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WRIGHT, Iain |
Hartlepool |
Labour |
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Member for Hartlepool since 2004 by-election. Committees: Member, House of Commons Finance and Services Committee since 2010; Member, Modernisation of the House of Commons 2006-08; Chair, Associate Parliamentary Group on Business, Finance and Accountancy; Chair, Labour Friends of Israel 2005-06. Political career: Shadow Minister for Business, Innovation and Skills since 2011; Shadow Minister for Education 2010-11; Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Children, Schools and Families (14-19 Reform and Apprenticeships) 2009-10; Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Communities and Local Government 2007-09; Parliamentary Private Secretary to Rosie Winterton as Minister of State, Department of Health 2005-06. Special political interests: Crime, regeneration and economics. Profession/Trade: Accountant, regional development agency. Education: University College, London; Manor Comprehensive School, Hartlepool; Hobbies: Watching Hartlepool FC. b. 9 May 1972, Hartlepool. Married with four children. |
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2010 |
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Votes |
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+/- % |
Votes |
% |
| Labour |
16,267 |
42.5 |
-9.0 |
18,251 |
51.5 |
| Conservative |
10,758 |
28.1 |
16.6 |
4,058 |
11.5 |
| Lib Dem |
6,533 |
17.1 |
-13.3 |
10,773 |
30.4 |
| UKIP |
2,682 |
7.0 |
3.5 |
1,256 |
3.5 |
| BNP |
2,002 |
5.2 |
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| Majority |
5,509 |
14.4 |
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7,478 |
21.1 |
| Turnout |
38,242 |
55.5 |
4.0 |
35,436 |
51.5 |
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