Edward Leigh MP Gainsborough, Conservative
Contact
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Tel 020 7219 6480
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Email: edward.leigh.mp@parliament.uk
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Website: Edward Leigh website
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Constituency address
1 Rasen Hub, 20 Union Street, Market Rasen LN8 3AA United Kingdom -
Parliamentary address
House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA United Kingdom
Recent appearances
Most spoken phrases
Last updated 3rd Jun 2009
- Israeli settlements
- Northcote Road shops
- Dangerous dogs petition
- Clapham Junction tube
- Heathrow expansion
- Health services
- Fly tipping
This information is based on the most frequently spoken phrases by this representative.
Biography
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Born:
20/7/1950 -
Positions
PPS to John Patten as Minister of State, Home Office 1990; Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Trade and Industry 1990-93; Public Accounts Commission: Member -2010, 2011, Chair 2011-; Financial adviser to the Treasury 2010-11. -
House of Commons Select Committees
Panel of Chairs; Members' Expenses. -
Electoral history
Contested Teesside, Middlesbrough October 1974 general election. Member for Gainsborough and Horncastle 1983-97, for Gainsborough 1997-2010, for Gainsborough (revised boundary) since 6 May 2010 general election. -
Political interests
Defence, foreign affairs, agriculture, families. -
Party groups
Member governing council Conservative Christian Fellowship; Co-chair Cornerstone Group 2004-. -
International bodies
Delegate, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
Election record for Gainsborough, 05 Jun 2010
| Party | Percentage of votes |
| Conservative | 49.16% |
| Liberal Democrat | 27.77% |
| Labour | 15.6% |
| Name | Party | Votes | % of votes |
| Leigh, Edward | Conservative | 24,266 | 49.16 |
| O'Connor, Pat | Liberal Democrat | 13,707 | 27.77 |
| McMahon, Jamie | Labour | 7,701 | 15.6 |
| Pearson, Steven | UK Independence Party | 2,065 | 4.19 |
| Porter, Malcolm | British National Party | 1,512 | 3.07 |
| Majority | 10,559 votes |
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| Electorate | 72,939 |
| Turnout | (49,366) 67.68% |
Registered interests
Overseas visits: 12-19 September 2008, to Northern Iraq, to research the situation of Christians in Iraq, as a guest of the Assyrian Democratic Movement, who covered all my expenses. (Registered 13 October 2008)
Sponsorship or financial or material support: Since May 1997, occasional briefing and visits to the House in connection with particular legislation by Mr Simon Calvert, Deputy Director of the Christian Institute.
Remunerated employment, office, profession etc: Barrister at Law. Parliamentary consultant to Pinnacle Insurance PLC (until end of June 2009). (£10,001-£15,000) Parliamentary consultant to TWG Services Limited from 1st August 2009. (£10,001-£15,000).
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