ASHFORD (UK PARLIAMENT CONSTITUENCY)

'Ashford' is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post voting system.
It is a strongly Conservative seat.

Contents

Boundaries

Boundary review

Members of Parliament

Election results

See also

References

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.

Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in Kent, the Boundary Commission for England made major changes to the existing constituencies as a consequence of population expansion across the county.
The electoral wards used in the modified Ashford constituency are entirely within the borough of Ashford;

★ 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 Michaels, Singleton South, South Willesborough, Stanhope, Stour, Tenterden North, Tenterden South, Victoria, Washford, Weald Central, Weald East, Weald North, Weald South and Wye

Members of Parliament

★ ''Constituency created'' (1885)

Election results

See also

★ List of Parliamentary constituencies in Kent

References

★ The Times House of Commons 1929, 1931, 1935, , , , Politico's (reprint), 2003, ISBN 1-84275-033-X

★ The Times House of Commons 1945, , , , ''The Times'', 1945,

★ The Times House of Commons 1950, , , , ''The Times'', 1950,

★ The Times House of Commons 1955, , , , ''The Times'', 1955,