wellbeing Milden Cottage, Mill Lane, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0QG Home mobile: 07956 076912 |
The Green Party | Willesborough |