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SPELLAR, Rt Hon John |
Warley |
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Member for Warley since 1997. Committees: Member, Administration Select Committee since 2010; Member, Joint Committee on Security 2010; Member, Selection Select Committee 2010; Member, Finance and Services Select Committee 2009-10; Member, Joint Committee on Conventions 2006. Political career: Shadow Minister for Foreign and Commonwealth Office since 2010; Opposition Deputy Chief Whip 2010; Minister for Northern Ireland 2003-05; Minister for Transport 2001-02; Minister of State (Armed Forces) 1999; Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence 1997-99; Member for Warley West 1992-97; Parliamentary Candidate for Birmingham Northfield 1987, 1983, 1982 by-elections; Member for Birmingham Northfield 1982-83; Parliamentary Candidate for Bromley 1970. Special political interests: Industrial issues (engineering, energy, motor industry, electronics, construction, defence). Education: Dulwich College; St Edmund’s Hall, Oxford. Affiliations: Fabian Society; Labour Friends of Israel; Labour First. Hobbies: Gardening, reading.
b. 5 August 1947, Bromley, Kent. Widowed with one child. |
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2010 |
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2005 |
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| LAB HOLD |
Votes |
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+/- % |
Votes |
% |
| Labour |
20,240 |
52.9 |
-1.5 |
17,462 |
54.4 |
| Conservative |
9,484 |
24.8 |
2.0 |
7,315 |
22.8 |
| Lib Dem |
5,929 |
15.5 |
2.2 |
4,277 |
13.3 |
| UKIP |
2,617 |
6.8 |
4.8 |
635 |
2.0 |
| Majority |
10,756 |
28.1 |
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10,147 |
31.6 |
| Turnout |
38,270 |
60.6 |
3.5 |
32,087 |
57.1 |
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