UK Parliamentary general election
Ashfield constituency
This election was held on Thursday 8 June 2017.
6 candidates stood in the Ashfield constituency.
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Tony Harper
Conservative and Unionist Party
20,844 votes -
Gail Turner
Ashfield Independents
4,612 votes -
Ray Young
UK Independence Party (UKIP)
1,885 votes -
Bob Charlesworth
Liberal Democrats
969 votes -
Arran Rangi
Green Party
398 votes
Wikipedia
Ashfield is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Lee Anderson, formerly of the Conservative Party (UK), but who had the whip suspended in February 2024 and two weeks later joined Reform UK to become their first MP. The constituency is in the English county of Nottinghamshire, East Midlands; located to the north west of the city of Nottingham in the Erewash Valley along the border with neighbouring county Derbyshire. Ashfield was part of the Red Wall which by and large, voted Conservative in the 2019 general election. In the 2016 referendum on membership of the European Union, Ashfield voted 70% in favour of Brexit.
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