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HEWITT, Patricia Rt Hon |
Leicester West |
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 Member for Leicester West since 1997. Committees: Member, All-Party Group on Parenthood. Political career: Secretary of State for Health since 2005-07; Secretary of State for Trade and Industry and Cabinet Minister for Women 2001-05; Minister for Small Businesses and e-Commerce, DTI 1999-2001; Economic Secretary to HM Treasury 1998-99. Special political interests: Families/children, employment, IT, Europe. Profession/Trade: Policy analyst. Education: Girls- Grammar School, Canberra; Newnham College, Cambridge, MA (Cantab), MA (Oxon). Languages spoken: French. Author of: About Time: The Revolution in Work and Family Life. Hobbies: Gardening, music, theatre, cooking. Affiliations: AMICUS; T&GWU; Child Poverty Action Group; Liberty. b. 2 December 1948. Married with two children.
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2005 |
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2001 |
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Votes |
% |
+/- % |
Votes |
% |
| Labour |
17,184 |
51.7 |
-2.5 |
18,014 |
54.2 |
| Conservative |
8,114 |
24.4 |
-0.7 |
8,375 |
25.2 |
| Lib Dem |
5,803 |
17.5 |
2.1 |
5,085 |
15.3 |
| Green |
1,571 |
4.7 |
1.5 |
1,074 |
3.2 |
| Soc Alt |
552 |
1.7 |
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| Soc Lab |
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350 |
1.1 |
| Soc Alliance |
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321 |
1 |
| Majority |
9,070 |
27.3 |
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9,639 |
29 |
| Turnout |
33,224 |
53.3 |
2.4 |
33,219 |
50.9 |
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