Ashfield District
Non-metropolitan district
Sutton-in-Ashfield, the largest settlement in the district
Sutton-in-Ashfield, the largest settlement in the district
Shown within Nottinghamshire
Shown within Nottinghamshire
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Constituent countryEngland
RegionEast Midlands
Administrative countyNottinghamshire
Admin. HQKirkby-in-Ashfield
Government
 • TypeAshfield District Council
 • MPs:Lee Anderson
Mark Spencer
Area
 • Total42.3 sq mi (109.6 km2)
 • Rank190th
Population
 (2021)
 • Total126,372
 • RankRanked 186th
 • Density3,000/sq mi (1,200/km2)
Time zoneUTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+1 (British Summer Time)
ONS code37UB (ONS)
E07000170 (GSS)
Ethnicity97.6% White
(96.0% White British)
1.0% Asian
0.5% Black
1.0% Mixed
0.1% Other [1]

Ashfield (/ˈæʃˌfiːld/) is a local government district in Nottinghamshire, England. The council is based in Kirkby-in-Ashfield, but the largest town is neighbouring Sutton-in-Ashfield. The district also contains the town of Hucknall and a few villages. The district is mostly urban, with some of its settlements forming parts of both the Nottingham and Mansfield Urban Areas.

The neighbouring districts are Mansfield, Newark and Sherwood, Gedling, Nottingham, Broxtowe, Amber Valley and Bolsover.

History

The district was created on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, covering the whole of three former districts and of part of a fourth, which were all abolished at the same time:[2]

The new district was named Ashfield, being the shared suffix of two of the towns' names.[3]

Governance

Ashfield District Council
Logo
Type
Type
Leadership
Dale Grounds,
Ashfield Independents
since 25 May 2023[4]
Theresa Hodgkinson
since 2021[5]
Structure
Seats35 councillors
Political groups
Administration (32)
  Ashfield Ind. (32)
Other parties (3)
  Conservative (2)
  Labour (1)
Elections
Last election
4 May 2023
Next election
6 May 2027
Meeting place
Council Offices, Urban Road, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottingham, NG17 8DA
Website
www.ashfield.gov.uk

Ashfield District Council provides district-level services. County-level services are provided by Nottinghamshire County Council. Parts of the district are also covered by civil parishes, which form a third tier of local government.[6][7]

Political control

Local party the Ashfield Independents has held a majority of the seats on the council since 2019.

The first election to the council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority alongside the outgoing authorities before coming into its powers on 1 April 1974. Political control of the council since 1974 has been as follows:[8][9]

Party in controlYears
Labour1974–2003
No overall control2003–2011
Labour2011–2018
No overall control2018–2019
Ashfield Ind.2019–present

Leadership

The leaders of the council since 2007 have been:[10]

CouncillorPartyFromTo
Jason Zadrozny Liberal DemocratsMay 2007May 2009
John Knight LabourMay 200923 May 2013
Chris Baron[11] Labour23 May 2013May 2015
Cheryl Butler[12] LabourMay 201526 Apr 2018
Jason Zadrozny Ashfield Ind.26 Apr 2018

Composition

Following the 2023 election the composition of the council was:[13]

Party Councillors
Ashfield Ind.32
Conservative2
Labour1
Total35

The next election is due in 2027.

Elections

Since the last boundary changes in 2015 the council has comprised 35 councillors representing 23 wards, with each ward electing one, two or three councillors. Elections are held every four years.[14]

Premises

Ada Lovelace House, built 1933 as offices of Kirkby-in-Ashfield Urban District Council and used as one of Ashfield's offices until new offices were built immediately behind it in 1986.

The council is based at the Council Offices on Urban Road in Kirkby-in-Ashfield, completed in 1986 on a site behind the old headquarters (built 1933) of one of the council's predecessors, the Kirkby-in-Ashfield Urban District Council, with the old building now being known as Ada Lovelace House.[15][16] The new building was officially opened in October 1986 by Birgitte, Duchess of Gloucester.[17]

Settlements and parishes

Hucknall, the second-largest settlement in the district and contiguous with nearby Nottingham
Kirkby-in-Ashfield, the third-largest settlement in the district and its administrative headquarters

There are just three civil parishes in the district, being Annesley, Felley and Selston. Annesley and Felley share a grouped parish council.[18] The rest of the district, corresponding to the pre-1974 urban districts of Hucknall, Kirkby-in-Ashfield and Sutton-in-Ashfield, is an unparished area.[7]

The largest settlement is Sutton-in-Ashfield. Towns and villages in the district include the following:

References

  1. ↑ "UK Government Web Archive". webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk.
  2. ↑ "The English Non-metropolitan District (Definition) Order 1972", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 1972/2039, retrieved 17 November 2023
  3. ↑ "The English Non-metropolitan Districts (Names) Order 1973", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 1973/551, retrieved 31 May 2023
  4. ↑ "Council minutes, 25 May 2023". Ashfield District Council. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
  5. ↑ "Ashfield District Council welcomes new Chief Officer". Ashfield District Council. 30 July 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
  6. ↑ "Local Government Act 1972", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1972 c. 70, retrieved 31 May 2023
  7. 1 2 "Election Maps". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  8. ↑ "Compositions calculator". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  9. ↑ "England council elections". BBC News Online. Archived from the original on 19 May 2011. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
  10. ↑ "Council minutes". Ashfield District Council. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  11. ↑ "All change at Ashfield District Council". Ashfield Chad. 30 May 2013. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  12. ↑ "New line-up for Labour in Ashfield". Ashfield Chad. 13 May 2015. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  13. ↑ "Local elections 2023: live council results for England". The Guardian.
  14. ↑ "The Ashfield (Electoral Changes) Order 2015", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2015/112, retrieved 19 December 2023
  15. ↑ "Town centre landmark renovated to boost Kirkby's economy". Ashfield Chad. 11 May 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  16. ↑ "Ashfield District Council". 26 May 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  17. ↑ "Royal visitor for Ashfield". Mansfield and Sutton Recorder. 30 October 1986. p. 15. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  18. ↑ "Parish council contact details". Ashfield District Council. Retrieved 19 December 2023.

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