Constituency:
Blackburn

Party:
Labour

Date of birth:
3 August 1946

Office address:
Foreign & Commonwealth Office, King Charles Street, Whitehall , London , SW1A 2AH

Office phone:
0207 270 3000

Office e-mail:
strawj@parliament.uk

Constituency address:
Richmond Chambers, Richmond Road, Blackburn , BB1 7AS

LAST ELECTION IN BLACKBURN
Labour		42.0%
Conservative		22.9%
Liberal Democrat		20.6%

IN DETAIL
Name	Party	Votes	%
John Straw	Labour	17,562	42.0
Imtiaz Ameen	Conservative	9,553	22.9
Anthony Melia	Liberal Democrat	8,608	20.6
Nicholas Holt	British National Party	2,263	5.4
Craig Murray	Independent	2,082	5.0
Dorothy Baxter	UK Independence Party	954	2.3
Graham Carter	Green	783	1.9
Majority		8,009
Turnout		56.9%

POLITICAL MAKE UP OF NORTH WEST