David Ashford

The Honourable
David Ashford
MHK MBE
Minister for the Treasury
In office
15 October 2021 – 20 May 2022
MonarchElizabeth II
GovernorRichard Gozney
Preceded byAlfred Cannan
Succeeded byAlex Allinson
Minister for Health and Social Care
In office
4 October 2018 – 15 October 2021
MonarchElizabeth II
GovernorRichard Gozney
Preceded byKate Costain
Succeeded byLawrie Hooper
Minister for Home Affairs
In office
24 February 2020 – 3 March 2020
Preceded byBill Malarkey
Succeeded byGraham Cregeen
Member of the House of Keys
for Douglas North
Incumbent
Assumed office
22 September 2016
Councillor
for Victoria Ward
In office
24 April 2008 – 22 September 2016
Personal details
Born1977
Douglas
NationalityManx
Political partyIndependent
EducationSt Ninian's High School
Alma materEdge Hill University

David John Ashford MBE is an independent politician in the Isle of Man. He was born in 1977 in Douglas.[1] He has served as a Member of the House of Keys (MHK) for the Douglas North constituency since 2016.

Political career

Previously he had been a Borough Councillor for Douglas. In January 2018 he was appointed as Minister for Health and Social Care succeeding Kate Beecroft. This position was widely described as a "poisoned chalice" due to the department's financial problems.

In February 2020 he was briefly appointed as interim Minister for Home Affairs after the death of Bill Malarkey.

Ashford was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2020 Birthday Honours for services to the Isle of Man during the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

On 20 May 2022, he resigned from his role as Minister for the Treasury after an employment tribunal ruled that the Isle of Man's medical director, Dr Rosalind Ranson, had been unfairly sacked for being a whistleblower.[3]

Election results

2015

2015 By-Election: Douglas North[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Ralph Peake 604 43.74%
Independent David Ashford 554 40.12%
Independent Marie Booth 223 16.15%
Total valid votes 1381
Rejected ballots 4 0.29%
Turnout 1385

2016

2016 Manx General Election: Douglas North[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent David Ashford 1219 32.07%
Independent Ralph Peake 1177 30.97%
Independent John Houghton 775 20.39%
Manx Labour Party Lynn Sirdefield 343 9.02%
Independent Karen Angela 287 7.55%
Total valid votes 3801
Rejected ballots 11 0.14%
Registered electors 4,386
Turnout 2172 49.52%


References

  1. ^ "Tynwald – Parliament of the Isle of Man – ASHFORD David John, MBE MHK".
  2. ^ "No. 63142". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 October 2020. p. B71.
  3. ^ "Isle of Man treasury minister resigns in wake of medic's tribunal". BBC News. 21 May 2022. Archived from the original on 24 May 2022. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  4. ^ "Douglas North by-election results" (PDF). Isle of Man Government.
  5. ^ "2016 general election results and turnout" (PDF). Isle of Man Government.


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