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RUFFLEY, David |
Bury St Edmunds |
Conservative |
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Member for Bury St Edmunds since 1997. Committees: Member, Treasury Select Committee 1998-2004; Member, Select Committee on Public Administration 1997-98. Political career: Shadow Minister for Police Reform 2007-10; Shadow Minister for Welfare Reform 2005-07; Opposition Whip 2004-05; Special Adviser at HM Treasury 1993-96, Home Office 1992-93, DES 1991-92. Special political interests: Treasury affairs, foreign affairs, law and order, welfare. Profession/Trade: Solicitor (non-practising). Education: Queens College, Cambridge, MA. Hobbies: Golf, football. b. 18 April 1962, Bolton, Lancashire. Single. |
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2010 |
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Votes |
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+/- % |
Votes |
% |
| Conservative |
27,899 |
47.5 |
1.3 |
24,332 |
46.2 |
| Lib Dem |
15,519 |
26.4 |
6.6 |
10,423 |
19.8 |
| Labour |
9,776 |
16.6 |
-10.8 |
14,402 |
27.4 |
| UKIP |
3,003 |
5.1 |
1.6 |
1,859 |
3.5 |
| Green |
2,521 |
4.3 |
1.2 |
1,603 |
3.1 |
| Majority |
12,380 |
21.1 |
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9,930 |
18.9 |
| Turnout |
58,718 |
69.3 |
3.2 |
52,619 |
66.1 |
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