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WILSON, Rob |
Reading East |
Conservative |
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Member for Reading East since 2005. Committees: Member, House of Commons Education and Skills Select Committee; Member, DIUSS Select Committee and the Procedure Committee; Chairman, All-Party Parliamentary Group for Fibromyalgia; Vice-Chairman, All-Party Group for Pakistan; Chairman of the Conservative Friends of Pakistan. Political career: Parliamentary Private Secretary to Secretary of State for Culture Media and Sport since June 2010; Opposition Whip 2009-10; Shadow Minister for Higher Education 2007-09; Reading Borough Councillor 2003-06, 1992-96; Parliamentary Candidate, Carmarthen West and Pembrokeshire South 2001, and Bolton NE 1997. Special political interests: Education, crime, immigration. Profession/Trade: Entrepreneur in health and communications sectors. Education: University of Reading |
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2010 |
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2005 |
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Votes |
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+/- % |
Votes |
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| Conservative |
21,269 |
42.6 |
7.2 |
15,557 |
35.4 |
| Lib Dem |
13,664 |
27.3 |
3.1 |
10,619 |
24.2 |
| Labour |
12,729 |
25.5 |
-8.9 |
15,082 |
34.4 |
| UKIP |
1,086 |
2.2 |
0.3 |
849 |
1.9 |
| Green |
1,069 |
2.1 |
-1.4 |
1,548 |
3.5 |
| Independent |
111 |
0.2 |
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| Independent B |
57 |
0.1 |
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| Majority |
7,605 |
15.2 |
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475 |
1.1 |
| Turnout |
49,985 |
66.7 |
6.4 |
43,912 |
60.3 |
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