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Anne Marie Morris is a former British Conservative politician and lawyer,who represented Newton Abbot as a Member of Parliament (MP) between May 2010 and May 2024. During her 14 year term in office,she twice lost the party whip for a period of nine months between July and December 2017,and then again between January and May 2022.
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Wolborough is a village and former civil parish,now in the parish of Newton Abbot,in the Teignbridge district,in the county of Devon,England. Today the village forms a southern suburb of the town of Newton Abbot.
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References
- ↑ House of Commons, Votes and Proceedings, Tuesday 9 July 2024.
- ↑ "Newton Abbot - General election results 2024". BBC News. Retrieved 2024-07-05.
- ↑ "Chair and Leader of the Council - Leader of the Council and Executive - Teignbridge District Council". Teignbridge District Council website. Retrieved 2024-07-17.
- ↑ "Councillor details - Councillor Martin Wrigley". 2016-01-04. Retrieved 2024-07-17.
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