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VIGGERS, Peter |
Gosport |
Conservative |
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 Member for Gosport since 1974. Committees: Chair, Political Committee, NATO Parliamentary Assembly 2000-04; Treasurer, British-American Parliamentary Group; Former Vice-Chair, Select Committee on Defence; Member, Treasury Select Committee. Political career: Chairman, Lloyd-s Pension Fund since 1996; Elected Member, Council of Lloyd-s of London 1992-95; Delegate to North Atlantic Assembly since 1992, and 1980-86; Parliamentary Under- Secretary of State (Industry Minister) for Northern Ireland 1986-89; Chair, Campaign for Defence and Multilateral Disarmament 1984-86; Parliamentary Private Secretary to Chief Secretary for the Treasury 1983-85; Parliamentary Private Secretary to Solicitor General 1979-83. Special political interests: Defence, trade, pensions. Profession/Trade: Solicitor; RAF Pilot 1956-58. Education: Portsmouth Grammar School; Trinity Hall, Cambridge, MA; College of Law. Languages spoken: French. Affiliations: Territorial Army 1963-68; Vice-President, Royal National Lifeboat Institution since 1960. Hobbies: Walking, opera, travel. b. 13 March 1938. Married with three children.
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Votes |
% |
+/- % |
Votes |
% |
| Conservative |
19,268 |
44.8 |
1.1 |
17,364 |
43.6 |
| Labour |
13,538 |
31.5 |
-5.6 |
14,743 |
37.1 |
| Lib Dem |
7,145 |
16.6 |
1.5 |
6,011 |
15.1 |
| UKIP |
1,825 |
4.2 |
1.3 |
1,162 |
2.9 |
| Green |
1,258 |
2.9 |
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| Soc Lab |
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509 |
1.3 |
| Majority |
5,730 |
13.3 |
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2,621 |
6.6 |
| Turnout |
43,034 |
60.5 |
3.4 |
39,789 |
57.1 |
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