| David Ashford | |
| Honorific-Prefix: | The Honourable |
| Honorific-Suffix: | MHK MBE |
| Office: | Minister for the Treasury |
| Governor: | Richard Gozney |
| Term Start: | 15 October 2021 |
| Term End: | 20 May 2022 |
| Predecessor: | Alfred Cannan |
| Successor: | Alex Allinson |
| Office1: | Minister for Health and Social Care |
| Monarch1: | Elizabeth II |
| Governor1: | Richard Gozney |
| Term Start1: | 4 October 2018 |
| Term End1: | 15 October 2021 |
| Predecessor1: | Kate Costain |
| Successor1: | Lawrie Hooper |
| Office2: | Minister for Home Affairs |
| Term Start2: | 24 February 2020 |
| Term End2: | 3 March 2020 |
| Predecessor2: | Bill Malarkey |
| Successor2: | Graham Cregeen |
| Birth Date: | 1977 |
| Birth Place: | Douglas |
| Nationality: | Manx |
| Party: | Independent |
| Office4: | Member of the House of Keys for Douglas North |
| Termstart4: | 22 September 2016 |
| Office5: | Councillor for Victoria Ward |
| Termstart5: | 24 April 2008 |
| Termend5: | 22 September 2016 |
| Education: | St Ninian's High School |
| Alma Mater: | Edge Hill University |
David John Ashford is an independent politician in the Isle of Man. He was born in 1977 in Douglas.[1] He has served as a Member of the House of Keys (MHK) for the Douglas North constituency since 2016.
Previously he had been a Borough Councillor for Douglas. In January 2018 he was appointed as Minister for Health and Social Care succeeding Kate Beecroft. This position was widely described as a "poisoned chalice" due to the department's financial problems.
In February 2020 he was briefly appointed as interim Minister for Home Affairs after the death of Bill Malarkey.
Ashford was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2020 Birthday Honours for services to the Isle of Man during the COVID-19 pandemic.
On 20 May 2022, he resigned from his role as Minister for the Treasury after an employment tribunal ruled that the Isle of Man's medical director, Dr Rosalind Ranson, had been unfairly sacked for being a whistleblower.[2]