Sylvia Heal

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Dame Sylvia Heal DBE
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means
In office 23 October 2000 –12 April 2010
	Conservative	B. Jarvis	873	57.6	New
	Conservative	G. Tollett	817
	Conservative	J. Walbridge	773
	Liberal	C. Boyde	399	26.3	New
	Labour	Sylvia Heal	243	16.0	New
	Labour	J. Pierce	180
Majority			474	31.3
Turnout				43.1
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Runnymede District Council Election 6 May 1976: Egham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Elliott	1,262	50.2
	Conservative	R. Try	1,120
	Conservative	A. Collins	1,076
	Independent	S. Oliver	552	22.0
	Labour	Sylvia Heal	442	17.6
	Labour	Joy Capper	442
	Labour	R. Jones	348
	Liberal	M. Brooks	255	10.2
Majority			710	28.3
Turnout				56.1
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Parliamentary elections

Mid Staffordshire parliamentary by-election, 22 March 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sylvia Heal	27,649	50.2	+24.4
	Conservative	Charles Prior	18,200	32.3	−18.3
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy Jones	6,315	11.2	−12.0
	SDP	Ian Wood	1,422	2.5	New
	Green	Robert Saunders	1,215	2.2	New
	Ind. Conservative	James Bazeley	547	1.0	New
	Monster Raving Loony	Screaming Lord Sutch	336	0.6	New
	National Front	John Hill	311	0.6	New
	NHS Supporters Party	Christopher Abell	102	0.2	New
	Independent	Nicholas Parker-Jenkins	71	0.1	New
	Raving Loony Green Giant	Stuart Hughes	59	0.1	New
	Independent	Lindi St Clair	51	0.1	New
	Independent	Bernard Mildwater	42	0.1	New
	Christian Patriotic Alliance	David Black	39	0.1	New
Majority			9,449	16.8
Turnout			56,359	77.5	−1.9
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+21.4

General election 1992: Mid Staffordshire ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Fabricant	31,227	49.7	−0.9
	Labour	Sylvia Heal	24,991	39.8	+15.1
	Liberal Democrats	BJ Stamp	6,402	10.2	−13.0
	Natural Law	D Grice	239	0.4	New
Majority			6,236	9.9	−16.0
Turnout			62,859	85.6	+6.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	−8.0

General election 1997: Halesowen and Rowley Regis ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sylvia Heal	26,366	54.1
	Conservative	John Kennedy	16,029	32.9
	Liberal Democrats	Elaine Todd	4,169	8.5
	Referendum	Alan White	1,244	2.6
	National Democrats	Karen Meads	592	1.2
	Green	Tim Weller	361	0.7
Majority			10,337	21.2
Turnout			48,761	73.6
	Labour win (new seat)

General election 2001: Halesowen and Rowley Regis ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sylvia Heal	20,804	53.0	−1.1
	Conservative	Leslie Jones	13,445	34.2	+1.3
	Liberal Democrats	Patrick Harley	4,089	10.4	+1.9
	UKIP	Alan Sheath	936	2.4	New
Majority			7,359	18.8	−2.4
Turnout			39,274	59.8	−13.8
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.2

General election 2005: Halesowen and Rowley Regis ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sylvia Heal	19,243	46.6	−6.4
	Conservative	Leslie Jones	14,906	36.1	+1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Turner	5,204	12.6	+2.2
	UKIP	Nikki Sinclaire	1,974	4.8	+2.4
Majority			4,337	10.5	−10.3
Turnout			41,327	62.9	+3.1
	Labour hold		Swing	-4.2

Publication

• Couldn't Care More: Study of Young Carers and their Needs by Jenny Frank, foreword by Sylvia Heal, 1995, The Children's Society ISBN   0-907324-96-7

References

1. "Deputy speaker Sylvia Heal to stand down as MP". BBC News. 9 March 2010. Retrieved 10 March 2010.
2. "No. 63571". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 2022. p. N8.
3. Watt, Holly (15 May 2009). "Ann and Alan Keen buy flat 10 miles from home: MPs' expenses". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 24 May 2010.
4. "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
5. "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
6. "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
7. "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
8. "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

External links

• Guardian Unlimited Politics – Ask Aristotle: Sylvia Heal MP
• TheyWorkForYou.com – Sylvia Heal MP
• BBC politics

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by John Heddle	Member of Parliament for Mid Staffordshire 1990–1992	Succeeded by Michael Fabricant
New constituency	Member of Parliament for Halesowen and Rowley Regis 1997–2010	Succeeded by James Morris
Preceded by Michael Martin	First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means 2000–2010	Succeeded by Nigel Evans