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SHARMA, Virendra |
Ealing & Southall |
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Member for Ealing, Southall since July 2007 by-election. Committees: Member, Health Select Committee since 2010; Member, International Development Select Committee 2009-10; Member, Justice Select Committee 2007-09; Member, Joint Committee on Human Rights 2007-10 and since 2010. Political career: Parliamentary Private Secretary to Phil Woolas as Minister of State, Home Office and HM Treasury 2008-09; Councillor, London Borough of Ealing; Former Mayor, London Borough of Ealing. Special political interests: Disability, international development, human rights, adult social care, South Asia. Affiliations: The Co-operative Party; T&GWU (Unite). Languages spoken: Punjabi, Hindi and Urdu. b. 5 April 1947, Mandhali, Punjab, India. Married with two children. |
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2010 |
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2005 |
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| LAB HOLD |
Votes |
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+/- % |
Votes |
% |
| Labour |
22,024 |
51.5 |
10.2 |
15,188 |
41.3 |
| Conservative |
12,733 |
29.8 |
7.4 |
8,230 |
22.4 |
| Lib Dem |
6,383 |
14.9 |
-12.6 |
10,118 |
27.5 |
| Green |
705 |
1.6 |
-1.5 |
1,135 |
3.1 |
| Christian |
503 |
1.2 |
0.4 |
280 |
0.8 |
| English Democrats |
408 |
1.0 |
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5,070 |
13.8 |
| Turnout |
42,756 |
70.8 |
27.7 |
36,780 |
43.1 |
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