According to his candidate statement,Cubitt has a degree in civil engineering from Imperial College London,and has spent his career in the insurance industry,specialising in the energy sector. He lives in London and Hampshire.[2]
Electoral history
Ashcombe first stood in a House of Lords by-election in November 2015,receiving a single vote and coming 9th of 14 candidates.[3]
His second by-election outing was in July 2018,where he received two votes and came 4th of 11 candidates.[4]
In January 2019,Ashcombe tried again,polling 13 first preference votes,but dropped to 9th place of 17 candidates.[5]
Ashcombe's fourth attempt was in January 2021,when on a low turnout he received a single vote,coming 9th of 21 candidates.[6]
He skipped the July 2021 by-election.
His fifth outing was in February 2022 when he received 5 votes and jumped to 3rd place of 10 candidates.[7] Just a month later Ashcombe gained 12 votes to come 2nd of 9 candidates.[8] But in July 2022 he dropped to 7 votes and whilst coming 2nd of 12 candidates on the first count,he slipped to third place on the fifth count due to poor transfers from eliminated candidates.[9] In early October he received 18 votes but slipped to 4th place in a field of 21 candidates.[10]
In late October 2022,at the 9th time of asking,Ashcombe was elected with 10 first-preference votes,and finally elected on the 6th count.[11]
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