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LETWIN, Oliver Rt Hon |
West Dorset |
Conservative |
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 Member for West Dorset since 1997. Committees: Secretary, All-Party Group on Sub Post Offices. Political career: Chairman, Conservative Party Policy Review since 2006; Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment 2005-06; Shadow Chancellor 2003-05; Shadow Home Secretary 2001-03; Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury 2000-01; Shadow Financial Secretary to the Treasury 1999-2000; Opposition Spokesperson on Constitutional Affairs 1998-99; Contested Hackney North 1987, Hampstead and Highgate 1992; Member, Prime Minister-s Policy Unit 1983-86; Special Advisor to Secretary of State for Education and Science 1982-83. Profession/Trade: Managing Director, Rothschild Corporate Finance. Title/Honours/Decorations: Privy Counsellor 2002. Education: Eton College; Trinity College, Cambridge, BA, MA, PhD. Author of: The Purpose of Politics; Ethics, Emotion and the Unity of the Self; Privatising the World; Drift to Union; Aims of Schooling; Civilized Conservatism; The Neighbourly Society; and others. b. 19 May 1956. Married with two children.
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2005 |
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2001 |
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Votes |
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+/- % |
Votes |
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| Conservative |
24,763 |
46.5 |
1.9 |
22,126 |
44.6 |
| Lib Dem |
22,302 |
41.9 |
0.1 |
20,712 |
41.8 |
| Labour |
4,124 |
7.8 |
-5.8 |
6,733 |
13.6 |
| UKIP |
1,084 |
2.0 |
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| Green |
952 |
1.8 |
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| Majority |
2,461 |
4.6 |
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1,414 |
2.9 |
| Turnout |
53,225 |
76.3 |
9.3 |
49,571 |
67 |
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