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BLIZZARD, Robert |
Waveney |
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 Member for Waveney since 1997. Committees: Chair, British-Chile All-Party Group 2005-07; Secretary, All-Party Jazz Appreciation Group 2004-07; Chair, British-Latin American All-Party Group 2004-07; Chair, British Offshore Oil and Gas Industry All-Party Group 1997-2007; Chair, British-Brazilian All-Party Group 1997-2007; Member, Environmental Audit Select Committee 1997-99. Political career: Government Whip since 2007; Parliamentary Private Secretary to Douglas Alexander, Secretary of State for Transport and Minister for Europe since 2005; PPS to Nick Brown, Minister for Work, Department for Work and Pensions 2001-03; PPS to Baroness Hayman, Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 1999-2001; Leader, Waveney District Council 1991-97. Special political interests: Energy, employment, health, transport. Profession/Trade: Teacher. Title/Honours/Decorations: Order of Rio Branco, conferred by the President of Brazil, 2000; Order of Bernado O-Higgins. Education: University of Birmingham, BA (Hons) 2:1. Hobbies: Walking, skiing, listening to jazz, watching rugby and cricket. b. 31 May 1950, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. Married with two children
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2001 |
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Votes |
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+/- % |
Votes |
% |
| Labour |
22,505 |
45.3 |
-5.4 |
23,914 |
50.7 |
| Conservative |
16,590 |
33.4 |
0.8 |
15,361 |
32.6 |
| Lib Dem |
7,497 |
15.1 |
3.7 |
5,370 |
11.4 |
| UKIP |
1,861 |
3.8 |
1.4 |
1,097 |
2.3 |
| Green |
1,200 |
2.4 |
0.3 |
983 |
2.1 |
| Soc Alliance |
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442 |
0.9 |
| Majority |
5,915 |
11.9 |
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8,553 |
18.1 |
| Turnout |
49,653 |
64.4 |
2.9 |
47,167 |
61.5 |
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