Difference between revisions of "Richard Drax"
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[[Richard Drax]] has been the [[Conservative Party]] MP for South Dorset since 2010.<ref>[http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/richard-drax/4132 Richard Drax], www.parliament.uk, accessed 29 October 2013.</ref> He is the great-grandson of [[John Plunkett]], the Conservative MP for Thornbury 1886-92.<ref>Sarah Priddy, [http://www.parliament.uk/briefing-papers/SN04809/pil-current-members-related-to-other-current-or-former-members PIL: Current Members Related to Other Current or Former Members - Commons Library Standard Note], 13 September 2013.</ref> | [[Richard Drax]] has been the [[Conservative Party]] MP for South Dorset since 2010.<ref>[http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/richard-drax/4132 Richard Drax], www.parliament.uk, accessed 29 October 2013.</ref> He is the great-grandson of [[John Plunkett]], the Conservative MP for Thornbury 1886-92.<ref>Sarah Priddy, [http://www.parliament.uk/briefing-papers/SN04809/pil-current-members-related-to-other-current-or-former-members PIL: Current Members Related to Other Current or Former Members - Commons Library Standard Note], 13 September 2013.</ref> | ||
| − | Drax retained his seat in the 2015 general election, gaining 49 | + | Drax retained his seat in the 2015 general election, gaining 49 per cent of the vote and a majority of 11,994. <ref> [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000936 Dorset South Parliamentary constituency] ''BBC News'', accessed 21 May 2015 </ref> |
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Revision as of 15:42, 21 May 2015
Richard Drax has been the Conservative Party MP for South Dorset since 2010.[1] He is the great-grandson of John Plunkett, the Conservative MP for Thornbury 1886-92.[2]
Drax retained his seat in the 2015 general election, gaining 49 per cent of the vote and a majority of 11,994. [3]
Notes
- ↑ Richard Drax, www.parliament.uk, accessed 29 October 2013.
- ↑ Sarah Priddy, PIL: Current Members Related to Other Current or Former Members - Commons Library Standard Note, 13 September 2013.
- ↑ Dorset South Parliamentary constituency BBC News, accessed 21 May 2015
