Member for Loughborough since 2010. Committees: Member, All-Party Parliamentary Markets Group; Vice-Chairman, All-Party Parliamentary Group for Eye Health; Member, House of Commons Business, Skills and Innovation Select Committee. Political career: Parliamentary Private Secretary to David Willetts as Minister of State for Universities and Science since 2010; Conservative Parliamentary Candidate for Islington South and Finsbury since 2001; Conservative Parliamentary Candidate for the Loughborough Constituency 2004-10; Vice-Chair, Battersea Conservative 1997-99; Chair, Wessex Young Conservatives, 1995-97. Special political interests: Business, financial services, economy, higher education, mental health. Profession/Trade: Corporate Professional Support Lawyer, Travers Smith 2002-10; Assistant Solicitor, Allen and Overy 1998-2002; Trainee/Assistant Solicitor, Theodore Goddard 1994-97. Education: Legal Practice Course; St Hughs College, Oxford, BA Law 1993, MA; Surbiton High School, Kingston-upon-Thames. Affiliations: Founder, Bluelist Organisation; Member, Conservative Christian Fellowship. Hobbies: Choral singing, cookery, reading, theatre, cinema, running. b. 10 October 1972, Kingston-upon-Thames. Married with one son. |
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2010 |
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2005 |
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| CON GAIN |
Votes |
% |
+/- % |
Votes |
% |
| Conservative |
21,971 |
41.6 |
4.5 |
17,102 |
37.1 |
| Labour |
18,227 |
34.5 |
-6.9 |
19,098 |
41.4 |
| Lib Dem |
9,675 |
18.3 |
0.4 |
8,258 |
17.9 |
| BNP |
2,040 |
3.9 |
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| UKIP |
925 |
1.8 |
-0.6 |
1,094 |
2.4 |
| Majority |
3,744 |
7.1 |
|
1,996 |
4.3 |
| Turnout |
52,838 |
68.2 |
4.4 |
46,140 |
63.8 |
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