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Ashfield
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Ashfield in Nottinghamshire.
Location of Nottinghamshire within England.
County	Nottinghamshire
Electorate	77,049 (December 2010)^[1]
Current constituency
Created	1955 (1955)
Member of Parliament	Gloria De Piero (Labour)
Number of members	One
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	East Midlands

Ashfield is a county 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.

In normal circumstances a safe Labour area, the Conservatives pulled off a by-election upset in the seat in 1977, but at the general election two years later it was regained by Labour.

Contents

1 Boundaries
2 Boundary review
3 Members of Parliament
4 Elections
5 See also
6 Notes and references
7 Sources

Boundaries

Ashfield County Constituency was created in 1955. At that time it covered the areas of the Nottinghamshire 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 significantly ^[2] 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 abolished at that time.

Boundary review

In their most recent review of parliamentary boundaries in Nottinghamshire, the Boundary Commission for England made only minor changes to the existing constituency to allow for population changes. The boundaries of the modified constituency to be fought at the general election of 2010 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

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 TV journalist Gloria De Piero, who came close to losing the seat after a very large 17.2% swing to the Liberal Democrats.

	Member ^[4]	Party
1955	William 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 2010: Ashfield^[5]
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
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

General election, 2001: Ashfield
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

Elections in the 1990s

General election, 1997: Ashfield^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Geoff Hoon	32,979	65.1	+10.2
	Conservative	Mark J.M. Simmonds	10,251	20.3	-12.3
	Liberal Democrat	William E. Smith	4,882	9.7	-2.8
	Referendum Party	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^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Geoff Hoon	32,018	54.9	+13.2
	Conservative	Laurence A. 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^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Haynes	22,812	41.7
	Conservative	C Coleman	18,412	33.6
	Liberal	F Stein	13,542	24.7
Majority			4,400	8.1
Turnout			70,937	77.2
	Labour hold		Swing

General election, 1983: Ashfield^[9]
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^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Haynes	33,116	52.8
	Conservative	T 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

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

General election, 1974 (October): Ashfield^[11]
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, 1974 (February): Ashfield^[12]
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^[14]
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^[15]
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^[16]
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^[17]
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

^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/electoral-figures/electoral-figures.htm. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
^ Alamanac of British Politics, 3rd edition, Robert Waller
^ 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)^{[self-published source?]}^{[better source needed]}
^ BBC - Election 2010 - Ashfield
^ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/constit/441.htm
^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm. Retrieved 6 Dec 2010.
^ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/constit/441.htm
^ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/constit/441.htm
^ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/constit/441.htm
^ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/constit/441.htm
^ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/constit/441.htm
^ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/constit/441.htm
^ 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

v t e Constituencies in the East Midlands (46)

Conservative (31)	Amber Valley Boston and Skegness Bosworth Broxtowe Charnwood Corby Daventry Derbyshire Dales Erewash Gainsborough Grantham and Stamford Harborough High Peak Kettering Lincoln Loughborough Louth and Horncastle Mid Derbyshire Newark Northampton North Northampton South North West Leicestershire Rushcliffe Rutland and Melton Sherwood Sleaford and North Hykeham South Derbyshire South Holland and The Deepings South Leicestershire South Northamptonshire Wellingborough

Labour (15)	Ashfield Bassetlaw Bolsover Chesterfield Derby North 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 (1) Liberal Democrats (1)

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

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