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General Election 2019 – Our Candidates

Graham Wright

In a UK General Election with an outcome that’s very difficult to predict, one thing is for certain: by the end of this week, Ruddington will have a new representative at Westminster! Of course, that’s because “Father of the House” and Member of Parliament for Rushcliffe for the past 49 years, The Right Honourable Kenneth Clarke, has just retired at the age of 79. At the previous election on June 8th 2017 Mr Clarke secured 30,223 Conservative votes, with Labour in second place on 22,213 and the Lib Dems third with 2,759.…

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Ken Returned in Rushcliffe

Graham Wright

There was no surprise for Ruddington voters in Thursday’s General Election when Conservative heavyweight Kenneth Clarke easily retained his Rushcliffe seat – and so remains our representative at Westminster. He secured over half the vote – with a similar share to the 2015 General Election. This had always seemed a foregone conclusion once the former cabinet minister and now “Father of the House” announced that he would be standing as our MP again – after holding this safe Tory seat for the last 47 years. In fact, Rushcliffe has been mostly a Conservative stronghold since 1950. (Labour regained it…

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General Election 2017 – Ruddington Candidates

Graham Wright

Between 7am and 10pm on Thursday June the 8th we get our next chance to help choose Ruddington’s representative at Westminster. This follows the decision by Prime Minister Theresa May to call an early General Election. There are five candidates for the Rushcliffe Constituency. This includes our current MP Kenneth Clarke, who has decided to stand again after holding the seat for the Conservatives for the last 47 years. The full list, in alphabetical order, is as follows: Candidate’s name Address of candidate Description of candidate Names of subscribers to the…

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