What is Joe Ashton?
'''Joseph William Ashton''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|OBE}} (9 October 1933 – 30 March 2020), usually known as '''Joe Ashton''', was a [[British people|British]] [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] politician. He was a [[Member of Parliament]] from 1968 to 2001 representing [[Bassetlaw (UK Parliament constituency)|Bassetlaw]]. He was born in [[Sheffield]], [[West Riding of Yorkshire]]. In 2007, Ashton was appointed an [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U5860/|title=Who's Who|website=www.ukwhoswho.com}}</ref> Ashton died on 30 March 2020, aged 86.<ref>{{cite news |title=Former Sheffield councillor and long-serving Bassetlaw MP dies |url=https://www.worksopguardian.co.uk/news/politics/council/former-sheffield-councillor-and-long-serving-bassetlaw-mp-dies-2522510 |access-date=30 March 2020 |work=www.worksopguardian.co.uk |language=en |archive-date=3 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200403141148/https://www.worksopguardian.co.uk/news/politics/council/former-sheffield-councillor-and-long-serving-bassetlaw-mp-dies-2522510 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_8155000/8155481.stm Interview BBC Radio Four, 17 July 2009]. * [http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/oral-history/member/ashton-joe-1933 Joe Ashton interview at History of Parliament Online] {{DEFAULTSORT:Ashton, Joe}} [[Category:1933 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:UK MPs 1966–1970]] [[Category:UK MPs 1970–1974]] [[Category:UK MPs 1974]] [[Category:UK MPs 1974–1979]] [[Category:UK MPs 1979–1983]] [[Category:UK MPs 1983–1987]] [[Category:UK MPs 1987–1992]] [[Category:UK MPs 1992–1997]] [[Category:UK MPs 1997–2001]] [[Category:Labour Party (UK) MPs]] [[Category:Politicians from Sheffield]] {{bio-stub}}