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Dr Craig Dobson selected as candidate for the General Election
13th February 2010
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Beverley and Holderness Liberal Democrats have selected Dr Craig Dobson as the party’s candidate for the General Election.
Dr Dobson is a General Practitioner and a Senior Lecturer in Medical Education and General Practice at the Hull York Medical School. In the latter capacity he covers practices and hospitals in the Beverley and Holderness areas. He is also honorary treasurer for the Humberside faculty of the Royal College of General Practitioners and is a specialist adviser in General Practice to the General Medical Council. He feels passionately about the need for electoral reform to help re-engagement between voters and politicians. Craig is a champion of open government and wants to see more power transferred from Westminster to the Local Authorities. He has a long-standing concern for human rights and is a member of Amnesty International. Craig is married with four children. |
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Taking Liberal Democrat Policies into Government
The policy agreement for the new Government is full of Liberal Democrat policies. It is a real chance to put into action the ideas that we have campaigned for. Full details of the agreement are here
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Take Back Parliament - Campaign for Electoral Reform
- More than 2,000 people turned up to march in the rain in Central London, and more turned up at events up and down the country yesterday.
- Within the first 48 hours, more than 35,000 people joined our movement for fair votes now, and we're not stopping there.
As thousands in the crowd chanted as one yesterday, and all the news channels carried us live, you could feel that we are shaping the conversation about our next government and the necessity of concrete electoral reform as part of any deal.
Check out the TakeBackParliament website
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Election Result
The election result in Beverley and Holderness was:-
Conservative (G Stuart) 25,063 47.1 %(+6.4%)
Craig Dobson (Lib Dem) 12,076 22.7% (+3.6%)
Labour (I. Saunders) 11,224 21.1% (-14.5%
BNP 2,080 3.9% (+3.9%)
UKIP 1,845 3.5% (-1.6%)
Green 686 1.3% (+1.3%)
Independent 225 0.4% (+0.4%)
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Time for a Real Change
Craig Dobson says, "I will put local people first - being there to listen and stand up for my constituency at Westminster. I will be open and honest about all expenses incurred in representing Beverley and Holderness."
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Craig Dobson - What I want for Holderness
Holderness is an attractive part of the world in which to live and work. I want to keep it that way. But to do that, we have to make sure that the economy of the area is strengthened and we also have to address some particular problems that Holderness faces, in the local economy; agriculture; rural services; renewable energy; flooding and coastal erosion.. amongst others.
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Clegg Shines in Second PM Debate
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East Riding Tories Waste Council Tax Payers Money On Huge Golden Handshakes
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