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GRANT, Helen |
Maidstone & The Weald |
Conservative |
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Member for Maidstone and the Weald since 2010. Committees: Member, All- Party Parliamentary Group for the Armed Forces (Vice-Chairman of Army Section); Member, Justice Select Committee. Political career: MP, Maidstone of the Weald since 2010; PPC, Maidstone of the Weald 2008-10. Special Political Interests: Justice; armed services; business and enterprise; women, children and families; social mobility; crime, law and order. Profession/Trade: Solicitor. Education: College of Law, Solicitors Finals; University of Hull, Law Degree; Trinity Comprehensive, Carlisle, A-levels. Affiliations: Member, Law Society; Member, CSJ Family Law Reform Commission; Patron, Tomorrows People (Maidstone Branch) Charitable Trust. Contributor/Co-author of: Every Family Matters (2009); Breakthrough Britain (2007); State of the Nation - Fractured Families ( 2006). Hobbies: Tennis, films, major sporting events. b. 28 September 1961, London. Married with two children. |
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Votes |
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+/- % |
Votes |
% |
| Conservative |
23,491 |
48.0 |
-4.7 |
25,670 |
52.7 |
| Lib Dem |
17,602 |
36.0 |
13.8 |
10,808 |
22.2 |
| Labour |
4,769 |
9.7 |
-12.5 |
10,814 |
22.2 |
| UKIP |
1,637 |
3.3 |
0.3 |
1,463 |
3.0 |
| Green |
655 |
1.3 |
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| National Front |
463 |
1.3 |
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| Christian |
131 |
0.3 |
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| Majority |
5,889 |
12.0 |
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14,856 |
30.5 |
| Turnout |
48,928 |
68.9 |
3.1 |
48,755 |
65.8 |
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