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LEECH, John

Liberal Democrat
 

Member for Manchester, Withington since 2005. Committees: Member, All-Party Parliamentary Group on Debt, Aid and Trade; Chair, All-Party Parliamentary Light Rail Group (founder member); All-Party Parliamentary Groups on Health, Breast Cancer, Grandparents and Extended Family, Climate Change; Member, Transport Select Committee since 2005. Political career: Liberal Democrat Shadow Minister for Transport 2006-10; Councillor, Manchester City Council until 2008; Deputy Leader, Lib Dem Group, Manchester City Council 2003-05. Special political interests: Transport, health, environment. Education: Brunel University, BSc (Hons) Politics and Modern History; Loreto College; Manchester Grammar School. Hobbies: Amateur dramatics, sport. b. 11 April 1971, Hastings. Lives with partner.

 
  2010     2005  
LIB DEM HOLD Votes % +/- % Votes %
Lib Dem 20,110 44.6 2.2 15,872 42.4
Labour 18,260 40.5 -0.1 15,205 40.6
Conservative 5,005 11.1 0.6 3,919 10.5
Green 798 1.8 -2.5 1,595 4.3
UKIP 698 1.5 0.4 424 1.1
Independent 147 0.3   243 0.7
Independent B 57 0.1      
Majority 1,850 4.1   667 1.8
Turnout 45,075 62.2 6.9 37,458 55.3
 
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