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Duncan Hames MP 
Member of Parliament
for ChippenhamIncumbent Assumed office
6 May 2010Preceded by Constituency Created Majority 2,470 (4.7%) Personal details Born 16 June 1977 Nationality English Political party Liberal Democrat Residence Holt, Wiltshire Alma mater University of Oxford Website www.duncanhames.org.uk Duncan John Hames[1] (born 16 June 1977) is a British Liberal Democrat politician. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Chippenham constituency in Wiltshire since the 2010 general election.
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Early life
Hames was born in Hertfordshire and attended Watford Grammar School for Boys. He studied PPE at the University of Oxford,[2] where he was an executive officer of the Oxford University Student Union and represented the Oxford Union in debating competitions.[3]
Career
After graduating from Oxford, Hames trained as an accountant with Deloitte. He was the Liberal Democrat candidate in his home constituency of Watford at the 2001 general election, then moved to Holt in Wiltshire and from 2003 to 2007 served as a member of West Wiltshire District Council. He joined the board of the South West of England Regional Development Agency in 2003, and was the Lib Dem candidate for the Westbury, Wiltshire, constituency at the 2005 general election.[4]
In July 2006, shortly after the creation of a new Chippenham county constituency, Hames was selected as his party's first candidate for it,[4] and his success at the 2010 general election gave Wiltshire its first Liberal member of parliament in 86 years.[5][6]
Hames recently ran the Chippenham Half Marathon to help raise funds for Parkinson’s Disease Society.[7]
Personal life
Hames is married to fellow Lib Dem MP Jo Swinson.[8]
References
- ^ London Gazette, LIST OF MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN PARLIAMENT AT THE GENERAL ELECTION 2010 at london-gazette.co.uk
- ^ "Duncan Hames - Parliamentary candidates - Telegraph". telegraph.co.uk. http://ukpolitics.telegraph.co.uk/Chippenham/Duncan+Hames. Retrieved 2010-05-08.
- ^ Duncan Hames at hustings.com
- ^ a b Lib Dems select Duncan Hames to stand for the new Chippenham constituency, dated 15 July 2006, at duncanhames.org.uk
- ^ "Duncan Hames Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones Chippenham, first Wiltshire MP". www.thisisbath.co.uk. http://www.thisisbath.co.uk/news/Lib-Dems-historic-Chippenham-victory/article-2128941-detail/article.html. Retrieved 2010-05-08.
- ^ Election 2010: Chippenham, BBC News
- ^ http://www.libdems.org.uk/mps_detail.aspx?name=Duncan_Hames_MP&pPK=0c75735f-e074-4b18-ae01-33e6fd12f55b
- ^ "Hames, Swinson to wed". www.libdemvoice.org. http://www.libdemvoice.org/hames-swinson-to-wed-20008.html. Retrieved 2010-08-21.
External links
- Duncan Hames MP official constituency website
- Duncan Hames MP Liberal Democrats profile
- Profile at Parliament of the United Kingdom
- Contributions in Parliament at Hansard 1803–2005
- Current session contributions in Parliament at Hansard
- Electoral history and profile at The Guardian
- Voting record at PublicWhip.org
- Record in Parliament at TheyWorkForYou.com
- Profile at Westminster Parliamentary Record
- Profile at BBC News Democracy Live
Parliament of the United Kingdom New constituency Member of Parliament for Chippenham
2010 – presentIncumbent Categories:- Living people
- 1977 births
- Liberal Democrat (UK) MPs
- Members of the United Kingdom Parliament for English constituencies
- UK MPs 2010–
- Councillors in Wiltshire
- Old Fullerians
- Alumni of the University of Oxford
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