Ashford

  • Council Control: Ashford Ind/Green/Ind
  • Conservatives 16
  • Labour 8
  • Liberal Democrats 0
  • Green 10
  • Reform UK 1
  • Other 12

Ashford Independents 9, Independent 3. South-east Kent, including the large town of Ashford which has a major international railway station on the Channel Tunnel line. Distribution industries attracted by the council's advertising tag 'best placed in Britain'.

The Green Party held Rolvenden and Tenterden West at a byelection on 25 September. Kayleigh Brunger-Randall (Weald North) moved from Conservative to Independent in September 2025.

Next local elections
2027

Election cycle
Full

Local authority type
District

Address
Tannery Lane, Ashford TN23 1PL

Phone
01233 331111

Website
http://www.ashford.gov.uk/

Council Tax (Band D)
£2311.19

Upper tier authority
Kent