Ashton Hurst (ward)

Ashton Hurst (Tameside)
Ashton Hurst (Tameside)
Electoral ward
	Ashton Hurst within Tameside
	Coat of arms
	Motto(s): Industry and Integrity
	Coordinates: 53°30′29″N 2°04′30″W / 53.5080°N 2.0749°W
Country	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	Manchester
County	Greater Manchester
Created	2004
Named for	Ashton-under-Lyne
Government UK Parliament constituency: Ashton-under-Lyne
• Type	Unicameral
• Body	Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council
• Leader of the Council	Brenda Warrington (Labour)
• Councillor	Dolores Lewis (Labour)
• Councillor	Mike Glover (Labour)
• Councillor	Leigh Drennan (Labour)

Ashton Hurst is an electoral ward of Tameside, England.^[1] It is represented in Westminster by Angela Rayner Labour MP for Ashton-under-Lyne.^[2]

Councillors

The ward is represented by three councillors:

Dolores Lewis (Lab)^[3]
Mike Glover (Lab)^[4]
Leigh Drennan (Lab)^[5]

Election	Councillor		Councillor		Councillor
2004	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Pauline Harrison (Lab)	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Alan Whitehead (Lab)	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Richard Ambler (Con)
2006	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	John Kelly (Con)	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Alan Whitehead (Lab)	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Richard Ambler (Con)
2007	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	John Kelly (Con)	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Alan Whitehead (Lab)	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Richard Ambler (Con)
2008	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	John Kelly (Con)	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Alan Whitehead (Lab)	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Richard Ambler (Con)
2010	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Pauline Harrison (Lab)	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Alan Whitehead (Lab)	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Richard Ambler (Con)
2011	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Pauline Harrison (Lab)	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Alan Whitehead (Lab)	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Richard Ambler (Con)
2012	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Pauline Harrison (Lab)	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Alan Whitehead (Lab)	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Leigh Drennan (Lab)
2014	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Paul Buckley (Con)	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Alan Whitehead (Lab)	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Leigh Drennan (Lab)
2015	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Paul Buckley (Con)	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Mike Glover (Lab)	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Leigh Drennan (Lab)
2016	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Paul Buckley (Con)	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Mike Glover (Lab)	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Leigh Drennan (Lab)
2018	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Dolores Lewis (Lab)	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Mike Glover (Lab)	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Leigh Drennan (Lab)

indicates seat up for re-election.

Elections in 2010s

May 2018

2018^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Dolores Lewis	1,427
	Conservative	Paul Buckley*	1384
	Green	Philip Blakeney	173
Turnout			2987	33.6
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

May 2016

2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Leigh Drennan	1,536	47.42
	Conservative	Liam Billington	1,412	43.59
	Green	Nigel Rolland	291	8.98
Majority			124	3.83
Turnout			3,239	37
	Labour hold		Swing

May 2015

2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Mike Glover	2,548	49.19
	Conservative	Liam Billington	2,077	40.10
	Green	Charlotte Hughes	555	10.71
Majority			471	9.09
Turnout			5,180	58
	Labour hold		Swing

May 2014

2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Paul Buckley	1,377	43.17
	Labour	Debbie Boulton	1,359	42.60
	Green	Charlotte Hughes	436	13.67
Majority			18	0.56
Turnout			3,172	36
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

May 2012

2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Leigh Drennan	1,449	49.14	+15.74
	Conservative	Richard Ambler*	1,039	35.23	−21.51
	UKIP	Lisa Radcliffe	274	9.29	−0.57
	Green	Nigel Rolland	187	6.34	N/A
Majority			410	13.90
Turnout			2,959	33.6	−4.5
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

May 2011

2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Alan Whitehead	1,707	52.39
	Conservative	Dave Westhead	1,114	34.19
	Green	Nigel Rolland	237	7.27
	UKIP	Peter Taylor	200	6.14
Majority			593	18.20
Turnout			3,258	37
	Labour hold		Swing

May 2010

2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Pauline Harrison	2,396	46.08
	Conservative	John Kelly	1,930	37.12
	BNP	Karen Lomas	400	7.69
	UKIP	Peter Taylor	241	4.63
	Green	Nigel Rolland	233	4.48
Majority			466	8.96
Turnout			5,200	59
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Elections in 2000s

May 2008

2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Richard Ambler	1,905	56.75
	Labour	Paul Dowthwaite	1,121	33.39
	UKIP	Paul Littlewood	331	9.86
Majority			784	23.35
Turnout			3,357	38
	Conservative hold		Swing

May 2007

2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Alan Whitehead	1,337	39.8
	Conservative	Kate Scott	1,323	39.4
	BNP	Bev Jones	267	8.0
	Liberal Democrats	Cerudwen Elizabeth Lawe	219	6.5
	Green	Nigel Rolland	124	3.7
	UKIP	Paul Littlewood	86	2.6
Majority			14	0.4
Turnout			3,356	38.0
	Labour hold		Swing

May 2006

2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Kelly	1,196	39.47
	Labour	Pauline Harrison	1,177	38.84
	Liberal Democrats	John Bartley	372	12.28
	Green	Nigel Rolland	285	9.41
Majority			19	0.63
Turnout			3,030	35
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

June 2004

2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Richard Ambler	1,487	40.6
	Labour	Alan Whitehead	1,475	40.3
	Labour	Pauline Harrison	1,473
	Conservative	Paul Buckley	1,452
	Conservative	Mary Hastie	1,423
	Labour	Peter Joinson	1,404
	Green	Nigel Rolland	701	19.1
Majority
Turnout				40.1

References

^ "Your Councillors by Ward". tameside.moderngov.co.uk. Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
^ "Angela Rayner MP". parliament.uk. UK Parliament. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
^ "Councillor Dolores Lewis". tameside.moderngov.co.uk. Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
^ "Councillor Mike Glover". tameside.moderngov.co.uk. Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
^ "Councillor Leigh Drennan". tameside.moderngov.co.uk. Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
^ Staff writer (4 May 2018). "Tameside Council Local Election Results 2018". Tameside Reporter. Archived from the original on 13 May 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.

[1] "Your Councillors by Ward". tameside.moderngov.co.uk. Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 2 January 2018.

[2] "Angela Rayner MP". parliament.uk. UK Parliament. Retrieved 2 January 2018.

[3] "Councillor Dolores Lewis". tameside.moderngov.co.uk. Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 14 May 2018.

[4] "Councillor Mike Glover". tameside.moderngov.co.uk. Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 2 January 2018.

[5] "Councillor Leigh Drennan". tameside.moderngov.co.uk. Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 2 January 2018.

[6] Staff writer (4 May 2018). "Tameside Council Local Election Results 2018". Tameside Reporter. Archived from the original on 13 May 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.

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