Ian Swales
| Ian Swales | |
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Member of Parliament for Redcar |
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In office 6 May 2010 – 7 May 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Vera Baird |
| Succeeded by | Anna Turley |
| Majority | 5,214 (12.4%) |
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5 April 1953 Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Liberal Democrats |
| Spouse(s) | Pat Swales |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | UMIST |
| Website | http://www.ianswales.com |
Ian Cameron Swales (born 5 April 1953) is a British Liberal Democrat politician. He was the Member of Parliament for the constituency of Redcar in England. Swales took Redcar from Labour incumbent Vera Baird for the Liberal Democrats in the 2010 general election, with a 21.8% swing. Swales added over 10,000 votes to his 2005 general election total. This was the biggest swing against any Labour candidate in the election and also the biggest gain by any Liberal Democrat. He stood down at the 2015 general election.
Swales was born in Leeds and grew up in Harrogate where he was educated at Ashville College, Harrogate Following a chemical engineering degree at University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, where he met his wife, Pat, a Durham miner's daughter, he joined Yorkshire Electricity and qualified as an accountant in 1977. He moved to Teesside in 1978 to join ICI and settled in Redcar.
Swales joined the SDP when it was founded in 1981 and was a member of the first Cleveland County Committee for the SDP. He contested the 2005 general election in the Redcar Constituency and moved the Liberal Democrats from third to second place with a positive swing against both Labour and the Conservative parties.
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