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Joe Ashton | |
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| Member of Parliament for Bassetlaw | |
| In office 31 October 1968 – 14 May 2001 | |
| Preceded by | Frederick Bellenger |
| Succeeded by | John Mann |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Joseph William Ashton 9 October 1933 Sheffield, England |
| Died | 30 March 2020 (aged 86) Sheffield, England |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse |
Maggie Lee
(m. 1957; died 2015) |
| Children | 1 |
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%.