 Member for Cambridgeshire South East since 1987. Committees: Chair, Singapore APPG; General Executive, CPA; Secretary, Lupus APPG; Vice-Chair, Paper Related Industries APPG; Chair, Shooting and Conservation APPG; Member, Anglo-American Parliamentary Group, ANZAC APPG; Independent Territories Group, Friend of the Falklands, Malaysia APPG, Bulgari APPG, Racing and Bloodstocks APPG, Beer APPG, Pipe and Cigar Smokers Club, Wine Group. Political career: Shadow Secretary of State for Agriculture since 2005 and Agriculture & Rural Affairs since 2006; Shadow Secreatry of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 2004-05; Opposition Spokesman on Police 2001; Opposition Spokesman on Agriculture 1997; Under-Secretary of State, Department of Education and Employment 1995; Under-Secretary of State, Department of Employment 1994; Parliamentary Private Secretary to John Gummer as Minister of Agriculture, then Secretary of State for the Environment 1990-94; PPS to Baroness Trumpington, Ministry of Agriculture 1989; Councillor, Suffolk Coastal District Council 1976-87 (Chair in 1983); Parliamentary Candidate for Caernarfon 1979. Special political interests: Farming, forestry, countryside, small business, employment issues, waste management, racing industry. Education: Writtle Agricultural College. Hobbies: Shooting. b. 24 April 1949, Felixstowe, Suffolk. Married with two children.
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2005 |
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2001 |
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| CON HOLD |
Votes |
% |
+/- % |
Votes |
% |
| Conservative |
26,374 |
47.0 |
2.8 |
22,927 |
44.2 |
| Lib Dem |
17,750 |
31.7 |
4.8 |
13,937 |
26.9 |
| Labour |
11,936 |
21.3 |
-5.1 |
13,714 |
26.4 |
| UKIP |
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|
1,308 |
2.5 |
| Majority |
8,624 |
15.4 |
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8,990 |
17.3 |
| Turnout |
56,060 |
65.3 |
1.8 |
51,886 |
63.5 |
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