Joe Ashton

Joe Ashton
Member of Parliament
for Bassetlaw
In office
31 October 1968 – 14 May 2001
Preceded byFrederick Bellenger
Succeeded byJohn Mann
Personal details
BornJoseph William Ashton
(1933-10-09)9 October 1933
Sheffield, England
Died30 March 2020(2020-03-30) (aged 86)
Sheffield, England
PartyLabour
Spouse
Maggie Lee
(m. 1957; died 2015)
Children1
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Joseph William Ashton OBE (9 October 1933 – 30 March 2020) was a British Labour Party politician who was the MP for Bassetlaw from 1968 to 2001. He took his seat in by-election, winning with a majority of just 1.72%; in his last election before retiring, he won it by a majority of 36.4%.