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MERCER, Patrick MBE, OBE |
Newark |
Conservative |
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Member for Newark (revised boundary) since 2010 and for Newark 2001-10. Committees: Member: Ecclesiastical Committee since 2010; Member, Home Affairs Committee 2007-10; Member, Defence Select Committee 2001-03; Joint-Chair, All-Party Group for Civil Contingencies; Vice-Chair, All-Party Group 2002. Political career: Shadow Minister for Homeland Security 2003-07; Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Hon Bernard Jenkin 2003. Special political interests: Security, prisons, defence, Northern Ireland. Profession/Trade: Journalist. Title/Honours/Decorations: OBE 1997; MBE 1993; Mentioned in Despatches 1983. Education: RMA Sandhurst; Exeter College, Oxford, MA Modern History; Kings, Chester. Languages spoken: French, Serbo-Croat. Author of: Dust and Steel; Give Them a Volley and Charge (1997); Inkermann: The Soldiers Battle (1997). Hobbies: Painting, walking, bird-watching, history, country sports. b. 26 June 1956, Stockport, Cheshire. Married with one child. |
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2010 |
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Votes |
% |
+/- % |
Votes |
% |
| Conservative |
27,590 |
53.9 |
5.9 |
21,946 |
48.0 |
| Labour |
11,438 |
22.3 |
-11.6 |
15,482 |
33.9 |
| Lib Dem |
10,246 |
20.0 |
4.1 |
7,276 |
15.9 |
| UKIP |
1,954 |
3.8 |
1.6 |
992 |
2.2 |
| Majority |
16,152 |
31.5 |
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6,464 |
14.1 |
| Turnout |
51,228 |
71.4 |
8.2 |
45,696 |
63.2 |
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