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FRANCIS, Hywel Dr |
Aberavon |
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 Member for Aberavon since 2001. Committees: Chair, Welsh Affairs Committee; Chair, All-Party Parliamentary Group on Carers. Special political interests: Lifelong learning, disability, steel, carers. Profession/Trade: University professor. Education: University of Wales, Swansea, BA, PhD. Author of: Wales: A Learning Country (1999); Miners Against Fascism (1984); The Fed (1980) (co-author with Dai Smith). Affiliations: Aberavon RFC. Hobbies: Walking, cinema, photography. b. 6 June 1946, Onllwyn, Nr Neath. Married with two children.
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2005 |
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2001 |
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Votes |
% |
+/- % |
Votes |
% |
| Labour |
18,077 |
60.1 |
-3.1 |
19,063 |
63.1 |
| Lib Dem |
4,140 |
13.8 |
4.0 |
2,933 |
9.7 |
| Plaid Cyrmu |
3,545 |
11.8 |
2.0 |
2,955 |
9.8 |
| Conservative |
3,064 |
10.2 |
2.6 |
2,296 |
7.6 |
| Rate Payer |
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1,960 |
6.5 |
| Veritas |
768 |
2.6 |
2.- |
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| Millenium B |
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727 |
2.4 |
| Green |
510 |
1.7 |
1.- |
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| Soc Alliance |
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256 |
0.8 |
| Majority |
13,937 |
46.3 |
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16,108 |
53.4 |
| Turnout |
30,104 |
58.9 |
-1.9 |
30,190 |
60.8 |
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