Ashfield District

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Michelle Welsh (Labour)
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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 two former districts, most of Hucknall Urban District and of parts of a fourth, which were all abolished at the same time:

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

Governance

| name = Ashfield District Council | native_name = | transcription_name = | legislature = | coa_pic = | coa_res = | logo_pic = Ashfield District Council logo.svg | logo_res = 220px | house_type = Non-metropolitan district | body = | houses = | leader1_type = Chair | leader1 = Paul Grafton | party1 = Ashfield Independents | election1 = 19 May 2025 | leader2_type = Leader | leader2 = Jason Zadrozny | party2 = Ashfield Independents | election2 = 26 April 2018 | leader3_type = Chief Executive | leader3 = Theresa Hodgkinson | party3 = | election3 = 2021 | members = 35 councillors | structure1 = | structure1_res = 250px | political_groups1 = ;Administration (31) : ;Other parties (4) : : Conservative (1)

| last_election1 = 4 May 2023 | next_election2 = 6 May 2027 | session_room = Ashfield District Council Offices - geograph.org.uk - 6354115.jpg | session_res = | meeting_place = Council Offices, Urban Road, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottingham, NG178DA | website = | footnotes =

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.

Political control

A 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:

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Leadership

The leaders of the council since 1974 have been:

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CouncillorPartyFromTo
Clarence Booler1974Aug 1986
Jack Barker19861987
Ken Creed1987Aug 1995
title=Death of council leaderurl=https://www.findmypast.co.uk/image-viewer?issue=BL%2F0005314%2F19990402&page=5access-date=18 June 2025work=Dispatch
Chris Bonam19992001
last1=Huttonfirst1=Martintitle=Silver Jubilee for council stalwarturl=https://www.findmypast.co.uk/image-viewer?issue=BL%2F0005315%2F20040604&page=7
Jason ZadroznyMay 2007Mar 2009
title=Ashfield Show bust budget by £166,000!url=https://www.hucknalldispatch.co.uk/news/ashfield-show-bust-budget-by-ps166000-2422801access-date=17 June 2025work=Dispatch
title=All change at Ashfield District Councilurl=https://www.chad.co.uk/news/all-change-ashfield-district-council-2339554access-date=20 August 2022work=Ashfield Chad
Cheryl ButlerMay 201526 Apr 2018
Jason Zadrozny26 Apr 2018
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Composition

Following the 2023 election and subsequent by-elections and changes of allegiance up to February 2025, the composition of the council was:

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PartyCouncillorsTotal35
31
3
1
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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.

Premises

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a0/Council_offices,Kirkby_in_Ashfield-geograph.org.uk-_4028823.jpg" caption="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. The new building was officially opened in October 1986 by Birgitte, Duchess of Gloucester.

Settlements and parishes

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d0/Path_to_Hucknall_-geograph.org.uk-_2461563.jpg" caption="[[Hucknall]], the second-largest settlement in the district and contiguous with nearby [[Nottingham]]."] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/92/Kirkby_in_Ashfield_Town_Centre.jpg" caption="[[Kirkby-in-Ashfield]], the third-largest settlement in the district and its administrative headquarters."] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/UK_Ashfield_District_2024_Map.svg" caption="Map of the district of Ashfield."] ::

There are just three civil parishes in the district, being Annesley, Felley and Selston. Annesley and Felley share a grouped parish council. 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.

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

Media

Television

The Ashfield District is served by BBC East Midlands and ITV Central with television signals receives from the Waltham TV transmitter. Northern parts of the district around Sutton-in-Ashfield and Kirkby-in-Ashfield receives better signals from the Emley Moor TV transmitter that broadcast BBC Yorkshire and ITV Yorkshire (West) programmes and the Belmont transmitter broadcasting BBC Yorkshire and Lincolnshire and ITV Yorkshire (East) programmes.

Radio

Radio stations that broadcast the area are:

Newspapers

The Ashfield District is served by the local newspaper, Mansfield and Ashfield Chad.

References

References

  1. "Ashfield Local Authority".
  2. {{cite legislation UK. (1972)
  3. {{cite legislation UK. (1973)
  4. "Council minutes, 19 May 2025".
  5. (30 July 2021). "Ashfield District Council welcomes new Chief Officer".
  6. {{cite legislation UK. (1972)
  7. "Election Maps". Ordnance Survey.
  8. "Compositions Calculator". University of Exeter.
  9. "England council elections". [[BBC News Online]].
  10. (15 August 1986). "Tributes pour in for council's Labour leader". Dispatch.
  11. (24 October 1986). "Local man new council leader - now it's official". Dispatch.
  12. (2 April 1987). "Government to blame for grants cash starvation". Mansfield and Sutton Recorder.
  13. (3 December 1987). "Industry gloom for Hucknall". Nottingham Recorder.
  14. (29 September 1995). "New post for Creed". Dispatch.
  15. (2 April 1999). "Death of council leader". Dispatch.
  16. (4 June 1999). "Baron lined up as leader of the future". Dispatch.
  17. (18 May 2001). "Follow our leader!". Dispatch.
  18. (4 June 2004). "Silver Jubilee for council stalwart". Dispatch.
  19. (Spring 2007). "Two year development plan". Ashfield News.
  20. (Summer 2007). "Leader of the Council". Ashfield News.
  21. (11 November 2009). "Ashfield Show bust budget by £166,000!". Dispatch.
  22. (30 May 2013). "All change at Ashfield District Council". Ashfield Chad.
  23. (8 May 2015). "Labour retain control of Ashfield District Council - but Zadrozny wins". Chad.
  24. (13 May 2015). "New line-up for Labour in Ashfield". Ashfield Chad.
  25. (27 April 2018). "Labour loses control of Ashfield Council after no confidence vote". BBC News.
  26. "Council minutes, 26 April 2018".
  27. Cox, Phoebe. (2025-01-31). "Ashfield independent councillor defects to Reform UK".
  28. Pridmore, Oliver. (2025-02-12). "Notts councillor becomes first to quit Labour and join Reform".
  29. "Ashfield". Thorncliffe.
  30. {{cite legislation UK. (2015)
  31. (11 May 2017). "Town centre landmark renovated to boost Kirkby's economy". Ashfield Chad.
  32. (26 May 2022). "Ashfield District Council".
  33. (30 October 1986). "Royal visitor for Ashfield". Mansfield and Sutton Recorder.
  34. "Parish council contact details".
  35. (1 May 2004). "Full Freeview on the Waltham (Leicestershire, England) transmitter".
  36. (1 May 2004). "Emley Moor (Kirklees, England) Full Freeview transmitter".
  37. (1 May 2004). "Belmont (Lincolnshire, England) Full Freeview transmitter".
  38. "Mansfield 103.2 FM".
  39. (24 August 2013). "Mansfield and Ashfield Chad".

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