Labour
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CLARK, Paul
Member for Gillingham since 1997. Committees:
PLP Home Affairs Committee; PLP Transport Committee; PLP ODPM Committee; Secretary, All-Party Parliamentary Thames Gateway; Secretary, All-Party Parliamentary Regeneration; Director (unpaid), Groundwork Medway/Swale; Board Member (unpaid), Thames Gateway Kent Partnership. Political career: Parliamentary Private Secretary to Lord Falconer, Minister of State, Criminal Justice, Home Office since 2002; Parliamentary Private Secretary Lord Falconer, Minister of State, Housing, Planning and Regeneration, DTLR 2001-02; Parliamentary Private Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department 1999-2001; Parliamentary Candidate for Gillingham 1992; Councillor, Gillingham Borough Council 1982-90. Special political interests: Regeneration, housing, planning. Education: Gillingham Grammar School; University of Keele, BA Economics and Politics; University of Derby, Diploma in Management Studies. Affiliations: Amicus; Old Anchorians, Gillingam. Hobbies: Genealogy.
b. 29 April 1959, Gillingham, Kent. Married with two children.
Constituency: Gillingham
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2005 |
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2001 |
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LAB HOLD |
Votes |
% |
+/- % |
Votes |
% |
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Labour |
18,621 |
41.2 |
-3.3 |
18,782 |
44.5 |
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Conservative |
18,367 |
40.7 |
1.6 |
16,510 |
39.1 |
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Lib Dem |
6,734 |
14.9 |
1.3 |
5,755 |
13.6 |
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UKIP |
1,191 |
2.6 |
0.4 |
933 |
2.2 |
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Independent |
254 |
0.6 |
- |
- |
- |
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Soc Alliance |
- |
- |
- |
232 |
0.5 |
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Majority |
254 |
0.6 |
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2,272 |
5.4 |
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Turnout |
45,167 |
62.5 |
3.0 |
42,212 |
59.5 | |
