Ashford (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Ashford County constituency |
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| Ashford shown within Kent, and Kent shown within England | |
| Created: | 1885 |
| MP: | Damian Green |
| Party: | Conservative |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Kent |
| EP constituency: | South East England |
Ashford is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post voting system.
It is a strongly Conservative seat.
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[edit] Boundaries
Ashford constituency has the same boundaries as Ashford (borough). It comprises the rapidly expanding town of Ashford together with the smaller town of Tenterden and 35 villages.
[edit] Boundary review
Following their review of parliamentary representation in Kent, the Boundary Commission for England made major changes to the existing constituencies as a consequence of population expansion across the county.
The electoral wards used in the modified Ashford constituency are entirely within the borough of Ashford;
- Aylesford Green, Beaver, Biddenden, Bockhanger, Boughton Aluph and Eastwell, Bybrook, Charing, Downs North, Downs West, Godinton, Great Chart with Singleton North, Highfield, Isle of Oxney, Kennington, Little Burton Farm, Norman, North Willesborough, Park Farm North, Park Farm South, Rolvenden and Tenterden West, St Michaels, Singleton South, South Willesborough, Stanhope, Stour, Tenterden North, Tenterden South, Victoria, Washford, Weald Central, Weald East, Weald North, Weald South and Wye
[edit] Members of Parliament
- Constituency created (1885)
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1885 | William Pomfret Pomfret | ||
| 1892 | Laurence Hardy | ||
| 1918 | Samuel Strang Steel | Coalition Conservative | |
| 1929 | Rev. Roderick Kedward | Liberal | |
| 1931 | Michael Knatchbull | Conservative | |
| 1933 | Patrick Spens | Conservative | |
| 1943 | Edward Percy Smith | Conservative | |
| 1950 | Bill Deedes | Conservative | |
| 1974 | Keith Speed | Conservative | |
| 1997 | Damian Green | Conservative | |
[edit] Election results
| General Election 2005: Ashford | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Damian Green | 26,651 | 51.6 | +4.2 | |
| Labour | Valerie Whitaker | 13,353 | 25.8 | -6.3 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Chris Took | 8,308 | 16.1 | +1.0 | |
| Green | Richard Boden | 1,753 | 3.4 | +0.6 | |
| UK Independence | Bernard Stroud | 1,620 | 3.1 | +0.5 | |
| Majority | 13,298 | 25.7 | |||
| Turnout | 51,685 | 65 | 2.5 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +5.2 | |||
| UK general election, 2001: Ashford | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Damian Green | 22,739 | 47.4 | +6.0 | |
| Labour | John Adams | 15,380 | 32.1 | +0.4 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Kieth Fitchett | 7,236 | 15.1 | -4.6 | |
| Green | Richard Boden | 1,353 | 2.8 | +1.6 | |
| UK Independence | David Waller | 1,229 | 2.6 | N/A | |
| Majority | 7,359 | 15.3 | |||
| Turnout | 47,937 | 62.5 | -11.7 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | {{{swing}}} | |||
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- (2003) in Iain Dale: The Times House of Commons 1929, 1931, 1935. Politico's (reprint). ISBN 1-84275-033-X.
- (1945) The Times House of Commons 1945. The Times.
- (1950) The Times House of Commons 1950. The Times.
- (1955) The Times House of Commons 1955. The Times.
