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BLACKMAN-WOODS, Roberta |
City of Durham |
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 Member for City of Durham since 2005. Political career: Councillor: Oxford, Newcastle; Chair, Newcastle East and Wallsend; Chair, Durham. Special political interests: Social exclusion, international development, Afghanistan, trades unions, child poverty, education, housing, regeneration. Profession/Trade: Professor, Social Policy, and Associate Dean, University of Northumbria. Education: University of Ulster, BSc, PhD Social Science. Affiliations: GMB, AUT, CIH (Chartered Institute of Housing); Save the Children, Child Poverty Action Group; Hobbies: Music. b. 16 August 1957, Belfast. Married with one child.
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Votes |
% |
+/- % |
Votes |
% |
| Labour |
20,928 |
47.2 |
-8.9 |
23,254 |
56.1 |
| Lib Dem |
17,654 |
39.8 |
16.1 |
9,813 |
23.7 |
| Conservative |
4,179 |
9.4 |
-7.9 |
7,167 |
17.3 |
| Veritas |
1,603 |
3.6 |
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| UKIP |
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1,252 |
3 |
| Majority |
3,274 |
7.4 |
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13,441 |
32.4 |
| Turnout |
44,364 |
62.1 |
2.5 |
41,486 |
59.6 |
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