"transition from industrial centre to dormitory town is in its infancy and will take some years to develop. The town has two large secondary schools, Ashfield School and Kirkby College. Local politics have been dominated by the Labour Party for much of the 20th century, however Ashfield attracted media attention in the late 1970s with a shock by-election win for the Conservatives. Since the 2010 General Election, the MP has been Gloria De Piero, best known for her work with GMTV. She took over from Geoff Hoon, one-time Secretary of State for Defence during the premiership of Tony Blair. She"
"Ashfield (UK Parliament constituency) Ashfield is a Nottinghamshire constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Gloria De Piero of the Labour Party. To date almost always 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 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"
"weeks prior to the election, Zadrozny stood down following an allegation made against him and he was replaced by Philip Smith. Zadrozny was eventually cleared of all charges in October 2017. Ashfield (UK Parliament constituency) Ashfield is a Nottinghamshire constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Gloria De Piero of the Labour Party. To date almost always 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 for only two years has been"
"and Woodhouse, and the Borough of Broxtowe wards of Brinsley, Eastwood North and Greasley Beauvale, and Eastwood South. 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. 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, only for it to be reduced to 441 in 2017. The Liberal Democrats had again selected Jason Zadrozny. But a few"
"Hamilton. The report severely criticised the conduct of both Hamilton and Smith whilst MPs and said that if they had remained MPs, they would have faced a substantial suspension from the House of Commons. Smith now lives in Boyton, Cornwall. Tim Smith (British politician) Timothy John Smith (born 5 October 1947) is a former British Conservative politician. In 1977 he was selected to stand as Conservative candidate for the Labour seat of Ashfield in Nottinghamshire, at the Ashfield by-election, following the resignation of David Marquand. Ashfield was regarded as a 'safe' Labour seat, but on 28 April in an amazing"
"council is composed of the following councillors: Ashfield, Nottinghamshire Ashfield () is a local government district in western Nottinghamshire, England. According to the 2001 UK census, it has a population of 111,387, increasing to 119,497 at the 2011 Census. The district is mostly urban and contains parts of both the Nottingham Urban Area and the Mansfield Urban Area. The area has a tradition of coal mining. There are three towns in the district; the largest being Sutton-in-Ashfield. Settlements in the district include the following: The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, by the"
"Tim Smith (British politician) Timothy John Smith (born 5 October 1947) is a former British Conservative politician. In 1977 he was selected to stand as Conservative candidate for the Labour seat of Ashfield in Nottinghamshire, at the Ashfield by-election, following the resignation of David Marquand. Ashfield was regarded as a 'safe' Labour seat, but on 28 April in an amazing swing, Smith overturned Marquand's October 1974 majority of 22,915 to win by 264 votes over Labour's Michael Cowan. However, Smith was unable to hold the seat in the 1979 general election, was defeated and left the House of Commons. He"
"Jon Ashworth Jonathan Michael Graham ""Jon"" Ashworth (born 14 October 1978) is a British Labour and Co-operative Party politician, who has served as the Member of Parliament for Leicester South since 2011, and is the current Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care. Ashworth was first elected at a by-election on 5 May 2011, following the resignation of his predecessor Peter Soulsby, and was re-elected at the 2015 and 2017 general elections. He previously worked an adviser to Gordon Brown and head of party relations for Ed Miliband. He is currently Shadow Secretary of State for Health and"
"Geoff Hoon Geoffrey William ""Geoff"" Hoon (born 6 December 1953) is a British Labour politician who served as the Member of Parliament for Ashfield from 1992-2010. He is a former Defence Secretary, Transport Secretary, Leader of the House of Commons and Government Chief Whip. Hoon was born in Derby, England, and is the son of railwayman Ernest Hoon and June Collett. Hoon was educated at Nottingham High School before going on to read law at Jesus College, Cambridge from where he graduated in 1976. Hoon was a lecturer in the Faculty of Law at the University of Leeds from 1976"
"then National Revenue Minister Gail Shea. In June 2013, Ashfield announced he had been diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma. When he declared his candidacy for the 2015 Canadian federal election, he had beaten his cancer that had returned in Fall 2014. The Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick officially announced Keith Ashfield's death in the early afternoon of April 22, 2018. Keith Ashfield Keith John Ashfield, (March 28, 1952 – April 22, 2018) was a Canadian politician. He served as the MP for the electoral district of Fredericton from 2008 to 2015, and before that was a member of the New"
"Ashfield, Nottinghamshire Ashfield () is a local government district in western Nottinghamshire, England. According to the 2001 UK census, it has a population of 111,387, increasing to 119,497 at the 2011 Census. The district is mostly urban and contains parts of both the Nottingham Urban Area and the Mansfield Urban Area. The area has a tradition of coal mining. There are three towns in the district; the largest being Sutton-in-Ashfield. Settlements in the district include the following: The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, by the merger of urban districts of Hucknall, Kirkby-in-Ashfield,"
"local party after sitting MSP Kenny MacAskill, had announced in June that he would not stand for re-election. She was appointed as Parliamentary Liaison Officer to the Cabinet Secretary for Culture, Tourism and External Affairs. She was a member of the Economy, Jobs and Fair Work Committee and the Finance and Constitution Committee. In November 2017, she was moved from the Economy, Jobs and Fair Work committee to the Health and Sport Committee, where she was appointed deputy convener. On the 27 June 2018, she was appointed Minister for Community Safety. Ash Denham Ashten Regan-Denham (born 8 March 1974) is"
"Keith Ashfield Keith John Ashfield, (March 28, 1952 – April 22, 2018) was a Canadian politician. He served as the MP for the electoral district of Fredericton from 2008 to 2015, and before that was a member of the New Brunswick Legislature from 1999 to 2008. He served in the federal cabinet in various capacities from 2008 to 2013. The son of Jack Ashfield and Nora Locke, he studied Business at the University of New Brunswick for two years. Ashfield was a school trustee for a number of years and was first a candidate for the Legislative Assembly of New"
"Gloria De Piero Gloria De Piero (born 21 December 1972) is a British Labour Party politician and journalist. She was first elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ashfield in 2010. After serving as a shadow minister from October 2010, De Piero was promoted to the shadow cabinet in 2013 as Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities. In 2015 she was appointed Shadow Minister for Young People and Voter Registration, but resigned the position on 26 June 2016. Before becoming a politician, she was previously known for her work on GMTV. De Piero was born in Bradford, West Riding"
"as his party formed the opposition following the election. On March 6, 2018, Ashfield announced his political comeback with a run for the Progressive Conservative nomination in Oromocto-Lincoln-Fredericton. On November 7, 2007, he won the nomination to be the candidate of the Conservative Party of Canada in Fredericton for the next federal election. When the election was called, he resigned his provincial seat. He was elected in the 2008 federal election and re-elected in the 2011 federal election. Ashfield was appointed Minister of Fisheries and Oceans on May 18, 2011. Ashfield co-chaired the annual meeting of the Canadian Council of"
"to seek selection as the Labour Party's candidate for the Ashfield constituency in the 2010 general election. The candidacy became vacant following the announcement that the constituency's Labour MP, former Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon, would be stepping down at the election. On 20 March 2010, De Piero was selected by the local Labour Party as its candidate. De Piero was elected by a narrow margin to the seat with a majority of 192 votes (compared to 10,213 in 2005) after a 17.2% swing to the Liberal Democrats' Jason Zadrozny – the second largest such swing in the 2010 election. At"
"from the ""Mail""s website without an admission of fault. Damian Green Damian Howard Green (born 17 January 1956) is a British politician who has been the Conservative Member of Parliament for Ashford since 1997 and was the First Secretary of State and Minister for the Cabinet Office from 11 June 2017 to 20 December 2017. Green was born in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales and studied PPE at Balliol College, Oxford. Before entering politics, Green worked as a journalist for the BBC, Channel 4 and ""The Times"". Green entered Parliament in the 1997 election by winning the seat of"
"eleven (11) members of parliament (MP); of which six are members of the Labour Party, and five are Conservatives. Kenneth Clarke of Rushcliffe is a former Conservative Chancellor of the Exchequer and Lord High Chancellor. Following the 2017 County Council elections, the County Council is controlled by a coalition of Conservatives and Mansfield Independent Forum, having taken control from the Labour administration. The seats held are 31 Conservatives, 23 Labour, 11 Independents, 1 Liberal Democrat. In the previous 2013 election, the County Council was Labour controlled, a gain from the Conservatives. Local government is devolved to seven local borough and"
"1977 Ashfield by-election The Ashfield by-election was held on 28 April 1977 in the Ashfield constituency in the coal mining area of Nottinghamshire, following the resignation of Labour Member of Parliament David Marquand. Conservative candidate Tim Smith was the narrow winner in what was thought to have been a very safe Labour seat. Marquand had resigned to take up a post at the European Commission in Brussels, as an advisor to the United Kingdom's newly appointed Commissioner Roy Jenkins. His majority at the October 1974 general election had been 22,915, which made the seat look very safe. There was another"
"Richard Ashworth Richard James Ashworth (born 17 September 1947 in Folkestone) is an independent Member of the European Parliament for South East England (formerly a Conservative Party MEP) and was Leader of the Conservative Party in the European Parliament from March 2012 to November 2013. He has served as an MEP since 2004. Ashworth was educated at The King's School, Canterbury and studied agriculture and management at Seale-Hayne College in Devon. He has been the chairman of a further education college (Plumpton in East Sussex) for a number of years as well as serving on several public bodies in the"
"has been represented by Richard Neal of Springfield since January 3, 2013. Massachusetts is currently represented in the United States Senate by Ed Markey, and Elizabeth Warren. Ashfield is a member of the Mohawk Trail Regional School District, which covers nine towns. Sanderson Academy serves the town's students from pre-kindergarten through sixth grade, and also serves neighboring Plainfield. All district students from grades 7-12 attend Mohawk Trail Regional High School in neighboring Buckland. There are several private, religious and charter schools located in the Greenfield area, with the most prominent being Deerfield Academy in Deerfield, Northfield Mount Hermon School in"
"Ashford (UK Parliament constituency) Ashford is a constituency created in 1885 represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1997 by Damian Green, a Conservative, who served as First Secretary of State between 11 June and 20 December 2017. 1885-1918: 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."
"a keen sportsman, used to play hockey for a National League team and for his county. He now plays veterans hockey for Wimbledon. Stephen Hammond Stephen William Hammond (born 4 February 1962) is a British Conservative Party politician, serving as Minister of State at the Department of Health and Social Care since November 2018, following the promotion of Stephen Barclay to Brexit Secretary. Hammond was first elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wimbledon at the 2005 general election. On 4 September 2012, he was appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport, with responsibility for buses, rail and"
"majority of only 192 over the Liberal Democrats, but this was increased to 8,820 in 2015 after a collapse in the Liberal vote,with the Conservatives finishing second. 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 Independent candidate of nearly 10%, but Labour did just enough to hang on by just over 400 votes. 1955-1974: The Urban Districts of Eastwood, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, and Sutton-in-Ashfield, and in the Rural District of Basford the"
"as mobile phone masts. He was also a senior strategy adviser for consultants Accenture. He is also Freeman of the City of London and a Liveryman of the Vintners' Company. In 2010, Mitchell was sworn in as a Privy Councillor. Andrew Mitchell Andrew John Bower Mitchell (born 23 March 1956) is a British Conservative Party politician who was first elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sutton Coldfield in 2001. Previously, he was the MP for Gedling from 1987 to 1997. Mitchell served in the Cabinet as Secretary of State for International Development from 2010 to 2012, and then"
"her behaviour as a 15-year-old girl"". It later emerged that the photos had been purchased by ""The Mail on Sunday"" in 2010. De Piero became aware of this after the 2013 purchases attempt and at her request the paper sent the photos and negatives to De Piero along with a letter of apology. Gloria De Piero Gloria De Piero (born 21 December 1972) is a British Labour Party politician and journalist. She was first elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ashfield in 2010. After serving as a shadow minister from October 2010, De Piero was promoted to the"
"Hill) left the Labour Group to sit as Independents. As a result of the above changes on the 26 April 2018 The Ashfield Independents and Independents joined by the Conservatives forced a vote of no confidence in the Labour leadership and replaced Labour leader Councillor Cheryl Butler with Jason Zadrozny of the Ashfield Independents. As of the 1st May 2018 the current make up of the Council is Labour 14 (-8), Ashfield Independents 11 (+11), Conservative Party 5 (+2), Independents 5 (+3) and Liberal Democrats 0 (-5). 2015 Ashfield District Council election The 2015 Ashfield District Council election took place"
"first over this debilitating Tory civil war.” Ashworth became engaged to Emilie Oldknow, the East Midlands Regional Director for the Labour Party, in 2008. She was the official Labour candidate for Sherwood at the 2010 general election, but was not elected. Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown and his wife Sarah attended the couple's wedding on 3 July 2010 in Derbyshire. They have a daughter, Gracie, born in May 2011 shortly after his by-election victory, and a second daughter. Jon Ashworth Jonathan Michael Graham ""Jon"" Ashworth (born 14 October 1978) is a British Labour and Co-operative Party politician, who has served"
"Damian Green Damian Howard Green (born 17 January 1956) is a British politician who has been the Conservative Member of Parliament for Ashford since 1997 and was the First Secretary of State and Minister for the Cabinet Office from 11 June 2017 to 20 December 2017. Green was born in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales and studied PPE at Balliol College, Oxford. Before entering politics, Green worked as a journalist for the BBC, Channel 4 and ""The Times"". Green entered Parliament in the 1997 election by winning the seat of Ashford in Kent. He served in several shadow ministerial"
"of the City of London during Brexit negotiations. Afolami has also been campaigning for a better deal for commuters across his constituency, following the announcement of huge timetable changes from May 2018 by Govia Thameslink. Bim Afolami Abimbola ""Bim"" Afolami (born 11 February 1986) is a British Conservative Party politician. He has served as the Member of Parliament for Hitchin and Harpenden constituency since the 2017 general election. Afolami was born and raised in Crowthorne, Berkshire. His father is a Nigerian consultant doctor in the NHS, who came to the UK in his early-twenties. He was educated at Bishopsgate School,"
"cent of delegate slots. Steve Ashton, , former MLA for Thompson (1981–2016), Minister of Infrastructure and Transportation and Minister responsible for Emergency Measures (2015–2016), Minister of Infrastructure and Transportation (2009–2014), Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs (2006–2009), Minister of Water Stewardship (2003–2006), Minister of Labour and Immigration (2003), Minister of Conservation (2002–2003), Minister of Transportation and Government Services (2001–2002), Minister of Highways and Government Services (1999–2001). Runner-up in the 2009 leadership election and third place candidate in the 2015 leadership election. Wab Kinew, , is the MLA for Fort Rouge (2016–present), former broadcaster, musician, author, and professor. Michelle McHale, is a staff"
"although they will all be new. Some of the pools may change usage and location around the centre. The suburb of Ashfield is within the Inner West Council local government area, in the inner western region of Sydney in the state of New South Wales, Australia. For federal elections, Ashfield is part of the electoral division of Grayndler, currently held by Labor's Anthony Albanese. Since 1977, it has mostly been in this Division although parts have been in the neighbouring Divisions of Lowe and Watson at various times. Previously, the suburb was in the electorate of Parkes from Federation in"
"of noticing symptoms. The operation, by Mr Thomas Carroll lasted 13 hours and was back at work after 4 weeks. He and Conservative MP Guy Opperman, who also had a brain tumour in 2011, walked the first section of the Pennine Way in 2012 to raise money for Headway UK. Blomfield is married to Linda McAvan, a Labour Member of the European Parliament for Yorkshire and the Humber. Paul Blomfield Paul Christopher Blomfield (born 25 August 1953) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sheffield Central since 2010. Twice President of the"