David Glynn Ashby (born 14 May 1940) is a British retired lawyer and politician who was the Conservative Member of Parliament for North West Leicestershire from 1983 until he stood down in 1997.
[2] Ashby was deselected by the North West Leicestershire Constituency Conservative Party in 1996 and Robert Goodwill unsuccessfully contested the seat for the Tories at the 1997 United Kingdom general election.
[7][8] In 1995 Ashby sued The Sunday Times, accusing the newspaper of libelling him in their articles in 1994 exposing his broken marriage and his alleged homosexual affair with Dr Kilduff.
It went on to report that "Mr. Ashby, who faces a legal bill estimated at $750,000 to cover the cost of the four-week trial, admitted to the court he had shared a bed with other male Members of Parliament more than once but had only done so to save money.
"[9] In March 1996 Ashby was deselected by the North West Leicestershire Constituency Conservative Party and his career in politics came to an end.