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| Borough of Ashford | |
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Shown within Kent | |
| Geography | |
| Status: | Borough |
| Region: | South East England |
| Admin. County: | Kent |
| Area: - Total | Ranked 82nd 580.62 km˛ |
| Admin. HQ: | Ashford |
| ONS code: | 29UB |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total ( 2002 est.) - Density | Ranked 206th 104,756 180 / km˛ |
| Ethnicity: | 97.6% White |
| Politics | |
| Ashford Borough Council http://www.ashford.gov.uk | |
| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | Conservative |
| MPThis is a list of MPs elected to the House of Commons for the Fifty-Third Parliament of the United Kingdom at the UK general election, 2001, arranged by constituency. New MPs elected since the general election and changes in party allegiance are noted at: | Damian GreenDamian Howard Green is an English Conservative Party politician, and member of Parliament for Ashford in Kent. He is a vice-president of the Tory Reform Group and vice-chairman of Parliamentary Mainstream. He is also a trustee of the Community Development |
Ashford is a local government districtThe Districts of England are the lowest level of local government in England except for civil parishes. England is first divided into governmental regions, then administrative counties. Counties are then subdivided into districts. Status Most districts ca and boroughA borough is a political division originally used in England. The equivalent, burgh was used in Scotland. Bury often ends towns' names in the South of England, but borough more often in the Midlands. Bury is more common in America's New England — but burg in Kent, EnglandEngland is the largest, the most populous, and the most densely populated of the four " Home Nations" which make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK). Occupying the south-eastern portion of the island of Great Britain, England. Its council is based in the town of Ashford. Other places include TenterdenTenterden is a small town in the Weald of Kent, England, with a 2001 census population of 7,600. It grew from the 14th century around the wool industry, and in 1449 was incorporated into the Confederation of Cinque Ports as a limb of Rye, with ships able.
The borough was formed on April 1, 1974 by the merger of Ashford and Tenterden urban districts with East Ashford Rural District , West Ashford Rural District and Tenterden Rural District .