Ashford (UK Parliament constituency)

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Ashford is a constituency[n 1] in Kent created in 1885 and represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Sojan Joseph of the Labour Party.[n 2]

Constituency profile

The constituency includes all of the large town of Ashford, which is seeing significant housing expansion[1] and has a manufacturing and services employment base; and surrounding rural areas to the east, including the village of Wye. The seat previously included the town of Tenterden but, due to population growth in Ashford itself, the 2023 boundary review proposed that Tenterden be removed from the Ashford constituency and included in the new constituency of Weald of Kent.

Residents' health and wealth are in line with UK averages.[2]

Boundaries

Template:Maplink1885–1918: The Municipal Borough of Tenterden, the Sessional Divisions of Ashford and Cranbrook, the corporate towns of Lydd and New Romney, and part of the Liberty of Romney Marsh.

1918–1950: The Municipal Boroughs of Lydd, New Romney, and Tenterden, the Urban District of Ashford, and the Rural Districts of Cranbrook, East Ashford, Romney Marsh, Tenterden, and West Ashford.

1950–1974: The Municipal Borough of Tenterden, the Urban District of Ashford, and the Rural Districts of Cranbrook, East Ashford, Tenterden, and West Ashford.

1974–1983: The Municipal Borough of Tenterden, the Urban District of Ashford, and the Rural Districts of East Ashford, Tenterden, and West Ashford. Cranbrook Rural District was transferred to the new Royal Tunbridge Wells constituency.

1983–2010: The Borough of Ashford. The constituency boundaries remained unchanged from 1974.

2010–2024: The Borough of Ashford wards of 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 Michael's, Singleton South, South Willesborough, Stanhope, Stour, Tenterden North, Tenterden South, Victoria, Washford, Weald Central, Weald East, Weald North, Weald South, and Wye.

2024–present: Following the 2023 periodic review of Westminster constituencies which came into effect for 2024 general election, the constituency is composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

  • The Borough of Ashford wards of: Aylesford & East Stour; Beaver; Bircholt; Bockhanger; Bybrook; Conningbrook & Little Burton Farm; Furley; Goat Lees; Godinton; Highfield; Kennington; Mersham, Sevington South with Finberry; Norman; Park Farm North; Park Farm South; Repton; Roman; Singleton East; Singleton West; Stanhope; Victoria; Washford; Willesborough; Wye with Hinxhill.
  • The District of Folkestone and Hythe wards of: North Downs East; North Downs West.[3]

The bulk of the geographic area of the constituency, including the town of Tenterden, and comprising approximately 35% of the current electorate, was moved to the newly created constituency of Weald of Kent.[4] To partly compensate, the two North Downs wards were transferred from Folkestone and Hythe.

Political history

Created under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, Ashford has been won by a Conservative at every election except that of 1929 when it was won by a Liberal, after that party's turn towards the left marked by the People's Budget in 1911, who won with a majority of less than 1% of the vote.

The most marginal victory since 1929 occurred in 1997 when its voters returned a Conservative who won by a 9.7% majority. The 2015 result made the seat the 106th safest of the Conservative Party's 331 seats by percentage of majority.[5]

In June 2016, an estimated 60% of local adults voting in the EU membership referendum chose to leave the European Union instead of to remain. This was matched in two January 2018 votes in Parliament by its MP.[6]

The Conservatives lost the seat at the 2024 general election to Sojan Joseph of the Labour Party, the first time in the seat's history that it was won by Labour.

Members of Parliament

West Kent prior to 1885

Election Member[7] Party
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color"| 1885 William Pomfret Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color"| 1892 Laurence Hardy
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1918 Samuel Strang Steel Coalition Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1929 Rev Roderick Kedward Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1931 Michael Knatchbull Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1933 by-election Patrick Spens
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1943 by-election Edward Percy Smith
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1950 Bill Deedes
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | October 1974 Keith Speed
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1997 Damian Green
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 2024 Sojan Joseph Labour

Elections

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Elections in the 2020s

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2024 general election: Ashford[8]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Damian Green 13,483 28.7 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Tristram Kennedy Harper 10,141 21.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Mandy Rossi 4,355 9.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Adam Rowledge 2,445 5.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Consensus James Ransley 1,289 2.7 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 1,779 3.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 46,975 61.6 Script error: No such module "String".
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Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result[9]
Party Vote %
Template:Party color cell Conservative 28,759 59.2
Template:Party color cell Labour 11,548 23.8
Template:Party color cell Liberal Democrats 5,176 10.7
Template:Party color cell Green 2,234 4.6
Template:Party color cell Others 862 1.8
Turnout 48,579 66.1
Electorate 73,546
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2019 general election: Ashford[10]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Dara Farrell 13,241 22.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Adrian Gee-Turner 6,048 10.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Mandy Rossi 2,638 4.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Susannah De Sanvil 862 1.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 24,029 40.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 60,059 67.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing +5.4

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

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2017 general election: Ashford
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Sally Gathern 17,840 29.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Adrian Gee-Turner 3,101 5.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Gerald O'Brien 2,218 3.7 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Mandy Rossi 1,402 2.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 17,478 29.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 59,879 68.5 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing −2.5

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

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2015 general election: Ashford[11]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Gerald O'Brien 10,798 18.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Brendan Chilton 10,580 18.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Debbie Enever 3,433 6.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Mandy Rossi 2,467 4.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 19,296 33.7 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 57,372 67.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing −8.0

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

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2010 general election: Ashford[12]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Chris Took 12,581 22.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Chris Clark 9,204 16.7 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Jeffrey Elenor[13] 2,508 4.5 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Steven Campkin 1,014 1.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 17,297 31.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 55,185 67.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing +2.3

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Elections in the 2000s

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2005 general election: Ashford
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Valerie Whitaker 13,353 25.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Chris Took 8,308 16.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Richard Boden 1,753 3.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Bernard Stroud 1,620 3.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 13,298 25.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 51,685 65.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing +5.2

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

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2001 general election: Ashford
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". John Adams 15,380 32.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Keith Fitchett 7,236 15.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Richard Boden 1,353 2.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". David Waller 1,229 2.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 7,359 15.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 47,937 62.5 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing +3.2

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Elections in the 1990s

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1997 general election: Ashford[14][15]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". John Ennals 17,554 31.7 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". John Williams 10,901 19.7 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Christopher Cruden 3,201 5.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Richard Boden 660 1.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Stephen Tyrell 89 0.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 5,345 9.7 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 55,294 74.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing −12.5

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

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1992 general election: Ashford[16]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Christine Headley 13,672 24.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Doreen Cameron 11,365 20.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Charles Porter 773 1.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 17,359 30.5 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 56,841 79.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing +0.7

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Elections in the 1980s

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1987 general election: Ashford
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Neil Macmillan 14,490 27.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Michael Wiggins 7,775 14.7 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Charles Porter 778 1.5 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 15,488 29.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 53,021 75.7 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

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1983 general election: Ashford
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Jo Hawkes 13,319 27.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Paul Lewis 6,167 12.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Charles Porter 569 1.2 Script error: No such module "String".
National Labour J.W. King 456 0.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". R.E. Lockwood 195 0.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 13,911 29.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 47,936 73.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Elections in the 1970s

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1979 general election: Ashford
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". A.A. Gilbert 12,586 26.7 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Alison Wainman 7,631 16.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". K.R. McKilliam 678 1.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 13,638 29.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 47,119 76.7 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

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October 1974 general election: Ashford
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". M.B. Jackson 13,269 30.5 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Clive G. Dennis 10,983 25.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 6,025 13.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 43,546 74.5 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

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February 1974 general election: Ashford
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Clive G. Dennis 13,314 28.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". M.B. Jackson 12,077 25.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 8,459 18.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 47,164 81.5 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

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1970 general election: Ashford
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". John M. Bowyer 14,037 28.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Frederick Charles Truman 7,902 16.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 12,612 26.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 48,588 72.5 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing +3.5

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Elections in the 1960s

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1966 general election: Ashford
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Charles A. Thomas 13,249 31.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". J. Gavin W. Peck 8,121 19.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 8,113 19.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 42,732 75.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

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1964 general election: Ashford
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Charles A. Thomas 11,989 28.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". J. Gavin W. Peck 9,531 22.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 9,037 21.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 42,546 77.5 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Elections in the 1950s

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1959 general election: Ashford
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Reginald Ward 14,983 37.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 10,400 25.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 40,366 77.5 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

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1955 general election: Ashford
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Neville Sandelson 15,685 39.5 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 8,307 20.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 39,677 78.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

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1951 general election: Ashford
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Neville Sandelson 16,645 40.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 7,448 18.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 40,738 81.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

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1950 general election: Ashford
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Neville Sandelson 14,948 36.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". H. Shirley 4,828 11.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 6,147 15.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 40,871 84.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Elections in the 1940s

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1945 general election: Ashford
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Horace Waterton Lee 12,575 34.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Harold Vezey Strong 4,804 13.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 6,225 17.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 36,179 71.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

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1943 Ashford by-election[17]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Catherine E. Williamson 4,192 30.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 5,456 39.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 13,840 27.7 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Elections in the 1930s

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14 November 1935 general election: Ashford
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Borlase Matthews 8,338 23.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". W.J. Beck 6,333 17.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 12,985 36.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 35,994 73.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

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1933 Ashford by-election:
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Roderick Kedward 11,423 33.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". W.J. Beck 6,178 18.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 4,628 13.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 33,652 70.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

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27 October 1931 general election: Ashford
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Roderick Kedward 14,681 41.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 6,210 17.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 35,572 75.9 Script error: No such module "String".
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Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Elections in the 1920s

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30 May 1929 general election: Ashford
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Samuel Strang Steel 14,579 42.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Mont Follick 3,885 11.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 1,174 3.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 34,217 75.3 Script error: No such module "String".
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:If empty" | Script error: No such module "Political party". gain from Script error: No such module "Political party". Template:Yesno Swing +21.0

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

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29 October 1924 general election: Ashford
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Leonard John Humphrey 5,487 21.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Basil Noble 4,473 17.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 9,672 38.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 25,119 70.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing +9.2

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

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6 December 1923 general election: Ashford
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Basil Noble 7,709 37.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 4,935 24.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 20,353 57.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing +7.0

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

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15 November 1922 general election: Ashford
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Basil Noble 6,977 30.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 8,661 38.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 22,615 64.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing

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Elections in the 1910s

Template:Election box winning candidate with party link coalition 1918Template:Election box registered electorsTemplate:Election box end 1918General Election 1914–15: Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
14 December 1918 general election: Ashford[18]
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Independent Democrat William H. Deedes 2,408 19.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 7,850 62.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 12,666 39.2 Script error: No such module "String".
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December 1910 general election: Ashford[20][21]
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January 1910 general election: Ashford[20][21]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Reginald John Farrer 4,422 35.7 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 3,544 28.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 12,418 87.2 Script error: No such module "String".
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Elections in the 1900s

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1906 general election: Ashford[20][22]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Percy Harris 5,614 48.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 380 3.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 11,608 83.7 Script error: No such module "String".
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1900 general election: Ashford[20][22][23]
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Independent Protestant Benjamin Nicholson 2,343 28.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 3,555 43.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 8,241 64.8 Script error: No such module "String".
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Elections in the 1890s

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1895 general election: Ashford[20][22][23]
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1892 general election: Ashford[20][22]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". John U Bugler 4,281 43.7 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 1,231 12.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 9,793 68.4 Script error: No such module "String".
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Elections in the 1880s

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1886 general election: Ashford[20][22]
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1885 general election: Ashford[20][22][24]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". George Crispe Whiteley 4,895 44.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 1,125 10.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 10,915 81.5 Script error: No such module "String".

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See also

Notes

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References

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Sources

  • British Parliamentary Election Results 1885–1918, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Macmillan Press 1974)
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External links

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  1. UK Polling Report http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/ashford/
  2. Electoral Calculus https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/seatdetails.py?seat=Ashford
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  15. C. Rallings & M. Thrasher, The Media Guide to the New Parliamentary Constituencies, p.120 (Plymouth: LGC Elections Centre, 1995)
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  17. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
  18. Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1922
  19. Kent & Sussex Courier 27 Mar 1914
  20. a b c d e f g h British Parliamentary Election Results 1885–1918, FWS Craig
  21. a b Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
  22. a b c d e f The Liberal Year Book, 1907
  23. a b Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
  24. Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886