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GUMMER, John Rt Hon |
Suffolk Coastal |
Conservative |
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 Member for Suffolk Coastal since 1983. Political career: Secretary of State for the Environment 1993-97; Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 1989-93; Minister of State, Department of the Environment 1988; Minister of State, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 1985; Privy Counsellor 1985; Paymaster General 1984-85; Chairman, Conservative Party 1983-85; Minister of State, Department of Employment 1983-84; Lord Commissioner of Her Majesty-s Treasury 1982; Member for Lewisham West 1970-74. Education: King-s School, Rochester; Selwyn College, Cambridge, Honours Degree, History. Author of: When the Coloured People Come; The Permissive Society. Co- author of: Faith in Politics. b. 1939. Married, with four children.
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Votes |
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+/- % |
Votes |
% |
| Conservative |
23,415 |
44.6 |
1.2 |
21,847 |
43.3 |
| Labour |
13,730 |
26.1 |
-8.6 |
17,521 |
34.8 |
| Lib Dem |
11,637 |
22.1 |
3.9 |
9,192 |
18.2 |
| UKIP |
2,020 |
3.8 |
0.2 |
1,847 |
3.7 |
| Green |
1,755 |
3.3 |
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| Majority |
9,685 |
18.4 |
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4,326 |
8.6 |
| Turnout |
52,557 |
67.9 |
1.5 |
50,407 |
66.4 |
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