Ashford
The Ashford constituency was created in 1885.
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1885 | William Pomfret Pomfret | Conservative | |
1892 | Laurence Hardy | Conservative | |
1918 | Samuel Strang Steel | Coalition Conservative | |
1929 | Rev. Roderick Kedward | Liberal | |
1931 | Michael Knatchbull | Conservative | |
1933 by-election | Patrick Spens | Conservative | |
1943 by-election | Edward Percy Smith | Conservative | |
1950 | Bill Deedes | Conservative | |
1974 | Keith Speed | Conservative | |
1997 | Damian Green | Conservative |
Read more about this topic: List Of Members Of Parliament In Kent
Famous quotes containing the word ashford:
“Bernard always had a few prayers in the hall and some whiskey afterwards as he was rather pious.”
—Daisy Ashford (18811972)
“I am parshial to ladies if they are nice[.] I suppose it is my nature. I am not quite a gentleman but you would hardly notice it.”
—Daisy Ashford (18811972)
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—Daisy Ashford (18811972)