Ashfield (UK Parliament constituency)
{{short description|Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1955 onwards}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox UK constituency main
|name = Ashfield
|parliament = uk
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|caption = Interactive map of boundaries from 2024
|image2 = File:East Midlands - Ashfield constituency.svg
|caption2 = Boundary of Ashfield in the East Midlands
|map_entity = Nottinghamshire
|map_year =
|year = 1955
|abolished =
|type = County
|previous = Broxtowe
|next =
|towns = Sutton-in-Ashfield, Kirkby-in-Ashfield
|mp = Lee Anderson
|party = Reform UK
|region = England
|county = Nottinghamshire
|european = East Midlands
|elects_howmany = One
}}
Ashfield is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. It is in the English county of Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, to the northwest of the city of Nottingham, in the Erewash Valley along the border with neighbouring county Derbyshire.
Ashfield was part of the Red Wall, a group of constituencies in the Midlands and Northern England which formerly almost always voted for the Labour Party, until many of them switched to the Conservative Party in the 2019 general election. In the 2016 referendum on membership of the European Union, Ashfield voted 70% in favour of Brexit.{{cite web|url=https://www.itv.com/news/calendar/update/2016-06-24/eu-referendum-ashfield-votes-to-leave-the-eu/|title=EU Referendum: Ashfield votes to LEAVE the EU|website=ITV News|date=24 June 2016|access-date=18 March 2020}}
Since 2019, its Member of Parliament (MP) has been Lee Anderson, who was first elected as a Conservative, but switched to Reform UK in 2024, winning reelection later that year.
Constituency profile
The seat contains the market towns of Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Sutton-in-Ashfield and Huthwaite. Coal mining was formerly a significant part of the local economy. Electoral Calculus categorises the seat as having socially conservative views and economically soft-left views alongside strong support for Brexit. Around 57% of the constituency is deprived, slightly higher than the national average of 52%, according to the site. The average age is 50.8, at least 80% of the local population owns a car, whilst 68% own a home, and the gross household income is £35,124.{{cite web |title=The Electoral Calculus' profile of Ashfield|url=https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/calcwork23.py?seat=Ashfield |website=Electoral Calculus |access-date=14 June 2024}}
Boundaries
= Historic =
{{maplink|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Ashfield (UK Parliament constituency) 2010}}|frame=yes|frame-width=200|text=Map of boundaries 2010–2024}}
1955–1974: The Urban Districts of Eastwood, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, and Sutton-in-Ashfield, and in the Rural District of Basford the 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 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.
2010–2024: 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.
= Current =
Following the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, and reflecting the local government boundary review in the District of Mansfield which came into effect in May 2023,{{cite web |last=LGBCE |title=Mansfield {{!}} LGBCE |url=https://www.lgbce.org.uk/all-reviews/mansfield |access-date=2024-04-10 |website=www.lgbce.org.uk}}{{cite web |title=The Mansfield (Electoral Changes) Order 2022 |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2022/777/contents/made}} the constituency is composed of the following with effect from the 2024 general election:
- The District of Ashfield wards of: Abbey Hill; Annesley & Kirkby Woodhouse; Ashfields; Carsic; Central & New Cross; Huthwaite & Brierley; Jacksdale; Kingsway; Kirkby Cross & Portland; Larwood; Leamington; St. Mary’s; Selston; Skegby; Stanton Hill & Teversal; Summit; Sutton Junction & Harlow Wood; The Dales; Underwood.{{cite web |title=The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023 |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/1230/schedules/made |at=Schedule I Part I}}
- Parts of the District of Mansfield wards of: Lindhurst; Pleaseley; Rufford; Sherwood.1 {{cite web |title=New Seat Details – Ashfield |url=https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/calcwork23.py?seat=Ashfield |website=www.electoralcalculus.co.uk |access-date=2024-04-10}}
The parts in the Borough of Broxtowe were transferred to the Broxtowe constituency and the parts in Mansfield District were transferred from the Mansfield constituency.
History
Until the Conservatives gained the seat at the 2019 general election, it had almost always been a Labour Party seat since its creation for the 1955 general election. The Ashfield constituency has been served by a former Secretary of State, Geoff Hoon, and, since its creation until 2019, 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 2019 result indicates quite a large Conservative majority. In 2010, the seat had a marginal majority of only 192 votes over the Liberal Democrats, but that was increased to 8,820 in 2015 after a collapse in the Liberal Democrat vote, with the Conservatives finishing in second place. In 2017, there was another narrow margin of victory for Labour after an 8.9% swing to the Conservatives, who squeezed most of the fairly substantial UKIP vote from two years earlier, and also a large vote for the Ashfield Independents candidate of nearly 10%, but Labour on that occasion did just enough to hang on by just over 400 votes. In 2019, the Ashfield Independents candidate Jason Zadrozny, who had come close to winning the seat for the Liberal Democrats nine years earlier, came second with a substantial vote, and the Conservatives took the seat despite achieving fewer votes and a smaller percentage of the total vote than in 2017. When the MP Lee Anderson left the Tories to become an independent and then subsequently join Reform UK, he contested it once again in the 2024 election, managing to win it for the party due to their message resounding with the predominantly pro-Brexit electorate and Anderson having the advantage of incumbency.
Members of Parliament
| class="wikitable" | |
| colspan="2"|Election | Member{{Rayment-hc|a|3|date=March 2012}}
!Party |
|---|---|
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"|
| 1955 | Labour | |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"|
| 1966 | Labour | |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"| | |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"|
| 1979 | Labour | |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"|
| 1992 | Labour | |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"|
| 2010 | Labour | |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| 2019 | rowspan="3" |Lee Anderson | |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Independent politician}}" |
|February 2024 | |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Brexit Party}}" |
|March 2024 |
Elections
= Elections in the 2020s =
{{Election box begin|title=General election 2024: Ashfield{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2024/uk/constituencies/E14001068|title=Ashfield - General election results 2024|access-date=26 August 2024|work=BBC News}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party=Reform UK
|candidate=Lee Anderson
|votes= 17,062
|percentage= 42.8
|change= +37.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Rhea Keehn|votes=11,554|percentage=29.0|change=+3.4}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Ashfield Independents|candidate=Jason Zadrozny|votes=6,276|percentage=15.7|change=-11.2}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Debbie Soloman|votes=3,271|percentage=8.2|change=-31.0}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Alexander Coates|votes=1,100|percentage=2.8|change=+1.5}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Daniel Holmes|votes=619|percentage=1.6|change=-0.5}}
{{Election box majority|votes=5,509|percentage=13.8|change={{increase}}2.1}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=39,881|percentage=58.1|change={{decrease}}4.5}}
{{Election box registered electors
|reg. electors =68,929
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Reform UK
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = {{increase}}24.1
}}
{{Election box end}}
= Elections in the 2010s =
| class="wikitable" | ||
| colspan="4" | 2019 notional result{{Cite web |date= |title=Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019 |url=https://electionresults.parliament.uk/elections/1970 |access-date=3 March 2025 |work=Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News |publisher=UK Parliament}} | ||
|---|---|---|
| bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="130px" colspan="2" | Party
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" | Vote ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px" | % | ||
| {{party color cell|Conservative Party (UK)}} | align=right| 16,838 | align=right| 39.2 |
| {{party color cell|Ashfield Independents}} | align=right| 11,535 | align=right| 26.9 |
| {{party color cell|Labour Party (UK)}}
| Labour | align=right| 10,986 | align=right| 25.6 |
| {{party color cell|Brexit Party}} | align=right| 2,137 | align=right| 5.0 |
| {{party color cell|Liberal Democrats (UK)}} | align=right| 890 | align=right| 2.1 |
| {{party color cell|Green Party of England and Wales}} | align=right| 563 | align=right| 1.3 |
| colspan="4" bgcolor="#EAECF0"| | ||
| colspan="2"|Majority
|align=right|5,303 |align=right|12.3 | ||
| colspan="2"|Turnout
|align=right|42,949 |align=right|61.5 | ||
| colspan="2"|Electorate
|align=right|69,819 |
{{Election box begin|title=General election 2019: Ashfield{{cite news |title=Ashfield Parliamentary constituency |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000535 |website=BBC News |publisher=BBC |access-date=22 November 2019}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Lee Anderson
|votes = 19,231
|percentage = 39.3
|change = {{decrease}} 2.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Ashfield Independents
|candidate = Jason Zadrozny
|votes = 13,498
|percentage = 27.6
|change = {{increase}} 18.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Natalie Fleet
|votes = 11,971
|percentage = 24.4
|change = {{decrease}} 18.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Brexit Party
|candidate = Martin Daubney
|votes = 2,501
|percentage = 5.1
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Rebecca Wain
|votes = 1,105
|percentage = 2.3
|change = {{increase}} 0.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Rose Woods
|votes = 674
|percentage = 1.4
|change = {{increase}} 0.6
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 5,733
|percentage = 11.7
|change = {{increase}} 10.8
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 48,980
|percentage = 62.6
|change = {{decrease}} 1.4
}}
{{Election box registered electors
|reg. electors = 78,204
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Labour Party (UK)
|swing = {{increase}} 7.9
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=General election 2017: Ashfield
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Gloria De Piero
|votes = 21,285
|percentage = 42.6
|change = {{increase}} 1.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Tony Harper
|votes = 20,844
|percentage = 41.7
|change = {{increase}} 19.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Ashfield Independents
|candidate = Gail Turner
|votes = 4,612
|percentage = 9.2
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Ray Young
|votes = 1,885
|percentage = 3.8
|change = {{decrease}} 17.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Bob Charlesworth
|votes = 969
|percentage = 1.9
|change = {{decrease}} 12.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Arran Rangi
|votes = 398
|percentage = 0.8
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 441
|percentage = 0.9
|change = {{decrease}} 17.7
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 49,993
|percentage = 64.0
|change = {{increase}} 5.5
}}
{{Election box registered electors
|reg. electors = 78,076
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing = {{decrease}} 8.9
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=General election 2015: Ashfield{{cite web|title=Election Data 2015|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017112223/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt|archive-date=17 October 2015}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Gloria De Piero
|votes = 19,448
|percentage = 41.0
|change = {{increase}} 7.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|votes = 10,628
|percentage = 22.4
|change = {{increase}} 0.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Simon Ashcroft
|votes = 10,150
|percentage = 21.4
|change = {{increase}} 19.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Philip Smith{{cite news|url=http://www.nottinghampost.com/Election-2015-Ashfield-Liberal-Democrats-new/story-26271720-detail/story.html|title=Ashfield Liberal Democrats name new candidate|work=Nottingham Post|date=2 April 2015|access-date=7 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150405031538/http://www.nottinghampost.com/Election-2015-Ashfield-Liberal-Democrats-new/story-26271720-detail/story.html|archive-date=5 April 2015|url-status=dead}}
|votes = 7,030
|percentage = 14.8
|change = {{decrease}} 18.5
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Justice for Men and Boys
|candidate = Mike Buchanan
|votes = 153
|percentage = 0.3
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 8,820
|percentage = 18.6
|change = {{increase}} 18.2
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 47,409
|percentage = 61.5
|change = {{decrease}} 0.8
}}
{{Election box registered electors
|reg. electors = 77,091
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing = {{increase}} 3.6
}}
{{Election box end}}
The Liberal Democrats had again selected Jason Zadrozny as their prospective parliamentary candidate for the 2015 general election, but he was suspended by the party and removed as a candidate just weeks before the election after being arrested; he was later cleared.{{Cite web|url=http://www.nottinghampost.com/news/nottingham-news/cleared-councillor-jason-zadrozny-vows-703217|title=Cleared councillor Jason Zadrozny vows to sue police over sex abuse claims|first=Rebecca|last=Sherdley|date=30 October 2017|website=NottinghamshireLive}} He was replaced by Philip Smith.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/mar/26/lib-dem-candidate-arrested-suspicion-child-sexual-abuse-jason-zadrozny|title=Lib Dem election candidate arrested on suspicion of child sexual abuse|first=Rowena|last=Mason|date=26 March 2015|newspaper=The Guardian}}{{cite news|title=Nottinghamshire councillor Jason Zadrozny's child sex case thrown out|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-41807573|access-date=30 October 2017|work=BBC News|date=30 October 2017}}
{{Election box begin|title=General election 2010: Ashfield{{cite web|title=Election Data 2010|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726162034/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt|archive-date=26 July 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/a06.stm|title=BBC News – Election 2010 – Constituency – Ashfield|website=news.bbc.co.uk}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Gloria De Piero
|votes = 16,239
|percentage = 33.7
|change = {{decrease}} 15.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Jason Zadrozny
|votes = 16,047
|percentage = 33.3
|change = {{increase}} 19.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Garry Hickton
|votes = 10,698
|percentage = 22.2
|change = {{decrease}} 2.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = British National Party
|candidate = Edward Holmes
|votes = 2,781
|percentage = 5.8
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = English Democrats Party
|candidate = Tony Ellis
|votes = 1,102
|percentage = 2.3
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Terry Coleman
|votes = 933
|percentage = 1.9
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Eddie Smith
|votes = 396
|percentage = 0.8
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 192
|percentage = 0.4
|change = {{decrease}} 23.9
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 48,196
|percentage = 62.3
|change = {{increase}} 5.2
}}
{{Election box registered electors
|reg. electors = 77,379
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing = {{decrease}} 17.2
}}
{{Election box end}}
= Elections in the 2000s =
{{Election box begin| title=General election 2005: Ashfield{{cite web|title=Election Data 2005|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054249/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Geoff Hoon
|votes = 20,433
|percentage = 48.6
|change = {{decrease}} 9.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Giles Inglis-Jones
|votes = 10,220
|percentage = 24.3
|change = {{decrease}} 0.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Wendy Johnson
|votes = 5,829
|percentage = 13.9
|change = {{increase}} 2.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Ashfield Independents
|candidate = Roy Adkins
|votes = 2,292
|percentage = 5.5
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Kate Allsop
|votes = 1,900
|percentage = 4.5
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Veritas (political party)
|candidate = Sarah Hemstock
|votes = 1,108
|percentage = 2.6
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Eddie Grenfell
|votes = 269
|percentage = 0.6
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 10,213
|percentage = 24.3
|change = {{decrease}} 9.4
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 42,051
|percentage = 57.3
|change = {{increase}} 3.7
}}
{{Election box registered electors
|reg. electors = 73,321
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing = {{decrease}} 4.7
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin| title=General election 2001: Ashfield{{cite web|title=Election Data 2001|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054450/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Geoff Hoon
|votes = 22,875
|percentage = 58.1
|change = {{decrease}} 7.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Julian Leigh
|votes = 9,607
|percentage = 24.4
|change = {{increase}} 4.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = William Smith
|votes = 4,428
|percentage = 11.3
|change = {{increase}} 1.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Charlie Harby
|votes = 1,471
|percentage = 3.7
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Socialist Alliance (England)
|candidate = George Watson
|votes = 589
|percentage = 1.5
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Socialist Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Katrina R. Howse
|votes = 380
|percentage = 1.0
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 13,268
|percentage = 33.7
|change = {{decrease}} 11.1
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 39,350
|percentage = 53.6
|change = {{decrease}} 16.4
}}
{{Election box registered electors
|reg. electors = 73,428
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing = {{decrease}} 5.6
}}
{{Election box end}}
= Elections in the 1990s =
{{Election box begin| title=General election 1997: Ashfield{{cite web|title=Election Data 1997|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054424/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/constit/441.htm|title=Ashfield [Archive]|website=www.politicsresources.net|access-date=9 November 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811184616/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/constit/441.htm|archive-date=11 August 2011|url-status=dead}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Geoff Hoon
|votes = 32,979
|percentage = 65.1
|change = {{increase}} 10.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Mark Simmonds
|votes = 10,251
|percentage = 20.3
|change = {{decrease}} 12.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = William E. Smith
|votes = 4,882
|percentage = 9.7
|change = {{decrease}} 2.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Referendum Party
|candidate = Martin I. Betts
|votes = 1,896
|percentage = 3.8
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = British National Party
|candidate = Steven E. Belshaw
|votes = 595
|percentage = 1.2
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 22,728
|percentage = 44.8
|change = {{increase}} 21.5
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 50,603
|percentage = 70.0
|change = {{decrease}} 10.4
}}
{{Election box registered electors
|reg. electors = 72,299
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing = {{increase}} 11.3
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=General election 1992: Ashfield{{cite web|title=Election Data 1992|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1992ob.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054418/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1992ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm|title=Politics Resources|date=9 April 1992|work=Election 1992|publisher=Politics Resources|access-date=6 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724020412/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm|archive-date=24 July 2011|url-status=dead}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Geoff Hoon
|votes = 32,018
|percentage = 54.9
|change = {{increase}} 13.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Laurence Robertson
|votes = 19,031
|percentage = 32.6
|change = {{decrease}} 1.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = James S. Turton
|votes = 7,291
|percentage = 12.5
|change = {{decrease}} 12.2
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 12,987
|percentage = 22.3
|change = {{increase}} 14.2
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 58,340
|percentage = 80.4
|change = {{increase}} 3.2
}}
{{Election box registered electors
|reg. electors = 75,075
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing = {{increase}} 7.1
}}
{{Election box end}}
= Elections in the 1980s =
{{Election box begin| title=General election 1987: Ashfield{{cite web|title=Election Data 1987|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1987.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054243/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1987.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Frank Haynes
|votes = 22,812
|percentage = 41.7
|change = 0.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Barry Coleman
|votes = 18,412
|percentage = 33.6
|change = {{increase}} 2.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Frances Stein
|votes = 13,542
|percentage = 24.7
|change = {{decrease}} 2.1
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 4,400
|percentage = 8.1
|change = {{decrease}} 2.9
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 54,756
|percentage = 77.2
|change = {{increase}} 2.4
}}
{{Election box registered electors
|reg. electors = 70,937
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing = {{decrease}} 1.5
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin| title=General election 1983: Ashfield{{cite web|title=Election Data 1983|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1983.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054231/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1983.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Frank Haynes
|votes = 21,859
|percentage = 41.7
|change = {{decrease}} 11.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Roderick Seligman
|votes = 15,772
|percentage = 30.7
|change = {{decrease}} 9.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Frances Stein
|votes = 13,812
|percentage = 26.8
|change = {{increase}} 20.6
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 6,087
|percentage = 11.0
|change = {{decrease}} 1.4
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 51,443
|percentage = 74.8
|change = {{decrease}} 5.8
}}
{{Election box registered electors
|reg. electors = 69,791
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing = {{decrease}} 0.7
}}
{{Election box end}}
= Elections in the 1970s =
{{Election box begin| title=General election 1979: Ashfield
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Frank Haynes
|votes = 33,116
|percentage = 52.8
|change = {{decrease}} 10.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Tim Smith
|votes = 25,319
|percentage = 40.4
|change = {{increase}} 18.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Hampton Flint
|votes = 3,914
|percentage = 6.2
|change = {{decrease}} 8.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = National Front (UK)
|candidate = W. Annable
|votes = 397
|percentage = 0.6
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 7,797
|percentage = 12.4
|change = {{decrease}} 28.7
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 62,746
|percentage = 80.6
|change = {{increase}} 5.9
}}
{{Election box registered electors
|reg. electors = 77,878
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing = {{decrease}} 14.4
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=By-election 1977: Ashfield
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Tim Smith
|votes = 19,616
|percentage = 43.1
|change = {{increase}} 20.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Michael Cowan
|votes = 19,352
|percentage = 42.5
|change = {{decrease}} 20.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Hampton Flint
|votes = 4,380
|percentage = 9.6
|change = {{decrease}} 4.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = National Front (UK)
|candidate = George Herrod
|votes = 1,734
|percentage = 3.8
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Socialist Workers Party (UK)
|candidate = June Hall
|votes = 453
|percentage = 1.0
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 264
|percentage = 0.6
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 45,535
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Labour Party (UK)
|swing = {{increase}} 20.8
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin| title=General election October 1974: Ashfield
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = David Marquand
|votes = 35,367
|percentage = 63.4
|change = {{increase}} 4.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Richard Kemm
|votes = 12,452
|percentage = 22.3
|change = {{decrease}} 1.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Hampton Flint
|votes = 7,959
|percentage = 14.3
|change = {{decrease}} 3.0
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 22,915
|percentage = 41.1
|change = {{increase}} 5.2
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 55,778
|percentage = 74.7
|change = {{decrease}} 12.7
}}
{{Election box registered electors
|reg. electors = 74,701
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin| title=General election February 1974: Ashfield
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = David Marquand
|votes = 35,994
|percentage = 59.3
|change = {{decrease}} 11.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Richard Kemm
|votes = 14,206
|percentage = 23.4
|change = {{decrease}} 6.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Hampton Flint
|votes = 10,534
|percentage = 17.3
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 21,788
|percentage = 35.9
|change = {{decrease}} 0.5
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 60,734
|percentage = 82.0
|change = {{increase}} 11.8
}}
{{Election box registered electors
|reg. electors = 74,064
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin| title=General election 1970: Ashfield
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = David Marquand
|votes = 32,372
|percentage = 68.2
|change = {{decrease}} 5.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Richard Kemm
|votes = 15,089
|percentage = 31.8
|change = {{increase}} 5.4
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 17,283
|percentage = 36.4
|change = {{decrease}} 11.4
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 47,461
|percentage = 70.2
|change = {{decrease}} 3.1
}}
{{Election box registered electors
|reg. electors = 67,681
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing = {{decrease}} 5.4
}}
{{Election box end}}
= Elections in the 1960s =
{{Election box begin| title=General election 1966: Ashfield{{cite web|url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge66/i01.htm|title=UK General Election results: March 1966 [Archive]|website=www.politicsresources.net|access-date=9 November 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140813222816/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge66/i01.htm|archive-date=13 August 2014|url-status=dead}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = David Marquand
|votes = 33,477
|percentage = 73.6
|change = {{increase}} 0.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = E.T. Gibbons
|votes = 11,991
|percentage = 26.4
|change = {{decrease}} 0.8
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 21,486
|percentage = 47.8
|change = {{increase}} 2.1
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 45,468
|percentage = 73.3
|change = {{decrease}} 3.9
}}
{{Election box registered electors
|reg. electors = 62,030
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin| title=General election 1964: Ashfield{{cite web|url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge64/i01.htm|title=UK General Election results: October 1964 [Archive]|website=www.politicsresources.net|access-date=9 November 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814005936/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge64/i01.htm|archive-date=14 August 2014|url-status=dead}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = William Warbey
|votes = 34,841
|percentage = 72.8
|change = {{increase}} 2.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = T.L. Wright
|votes = 12,989
|percentage = 27.2
|change = {{decrease}} 2.1
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 21,852
|percentage = 45.7
|change = {{increase}} 4.3
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 47,830
|percentage = 77.2
|change = {{decrease}} 4.8
}}
{{Election box registered electors
|reg. electors = 61,960
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
= Elections in the 1950s =
{{Election box begin| title=General election 1959: Ashfield{{cite web|url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge59/i01.htm|title=UK General Election results: October 1959 [Archive]|website=www.politicsresources.net|access-date=9 November 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924114857/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge59/i01.htm|archive-date=24 September 2015|url-status=dead}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = William Warbey
|votes = 35,432
|percentage = 70.7
|change = {{decrease}} 1.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Julian G.W. Sandys
|votes = 14,690
|percentage = 29.3
|change = {{increase}} 1.2
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 20,742
|percentage = 41.4
|change = {{decrease}} 2.5
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 50,122
|percentage = 82.0
|change = {{increase}} 5.5
}}
{{Election box registered electors
|reg. electors = 61,139
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin| title=General election 1955: Ashfield{{cite web|url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge55/i01.htm|title=UK General Election results: May 1955 [Archive]|website=www.politicsresources.net|access-date=9 November 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303202535/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge55/i01.htm|archive-date=3 March 2016|url-status=dead}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = William Warbey
|votes = 32,905
|percentage = 71.9
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Alan S. Plane
|votes = 12,836
|percentage = 28.1
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 20,069
|percentage = 43.9
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 45,741
|percentage = 76.5
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box registered electors
|reg. electors = 59,820
}}
{{Election box new seat win
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
See also
Notes
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References
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Sources
- Youngs, Frederic A., Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol II, Northern England, London, 1991
External links
- [https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/12895.html Ashfield UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK
- [https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/65895.html Ashfield UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
- [https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/168486.html Ashfield UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK
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