Ashfield (UK Parliament constituency)

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Ashfield County constituency
Ashfield shown within Nottinghamshire, and Nottinghamshire shown within England
Created:	1955
MP:	Geoff Hoon
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Nottinghamshire
EP constituency:	East Midlands

Ashfield is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It is normally inclined to elect Labour Party MPs, although the Conservatives mounted strong challenges in the 1970s and 1980s.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Boundary review 3 Members of Parliament 4 Election results 4.1 Elections in the 2000s 4.2 Elections in the 1970s 5 References 6 See also

[edit] Boundaries

Ashfield County Constituency was formed in 1970. At that date it covered the areas of the Urban Districts of Hucknall, Kirkby in Ashfield and Sutton in Ashfield, together with three Civil Parishes (Annesley, Felley and Selston) in Basford Rural District.

In 1974 a Local Government District called Ashfield was formed that had the same boundaries as the constituency.

In 1983 the boundary of the constituency was altered: The town of Hucknall was transferred to the new Sherwood constituency, while the town of Eastwood and the ward of Brinsley were added, having previously been in the Beeston constituency, which was dissolved at this time.

[edit] Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary boundaries in Nottinghamshire, the Boundary Commission for England has made only minor changes to the existing constituencies to allow for population changes. The boundaries of the modified constituency to be fought at the Next United Kingdom general election are:

• From the district of Ashfield - Jacksdale, Kirkby in Ashfield Central, Kirkby in Ashfield East, Kirkby in Ashfield West, Selston, Sutton in Ashfield Central, Sutton in Ashfield East, Sutton in Ashfield North, Sutton in Ashfield West, Underwood and Woodhouse
• From the Borough of Broxtowe - Brinsley, Eastwood North and Greasley (Beauvale) and Eastwood South.

[edit] Members of Parliament

• 1955 – 1966: William Warbey, Labour
• 1966 – 1977: David Marquand, Labour
• 1977 – 1979: Tim Smith, Conservative
• 1979 – 1992: Frank Haynes, Labour
• 1992 – "present": Geoff Hoon, Labour

[edit] Election results

[edit] Elections in the 2000s

UK general election, 2005: Ashfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Geoff Hoon	20,433	48.6	-9.5
	Conservative	Giles Inglis-Jones	10,220	24.3	-0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Wendy Johnson	5,829	13.9	+2.6
	Ashfield Independents	Roy Adkins	2,292	5.5	N/A
	Independent	Kate Allsop	1,900	4.5	N/A
	Veritas	Sarah Hemstock	1,108	2.6	N/A
	Independent	Eddie Grenfell	269	0.6	N/A
Majority			10,213	24.3
Turnout			42,051	57.3	+3.7

UK general election, 2001: Ashfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Geoff Hoon	22,875	58.1	-7.0
	Conservative	Julian Leigh	9,607	24.4	+4.2
	Liberal Democrats	Bill Smith	4,428	11.3	+1.6
	Independent	Charlie Harby	1,471	3.7	N/A
	Socialist Alliance	George Watson	589	1.5	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Katrina Howse	380	1.0	N/A
Majority			13,268	33.7
Turnout			39,350	53.6	-16.4
	Labour hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}

[edit] Elections in the 1970s

United Kingdom Parliament: Ashfield by-election, 1977
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tim Smith	19,616	43.1	-20.3
	Labour	Michael Cowan	19,352	42.5	+20.2
	Liberal	Hampton Flint	4,380	9.6	-4.7
	National Front	George Herrod	1,734	3.8
	Socialist Workers	June Hall	453	1.0
Majority			264	0.6
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	20.8

[edit] References

1. Youngs, Frederic A., Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol II, Northern England, London, 1991

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Nottinghamshire

Constituencies in the East Midlands
Labour	Amber Valley | Ashfield | Bassetlaw | Bolsover | Broxtowe | Corby | Derby North | Derby South | Erewash | Gedling | High Peak | Leicester East | Leicester South | Leicester West | Lincoln | Loughborough | Mansfield | Northampton North | North East Derbyshire | North West Leicestershire | Nottingham East | Nottingham North | Nottingham South | Sherwood | South Derbyshire
Conservative	Blaby | Boston and Skegness | Bosworth | Charnwood | Daventry | Gainsborough | Grantham and Stamford | Harborough | Kettering | Louth and Horncastle | Newark | Northampton South | Rushcliffe | Rutland and Melton | Sleaford and North Hykeham | South Holland and The Deepings | Wellingborough | West Derbyshire
Liberal Democrat	Chesterfield
East Midlands European constituency: Conservative (2) | UKIP (2) | Labour (1) | Liberal Democrats (1)