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Minister for Employment, Esther McVey of the Conservative Party is one politician and ex. MP who must be feeling the pressure as the Election draws closer. McVey has stated openly her interest in being Prime Minister.
Esther McVey only has a slim majority of 2,436.
The previous MP Stephen Hesford (born 27 May 1957) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wirral West from 1997 to 2010. Since leaving parliament he has become a guest lecturer at the University of Chester.
In 2010, with 55,077 people eligible to vote, Wirral West had the smallest electorate of any constituency in England.
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General Election 2010: Wirral West |
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Party |
Candidate |
Vote’s |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Esther Louise McVey |
16,726 |
42.5 |
+0.7 |
|
Labour |
Phillip Davies |
14,290 |
36.3 |
−4.0 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Peter Reisdorf |
6,630 |
16.8 |
+0.5 |
|
UKIP |
Philip Griffiths |
899 |
2.3 |
+1.1 |
|
Independent |
David Kirwan |
506 |
1.3 |
+1.3 |
|
Common Sense Party |
David James |
321 |
0.8 |
+0.8 |
|
Majority |
2,436 |
6.2 |
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|
Turnout |
39,372 |
71.5 |
+3.4 |
|
|
Conservative gain from Labour |
Swing |
+2.3 |
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From her website:
Esther is Conservative MP for Wirral West and in the reshuffle in October 2013 was promoted to the position of Minister of State for Employment, in addition, in the latest reshuffle July 2014, she was further promoted to attend Cabinet.
Esther is first Conservative MP on Merseyside since 1997 and the only current Conservative MP in Merseyside. Esther graduated in Law before becoming a graduate trainee with the BBC in 1991. She then went on to work for in media for the next 14 years as a Broadcaster and a Journalist.
Esther then left media in 2000 to establish her own business setting up office space for new start-up companies as well as establishing the biggest business women’s network in the northwest.
In 2008, Esther went back to Liverpool John Moore’s university to do an MSc in Corporate Governance, graduating with a distinction as well as winning the North of England excellence award for her studies. This then became part of her careers book “If Chloe Can” which Esther wrote and had sponsored and it is being delivered to schools across the UK. Esther has also written a boys book ‘You Can’, and both books have been turned into plays with the National Youth Theatre, currently being performed at London’s West End before touring the country.
Esther was the first MP to employ an apprentice and got the House of Commons authorities to introduce the scheme. Esther is passionate about issues such as careers, youth unemployment, apprenticeship, investment and business growth. She has also been nominated for the Merseyside Woman of the Year and Cheshire Woman of the Year.
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