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ANDERSON, David |
Blaydon |
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Member for Blaydon since 2005. Committees: Chair, Labour Friends of Iraq; Chair, All-Party Parliamentary Group on Third World Solidarity; Chair, APPG on Muscular Dystrophy. Political career: Parliamentary Private Secretary to Bill Rammell, Department of Innovation, Universities and Skills. Profession/Trade: Former coal miner and social care worker. Education: University of Durham; Durham and Doncaster Technical Colleges; Maltby Grammar School. Affiliations: Honorary Life Member of Unison; Patron, Gateshead Visible Ethnic Minorities Forum; Patron, Mick Knighton Mesothelioma Research Fund; formerly TUC General Council; former Member, Durham Colliery Mechanics Trust. Hobbies: Walking, football, travel, driving, music. b. 2 December 1953, Sunderland. |
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2010 |
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2005 |
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Votes |
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+/- % |
Votes |
% |
| Labour |
22,297 |
49.6 |
-1.9 |
20,120 |
51.5 |
| Lib Dem |
13,180 |
29.3 |
-8.6 |
14,785 |
37.9 |
| Conservative |
7,159 |
15.9 |
7.9 |
3,129 |
8.0 |
| BNP |
2,277 |
5.1 |
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| Majority |
9,117 |
20.3 |
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5,335 |
13.7 |
| Turnout |
44,913 |
66.2 |
3.6 |
39,053 |
62.6 |
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