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MERCER, Patrick MBE, OBE |
Newark |
Conservative |
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 Member for Newark since 2001. Committees: Member, Home Affairs Committee since 2007; Joint-Chair, All-Party Group for Civil Contingencies;Vice-Chair, All-Party Group 2002; Member, Defence Select Committee 2001-03. Political career: Shadow Minister for Homeland Security since 2003; Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Hon Bernard Jenkin 2003. Special political interests: Security, prisons, defence, Northern Ireland. Profession/Trade: Journalist. Title/Honours/Decorations: Mentioned in Despatches 1983; MBE 1993; OBE 1997. Education: King-s, Chester; Exeter College, Oxford, MA Modern History; RMA Sandhurst. Languages spoken: French, Serbo-Croat. Author of: Give Them a Volley and Charge (1997); Inkermann: The Soldier-s Battle (1997). Hobbies: Painting, walking, bird-watching, history, country sports. b. 26 June 1956, Stockport, Cheshire. Married with one child.
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2001 |
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Votes |
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+/- % |
Votes |
% |
| Conservative |
21,946 |
48.0 |
1.6 |
20,983 |
46.5 |
| Labour |
15,482 |
33.9 |
-3.6 |
16,910 |
37.5 |
| Lib Dem |
7,276 |
15.9 |
2.7 |
5,970 |
13.2 |
| UKIP |
992 |
2.2 |
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| Independent |
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822 |
1.8 |
| Soc Alliance |
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46.2 |
1 |
| Majority |
6,464 |
14.1 |
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4,073 |
9 |
| Turnout |
45,696 |
63.2 |
-0.3 |
45,147 |
63.5 |
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