Sir Edward Leigh

Sir Edward Leigh

Constituency

Gainsborough

Party

Conservative

Address as

Sir Edward

Contact details

Constituency

No constituency office publicised

Parliamentary

House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Tel: 020 7219 6480
Fax: 020 7219 4883
edward.leigh.mp@parliament.uk

Web & Social media

Biography

Electoral history

Post Date
Member for Gainsborough 1997-
Member for Gainsborough & Horncastle 1983-97
Contested Middlesbrough General Election 1974

Parliamentary career

Post Date
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Trade and Industry) 1990-93

Select committees

Post House Date
Members' Expenses Committee Commons 2011-
Panel of Chairs Commons 2010-
Liaison Committee (Commons) Commons 2001-10
Public Accounts Committee (Chair) Commons 2001-
Public Accounts Committee Commons 2000-10
Deregulation Commons 1997-97
International Development Committee Commons 1997-01
Agriculture Commons 1996-96
Social Security Commons 1995-00
Defence Committee Commons 1983-87

Political interests

Defence, foreign affairs, agriculture, families

General Election 2010 General Election - Gainsborough

Name Party Votes Share Change
Leigh, Edward Con 24266 49.27% 5.4%
O'Connor, Patrick LD 13707 27.83% 1.8%
McMahon, Jamie Lab 7701 15.64% -10.5%
Pearson, Steven UKIP 2065 4.19% 0.1%
Porter, Malcolm BNP 1512 3.07%
Majority 10559 21.44%
Turnout 49251 67.52%
Electorate 72939
Result Con Hold

See Briefing Papers General Election 2010 for detailed results.