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LETWIN, Oliver Rt Hon |
Dorset West |
Conservative |
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Member for West Dorset since 1997. Committees: Secretary, All-Party Group on Sub-Post Offices. Political career: Minister of State, Cabinet Office since 2010; Chairman, Conservative Party Policy Review since 2006; Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 2005-06; Shadow Chancellor 2003-05; Shadow Home Secretary 2001-03; Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury 2000-01; Shadow Financial Secretary to the Treasury 1999-2000; Opposition Spokesperson on Constitutional Affairs 1998-99; Contested Hackney North 1987, Hampstead and Highgate 1992; Member, Prime Ministers Policy Unit 1983-86; Special Adviser to Secretary of State for Education and Science 1982-83. Profession/Trade: Managing Director, Rothschild Corporate Finance. Title/Honours/Decorations: Privy Counsellor 2002. Education: Eton College; Trinity College, Cambridge, BA, MA, PhD. Author of: The Purpose of Politics; Ethics, Emotion and the Unity of the Self; Privatising the World; Drift to Union; Aims of Schooling; Civilized Conservatism; The Neighbourly Society; and others.
b. 19 May 1956. Married with two children.
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2010 |
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2005 |
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| CON HOLD |
Votes |
% |
+/- % |
Votes |
% |
| Conservative |
27,287 |
47.6 |
1.1 |
24,763 |
46.5 |
| Lib Dem |
23,364 |
40.7 |
-1.2 |
22,302 |
41.9 |
| Labour |
3,815 |
6.7 |
-1.1 |
4,124 |
7.8 |
| UKIP |
2,196 |
3.8 |
1.8 |
1,084 |
2.0 |
| Green |
675 |
1.2 |
-0.6 |
952 |
1.8 |
| Majority |
3,923 |
6.8 |
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2,461 |
4.6 |
| Turnout |
57,337 |
74.6 |
-1.7 |
53,225 |
76.3 |
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