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GAPES, Michael |
Ilford South |
Labour/Co-operative |
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Member for Ilford South since 1992. Committees: Member, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly since 2005; Chairman, Foreign Affairs Committee 2005-10; Member, Defence Select Committee 2003-05 and 1999-2001; Member, NATO Parliamentary Assembly 2002-05; Chair, Westminster Foundation for Democracy 2002-05; Member, Foreign Affairs Select Committee 1992-97. Political career: Parliamentary Private Secretary, Home Office 2001-02; PPS, Northern Ireland Office 1997-99. Special political interests: Defence, foreign affairs, Europe, education, economic policy. Profession/Trade: Organiser, Research Officer, International Officer at Labour Party Head Office 1977-92. Education: Middlesex Polytechnic, Diploma Industrial Relations; Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, MA (Hons) Economics; Buckhurst Hill County High School. Languages spoken: French. Affiliations: Co-operative Party; TGWU. Author of: After the Cold War (1990); Students and Socialism (1977); Activists Handbook (1977). Hobbies: Supporting West Ham United FC, Jazz and blues music. b. 4 September 1952, Wanstead. |
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2010 |
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2005 |
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| LAB HOLD |
Votes |
% |
+/- % |
Votes |
% |
| Labour |
25,311 |
49.4 |
0.5 |
20,856 |
48.9 |
| Conservative |
14,014 |
27.4 |
0.2 |
11,628 |
27.2 |
| Lib Dem |
8,679 |
17.0 |
-3.5 |
8,761 |
20.5 |
| Green |
1,319 |
2.6 |
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| UKIP |
1,132 |
2.2 |
0.6 |
685 |
1.6 |
| Save King George Hos |
746 |
1.5 |
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| Majority |
11,297 |
22.1 |
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9,228 |
21.6 |
| Turnout |
51,201 |
68.0 |
14.4 |
42,693 |
53.6 |
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