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DUGHER, Michael |
Barnsley East |
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Member for Barnsely East since 2010. Political career: Shadow Minister without Portfolio, Cabinet Office since 2011; Parliamentary Private Secretary to Ed Miliband as Leader of the Opposition 2011; Shadow Minister for Defence 2010-11; Chief Political Spokesman to the PM 2008-10; Special Adviser 2001-08; Labour Party Parliamentary Candidate for Skipton and Ripon 2001; Head of Policy AEEU (now Unite the Union) 1998-2001; National Chair Labour Students 1997-98; Area Convenor NUS (Notts and Derbyshire) 1995-96. Special political interests: Economy, especially worklessness; defence. Profession/Trade: Trade union official , government adviser, civil servant. Education: University of Nottingham, BA (Hons) Politics; The McAuley RC School, Doncaster; St Marys Primary School RC, Edlington. Affiliations: Member, UNITE; Member, UNISON. Contributor to: the Dictionary of Labour Biography (2001). Author of: Fools Gold: Dispelling the Myth of the Tory Economic Legacy (Progress 1999). Hobbies: Football (watching); music (playing and listening); history (especially military history). b. 26 April 1975, Doncaster. Married with two children. |
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2010 |
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2005 |
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| LAB HOLD |
Votes |
% |
+/- % |
Votes |
% |
| Labour |
18,059 |
47.0 |
-15.9 |
20,779 |
62.9 |
| Lib Dem |
6,969 |
18.2 |
-2.0 |
6,654 |
20.2 |
| Conservative |
6,329 |
16.5 |
1.8 |
4,853 |
14.7 |
| BNP |
3,301 |
8.6 |
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| UKIP |
1,731 |
4.5 |
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| Independent |
712 |
1.9 |
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| Independent B |
684 |
1.8 |
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| Soc Lab |
601 |
1.6 |
-0.6 |
740 |
2.2 |
| Majority |
11,090 |
28.9 |
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14,125 |
42.8 |
| Turnout |
38,386 |
56.1 |
6.8 |
33,026 |
49.3 |
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