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KELLY, Ruth Rt Hon |
Bolton West |
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 Member for Bolton West since 1997. Committees: Member, Treasury Select Committee since 2002. Political career: Secretary of State for Transport 2007-08; Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 2006-07; Secretary of State for Education and Skills since 2004; Financial Secretary to the Treasury 2001-02; Economic Secretary to the Treasury 2001-02; Parliamentary Private Secretary to Rt Hon Nick Brown, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 1998-2001. Special political interests: Economy, family policy, employment issues. Education: Queen-s College, Oxford University, BA, PPE; London School of Economics, MSc Economics. Hobbies: Walking, family. b. 9 May 1968, Limavady, NI. Married with three children.
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2005 |
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2001 |
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| LAB HOLD |
Votes |
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+/- % |
Votes |
% |
| Labour |
17,239 |
42.5 |
-4.5 |
19,381 |
47 |
| Conservative |
15,175 |
37.4 |
3.8 |
13,863 |
33.6 |
| Lib Dem |
7,241 |
7,241 |
-0.5 |
7,573 |
18.4 |
| UKIP |
524 |
1.3 |
1.3 |
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| Soc Alliance |
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397 |
1 |
| Xtraordinary People |
74 |
0.2 |
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| Veritas |
18.4 |
0.7 |
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| Majority |
2,064 |
5.1 |
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5,518 |
13.4 |
| Turnout |
40,543 |
63.5 |
1.1 |
41,214 |
62.4 |
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