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FRANCIS, Hywel Dr |
Aberavon |
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Member for Aberavon since 2001. Committees: Chair, All-Party Carers Group; Chair, All-Party Archives Group; Chair, Joint Committee on Human Rights since 2010; Member, Liaison (National Policy Statements Sub-committee) 2009-10; Member, Liaison Select Committee 2005-10; Member, European Standing Committee B 2003-05; Chair, Welsh Affairs Select Committee 2005-10 and Member 2001-10. Special political interests: Lifelong learning, disability, steel, carers. Profession/Trade: University professor. Education: University of Wales, Swansea, BA, PhD. Author of: History on our Side: Wales and the Miners Strike 1984-85 (2009); Wales: A Learning Country (1999); Miners Against Fascism (1984); The Fed (1980) (co-author with Dai Smith). Affiliations: Aberavon RFC. Hobbies: Walking, cinema, photography. b. 6 June 1946, Onllwyn, Nr Neath. Married with two children. |
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2010 |
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2005 |
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| LAB HOLD |
Votes |
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+/- % |
Votes |
% |
| Labour |
16,073 |
51.9 |
-8.2 |
18,077 |
60.1 |
| Lib Dem |
5,034 |
16.3 |
2.5 |
4,140 |
13.8 |
| Conservative |
4,411 |
14.2 |
4.0 |
3,064 |
10.2 |
| Plaid Cymru |
2,198 |
7.1 |
-4.7 |
3,545 |
11.8 |
| BNP |
1,276 |
4.1 |
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| Independent |
919 |
3.0 |
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| Millenium B |
558 |
1.8 |
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| UKIP |
489 |
1.6 |
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| Majority |
11,039 |
35.7 |
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13,937 |
46.3 |
| Turnout |
30,958 |
61.0 |
2.1 |
30,104 |
58.9 |
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