Ashfield (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1955 onwards / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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 north west of the city of Nottingham in the Erewash Valley along the border with neighbouring county Derbyshire.
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Ashfield | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Nottinghamshire |
Population | 101,914 (2011 census)[1] |
Electorate | 69,819 (2023)[2] |
Major settlements | Sutton in Ashfield and Kirkby in Ashfield |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1955 |
Member of Parliament | Lee Anderson (Reform UK) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Broxtowe |
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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.[3]