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Ashton-under-Lyne

American

[ash-tuhn-uhn-der-lahyn] / ˈæʃ tənˌʌn dərˈlaɪn /

noun

a borough in Greater Manchester metropolitan county, in W England.

Ashton-under-Lyne British

/ laɪn /

noun

a town in NW England, in Tameside unitary authority, Greater Manchester. Pop: 43 236 (2001)

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Those ambitions started to be realised in 2015, when she was elected as the MP for Ashton-under-Lyne - a seat not far from her hometown.

From BBC ● May 14, 2026

The threats were made via Rayner's Ashton-under-Lyne constituency office on 5 September 2025 – the day she resigned as deputy prime minister and housing secretary.

From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2026

Those ambitions started to be realised in 2015, when she was elected as the MP for Ashton-under-Lyne in Greater Manchester.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2025

Having sold her 25% share in the family home in Ashton-under-Lyne, Ms Rayner ceased to own any part of that property.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2025

The Halifax Guardian, quoted by the Liberal Sun, asserts that hundreds of operatives in Ashton-under-Lyne, Oldham, and Rochdale, etc., are forced by their employers to pay house-rent whether they occupy the house or not.

From The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 with a Preface written in 1892 by Florence Kelley

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