Justine Greening

Justine Greening (born April 30, Rotherham) is a Conservative politician in the United Kingdom, and Member of Parliament for Putney winning the seat in the 2005 election on 5 May 2005. Greening received 15,497 votes constituting a 42.4% share of the vote a majority of 1,766 (4.8%). She unseated Tony Colman, who had held the seat for Labour since defeating David Mellor in 1997.

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April 30 - Rotherham - Conservative - United Kingdom - Member of Parliament - Putney - 2005 election - 5 May - 2005 - Tony Colman - David Mellor

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As the first Conservative to be elected of the evening, her victory was the first sign that the Conservative Party was to achieve a degree of success and begin to recover from landslide defeats of the 1997 and 2001 general elections. Michael Howard, who had visited Putney to give a speech on his first day as Conservative leader, returned there on the morning following the election to congratulate Putney Conservatives, and give the speech in which he announced his intention to step down.

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She previously contested the constituency of Ealing, Acton & Shepherd's Bush in 2001. She was born in 1969 and grew up in Rotherham, Yorkshire - the same town as her Conservative colleague William Hague; she has an MBA from London Business School.

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Ealing, Acton & Shepherd's Bush - 2001 - William Hague

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