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Candidate

  Jim Dowd
Lewisham West
Government Whip

Elected in 2001? Yes
Education
Sedgehill Comprehensive School, LondonLondon Nautical School.

Non-political career
Apprentice telephone engineer, GPO (now BT) 1967-72
Station manager, Heron Petrol Stations Ltd. 1972-73
Telecommunications engineer, Plessey Company (now GPT) 1973-.

Electoral history
Contested Beckenham 1983 and Lewisham West 1987 general elections. Member for Lewisham West since April 9, 1992. Spokesman: Opposition Spokesman on Northern Ireland 1995-97.

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