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 county 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.

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[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

Election Member Party
1955 William Warbey Labour
1966 David Marquand Labour
1977 by-election Tim Smith Conservative
1979 Frank Haynes Labour
1992 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 Democrat 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 Democrat 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

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Constituencies in the East Midlands
Labour
Conservative
Liberal Democrat
East Midlands European constituency: Conservative (2) · UKIP (2) · Labour (1) · Liberal Democrats (1)