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[[Mims Davies]] is the [[Conservative Party]] MP for Eastleigh. In the 2015 general election, Davies successfully overturned a previous [[Liberal Democrats]] majority. <ref> [http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/local/general-election-mims-davies-wins-eastleigh-for-tories-1-6732940 General Election: Mims Davies wins Eastleigh for Tories] ''The Portsmouth News'', 8 May 2015, accessed 12 May 2015 </ref>  
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[[Mims Davies]] is the UK [[Conservative Party]] MP for Eastleigh. In the 2015 general election, Davies successfully overturned a previous [[Liberal Democrats]] majority. <ref> [http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/local/general-election-mims-davies-wins-eastleigh-for-tories-1-6732940 General Election: Mims Davies wins Eastleigh for Tories] ''The Portsmouth News'', 8 May 2015, accessed 12 May 2015 </ref>  
  
In gaining 42% of the vote and a majority of 9,147, Davies has ensured that a seat which has been in the hands of the Liberal Democrats since 1994 is now a Conservative seat with a strong majority <ref> [http://www.bbc.com/news/election-2015-england-32639376 Conservative Party takes lion's share of Hampshire seats] ''BBC'', 8 May 2015, accessed 12 May 2015 </ref>, helping to ensure that the Tories gained an absolute majority in Parliament.  
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With 42 per cent of the vote and a majority of 9,147, Davies unseated the Liberal Democrats from a seat they had held since 1994.<ref> [http://www.bbc.com/news/election-2015-england-32639376 Conservative Party takes lion's share of Hampshire seats] ''BBC'', 8 May 2015, accessed 12 May 2015 </ref>  
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==Staff==
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*[[Amy Bradshaw]]
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*[[Sarah Davies]]
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*[[Matthew Gibbard]] - Research and media officer, Royal Borough of Kingston
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*[[William Hall]] - Councillor and cabinet member, South Oxfordshire District Council <ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmsecret/sponsor-01.htm Register of interests of members' secretaries and research assistants, 23 March 2016], ''parliament.uk'', accessed 19 April 2016</ref>
  
 
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==Notes==

Latest revision as of 16:13, 19 April 2016

Mims Davies is the UK Conservative Party MP for Eastleigh. In the 2015 general election, Davies successfully overturned a previous Liberal Democrats majority. [1]

With 42 per cent of the vote and a majority of 9,147, Davies unseated the Liberal Democrats from a seat they had held since 1994.[2]

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  1. General Election: Mims Davies wins Eastleigh for Tories The Portsmouth News, 8 May 2015, accessed 12 May 2015
  2. Conservative Party takes lion's share of Hampshire seats BBC, 8 May 2015, accessed 12 May 2015
  3. Register of interests of members' secretaries and research assistants, 23 March 2016, parliament.uk, accessed 19 April 2016