Ashfield () is a

local government district The districts of England (also known as local authority districts or local government districts to distinguish from unofficial city districts) are a level of subnational division of England used for the purposes of local government. As the st ...

Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire (; abbreviated Notts.) is a landlocked county in the East Midlands region of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west. The trad ...

, England. The population of Ashfield was 127,200 in 2018. The district is mostly urban and forms part of both the

Nottingham Nottingham ( , locally ) is a city and unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England. It is located north-west of London, south-east of Sheffield and north-east of Birmingham. Nottingham has links to the legend of Robi ...

and Mansfield Urban Areas. There are three towns in the district; Sutton-in-Ashfield, Kirkby-in-Ashfield and

Hucknall Hucknall, formerly Hucknall Torkard, is a market town in the Ashfield district of Nottinghamshire, England. It lies 7 miles north of Nottingham, 7 miles south-east of Kirkby-in-Ashfield, 9 miles from Mansfield and 10 miles south of Sutton-i ...

. The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the

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, by the merger of urban districts of

, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Sutton-in-Ashfield and parts of

Basford Rural District Basford was a rural district close to Nottingham, England, from 1894 to 1974. The district consisted of two detached parts, to the north and south of Nottingham. It was created under the Local Government Act 1894 based on the existing Basfor ...

, namely the parishes of

Annesley Annesley is a village and civil parish in the Ashfield district of Nottinghamshire, England, between Hucknall and Kirkby-in-Ashfield. At the 2011 census, it had a population of 1,162 (including Annesley Woodhouse to the west). Annesley Ha ...

, Felley and

Selston Selston is a large village and civil parish approximately 12 miles (19.3 km) NNW of Nottingham in the Ashfield district, Nottinghamshire, England. At the time of the 2001 census Selston Parish (which includes the settlements of Underwoo ...

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

* Annesley Woodhouse *

* Huthwaite * Jacksdale * Kirkby-in-Ashfield *

* Skegby * Sutton-in-Ashfield * Stanton Hill * Teversal *

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Politics

Elections to the district are held every 4 years, with currently 35

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s being elected from 23 wards. Since 2018 the council has been led by Jason Zadrozny of the Ashfield Independents. At the 2019 elections the Ashfield Independents won 30 of the 35 seats on the council. The next elections are due in 2023.

Premises

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.

References

External links

Ashfield District Council
{{Authority control Non-metropolitan districts of Nottinghamshire