Mark Hunter
Contact details
Westminster
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Tel: 020 7219 3889
Fax: 020 7219 0813
hunterm@parliament.uk
Constituency
Hillson House, 3 Gill Bent Road, Cheadle Hulme, Cheadle, Stockport, SK8 7LE
Tel: 0161-486 1359
Fax: 0161-486 9005
info@cheadle-libdems.org.uk
Biography
Electoral history
Contested Ashton-under-Lyne 1987 and Stockport 2001 general elections. Member for Cheadle 14 July 2005 by-election to 2010, for Cheadle (revised boundary) since 6 May 2010 general election
Parliamentary career
Liberal Democrat Shadow Minister for:
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister 2005-06,
Home Affairs 2006-07,
Foreign and Commonwealth Office 2007;
PPS to Nick Clegg as Leader of the Liberal Democrats 2007-10;
Liberal Democrat Shadow Minister for Transport 2008-10;
Assistant Government Whip 2010-
Select committees
Member: Trade and Industry/Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform/Business and Enterprise 2005-08,
Quadripartite (Committees on Strategic Export Controls)/Arms Export Controls 2007-08,
Selection 2010-,
Administration 2011-
Councils, public bodies
Councillor, Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council (MBC) 1980-89;
Stockport MBC:
Councillor 1996-06,
Chair, Education Committee 1997-2001,
Deputy Leader 2001-02,
Leader 2002-05;
Vice-President, Local Government Association 2010-11
Political interests
Local government, human rights, international affairs
General Election 2010 - Cheadle
| Name |
Party |
Votes |
% |
| Hunter, Mark |
Lib Dem |
24717 |
46.95% |
| Jeffreys, Ben |
Con |
21445 |
40.73% |
| Miller, Martin |
Lab |
4920 |
9.35% |
| Moore, Tony |
UKIP |
1430 |
2.72% |
| Result |
Lib Dem Hold (0.59% from Lib Dem to Con) |