Ashfield (UK Parliament constituency)

Ashfield
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Ashfield in Nottinghamshire.
Location of Nottinghamshire within England.
County	Nottinghamshire
Population	101,914 (2011 census)^[1]
Electorate	77,049 (December 2010)^[2]
Major settlements	Sutton in Ashfield, Kirkby in Ashfield and Eastwood
Current constituency
Created	1955
Member of parliament	Gloria De Piero (Labour)
Number of members	One
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	East Midlands

Ashfield is a Nottinghamshire constituency ^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Gloria De Piero of the Labour Party.^{[n 2]}

Constituency profile

To date almost always a Labour Party seat which was created in 1955, Ashfield has been served by a former Secretary of State, Geoff Hoon, and since its creation for only two years has been served by one member of another party, Tim Smith of the Conservative Party, from 1977 to 1979. Ashfield's results indicate quite large Labour majorities. In 2010 the seat had a marginal majority of only 192, but this was increased to 8,820 in 2015.

Boundaries

1955-1974: The Urban Districts of Hucknall, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, and Sutton-in-Ashfield, and in the Rural District of Basford the civil parishes of Annesley, Bestwood Park, Brinsley, Felley, Linby, Newstead, Papplewick, and Selston.

1974-1983: The Urban Districts of Hucknall, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, and Sutton-in-Ashfield, and in the Rural District of Basford the civil parishes of Annesley, Felley, and Selston.

1983-2010: The District of Ashfield wards of 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, and the Borough of Broxtowe wards of Brinsley, Eastwood East, Eastwood North, and Eastwood South.

2010-present: The District of Ashfield wards of 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, and the Borough of Broxtowe wards of Brinsley, Eastwood North and Greasley Beauvale, and Eastwood South.

Members of Parliament

The former Cabinet minister Geoff Hoon represented the seat for the Labour Party from 1992, when he succeeded the three-term Labour member Frank Haynes, to 2010 when he retired.^[3] Ashfield is now represented by Gloria De Piero, who came close to losing the seat after a 17.2% swing to the Liberal Democrats in 2010 but increased her majority again in 2015.

	Member^[4]	Party
1955	Will Warbey	Labour
1966	David Marquand	Labour
1977 by-election	Tim Smith	Conservative
1979	Frank Haynes	Labour
1992	Geoff Hoon	Labour
2010	Gloria De Piero	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Ashfield^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gloria De Piero	19,448	41.0	+7.3
	Conservative	Helen Harrison^[6]	10,628	22.4	+0.2
	UKIP	Simon Ashcroft	10,150	21.4	+19.5
	Liberal Democrat	Philip Smith^[7]	7,030	14.8	-18.5
	Justice for Men and Boys	Mike Buchanan	153	0.3	+0.3
Majority			8,820	18.6	+18.2
Turnout			47,409	61.5	-0.8
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.55

General Election 2010: Ashfield^[8]^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gloria De Piero	16,239	33.7	−15.0
	Liberal Democrat	Jason Zadrozny	16,047	33.3	+19.5
	Conservative	Garry Hickton	10,698	22.2	−2.2
	BNP	Edward Holmes	2,781	5.8	N/A
	English Democrats	Tony Ellis	1,102	2.3	N/A
	UKIP	Terry Coleman	933	1.9	N/A
	Independent	Eddie Smith	396	0.8	N/A
Majority			192	0.4	−23.9
Turnout			48,196	62.3	+5.2
	Labour hold		Swing	−17.2

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Ashfield^[10]
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
	Labour hold		Swing	-4.7

General Election 2001: Ashfield^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Geoff Hoon	22,875	58.1	−7.0
	Conservative	Julian C.T. Leigh	9,607	24.4	+4.2
	Liberal Democrat	William E. 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	Miss Katrina R. Howse	380	1.0	N/A
Majority			13,268	33.7
Turnout			39,350	53.6	−16.4
	Labour hold		Swing	-5.6

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Ashfield^[12]^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Geoff Hoon	32,979	65.1	+10.2
	Conservative	Mark Jonathon Mortlock Simmonds	10,251	20.3	−12.3
	Liberal Democrat	William E. Smith	4,882	9.7	−2.8
	Referendum	Martin I. Betts	1,896	3.8	N/A
	BNP	Steven E. Belshaw	595	1.2	N/A
Majority			22,728	44.9
Turnout			50,603	70.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+11.3

General Election 1992: Ashfield^[14]^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Geoff Hoon	32,018	54.9	+13.2
	Conservative	Laurence Robertson	19,031	32.6	−1.0
	Liberal Democrat	James S. Turton	7,291	12.5	−12.2
Majority			12,987	22.3	+14.2
Turnout			58,340	80.4	+3.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+7.1

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Ashfield^[16]^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Haynes	22,812	41.7	0
	Conservative	Barry George Coleman	18,412	33.6	+2.9
	Liberal	Frances Barbara Stein	13,542	24.7	-2.1
Majority			4,400	8.1	-3.7
Turnout			70,937	77.2
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.45

General Election 1983: Ashfield^[17]^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Haynes	21,859	41.7
	Conservative	R Seligman	15,772	30.7
	Liberal	F Stein	13,812	26.8
Majority			6,087	11.8
Turnout			68,791	74.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Ashfield^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Haynes	33,116	52.8
	Conservative	Tim Smith	25,319	40.4
	Liberal	Hampton Flint	3,914	6.2
	National Front	W Annable	397	0.6
Majority			7,797	12.4
Turnout			77,878	80.6
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

By-election 1977: Ashfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tim Smith	19,616	43.1	+20.8
	Labour	Michael Cowan	19,352	42.5	−20.9
	Liberal	Hampton Flint	4,380	9.6	−4.7
	National Front	George Herrod	1,734	3.8	N/A
	Socialist Workers	June Hall	453	1.0	N/A
Majority			264	0.6
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	20.8

General Election October 1974: Ashfield^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Marquand	35,367	63.4
	Conservative	R. Kemm	12,452	22.3
	Liberal	Hampton Flint	7,959	14.3
Majority			22,915	41.1
Turnout			74,683	74.7
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Ashfield^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Marquand	35,994	59.3
	Conservative	R. Kemm	14,206	23.4
	Liberal	Hampton Flint	10,534	17.3
Majority			21,788	35.9
Turnout			74,095	82.0
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1970: Ashfield^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Marquand	32,372	68.2
	Conservative	R Kemm	15,089	31.8
Majority			17,283
Turnout			67,623	70.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Ashfield^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Marquand	33,477	73.63
	Conservative	ET Gibbons	11,991	26.37
Majority			21,486	47.26
Turnout			62,030	73.30
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1964: Ashfield^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Warbey	34,841	72.84
	Conservative	TL Wright	12,989	27.16
Majority			21,852	45.69
Turnout			61,960	77.19
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Ashfield^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Warbey	35,432	70.69
	Conservative	JGW Sandys	14,690	29.31
Majority			20,742	41.38
Turnout			61,139	81.98
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Ashfield^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Warbey	32,905	71.94
	Conservative	AS Plane	12,836	28.06
Majority			20,069	43.88
Turnout			59,820	76.46
	Labour hold		Swing

Notes and references

Notes

↑ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

References

↑ "Usual Resident Population, 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
↑ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
↑ BBC News; Ex-cabinet minister Geoff Hoon to stand down as an MP
↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "A" (part 3)
↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ http://www.chad.co.uk/news/local/conservatives-choose-ashfield-candidate-for-general-election-1-7073841
↑ Ashfield Liberal Democrats name new candidate Nottingham Post 2 April 2015 Retrieved 2015-04-07
↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ BBC - Election 2010 - Ashfield
↑ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
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↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 Dec 2010.
↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge66/i01.htm
↑ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge64/i01.htm
↑ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge59/i01.htm
↑ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge55/i01.htm

Sources

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

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Labour (14)	Ashfield Bassetlaw Bolsover Chesterfield Derby South Gedling Leicester East Leicester South Leicester West Mansfield North East Derbyshire Nottingham East Nottingham North Nottingham South

East Midlands European constituency: Conservative (2) Labour (1) UKIP (2)

Coordinates: 53°07′N 1°16′W / 53.12°N 1.27°W / 53.12; -1.27

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