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BERRY, Roger |
Kingswood |
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 Member for Kingswood since 1992. Committees: Chair, Quadripartite Committee on Strategic Export Control; Secretary, All-Party Disablement Group; Member, Trade and Industry Select Committee; Vice-Chair, British Group, Inter-Parliamentary Union. Political career: Member, Avon County Council 1981-93; Leader, Labour Group 1986-92; Chair, Finance and Administration Committee 1983-86, Deputy Leader 1985-86; Parliamentary Candidate for Kingswood 1987 and Weston-Super-Mare 1983. Special political interests: Economic policy, the arms trade, Third World development, disability rights. Profession/Trade: Former economist; university lecturer. Education: Huddersfield New College; Bristol University, BSc; Sussex University, MPhil. Hobbies: Travel, food, cooking. b. 4 July 1948, Huddersfield.
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2005 |
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2001 |
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Votes |
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+/- % |
Votes |
% |
| Labour |
26,491 |
47 |
-7.8 |
28,903 |
54.9 |
| Conservative |
18,618 |
33 |
4.7 |
14,941 |
28.4 |
| Lib Dem |
9,089 |
16.1 |
1.4 |
7,747 |
14.7 |
| UKIP |
1,444 |
2.6 |
0.5 |
1,085 |
2.1 |
| Independent |
669 |
1.2 |
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7,873 |
14.0 |
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13,962 |
26.5 |
| Turnout |
56,311 |
66.7 |
1.3 |
52,676 |
65.4 |
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