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Encyclopedia > Ashford (UK Parliament constituency)
Ashford in Kent,

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Ashford is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. A constituency is any cohesive corporate unit or body bound by shared structures, goals or loyalty. ... In some bicameral parliaments of a Westminster System, the House of Commons has historically been the name of the elected lower house. ... The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative institution in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories (it alone has parliamentary sovereignty). ...

Contents
1 Boundaries
2 Member of Parliament
3 Election results
4 Politics and history of the constituency
5 See also

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.


Member of Parliament

Damian Howard Green (born 1956) is an English Conservative Party politician, and member of Parliament for Ashford in Kent. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the centre-right in the United Kingdom. ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sir Herbert Keith Speed RD DL (11 March 1934 at 05:15 GMT at Evesham) was MP for Meriden in Kent from 28 March 1968 until 1974. ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... William Francis Deedes, Baron Deedes, PC (Bill Deedes, born Kent, England, June 1, 1913), is a veteran British journalist and ex_politician. ... 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ...

Election results

General Election 2005: Ashford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Damian Green 26,651 51.6 +4.2
Labour Valerie Whitaker 13,353 25.8 -6.3
Liberal Democrats Chris Took 8,308 16.1 +1.0
Green Richard Boden 1,753 3.4 +0.6
UKIP 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
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Damian Green 22,739 47.4 +6.0
Labour John Adams 15,380 32.1 +0.4
Liberal Democrats Kieth Fitchett 7,236 15.1 -4.6
Green Richard Boden 1,353 2.8 +1.6
UKIP David Waller 1,229 2.6 N/A
Majority 7,359 15.3
Turnout 47,937 62.5 -11.7
Conservative hold Swing {{{swing}}}

The United Kingdom general election of 2005 was held on Thursday, 5 May 2005 and won by the Labour Party, led by Tony Blair. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the centre-right in the United Kingdom. ... Damian Howard Green (born 1956) is an English Conservative Party politician, and member of Parliament for Ashford in Kent. ... The Labour Party is a a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a social liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. ... The Green Party of England and Wales emerged as a distinct party in the 1990s. ... The United Kingdom Independence Party (commonly known as UKIP, pronounced you-kip) is a right-wing political party that aims at British withdrawal from the European Union. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the centre-right in the United Kingdom. ... The United Kingdom general election of 7 June 2001 was dubbed as the quiet landslide by the media. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the centre-right in the United Kingdom. ... Damian Howard Green (born 1956) is an English Conservative Party politician, and member of Parliament for Ashford in Kent. ... The Labour Party is a a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a social liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. ... The Green Party of England and Wales emerged as a distinct party in the 1990s. ... The United Kingdom Independence Party (commonly known as UKIP, pronounced you-kip) is a right-wing political party that aims at British withdrawal from the European Union. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the centre-right in the United Kingdom. ...

Politics and history of the constituency

See also


  Results from FactBites:
 
Ashford Conservatives - Home (650 words)
Former Members of Parliament for Ashford have included Lord Deedes - former government Minister and Editor of the Daily Telegraph - and Sir Keith Speed.
The constituency includes some attractive countryside, part of the "Garden of England", set between the North Downs, Romney Marsh in the East and the Weald of Kent in the south.
The town of Ashford has grown substantially with the opening of an international rail station, an inland freight clearance depot, hotels, offices, a Science Business Park and an extension to the Ashford Business Park.
Ashford - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Ashford (262 words)
Features include the Intelligence Corps Museum, the church of St Mary the Virgin, with a large Perpendicular tower, and the Willesborough Windmill, a fully restored smock mill built in 1869.
The French writer Simone Weil died in a sanatorium in Ashford in 1943.
Ashford Borough Museum is housed in the Old Grammar School built in 1635.
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