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On Thursday 12 December, a vote was held for the parliamentary constituency of Ashford in the 2019 General Election. The candidates and the numbers of votes cast were:

Name of candidate	Party	Votes
DE SANVIL, Susannah Louise	Independent	862
FARRELL, Dara	Labour Party	13,241
GEE-TURNER, Adrian John	Liberal Democrats	6,048
GREEN, Damian Howard	The Conservative Party	37,270 Elected
ROSSI, Mandy	The Green Party	2,638

Electorate: 89,553

Turnout: 67.4%

Make sure you vote on Thursday 12th December.

Your vote counts.

Your polling card gives your polling station but our map shows the polling stations for Beaver, Norman and Victoria Wards. Click on your Polling District to show the polling station.

You don’t need your polling card t vote but not having received one may indicate that you are not registered to vote.

The names of candidates for the Ashford Constituency in the parliamentary election to be held on 12 December 2019 were announced yesterday.

Make sure you are registered to vote.

Name of candidate	Description (if any)
DE SANVIL, Susannah Louise	Independent
FARRELL, Dara	Labour Party
GEE-TURNER, Adrian John	Liberal Democrats – To stop Brexit
GREEN, Damian Howard	The Conservative Party Candidate
ROSSI, Mandy	The Green Party

https://www.ashford.gov.uk/councillors-meetings-and-elections/elections-and-electoral-registration/elections/statement-of-persons-nominated-and-notice-of-poll-parliamentary-election-2019/

The deadline to register to vote in the UK Parliamentary general election on 12 December is 26 November.

How to register to vote

Registering to vote online is the easiest and quickest way.

It only takes five minutes, and all you need is your national insurance number.

If you’re unable to register online, you can apply by post. Download a form .

You only need to register once, unless you change your address, name or nationality.

If you do change address, name or nationality, you need to register to vote again.

Who can register to vote

To register to vote, you must be:

• a UK or Irish citizen
• a qualifying Commonwealth citizen living in the UK
• an EU citizen living in the UK

You have to be a 16 to register to vote.

You can’t vote until you’re 18 years old.

Eligible countries

Qualifying Commonwealth citizens

European Union countries

Other situations

You can also register to vote if:

• you are a British Citizen living overseas
• are serving in the Armed Forces
• have no fixed or permanent address
• you want to register anonymously

Check if you’re already registered to vote

If you are registered to vote, you will be on the electoral register. We don’t hold the electoral register, so can’t tell you if you are registered to vote.

You need to contact the electoral services team at your local council to check if you’re on the register.

If you need help registering, or want to return your postal or proxy form, contact the electoral services team at:

Ashford Borough Council
Electoral Registration Officer
Civic Centre
Tannery Lane
Ashford
TN23 1PL

• Email: vote@ashford.gov.uk
• Phone: 01233 330402
• Website:http://www.ashford.gov.uk/