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LEECH, John |
Manchester Withington |
Liberal Democrat |
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Member for Manchester, Withington since 2005. Committees: Member, All-Party Parliamentary Group on Debt, Aid and Trade; Chair, All-Party Parliamentary Light Rail Group (founder member); All-Party Parliamentary Groups on Health, Breast Cancer, Grandparents and Extended Family, Climate Change; Member, Transport Select Committee since 2005. Political career: Liberal Democrat Shadow Minister for Transport 2006-10; Councillor, Manchester City Council until 2008; Deputy Leader, Lib Dem Group, Manchester City Council 2003-05. Special political interests: Transport, health, environment. Education: Brunel University, BSc (Hons) Politics and Modern History; Loreto College; Manchester Grammar School. Hobbies: Amateur dramatics, sport. b. 11 April 1971, Hastings. Lives with partner. |
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2010 |
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2005 |
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| LIB DEM HOLD |
Votes |
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+/- % |
Votes |
% |
| Lib Dem |
20,110 |
44.6 |
2.2 |
15,872 |
42.4 |
| Labour |
18,260 |
40.5 |
-0.1 |
15,205 |
40.6 |
| Conservative |
5,005 |
11.1 |
0.6 |
3,919 |
10.5 |
| Green |
798 |
1.8 |
-2.5 |
1,595 |
4.3 |
| UKIP |
698 |
1.5 |
0.4 |
424 |
1.1 |
| Independent |
147 |
0.3 |
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243 |
0.7 |
| Independent B |
57 |
0.1 |
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| Majority |
1,850 |
4.1 |
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667 |
1.8 |
| Turnout |
45,075 |
62.2 |
6.9 |
37,458 |
55.3 |
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