Background
ASHBY, David Glynn was born on May 14, 1940. Parents: Robert M. Ashby and Isobel A. Ashby (née Davidson).
ASHBY, David Glynn was born on May 14, 1940. Parents: Robert M. Ashby and Isobel A. Ashby (née Davidson).
Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe. Bristol University, Bachelor of Laws (Hons).
Ashby was both a criminal barrister (1963-2001) and a British politician. His political career spanned over twenty years, starting in 1968 as a local Conservative councillor for Hammersmith (Greater London) where he was Chairman for Housing and then progressing as a Conservative Councillor for the Greater London Council (Greater London Council) representing Eltham from 1977-1981. While at the Greater London Council (subsequently dissolved under Margaret Thatcher"s government in 1986), he was Chairman of Housing and Management and campaigned fervently for a fairer system of council house distribution by moving power to the boroughs and decentralising.
He was a back-bench Member of Parliament under both the Thatcher and the Major governments and sat on many committees including the Home Affairs and Freedom of Information committees.
49th United Kingdom Parliament. 50th United Kingdom Parliament. 51st United Kingdom Parliament]
In 1983 he was elected as a Conservative Member of Parliament for Leicestershire Northwest, seen as a marginal seat.
Spouse Silvana Ashby (née Morena), 1965. Children: one d.