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Welcome to the website of Ian Swales MP
Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Redcar since May 2010
Ian Swales was declared the first ever Liberal Democrat MP for Redcar early on Friday 7th May. Ian overturned Labour MP Vera Baird's 12,116 majority with a huge swing of 21.8%. This was England's largest swing and the largest swing between any of the three largest parties at the 2010 general election.
Redcar 2010 General Election Result in full.
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Wed 28th Jul 2010
Documents have been released that showed Labour ministers were formally warned about the need for the military to have an alternative to the Snatch Land Rover in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Iraq enquiry heard this from the then -Chief of Joint Operations, Lieutenant General Sir Nicholas Houghton.
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Tue 27th Jul 2010
Redcar MP Ian Swales is to attend the inaugural discussion about Local Enterprise Partnerships, hosted by the North East Chamber of Commerce on Friday.
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Mon 26th Jul 2010
Ian attended the Tees Valley Apprenticeship Programme launch at Wilton on Friday, along with delegates from local organisations and potential recruiters.
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Mon 26th Jul 2010
As we approach the summer break from parliament, I seem to have become busier and busier. I've done so much, yet had so little time to tell you all about it. Here's an update on just some of the wonderful and interesting things I've been doing in and around the constituency over the past few weeks...
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Mon 26th Jul 2010
The coalition has only been in power for 10 weeks, but despite this short amount of time many Liberal Democrat manifesto pledges have been implemented or are due to be implemented. Only by the Liberal Democrats forming part of the coalition have these been made possible.
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Mon 26th Jul 2010
In just 10 weeks since the start of the Coalition Government, the Liberal Democrats have exerted a huge influence over its agenda.
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Mon 26th Jul 2010
Redcar MP Ian Swales is determined to show that there is a way of raising money whilst dealing with the deficit by pressing the government to introduce a tax on the country's bankers, which would potentially provide billions of pounds to tackle poverty and climate change in the UK and abroad, according to Ian, who has called for the introduction of a financial transaction tax.
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Archive of earlier news stories.
 News Story Feed (v1.0).
Printed and hosted by Prater Raines Ltd, 98 Sandgate High Street, Folkestone CT20 3BY.
Published and promoted by Ian Swales, 12 Redcar Station Business Centre, Redcar, Yorkshire TS10 1RD.
The views expressed are those of the party, not of the service provider.
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Contact me at 12 Redcar Station Business Unit, 01642 495704
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| Redcar General Election Result |
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Turnout: 41963 (63%)
45.2%
Liberal Democrats: 18955 (+25%)
32.7%
Labour: 13741 (−18.6%)
13.8%
Conservative: 5790 (−4.1%)
View the results in detail.
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