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GRAHAM, Richard |
Gloucester |
Conservative |
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Member for Gloucester since 2010. Committees: Member, Select Committee Work and Pensions 2010; Chairman, Occupational Pensions All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG); Chairman, Regeneration through Innovation All-Party Parliamentary Group(APPG); Secretary, Post Offices APPG; Member, Dementia APPG; Member, China APPG; Vice-Chairman, Conservative China Group. Political career: Parliamentary Private Secretary to Lord Howell as Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office; Chairman, Overview and Scrutiny Committee 2006-07; Member, Cotswold District Council 2003-07. Special political interests: Urban regeneration, work and pensions, foreign affairs. Profession/Trade: Former Head of Baring Asset Managements International and Institutional Business; Earlier, a diplomat: including HM Consul Macao; British Trade Commissioner, China; and First Secretary, British Embassy, Peking. Education: Christ Church, Oxford University, BA. Languages spoken: French; Swahili; Bahasa Indonesia; Malay; Tagalog; Cantonese; Mandarin. Affiliations: Gloucester City Winget Cricket Club, Gloucestershire Gipsies, Gloucestershire Over 50s and MCC. Hobbies: Cricket, squash, watching Gloucester rugby, cycling and walking. b. 1958 Reading. Married with three children. |
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Votes |
% |
+/- % |
Votes |
% |
| Conservative |
20,267 |
39.9 |
3.5 |
18,867 |
36.4 |
| Labour |
17,847 |
35.2 |
-9.5 |
23,138 |
44.7 |
| Lib Dem |
9,767 |
19.2 |
4.1 |
7,825 |
15.1 |
| UKIP |
1,808 |
3.6 |
1.4 |
1,116 |
2.2 |
| English Democrats |
564 |
1.1 |
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| Green |
511 |
1.0 |
-0.7 |
857 |
1.7 |
| Soc Alliance |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Majority |
2,420 |
4.8 |
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4,271 |
8.2 |
| Turnout |
50,764 |
64.0 |
1.2 |
51,803 |
62.8 |
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