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MARTLEW, Eric |
Carlisle |
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 Member for Carlisle since 1987. Committees: Joint Chair, West Coast Mainline All-Party Rail Group; Chair, All-Party Animal Welfare Group; Member, Transport Select Committee. Political career: Parliamentary Private Secretary to Baroness Jay, the Leader of the House of Lords, since 1998; Shadow Defence Minister 1992-97; PPS to the Duchy of Lancaster 1995-97; Opposition Whip 1996-97; Cumbria County Councillor 1973-88; Chair, Cumbria County Council 1983-85; Carlisle City Councillor 1972-74. Special political interests: Agriculture, health service, industrial relations, defence, local government. Profession/Trade: Personnel manager. Education: Harraby School; Carlisle College. Affiliations: Vice-President, Friends of Carlisle-Settle Line; Officer, Institution of Environmental Health; Vice- Patron, Carlisle MIND; Patron, Cumbria Deaf Association; Patron, Motor Neurone Disease, North Cumbria Branch; Cerebral Palsy Cumbria. Hobbies: Local history. b. 3 January 1949. Married.
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2005 |
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2001 |
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Votes |
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+/- % |
Votes |
% |
| Labour |
17,019 |
48.1 |
-3.1 |
17,856 |
51.2 |
| Conservative |
11,324 |
32 |
-2.8 |
12,154 |
34.8 |
| Lib Dem |
5,916 |
16.7 |
5.0 |
4,076 |
11.7 |
| UKIP |
792 |
2.2 |
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| L Cannabis |
343 |
1 |
-0.6 |
554 |
1.6 |
| Soc Alliance |
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269 |
0.8 |
| Majority |
5,695 |
16.1 |
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5,702 |
16.3 |
| Turnout |
35,394 |
59.5 |
0.1 |
34,909 |
59.4 |
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