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RUANE, Christopher |
Vale of Clwyd |
Labour |
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Member for Vale of Clwyd since 1997. Committees: Chair, Welsh Parliamentary Labour Party; Chair, North Wales Group of Labour MPs since 2002; Chair, All-Party Group on Heart Disease since 2002; Member, Welsh Affairs Select Committee 1999-2002. Political career: Opposition Assistant Whip since 2011; Parliamentary Private Secretary to Ed Balls as Shadow Home Secretary since 2010; Parliamentary Private Secretary to David Miliband as Foreign Secretary 2009-10; Parliamentary Private Secretary to Caroline Flint MP, Minister for Housing, Department for Communities and Local Government 2008; Parliamentary Private Secretary to Caroline Flint MP, Minister of State for Employment and Welfare Reform Oct 2007-08; Parliamentary Private Secretary to Peter Hain MP, Secretary of State for Wales 2002-07; Rhyl Town Councillor 1988-97. Special political interests: Education, environment, anti-poverty. Profession/Trade: Teacher (deputy head). Education: University of Liverpool PGCE; University of Wales, Aberystwyth, BSc (Econ) Politics and History; Blessed Edward Jones Comprehensive. Affiliations: NUT. Hobbies: Cooking, reading, walking, humour. b. 18 July 1958, St Asaph. Married with two children. |
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2010 |
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2005 |
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Votes |
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+/- % |
Votes |
% |
| Labour |
15,017 |
42.3 |
-3.7 |
14,875 |
46.0 |
| Conservative |
12,508 |
35.2 |
3.6 |
10,206 |
31.6 |
| Lib Dem |
4,472 |
12.6 |
0.8 |
3,820 |
11.8 |
| Plaid Cymru |
2,068 |
5.8 |
-1.4 |
2,309 |
7.2 |
| BNP |
827 |
2.3 |
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| UKIP |
515 |
1.4 |
0.2 |
375 |
1.2 |
| Alliance for Green Soc |
127 |
0.4 |
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| Majority |
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4,669 |
14.4 |
| Turnout |
35,534 |
63.7 |
1.5 |
32,313 |
62.2 |
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