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BARRETT, John |
Edinburgh West |
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 Member for Edinburgh West since 2001. Committees: Member, House of Commons International Development Select Committee; Member, Quadripartite Committee (Foreign Affairs, Trade and Industry, Defence and International Development); Vice - President, The Scottish Liberal Club. Political career: Shadow Liberal Democrat Minister for International Development since 2007; Scottish Liberal Democrat Spokesperson; Shadow Minister of State for Scotland 2005-07;Liberal Democrat Spokesperson on International Development 2002-05; Councillor, South East Corstorphine Ward in Edinburgh West Constituency 1995-2001; Chair, Edinburgh West Local Area Development Committee 2000-01; Campaign Manager for David Steel 1999; Spokesperson, Transport and Economic Development, Edinburgh Lib Dem Council Group; Convenor, Lothian Liberal Democrat-s; Election Agent for Donald Gorrie 1997. Education: Forrester High School; Te l f o rd College; Napier Polytechnic. Affiliations: Member, Advisory Board of Edinburgh International Film Festival; Greenpeace, Amnesty International, Honorary Vice- President of Scottish SPCA, Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, Corstorphine Trust. Hobbies: Cinema, music, travel, meeting people. b. 11 February 1954. Married with one child.
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2001 |
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| LIB DEM HOLD |
Votes |
% |
+/- % |
Votes |
% |
| Lib Dem |
22,417 |
49.5 |
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16,719 |
42.4 |
| Labour |
8,433 |
18.6 |
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9,130 |
23.1 |
| Conservative |
8,817 |
19.5 |
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8,894 |
22.5 |
| SNP |
4,124 |
9.1 |
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4,047 |
10.3 |
| Green |
964 |
2.1 |
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| Scot Soc |
510 |
1.1 |
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688 |
1.7 |
| Majority |
13,600 |
30.0 |
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7,589 |
19.2 |
| Turnout |
45,265 |
68.9 |
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39,478 |
63.8 |
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