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LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION – the widening education gap in Britain and how where you live determines your chances Contents Executive summary Top and worse 20 for degrees National rank no qualification National rank degree London Major UK cities Executive summary Where you live will determine your chances of educational success and people living in traditionally underachieving areas are proportionately less likely to have a degree now than they were at the last election. LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION – the widening education gap in Britain and how where you live determines your chances report from the University and College Union (UCU) analyses educational achievement by Westminster parliamentary constituency in England, Scotland and Wales and ranks each according to the percentage of people with at least some qualifications and the percentage of people with a degree or above. Research has shown that the cost to the UK economy of educational underachievement is over £18 billion a year*. This report shows how access to education is divided up, using national league tables and an analysis of 21 of our biggest cities. It shows that where you live is a key determinant of whether you will gain qualifications. The result is a country of stark contrasts – a true postcode lottery for education. To take one example, two out of three people (60%) living in Nick Clegg’s Sheffield Hallam constituency have a degree and only 3% have no qualifications at all. However, just down the road in David Blunkett’s Sheffield Brightside constituency almost a quarter of people (23%) have no qualifications and just 15% have a degree. As more people go to university constituencies who have had the highest participation rates in the past have seen further rapid increases in the number of residents with degrees or better. In the 20 constituencies with the highest level of participation in higher education, the proportion, on average, of the working age population with a degree-level qualification and above increased from 48.8% in 2005 to 57.2% in 2008. However, worryingly, the constituencies at the bottom of the pile have seen academic achievement decline. Between 2005 and 2008, in the 20 constituencies with the lowest level of participation in higher education, the proportion, on average, of the working age population with a degree-level qualification and above fell from 12.6% to 12.1%. The report shows enormous regional variations in access to education. Of the 20 constituencies with the highest percentage of people with no qualifications, the West Midlands accounts for eight of them and occupies the four bottom spots. Roger Godsiff’s Birmingham, Sparbrook and Small Heath constituency has the highest percentage of people with no qualifications (37%) with the Business, Skills and Innovation Minister, Pat McFadden’s Wolverhampton South East constituency next (36%). The other two West Midlands constituencies to make up the bottom four are Ken Purchase’s Wolverhampton North East (32%) and Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Liam Byrne’s Birmingham Hodge Hill (30%). Hodge Hill also has the lowest percentage of people educated to at least degree level - just one in 10. A third of the constituencies with the lowest percentage of graduates can also be found in the West Midlands. Although a lot of the constituencies with the lowest levels of educational achievement are traditional ‘Labour’ seats in the larger towns and cities, three constituencies in the East of England feature among those with the lowest percentage of people who have a degree or better. Two of the constituencies, Harwich and South West Norfolk, are held by the Conservatives - Douglas Carswell and Christopher Fraser respectively. The other is Labour MP Anthony Wright’s Great Yarmouth constituency, indicating that the issue of providing fair access to education is cross party. London attracts the highest number of graduates, with 17 of the 25 constituencies that boast the most graduates found in the capital. However underneath that veneer London has many areas where a substantial percentage of the working age population have no qualifications at all – making access to education in the capital a true tale of two cities. The 21 cities individually analysed in the report are Birmingham, Bradford, Brighton, Bristol, Cardiff, Coventry, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Hull, Leeds, Leicester, Liverpool, London , Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham, Plymouth, Sheffield, Southampton, Stoke and Wolverhampton. * The Cost of Exclusion: Counting the cost of youth disadvantage in the UK, Sandra McNally & Shqiponja Telhaj, April 2007. http://www.princes-trust.org.uk/about_the_trust/what_we_do/research/cost_of_exclusion.aspx The data within the report comes from the Annual Population Survey which is a combined survey of households in Britain. The datasets were extracted from the NOMIS website and are subject to ONS Crown Copyright. https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/

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LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION– the widening education gap in Britain

and how where you live determines your chances

Contents

Executive summaryTop and worse 20 for degreesNational rank no qualificationNational rank degreeLondonMajor UK cities

Executive summary

Where you live will determine your chances of educational success and people living in traditionally underachieving areas are proportionately less likely to have a degree now than they were at the last election.

LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION – the widening education gap in Britain and how where you live determines your chances report from the University and College Union (UCU) analyses educational achievement by Westminster parliamentary constituency in England, Scotland and Wales and ranks each according to the percentage of people with at least some qualifications and the percentage of people with a degree or above.

Research has shown that the cost to the UK economy of educational underachievement is over £18 billion a year*. This report shows how access to education is divided up, using national league tables and an analysis of 21 of our biggest cities. It shows that where you live is a key determinant of whether you will gain qualifications.

The result is a country of stark contrasts – a true postcode lottery for education. To take one example, two out of three people (60%) living in Nick Clegg’s Sheffield Hallam constituency have a degree and only 3% have no qualifications at all. However, just down the road in David Blunkett’s Sheffield Brightside constituency almost a quarter of people (23%) have no qualifications and just 15% have a degree.

As more people go to university constituencies who have had the highest participation rates in the past have seen further rapid increases in the number of residents with degrees or better. In the 20 constituencies with the highest level of participation in higher education, the proportion, on average, of the working age population with a degree-level qualification and above increased from 48.8% in 2005 to 57.2% in 2008.

However, worryingly, the constituencies at the bottom of the pile have seen academic achievement decline. Between 2005 and 2008, in the 20 constituencies with the lowest level of participation in higher education, the proportion, on average, of the working age population with a degree-level qualification and above fell from 12.6% to 12.1%.

The report shows enormous regional variations in access to education. Of the 20 constituencies with the highest percentage of people with no qualifications, the West Midlands accounts for eight of them and occupies the four bottom spots. Roger Godsiff’s Birmingham, Sparbrook and Small Heath constituency has the highest percentage of people with no qualifications (37%) with the Business, Skills and Innovation Minister, Pat McFadden’s Wolverhampton South East constituency next (36%).

The other two West Midlands constituencies to make up the bottom four are Ken Purchase’s Wolverhampton North East (32%) and Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Liam Byrne’s Birmingham Hodge Hill (30%). Hodge Hill also has the lowest percentage of people educated to at least degree level - just one in 10. A third of the constituencies with the lowest percentage of graduates can also be found in the West Midlands.

Although a lot of the constituencies with the lowest levels of educational achievement are traditional ‘Labour’ seats in the larger towns and cities, three constituencies in the East of England feature among those with the lowest percentage of people who have a degree or better. Two of the constituencies, Harwich and South West Norfolk, are held by the Conservatives - Douglas Carswell and Christopher Fraser respectively. The other is Labour MP Anthony Wright’s Great Yarmouth constituency, indicating that the issue of providing fair access to education is cross party.

London attracts the highest number of graduates, with 17 of the 25 constituencies that boast the most graduates found in the capital. However underneath that veneer London has many areas where a substantial percentage of the working age population have no qualifications at all – making access to education in the capital a true tale of two cities.

The 21 cities individually analysed in the report are Birmingham, Bradford, Brighton, Bristol, Cardiff, Coventry, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Hull, Leeds, Leicester, Liverpool, London , Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham, Plymouth, Sheffield, Southampton, Stoke and Wolverhampton.

* The Cost of Exclusion: Counting the cost of youth disadvantage in the UK, Sandra McNally & Shqiponja Telhaj, April 2007. http://www.princes-trust.org.uk/about_the_trust/what_we_do/research/cost_of_exclusion.aspx

The data within the report comes from the Annual Population Survey which is a combined survey of households in Britain. The datasets were extracted from the NOMIS website and are subject to ONS Crown Copyright.https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/

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Top and Worse 20 1 UCU 2009

Location, location, location - the widening education gap in Britain and how where you live determines your chances

http://www.ucu.org.uk/locationlocationlocation

Top 20 for degrees

2005 2006 2007 2008

Constituency

% of working age population

% of working age population

% of working age population

% of working age population

Overall progress

Richmond Park 51.24% 55.38% 60.08% 63.61% 12.37%Bristol West 63.04% 58.16% 59.41% 62.49% -0.55%Kensington and Chelsea 55.56% 52.77% 54.15% 62.25% 6.70%Hampstead and Highgate 54.42% 52.52% 59.82% 61.38% 6.95%Hornsey and Wood Green 47.77% 55.20% 56.88% 59.77% 12.00%Manchester, Withington 50.35% 52.37% 54.35% 59.54% 9.19%Sheffield, Hallam 45.96% 53.02% 54.24% 59.53% 13.58%Battersea 57.42% 54.18% 65.99% 58.61% 1.18%Tooting 46.16% 51.25% 57.82% 58.30% 12.13%Hammersmith and Fulham 51.20% 57.02% 58.15% 58.02% 6.82%Dulwich and West Norwood 48.90% 49.93% 55.69% 56.40% 7.50%Cities of London and Westminster 45.95% 48.41% 59.85% 55.24% 9.30%Edinburgh North and Leith 49.13% 48.38% 48.91% 54.76% 5.63%Putney 35.87% 50.00% 44.77% 54.35% 18.48%Cambridge 46.42% 47.29% 46.55% 53.74% 7.32%Wimbledon 53.69% 52.93% 55.66% 53.32% -0.37%Glasgow North 46.63% 50.44% 48.74% 52.82% 6.19%East Dunbartonshire 46.63% 49.50% 51.57% 52.65% 6.03%Twickenham 45.00% 51.37% 54.45% 52.04% 7.04%Hackney North and Stoke Newington 28.73% 32.39% 37.48% 50.46% 21.74%Average 48.84% 57.22% 8.38

Worse 20 for degrees

2005 2006 2007 2008

Constituency

% of working age population

% of working age population

% of working age population

% of working age population

Overall Progress

West Bromwich East 18.78% 16.23% 13.22% 14.41% -4.37%Warley 19.33% 15.29% 13.75% 14.02% -5.31%Castle Point 7.85% 12.48% 16.86% 13.77% 5.91%Bolton South East 13.27% 14.62% 14.39% 13.74% 0.47%West Bromwich West 12.92% 16.88% 14.41% 13.64% 0.72%Rhondda 17.27% 17.52% 16.92% 13.42% -3.86%Wolverhampton South East 8.31% 7.03% 9.98% 12.99% 4.68%Liverpool, Walton 11.69% 16.60% 11.61% 12.92% 1.23%Stoke-on-Trent Central 17.95% 21.50% 16.37% 12.38% -5.57%Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle 14.08% 15.15% 13.18% 12.33% -1.76%South West Norfolk 14.10% 15.23% 15.33% 12.20% -1.90%Nottingham North 13.02% 10.56% 12.66% 11.76% -1.26%Great Yarmouth 12.41% 9.65% 15.77% 11.69% -0.72%Kingston upon Hull East 8.45% 12.07% 11.25% 11.32% 2.87%Pontefract and Castleford 14.08% 16.22% 13.07% 11.31% -2.76%Harwich 13.58% 14.04% 11.21% 11.01% -2.57%Bootle 11.22% 12.69% 10.74% 10.70% -0.53%Walsall North 8.30% 8.72% 11.25% 10.02% 1.72%Doncaster North 12.85% 12.55% 10.40% 9.96% -2.89%Birmingham, Hodge Hill 7.06% 5.96% 8.75% 9.91% 2.85%Average 12.58% 12.14% -0.44%

% with at least degree/NVQ 4

% with at least degree/NVQ 4

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National rank no qualification 1 UCU 2009

Location, location, location - the widening education gap in Britain and how where you live determines your chancesNational ranking - no qualificationhttp://www.ucu.org.uk/locationlocationlocation

National ranking Region Constituency Working age population

Percent with no qualifications

MP Party

1 South East Oxford West and Abingdon 65,500 1.98% Dr Evan Harris MP Lib Dems2 East Mid Bedfordshire 68,100 2.50% Ms Nadine Dorries MP Con3 South East Epsom and Ewell 60,800 2.80% Mr Chris Grayling MP Con4 Yorks/Humber Sheffield, Hallam 47,200 3.39% Mr Nick Clegg MP Lib Dems5 Scotland Edinburgh South 57,800 3.63% Mr Nigel Griffiths MP Lab6 South East Horsham 69,500 4.03% The Rt Hon Francis Maude MP Con7 South East Romsey 60,700 4.12% Mrs Sandra Gidley MP Lib Dems8 East Midlands Rushcliffe 67,100 4.32% The Rt Hon Kenneth Clarke QC MP Con9 South East Witney 63,700 4.40% The Rt Hon David Cameron MP Con10 London Richmond Park 74,200 4.45% Ms Susan Kramer MP Lib Dems11 South East Wokingham 64,600 4.49% The Rt Hon John Redwood MP Con12 South East Chesham and Amersham 54,600 4.58% Mrs Cheryl Gillan MP Con13 South East Guildford 69,600 4.60% Ms Anne Milton MP Con14 Scotland Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath 56,300 4.62% The Rt Hon Gordon Brown MP Lab15 London Hampstead and Highgate 95,800 4.70% Ms Glenda Jackson CBE MP Lab16 Yorks/Humber Leeds North West 72,200 4.71% Mr Greg Mulholland MP Lib Dems17 South West Bristol West 83,700 4.78% Mr Stephen Williams MP Lib Dems18 Scotland Edinburgh North and Leith 68,300 4.83% Mr Mark Lazarowicz MP Lab19 South East Canterbury 65,700 4.87% Mr Julian Brazier TD MP Con20 London Tooting 65,700 4.87% The Rt Hon Sadiq Khan MP Lab21 South West Woodspring 59,000 4.92% Dr Liam Fox MP Con22 South East Wantage 62,600 4.95% Mr Ed Vaizey MP Con23 South East Fareham 56,100 4.99% Mr Mark Hoban MP Con24 London Cities of London and Westminster 100,100 5.00% Mr Mark Field MP Con25 North West Ribble Valley 57,000 5.09% Mr Nigel Evans MP Con26 South West Westbury 67,900 5.15% Dr Andrew Murrison MP Con27 South West Tewkesbury 59,700 5.19% Mr Laurence Robertson MP Con28 London Chipping Barnet 65,200 5.21% Mrs Theresa Villiers MP Con29 Scotland North East Fife 49,300 5.27% The Rt Hon Sir Menzies Campbell CBE QC MP Lib Dems30 East South East Cambridgeshire 73,800 5.28% Mr James Paice MP Con31 South West Taunton 64,200 5.30% Mr Jeremy Browne MP Lib Dems32 London Kensington and Chelsea 90,600 5.30% The Rt Hon Sir Malcolm Rifkind MP Con33 London Wimbledon 69,200 5.35% Mr Stephen Hammond MP Con34 South West Bath 61,700 5.35% Mr Don Foster MP Lib Dems35 South East Mole Valley 48,400 5.37% Sir Paul Beresford MP Con36 South East Esher and Walton 66,000 5.45% Mr Ian Taylor MBE MP Con37 South West Weston-Super-Mare 62,000 5.48% Mr John Penrose MP Con

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National rank no qualification 2 UCU 2009

38 Scotland West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine 54,500 5.50% Sir Robert Smith Bt MP Lib Dems39 East Cambridge 73,500 5.58% Mr David Howarth MP Lib Dems40 North West Cheadle 47,300 5.71% Mr Mark Hunter MP Lib Dems41 London Hammersmith and Fulham 84,800 5.78% Mr Greg Hands MP Con42 East Hertsmere 58,800 5.78% Mr James Clappison MP Con43 West Midlands Mid Worcestershire 59,800 5.85% Mr Peter Luff MP Con44 South East Newbury 62,900 5.88% Mr Richard Benyon MP Con45 East Midlands Rutland and Melton 55,600 5.94% Mr Alan Duncan MP Con46 South West Tiverton and Honiton 65,500 5.95% Mrs Angela Browning MP Con47 East North East Bedfordshire 63,800 5.96% Mr Alistair Burt MP Con48 East Midlands South Holland and The Deepings 56,900 5.98% Mr John Hayes MP Con49 East Hertford and Stortford 65,100 5.99% Mr Mark Prisk MP Con50 South West North Wiltshire 63,400 5.99% Mr James Gray MP Con51 North East Hexham 43,300 6.00% Mr Peter Atkinson MP Con52 Scotland Edinburgh South West 69,600 6.03% The Rt Hon Alistair Darling MP Lab53 South East Oxford East 85,000 6.12% The Rt Hon Andrew Smith MP Lab54 South East North East Hampshire 68,600 6.12% The Rt Hon James Arbuthnot MP Con55 Yorks/Humber Selby 65,200 6.13% Mr John Grogan MP Lab56 London Brent East 60,300 6.14% Ms Sarah Teather MP Lib Dems57 South East Tonbridge and Malling 56,800 6.16% The Rt Hon Sir John Stanley MP Con58 South West Northavon 58,400 6.16% Professor Steven Webb MP Lib Dems59 Yorks/Humber Haltemprice and Howden 46,700 6.21% The Rt Hon David Davis MP Con60 East St. Albans 59,500 6.22% Ms Anne Main MP Con61 South East Windsor 62,500 6.24% Mr Adam Afriyie MP Con62 Scotland East Dunbartonshire 50,900 6.29% Ms Jo Swinson MP Lib Dems63 London Eltham 49,200 6.30% Mr Clive Efford MP Lab64 East South West Hertfordshire 57,000 6.32% Mr David Gauke MP Con65 North West Wirral West 42,700 6.32% Mr Stephen Hesford MP Lab66 West Midlands Stafford 59,900 6.34% Mr David Kidney MP Lab67 West Midlands Sutton Coldfield 57,600 6.42% Mr Andrew Mitchell MP Con68 London Harrow West 65,300 6.43% Mr Gareth R Thomas MP Lab69 East Midlands West Derbyshire 57,900 6.56% The Rt Hon Mr Patrick McLoughlin MP Con70 Scotland Glasgow North 53,200 6.58% Ms Ann McKechin MP Lab71 London Kingston and Surbiton 79,600 6.66% Mr Edward Davey MP Lib Dems72 East Stevenage 56,900 6.68% Mrs Barbara Follett MP Lab73 East North West Cambridgeshire 68,600 6.71% Mr Shailesh Vara MP Con74 Scotland Gordon 67,000 6.72% The Rt Hon Malcolm Bruce MP Lib Dems75 South East Bracknell 72,800 6.73% The Rt Hon Andrew MacKay MP Con76 Scotland Ross, Skye and Lochaber 34,000 6.76% The Rt Hon Charles Kennedy MP Lib Dems77 North West Altrincham and Sale West 55,900 6.80% Mr Graham Brady MP Con78 Wales Delyn 40,500 6.91% The Rt Hon David Hanson MP Lab79 South West Plymouth, Sutton 66,500 6.92% Mrs Linda Gilroy MP Lab80 West Midlands Stratford-on-Avon 64,700 6.96% Mr John Maples MP Con

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National rank no qualification 3 UCU 2009

81 London Lewisham, Deptford 61,700 6.97% Ms Joan Ruddock MP Lab82 East South Cambridgeshire 55,700 7.00% Mr Andrew Lansley CBE MP Con83 East Midlands High Peak 61,400 7.00% Mr Tom Levitt MP Lab84 East Southend West 49,600 7.06% Mr David Amess MP Con85 Yorks/Humber City of York 76,300 7.08% Mr Hugh Bayley MP Lab86 South East Runnymede and Weybridge 68,600 7.14% Mr Philip Hammond MP Con87 South West Kingswood 64,400 7.14% Dr Roger Berry MP Lab88 South East Arundel and South Downs 48,900 7.16% Mr Nick Herbert MP Con89 London Dulwich and West Norwood 85,100 7.17% The Rt Hon Tessa Jowell MP Lab90 Yorks/Humber Pudsey 59,800 7.19% Mr Paul Truswell MP Lab91 South East Reading East 68,100 7.20% Mr Robert Wilson MP Con92 London Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush 84,600 7.21% Mr Andrew Slaughter MP Lab93 South East Maidenhead 60,600 7.26% The Rt Hon Theresa May MP Con94 South West Cotswold 53,700 7.26% Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown FRICS MP Con95 South East Gosport 53,500 7.29% Sir Peter Viggers MP Con96 Wales Cardiff Central 60,000 7.33% Ms Jenny Willott MP Lib Dems97 South East Medway 55,600 7.37% Mr Robert Marshall-Andrews QC MP Lab98 Scotland Edinburgh West 54,100 7.39% Mr John Barrett MP Lib Dems99 East Midlands Charnwood 60,600 7.43% The Rt Hon Stephen Dorrell MP Con100 South East North West Hampshire 71,100 7.45% The Rt Hon Sir George Young Bt MP Con101 Wales Monmouth 45,300 7.51% Mr David Davies MP Con102 North West Penrith and The Border 57,200 7.52% The Rt Hon David Maclean MP Con103 London Beckenham 62,400 7.53% Mrs Jacqui Lait MP Con104 East Midlands Grantham and Stamford 65,000 7.54% Mr Quentin Davies MP Lab105 South West Cheltenham 55,700 7.54% Mr Martin Horwood MP Lib Dems106 South West Salisbury 62,000 7.58% Mr Robert Key MP Con107 North West Macclesfield 51,300 7.60% Sir Nicholas Winterton MP Con108 South East Eastbourne 57,800 7.61% Mr Nigel Waterson MP Con109 South East East Hampshire 52,400 7.63% The Rt Hon Michael Mates MP Con110 South West St. Ives 56,300 7.64% Mr Andrew George MP Lib Dems111 North West Hazel Grove 47,100 7.64% Mr Andrew Stunell OBE MP Lib Dems112 Scotland Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross 38,800 7.73% Mr John Thurso MP Lib Dems113 Wales Alyn and Deeside 51,700 7.74% Mr Mark Tami MP Lab114 South West Torbay 55,500 7.75% Mr Adrian Sanders MP Lib Dems115 South West North Devon 56,400 7.80% Mr Nick Harvey MP Lib Dems116 South West South West Devon 55,100 7.80% Mr Gary Streeter MP Con117 South East Mid Sussex 57,600 7.81% The Hon Nicholas Soames MP Con118 South East Chichester 55,000 7.82% Mr Andrew Tyrie MP Con119 North West Wirral South 47,300 7.82% Mr Ben Chapman MP Lab120 North East Newcastle upon Tyne Central 67,600 7.84% Mr Jim Cousins MP Lab121 Yorks/Humber Harrogate and Knaresborough 51,900 7.90% Mr Philip Willis MP Lib Dems122 London Sutton and Cheam 50,500 7.92% Mr Paul Burstow MP Lib Dems123 Scotland Aberdeen South 60,400 7.95% Ms Anne Begg MP Lab

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National rank no qualification 4 UCU 2009

124 South East North East Milton Keynes 75,500 7.95% Mr Mark Lancaster MP Con125 South East Reigate 54,100 7.95% Mr Crispin Blunt MP Con126 South West West Dorset 48,900 7.98% The Rt Hon Oliver Letwin MP Con127 South East Banbury 73,900 7.98% Mr Tony Baldry MP Con128 Yorks/Humber Cleethorpes 53,800 7.99% Ms Shona McIsaac MP Lab129 London Battersea 67,400 8.01% Mr Martin Linton MP Lab130 South East Winchester 64,900 8.01% Mr Mark Oaten MP Lib Dems131 London Orpington 66,100 8.02% Mr John Horam MP Con132 East Midlands Broxtowe 63,600 8.02% Dr Nicholas Palmer MP Lab133 West Midlands Lichfield 49,800 8.03% Mr Michael Fabricant MP Con134 East Midlands Loughborough 64,500 8.06% Mr Andrew Reed MP Lab135 South East Wealden 61,900 8.08% Mr Charles Hendry MP Con136 South West Mid Dorset and North Poole 48,200 8.09% Ms Annette Brooke MP Lib Dems137 South East East Surrey 61,600 8.12% Mr Peter Ainsworth MP Con138 South West North Swindon 61,500 8.13% The Rt Hon Michael Wills MP Lab139 South East Brighton, Pavilion 62,600 8.15% Mr David Lepper MP Lab140 North West Congleton 56,300 8.17% Lady Winterton MP Con141 East Broxbourne 57,500 8.17% Mr Charles Walker MP Con142 Wales Cardiff North 53,600 8.21% Mrs Julie Morgan MP Lab143 South West South East Cornwall 62,100 8.21% Mr Colin Breed MP Lib Dems144 North West Warrington South 63,300 8.21% Ms Helen Southworth MP Lab145 South West Bournemouth East 46,200 8.23% Mr Tobias Ellwood MP Con146 South West Gloucester 70,500 8.23% Mr Parmjit Dhanda MP Lab147 East Huntingdon 75,200 8.24% Mr Jonathan Djanogly MP Con148 North West Crosby 44,600 8.30% Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas MP Lab149 South West Wansdyke 59,800 8.36% Mr Dan Norris MP Lab150 South West Wells 54,800 8.39% The Rt Hon David Heathcoat-Amory MP Con151 East Hitchin and Harpenden 51,200 8.40% The Rt Hon Peter Lilley MP Con152 South East Maidstone and The Weald 57,100 8.41% The Rt Hon Ann Widdecombe MP Con153 South West Forest of Dean 49,700 8.45% Mr Mark Harper MP Con154 South West Exeter 80,000 8.50% The Rt Hon Ben Bradshaw MP Lab155 South West Truro and St. Austell 63,900 8.61% Mr Matthew Taylor MP Lib Dems156 South East Aylesbury 59,200 8.61% Mr David Lidington MP Con157 Scotland Orkney and Shetland 25,400 8.66% Mr Alistair Carmichael MP Lib Dems158 South East Ashford 68,000 8.68% Mr Damian Green MP Con159 South East Beaconsfield 51,800 8.69% Mr Dominic Grieve MP Con160 London Putney 73,600 8.70% Ms Justine Greening MP Con161 North West Wallasey 44,800 8.71% Ms Angela Eagle MP Lab162 South East Southampton, Test 75,800 8.71% Dr Alan Whitehead MP Lab163 London Twickenham 73,400 8.72% Dr Vincent Cable MP Lib Dems164 South East Buckingham 68,800 8.72% Mr John Bercow MP Speaker165 Yorks/Humber Ryedale 51,600 8.72% Mr John Greenway MP Con166 London Finchley and Golders Green 74,400 8.74% Dr Rudi Vis MP Lab

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National rank no qualification 5 UCU 2009

167 Yorks/Humber Vale of York 59,900 8.85% Miss Anne McIntosh MP Con168 South West Teignbridge 65,500 8.85% Mr Richard Younger-Ross MP Lib Dems169 South East Gillingham 62,100 8.86% Mr Paul Clark MP Lab170 South West North Dorset 50,800 8.86% Mr Robert Walter MP Con171 Scotland Moray 51,900 8.86% Mr Angus Robertson MP SNP172 South East Eastleigh 62,000 8.87% Mr Chris Huhne MP Lib Dems173 London Brent South 64,200 8.88% Ms Dawn Butler MP Lab174 North West South Ribble 57,400 8.89% Mr David Borrow MP Lab175 North West Workington 45,000 8.89% Mr Tony Cunningham MP Lab176 Yorks/Humber Leeds North East 55,100 8.89% Mr Fabian Hamilton MP Lab177 London Ruislip-Northwood 53,600 8.96% Mr Nick Hurd MP Con178 South East Brighton, Kemptown 59,100 8.97% Dr Desmond Turner MP Lab179 South West Bournemouth West 51,200 8.98% Sir John Butterfill MP Con180 South East Hove 58,800 9.01% Ms Celia Barlow MP Lab181 East Midlands Sleaford and North Hykeham 62,900 9.06% The Rt Hon Douglas Hogg QC MP Con182 East Midlands South Derbyshire 72,800 9.07% Mr Mark Todd MP Lab183 South East Surrey Heath 64,900 9.09% Mr Michael Gove MP Con184 Scotland Na h-Eileanan An Iar 15,400 9.09% Mr Angus MacNeil MP SNP185 East Suffolk Coastal 61,500 9.11% The Rt Hon John Gummer MP Con186 South West Stroud 60,300 9.12% Mr David Drew MP Lab187 South West Christchurch 48,200 9.13% Mr Christopher Chope OBE MP Con188 South East Folkestone and Hythe 56,900 9.14% The Rt Hon Michael Howard QC MP Con189 East Mid Norfolk 67,700 9.16% Mr Keith Simpson MP Con190 South East Spelthorne 55,600 9.17% Mr David Wilshire MP Con191 London Brent North 59,600 9.23% Mr Barry Gardiner MP Lab192 North East North West Durham 55,200 9.24% The Rt Hon Hilary Armstrong MP Lab193 South East Basingstoke 65,700 9.28% Ms Maria Miller MP Con194 North West Tatton 53,700 9.31% Mr George Osborne MP Con195 South East Worthing West 48,300 9.32% Mr Peter Bottomley MP Con196 East Midlands Gainsborough 54,700 9.32% Mr Edward Leigh MP Con197 South East Woking 66,400 9.34% Mr Humfrey Malins CBE MP Con198 Yorks/Humber Beverley and Holderness 61,800 9.39% Mr Graham Stuart MP Con199 South East East Worthing and Shoreham 51,100 9.39% Mr Timothy Loughton MP Con200 North East North Durham 52,100 9.40% Mr Kevan Jones MP Lab201 West Midlands Solihull 57,100 9.46% Ms Lorely Burt MP Lib Dems202 Yorks/Humber Calder Valley 63,300 9.48% Mrs Christine McCafferty MP Lab203 North East City of Durham 63,100 9.51% Ms Roberta Blackman-Woods MP Lab204 West Midlands Newcastle-under-Lyme 54,600 9.52% Mr Paul Farrelly MP Lab205 South West South Dorset 53,400 9.55% Rt Hon Jim Knight MP Lab206 East West Chelmsford 73,000 9.59% Mr Simon Burns MP Con207 North West Westmorland and Lonsdale 49,700 9.66% Mr Tim Farron MP Lib Dems208 London Lewisham West 53,700 9.68% Mr Jim Dowd MP Lab209 London Brentford and Isleworth 75,300 9.69% Mrs Ann Keen MP Lab

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National rank no qualification 6 UCU 2009

210 North West Crewe and Nantwich 62,900 9.70% Mr Edward Timpson MP Con211 East Norwich North 67,000 9.70% Ms Chloe Smith MP Con212 Scotland Edinburgh East 67,900 9.72% The Rt Hon Dr Gavin Strang MP Lab213 South East Bexhill and Battle 46,200 9.74% Mr Greg Barker MP Con214 East Norwich South 61,500 9.76% The Rt Hon Charles Clarke MP Lab215 South East Henley 49,000 9.80% Mr John Howell MP Con216 South West East Devon 44,900 9.80% Mr Hugo Swire MP Con217 West Midlands Stone 49,900 9.82% Mr William Cash MP Con218 South West Totnes 50,800 9.84% Mr Anthony Steen MP Con219 Yorks/Humber Skipton and Ripon 59,900 9.85% The Rt Hon David Curry MP Con220 West Midlands Coventry South 63,800 9.87% Mr Jim Cunningham MP Lab221 South West Poole 48,400 9.92% Mr Robert Syms MP Con222 South East Portsmouth South 68,400 9.94% Mr Mike Hancock CBE MP Lib Dems223 North West Morecambe and Lunesdale 53,300 9.94% Ms Geraldine Smith MP Lab224 Wales Vale of Glamorgan 58,300 9.95% Mr John Smith MP Lab225 East Midlands North East Derbyshire 57,000 10.00% Ms Natascha Engel MP Lab226 London Enfield, Southgate 63,000 10.00% Mr David Burrowes MP Con227 South East Aldershot 69,700 10.04% Mr Gerald Howarth MP Con228 East Saffron Walden 61,700 10.05% The Rt Hon Sir Alan Haselhurst MP Con229 East North East Hertfordshire 57,700 10.05% Mr Oliver Heald MP Con230 Yorks/Humber Richmond (Yorks) 56,600 10.07% The Rt Hon William Hague MP Con231 London Croydon Central 85,300 10.08% Mr Andrew Pelling MP Ind232 South East Havant 52,500 10.10% Mr David Willetts MP Con233 London Bexleyheath and Crayford 55,400 10.11% Mr David Evennett MP Con234 London Mitcham and Morden 68,200 10.12% Ms Siobhain McDonagh MP Lab235 Wales Ceredigion 48,400 10.12% Mr Mark Williams MP Lib Dems236 Yorks/Humber Colne Valley 66,100 10.14% Ms Kali Mountford MP Lab237 South East Isle of Wight 76,900 10.14% Mr Andrew Turner MP Con238 London Ilford North 60,800 10.20% Mr Lee Scott MP Con239 Scotland Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk 53,800 10.22% Mr Michael Moore MP Lib Dems240 Scotland Livingston 62,600 10.22% Mr Jim Devine MP Lab241 Scotland Argyll and Bute 51,800 10.23% Mr Alan Reid MP Lib Dems242 South East Lewes 42,900 10.26% Mr Norman Baker MP Lib Dems243 Scotland Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey 58,400 10.27% Mr Danny Alexander MP Lib Dems244 East South West Bedfordshire 61,300 10.28% Mr Andrew Selous MP Con245 North West Copeland 42,800 10.28% Mr Jamie Reed MP Lab246 South East New Forest East 52,500 10.29% Dr Julian Lewis MP Con247 Scotland East Renfrewshire 53,300 10.32% The Rt Hon Jim Murphy MP Lab248 East Midlands Corby 59,100 10.32% Mr Philip Hope MP Lab249 West Midlands Warwick and Leamington 72,500 10.34% Mr James Plaskitt MP Lab250 Scotland Dunfermline and West Fife 59,600 10.40% Mr Willie Rennie MP Lib Dems251 London Chingford and Woodford Green 51,700 10.44% The Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith MP Con252 Scotland Stirling 54,400 10.48% Rt Hon Anne McGuire MP Lab

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National rank no qualification 7 UCU 2009

253 Yorks/Humber Scarborough and Whitby 56,300 10.48% Mr Robert Goodwill MP Con254 London Hornsey and Wood Green 77,800 10.54% Ms Lynne Featherstone MP Lib Dems255 South West Devizes 67,300 10.55% The Rt Hon Michael Ancram QC MP Con256 West Midlands The Wrekin 55,700 10.59% Mr Mark Pritchard MP Con257 London Hendon 72,500 10.62% Mr Andrew Dismore MP Lab258 North East Tynemouth 49,900 10.62% Mr Alan Campbell MP Lab259 North West Barrow and Furness 52,700 10.63% The Rt Hon. John Hutton MP Lab260 South West Bristol South 68,600 10.64% The Rt Hon Dawn Primarolo MP Lab261 South East New Forest West 44,100 10.66% Mr Desmond Swayne MP Con262 Scotland Falkirk 64,700 10.66% Mr Eric Joyce MP Lab263 London Harrow East 73,000 10.68% The Rt Hon Tony McNulty MP Lab264 East Harlow 52,400 10.69% Mr Bill Rammell MP Lab265 Wales Bridgend 49,500 10.71% Ms Madeleine Moon MP Lab266 East Midlands Chesterfield 57,900 10.71% Mr Paul Holmes MP Lib Dems267 West Midlands Rugby and Kenilworth 67,200 10.71% Mr Jeremy Wright MP Con268 Yorks/Humber Brigg and Goole 54,100 10.72% Mr Ian Cawsey MP Lab269 South East South Thanet 49,100 10.79% Dr Stephen Ladyman MP Lab270 Scotland Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East 50,900 10.81% Mrs Rosemary McKenna CBE MP Lab271 London Bromley and Chislehurst 55,400 10.83% Mr Bob Neill MP Con272 North West Bolton West 53,500 10.84% The Rt Hon Ruth Kelly MP Lab273 London Holborn and St. Pancras 75,600 10.85% The Rt Hon Frank Dobson MP Lab274 South West Yeovil 59,900 10.85% Mr David Laws MP Lib Dems275 Yorks/Humber Shipley 56,900 10.90% Mr Philip Davies MP Con276 Wales Gower 48,600 10.91% Mr Martin Caton MP Lab277 East Midlands Erewash 65,900 10.93% Mrs Elizabeth Blackman MP Lab278 Scotland Angus 48,100 11.02% Mr Michael Weir MP SNP279 South East Southampton, Itchen 68,800 11.05% The Rt Hon John Denham MP Lab280 West Midlands Hereford 56,100 11.05% Mr Paul Keetch MP Lib Dems281 North West Stretford and Urmston 54,200 11.07% The Rt Hon Beverley Hughes MP Lab282 South East South West Surrey 52,300 11.09% Mr Jeremy Hunt MP Con283 North West City of Chester 63,700 11.15% Mrs Christine Russell MP Lab284 North East Houghton and Washington East 56,500 11.15% Mr Fraser Kemp MP Lab285 Scotland Midlothian 48,400 11.16% Mr David Hamilton MP Lab286 London Greenwich and Woolwich 63,200 11.23% The Rt Hon Nick Raynsford MP Lab287 London Old Bexley and Sidcup 54,000 11.30% Mr Derek Conway MP Ind288 West Midlands Shrewsbury and Atcham 56,500 11.33% Mr Daniel Kawczynski MP Con289 South West Bridgwater 61,700 11.35% Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger MP Con290 North East Berwick-upon-Tweed 41,400 11.35% The Rt Hon Sir Alan Beith MP Lib Dems291 East Colchester 80,000 11.38% Mr Bob Russell MP Lib Dems292 North West Manchester, Withington 65,000 11.38% Mr John Leech MP Lib Dems293 South East Slough 70,200 11.40% Ms Fiona Mactaggart MP Lab294 East Midlands Gedling 53,400 11.42% Mr Vernon Coaker MP Lab295 East Midlands Bosworth 57,500 11.48% Mr David Tredinnick MP Con

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National rank no qualification 8 UCU 2009

296 South West Somerton and Frome 60,500 11.57% Mr David Heath CBE MP Lib Dems297 West Midlands Bromsgrove 54,400 11.58% Ms Julie Kirkbride MP Con298 East South Suffolk 53,500 11.59% Mr Tim Yeo MP Con299 Yorks/Humber Normanton 47,300 11.63% The Rt Hon. Ed Balls MP Lab300 Scotland Perth and North Perthshire 54,100 11.65% Mr Peter Wishart MP SNP301 North West Lancaster and Wyre 65,200 11.66% Mr Ben Wallace MP Con302 East Midlands Derby North 62,600 11.66% Mr Bob Laxton MP Lab303 South West South Swindon 62,500 11.68% Ms Anne Snelgrove MP Lab304 London Enfield North 65,900 11.68% The Rt Hon Joan Ryan MP Lab305 Wales Swansea West 43,300 11.78% The Rt Hon Alan Williams MP Lab306 North East Blaydon 46,600 11.80% Mr David Anderson MP Lab307 East Ipswich 59,300 11.80% Mr Chris Mole MP Lab308 East North Norfolk 53,300 11.82% Mr Norman Lamb MP Lib Dems309 East Hemel Hempstead 61,700 11.83% Mr Mike Penning MP Con310 London Lewisham East 61,500 11.87% Ms Bridget Prentice MP Lab311 Yorks/Humber Sheffield, Hillsborough 61,400 11.89% Ms Angela Smith MP Lab312 North West Fylde 52,900 11.91% The Rt Hon Michael Jack MP Con313 North West Chorley 64,600 11.92% The Hon Lindsay Hoyle MP Lab314 Scotland Dundee East 53,600 11.94% Mr Stewart Hosie MP SNP315 North West Wigan 55,000 12.00% Mr Neil Turner MP Lab316 London Islington North 71,500 12.03% Mr Jeremy Corbyn MP Lab317 Wales Clwyd West 40,700 12.04% Mr David Jones MP Con318 Yorks/Humber East Yorkshire 61,400 12.05% The Rt Hon Greg Knight MP Con319 East Midlands Sherwood 67,200 12.05% Mr Paddy Tipping MP Lab320 West Midlands Leominster 51,200 12.11% Mr Bill Wiggin MP Con321 Yorks/Humber Great Grimsby 54,400 12.13% Dr Austin Mitchell MP Lab322 South East Milton Keynes South West 74,800 12.17% Dr Phyllis Starkey MP Lab323 South East Hastings and Rye 60,000 12.17% Mr Michael Jabez Foster MP Lab324 East Midlands Northampton North 58,300 12.18% Mrs Sally Keeble MP Lab325 London Regent's Park and Kensington North 117,400 12.18% Ms Karen Buck MP Lab326 North East Darlington 49,200 12.20% The Rt Hon Alan Milburn MP Lab327 East Midlands Nottingham South 70,500 12.20% Mr Alan Simpson MP Lab328 Yorks/Humber Barnsley West and Penistone 54,100 12.20% Mr Michael Clapham MP Lab329 Wales Wrexham 43,400 12.21% Mr Ian Lucas MP Lab330 East Castle Point 52,300 12.24% Dr Robert Spink MP Ind331 West Midlands South Staffordshire 51,400 12.26% Sir Patrick Cormack MP Con332 North West Denton and Reddish 57,100 12.26% Mr Andrew Gwynne MP Lab333 London Croydon North 75,800 12.27% The Rt Hon Malcolm Wicks MP Lab334 North West Eccles 60,200 12.29% Mr Ian Stewart MP Lab335 Yorks/Humber Leeds West 66,300 12.37% The Rt Hon John Battle MP Lab336 East Midlands Newark 50,700 12.43% Mr Patrick Mercer MP Con337 Scotland Central Ayrshire 56,300 12.43% Mr Brian Donohoe MP Lab338 West Midlands Halesowen and Rowley Regis 56,100 12.48% Mrs Sylvia Heal MP Labour

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National rank no qualification 9 UCU 2009

339 Scotland Aberdeen North 55,200 12.50% Mr Frank Doran MP Lab340 South East Gravesham 59,900 12.52% Mr Adam Holloway MP Con341 London Croydon South 55,900 12.52% Mr Richard Ottaway MP Con342 London Streatham 75,700 12.55% The Rt Hon Keith Hill MP Lab343 South East Sevenoaks 57,300 12.57% Mr Michael Fallon MP Con344 Wales Pontypridd 62,000 12.58% Rt Hon Kim Howells MP Lab345 Wales Newport East 46,100 12.58% Ms Jessica Morden MP Lab346 Yorks/Humber Bradford South 75,500 12.58% Mr Gerry Sutcliffe MP Lab347 North East Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland 58,000 12.59% Dr Ashok Kumar MP Lab348 Scotland East Lothian 55,600 12.59% Ms Anne Moffat MP Lab349 Yorks/Humber Wakefield 61,800 12.62% Ms Mary Creagh MP Lab350 East Rayleigh 57,000 12.63% Mr Mark Francois MP Con351 East North Essex 53,700 12.66% The Hon Bernard Jenkin MP Con352 North East Stockton South 63,900 12.68% Ms Dari Taylor MP Lab353 North East Wansbeck 50,400 12.70% Mr Denis Murphy MP Lab354 North West Blackpool North and Fleetwood 57,400 12.72% Mrs Joan Humble MP Lab355 Scotland Linlithgow and East Falkirk 73,900 12.72% Mr Michael Connarty MP Lab356 North West Liverpool, Garston 67,100 12.82% Ms Maria Eagle MP Lab357 Wales Cardiff South and Penarth 58,400 12.84% The Rt Hon Alun Michael MP Lab358 North West Stockport 56,800 12.85% Ms Ann Coffey MP Lab359 South East Tunbridge Wells 52,100 12.86% Dr Greg Clark MP Con360 Wales Preseli Pembrokeshire 39,600 12.88% Mr Stephen Crabb MP Con361 West Midlands Aldridge-Brownhills 48,900 12.88% Mr Richard Shepherd MP Con362 West Midlands Birmingham, Selly Oak 54,300 12.89% Dr Lynne Jones MP Lab363 Yorks/Humber Dewsbury 50,300 12.92% Mr Shahid Malik MP Lab364 Yorks/Humber Pontefract and Castleford 54,800 12.96% The Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP Lab365 Yorks/Humber Morley and Rothwell 64,000 12.97% Mr Colin Challen MP Lab366 Scotland Paisley and Renfrewshire North 55,500 12.97% Mr James Sheridan MP Lab367 Scotland East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow 59,300 12.98% The Rt Hon Adam Ingram MP Lab368 West Midlands Tamworth 59,200 13.01% Mr Brian Jenkins MP Lab369 South East Faversham and Mid Kent 57,600 13.02% Mr Hugh Robertson MP Con370 East South Norfolk 64,500 13.02% Mr Richard Bacon MP Con371 West Midlands Worcester 59,000 13.05% Mr Michael John Foster MP Lab372 North West Bury South 54,300 13.08% Mr Ivan Lewis MP Lab373 East Midlands Lincoln 59,600 13.09% Ms Gillian Merron MP Lab374 East Rochford and Southend East 51,900 13.10% Mr James Duddridge MP Con375 London Uxbridge 49,500 13.13% Mr John Randall MP Con376 North East Sedgefield 56,200 13.17% Mr Phil Wilson MP Lab377 East North East Cambridgeshire 70,400 13.21% Mr Malcolm Moss MP Con378 South East Reading West 65,100 13.21% Mr Martin Salter MP Lab379 North East Jarrow 49,100 13.24% Mr Stephen Hepburn MP Lab380 East South West Norfolk 65,600 13.26% Mr Christopher Fraser MP Con381 North East South Shields 50,500 13.27% The Rt Hon David Miliband MP Lab

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National rank no qualification 10 UCU 2009

382 Wales Caernarfon 35,400 13.28% Mr Hywel Williams MP PC383 East Midlands Nottingham East 57,200 13.29% Mr John Heppell MP Lab384 West Midlands Telford 53,400 13.30% Mr David Wright MP Lab385 Yorks/Humber Leeds East 51,100 13.31% Mr George Mudie MP Lab386 South West Torridge and West Devon 66,100 13.31% Mr Geoffrey Cox MP Con387 Yorks/Humber Elmet 60,000 13.33% Mr Colin Burgon MP Lab388 North West West Lancashire 57,700 13.34% Ms Rosie Cooper MP Lab389 East Welwyn Hatfield 65,700 13.39% Mr Grant Shapps MP Con390 East Watford 65,700 13.39% Ms Claire Ward MP Lab391 South East Portsmouth North 61,800 13.43% Ms Sarah McCarthy-Fry MP Lab392 South East Wycombe 61,700 13.45% Mr Paul Goodman MP Con393 West Midlands Stourbridge 53,400 13.48% Ms Lynda Waltho MP Lab394 West Midlands Dudley South 45,800 13.54% Mr Ian Pearson MP Lab395 West Midlands Ludlow 44,300 13.54% Mr Philip Dunne MP Con396 Yorks/Humber Doncaster Central 56,100 13.55% The Rt Hon Rosie Winterton MP Lab397 East Brentwood and Ongar 52,300 13.58% Mr Eric Pickles MP Con398 Yorks/Humber Sheffield, Heeley 60,400 13.58% Ms Meg Munn MP Lab399 Scotland Glasgow South 67,000 13.58% Mr Tom Harris MP Lab400 East Midlands Boston and Skegness 50,800 13.58% Mr Mark Simmonds MP Con401 North West Ellesmere Port and Neston 52,900 13.61% Mr Andrew Miller MP Lab402 West Midlands North Shropshire 58,700 13.63% Mr Owen Paterson MP Con403 West Midlands Coventry North West 63,700 13.66% Mr Geoffrey Robinson MP Lab404 East West Suffolk 71,000 13.66% Mr Richard Spring MP Con405 South East Bognor Regis and Littlehampton 51,800 13.71% Mr Nick Gibb MP Con406 London Upminster 44,500 13.71% Ms Angela Watkinson MP Con407 East Central Suffolk and North Ipswich 51,000 13.73% Sir Michael Lord MP Con408 East Braintree 68,900 13.79% Mr Brooks Newmark MP Con409 London Ealing, Southall 73,200 13.80% Mr Virendra Kumar Sharma MP Lab410 Scotland Glenrothes 58,600 13.82% Mr Lindsay Roy MP Lab411 North East Blyth Valley 50,600 13.83% Mr Ronnie Campbell MP Lab412 London Camberwell and Peckham 57,000 13.86% The Rt Hon Harriet Harman QC MP Lab413 North West Preston 71,400 13.87% Mr Mark Hendrick MP Lab414 East Billericay 64,900 13.87% Mr John Baron MP Con415 Wales Carmarthen East and Dinefwr 40,900 13.94% Mr Adam Price MP PC416 North East Gateshead East and Washington West 53,800 13.94% Mrs Sharon Hodgson MP Lab417 Scotland Glasgow North West 62,900 13.99% Mr John Robertson MP Lab418 North West Bury North 58,500 14.02% Mr David Chaytor MP Lab419 East Midlands North West Leicestershire 55,600 14.03% Mr David Taylor MP Lab420 South East Dover 50,600 14.03% Mr Gwyn Prosser MP Lab421 Wales Ynys Mon 39,900 14.04% Mr Albert Owen MP Lab422 Scotland Banff and Buchan 47,600 14.08% The Rt Hon Alexander Salmond MP SNP423 North West Liverpool, Wavertree 51,800 14.09% The Rt Hon Jane Kennedy MP Lab424 North West Bolton South East 55,300 14.10% Dr Brian Iddon MP Lab

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National rank no qualification 11 UCU 2009

425 East Bedford 60,100 14.14% Mr Patrick Hall MP Lab426 West Midlands West Worcestershire 47,300 14.16% Sir Michael Spicer MP Con427 Scotland Dundee West 51,500 14.17% Mr Jim McGovern MP Lab428 North East North Tyneside 59,800 14.21% The Rt Hon Stephen Byers MP Lab429 North West Eddisbury 47,100 14.23% Mr Stephen O'Brien MP Con430 London Hackney North and Stoke Newington 64,600 14.24% Ms Diane Abbott MP Lab431 Wales Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire 42,100 14.25% Mr Nick Ainger MP Lab432 North West Rossendale and Darwen 60,200 14.29% Mrs Janet Anderson MP Lab433 Scotland Dumfries and Galloway 54,600 14.29% Mr Russell Brown MP Lab434 Scotland Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale 53,100 14.31% Mr David Mundell MP Con435 London Hornchurch 43,300 14.32% Mr James Brokenshire MP Con436 Yorks/Humber Leeds Central 71,200 14.33% The Rt Hon. Hilary Benn MP Lab437 London Ealing North 87,900 14.33% Mr Stephen Pound MP Lab438 West Midlands Redditch 53,000 14.34% The Rt Hon Jacqui Smith MP Lab439 Scotland Inverclyde 49,500 14.34% Mr David Cairns MP Lab440 North West Salford 47,400 14.35% The Rt Hon. Hazel Blears MP Lab441 East Midlands Louth and Horncastle 57,800 14.36% Sir Peter Tapsell MP Con442 Wales Brecon and Radnorshire 36,900 14.36% Mr Roger Williams MP Lib Dems443 Scotland Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock 54,900 14.39% Mrs Sandra Osborne MP Lab444 Yorks/Humber Rother Valley 53,300 14.45% The Rt Hon Kevin Barron MP Lab445 North West Warrington North 57,200 14.51% Mrs Helen Jones MP Lab446 London Islington South and Finsbury 64,600 14.55% Ms Emily Thornberry MP Lab447 East Midlands Harborough 57,500 14.61% Mr Edward Garnier QC MP Con448 Wales Conwy 39,000 14.62% Mrs Betty Williams MP Lab449 South West Bristol North West 78,600 14.63% Dr Doug Naysmith MP Lab450 East Midlands Ashfield 61,400 14.66% The Rt Hon Geoffrey Hoon MP Lab451 Scotland Ochil and South Perthshire 59,600 14.77% Mr Gordon Banks MP Lab452 North East Sunderland South 50,500 14.85% Mr Chris Mullin MP Lab453 East Midlands Daventry 81,500 14.97% Mr Timothy Boswell MP Con454 North West Stalybridge and Hyde 57,400 14.98% The Rt Hon. James Purnell MP Lab455 North West Makerfield 56,000 15.00% The Rt Hon Ian McCartney MP Lab456 Yorks/Humber Sheffield Central 68,500 15.04% The Rt Hon Richard Caborn MP Lab457 East Midlands Northampton South 86,000 15.12% Mr Brian Binley MP Con458 Yorks/Humber Wentworth 51,500 15.15% The Rt Hon John Healey MP Lab459 East Midlands Wellingborough 74,600 15.15% Mr Peter Bone MP Con460 Yorks/Humber Don Valley 50,700 15.19% The Rt Hon. Caroline Flint MP Lab461 Yorks/Humber Hemsworth 55,300 15.19% Mr Jon Trickett MP Lab462 South West North Cornwall 67,100 15.20% Mr Dan Rogerson MP Lib Dems463 Yorks/Humber Scunthorpe 49,300 15.21% The Rt Hon Elliot Morley MP Lab464 North East Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend 51,900 15.22% The Rt Hon Nicholas Brown MP Lab465 North West Southport 51,800 15.25% Dr John Pugh MP Lib Dems466 North East Easington 47,800 15.27% Mr John Cummings MP Lab467 West Midlands Meriden 64,100 15.29% Mrs Caroline Spelman MP Con

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National rank no qualification 12 UCU 2009

468 West Midlands North Warwickshire 65,300 15.31% The Rt Hon Mike O'Brien MP Lab469 Wales Montgomeryshire 36,300 15.43% Mr Lembit Öpik MP Lib Dems470 North East Newcastle upon Tyne North 50,500 15.45% Mr Douglas Henderson MP Lab471 Wales Clwyd South 45,300 15.45% Mr Martyn Jones MP Lab472 North East Stockton North 54,900 15.48% Mr Frank Cook MP Lab473 East Midlands Mansfield 56,700 15.52% Mr Alan Meale MP Lab474 Wales Neath 42,500 15.53% The Rt Hon Peter Hain MP Lab475 East Midlands Blaby 70,100 15.55% Mr Andrew Robathan MP Con476 East Bury St. Edmunds 60,300 15.59% Mr David Ruffley MP Con477 South West Bristol East 76,300 15.60% Ms Kerry McCarthy MP Lab478 East Luton South 67,800 15.63% Ms Margaret Moran MP Lab479 West Midlands Cannock Chase 61,400 15.64% Dr Tony Wright MP Lab480 West Midlands Burton 63,700 15.70% Mrs Janet Dean MP Lab481 Wales Vale of Clwyd 41,400 15.70% Mr Chris Ruane MP Lab482 Scotland North Ayrshire and Arran 54,000 15.74% Ms Katy Clark MP Lab483 Scotland Kilmarnock and Loudoun 55,600 15.83% The Rt Hon Desmond Browne MP Lab484 East Midlands Bolsover 49,900 15.83% Mr Dennis Skinner MP Lab485 London Hayes and Harlington 57,300 15.88% Mr John McDonnell MP Lab486 Scotland Rutherglen and Hamilton West 60,300 15.92% The Rt Hon Thomas McAvoy MP Lab487 North East Sunderland North 43,200 15.97% Mr William Etherington MP Lab488 West Midlands Walsall South 51,100 16.05% The Rt Hon Bruce George MP Lab489 North West Weaver Vale 51,700 16.05% Mr Mike Hall MP Lab490 Yorks/Humber Huddersfield 52,900 16.07% Mr Barry Sheerman MP Lab491 North West Leigh 56,000 16.07% The Rt Hon Andrew Burnham MP Lab492 South East North Thanet 57,700 16.12% Mr Roger Gale MP Con493 South West Falmouth and Camborne 60,100 16.14% Ms Julia Goldsworthy MP Lib Dems494 London Hackney South and Shoreditch 76,700 16.17% Mrs Meg Hillier MP Lab495 South West Plymouth, Devonport 58,000 16.21% Ms Alison Seabeck MP Lab496 London Ilford South 72,100 16.23% Mr Mike Gapes MP Lab497 South East Sittingbourne and Sheppey 58,900 16.30% Mr Derek Wyatt MP Lab498 London North Southwark and Bermondsey 91,800 16.34% Mr Simon Hughes MP Lib Dems499 North West Manchester, Gorton 69,700 16.36% The Rt Hon Sir Gerald Kaufman MP Lab500 Scotland Lanark and Hamilton East 62,900 16.38% Mr James Hood MP Lab501 London Romford 51,200 16.41% Mr Andrew Rosindell MP Con502 East Midlands Amber Valley 54,500 16.51% Ms Judy Mallaber MP Lab503 London Carshalton and Wallington 68,300 16.54% Mr Tom Brake MP Lib Dems504 West Midlands Birmingham, Edgbaston 45,900 16.56% Ms Gisela Stuart MP Lab505 Wales Newport West 49,500 16.57% Mr Paul Flynn MP Lab506 Yorks/Humber Kingston upon Hull East 53,000 16.60% The Rt Hon John Prescott MP Lab507 West Midlands Birmingham, Northfield 49,300 16.63% Mr Richard Burden MP Lab508 North East Hartlepool 55,600 16.73% Mr Iain Wright MP Lab509 North West Oldham East and Saddleworth 63,800 16.77% Mr Philip Woolas MP Lab510 South East Chatham and Aylesford 61,900 16.80% Mr Jonathan Shaw MP Lab

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National rank no qualification 13 UCU 2009

511 East North West Norfolk 58,300 16.81% Mr Henry Bellingham MP Con512 South East Dartford 60,400 16.89% Dr Howard Stoate MP Lab513 East Waveney 60,300 16.92% Mr Bob Blizzard MP Lab514 Wales Aberavon 40,000 17.00% Dr Hywel Francis MP Lab515 West Midlands Coventry North East 66,800 17.07% The Rt Hon Bob Ainsworth MP Lab516 West Midlands Birmingham, Hall Green 56,200 17.08% Mr Stephen McCabe MP Lab517 London Vauxhall 80,200 17.08% Ms Kate Hoey MP Lab518 West Midlands Staffordshire Moorlands 49,700 17.10% Ms Charlotte Atkins MP Lab519 Scotland Paisley and Renfrewshire South 50,200 17.13% The Rt Hon Douglas Alexander MP Lab520 Wales Meirionnydd Nant Conwy 23,900 17.15% Mr Elfyn Llwyd MP PC521 Scotland West Dunbartonshire 57,100 17.16% The Rt Hon John McFall MP Lab522 West Midlands Wolverhampton South West 49,500 17.17% Mr Robert Marris MP Lab523 North West Halton 52,900 17.20% Mr Derek Twigg MP Lab524 Wales Torfaen 49,300 17.24% The Rt Hon Paul Murphy MP Lab525 North West Ashton under Lyne 54,900 17.30% Mr David Heyes MP Lab526 North West St. Helens North 56,000 17.32% Mr David Watts MP Lab527 Wales Cardiff West 46,100 17.35% Mr Kevin Brennan MP Lab528 Wales Rhondda 39,500 17.47% Mr Chris Bryant MP Lab529 Yorks/Humber Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle 50,300 17.50% The Rt Hon Alan Johnson MP Lab530 West Midlands Stoke-on-Trent South 53,000 17.55% Mr Robert Flello MP Lab531 Yorks/Humber Doncaster North 52,200 17.62% The Rt Hon Ed Miliband MP Lab532 London Erith and Thamesmead 60,700 17.63% Mr John Austin MP Lab533 North East Bishop Auckland 48,100 17.67% Ms Helen Goodman MP Lab534 East Luton North 53,600 17.72% Mr Kelvin Hopkins MP Lab535 South East Crawley 62,900 17.81% Mrs Laura Moffatt MP Lab536 East Midlands Derby South 68,400 17.84% The Rt Hon Margaret Beckett MP Lab537 West Midlands Birmingham, Erdington 57,300 17.98% Mr Siôn Simon MP Lab538 Wales Llanelli 47,200 18.01% Ms Nia Griffith MP Lab539 West Midlands Nuneaton 51,600 18.02% Mr Bill Olner MP Lab540 Scotland Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill 59,200 18.07% The Rt Hon Tom Clarke CBE JP MP Lab541 Yorks/Humber Keighley 43,100 18.10% Mrs Ann Cryer MP Lab542 East Epping Forest 60,600 18.15% Mrs Eleanor Laing MP Con543 West Midlands Wyre Forest 55,500 18.20% Dr Richard Taylor MP Ind544 North East Redcar 53,800 18.22% Ms Vera Baird MP Lab545 North West Worsley 54,300 18.23% Ms Barbara Keeley MP Lab546 West Midlands Dudley North 52,900 18.53% Mr Ian Austin MP Lab547 North West Heywood and Middleton 61,600 18.67% Mr Jim Dobbin MP Lab548 Wales Islwyn 41,100 18.73% The Rt Hon Don Touhig MP Lab549 London Leyton and Wanstead 56,300 18.83% Mr Harry Cohen MP Lab550 North West Carlisle 47,500 18.95% Mr Eric Martlew MP Lab551 Yorks/Humber Barnsley Central 50,100 18.96% Mr Eric Illsley MP Lab552 North East Tyne Bridge 51,000 19.02% Mr David Clelland MP Lab553 West Midlands Birmingham, Perry Barr 64,700 19.17% Mr Khalid Mahmood MP Lab

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National rank no qualification 14 UCU 2009

554 London East Ham 71,400 19.19% The Rt Hon Stephen Timms MP Lab555 North West Hyndburn 55,600 19.24% Mr Greg Pope MP Lab556 Yorks/Humber Kingston upon Hull North 71,700 19.25% Ms Diana Johnson MP Lab557 East Maldon and East Chelmsford 51,400 19.26% Mr John Whittingdale OBE MP Con558 London West Ham 65,800 19.30% Ms Lyn Brown MP Lab559 Yorks/Humber Halifax 61,100 19.31% Ms Linda Riordan MP Lab560 London Feltham and Heston 73,800 19.38% Mr Alan Keen MP Lab561 Wales Blaenau Gwent 41,700 19.42% Mr Dai Davies MP Ind562 Wales Swansea East 46,800 19.66% Ms Sian James MP Lab563 West Midlands West Bromwich West 52,800 19.70% Mr Adrian Bailey MP Lab564 North West Bolton North East 51,400 19.84% Mr David Crausby MP Lab565 East Peterborough 60,900 19.87% Mr Stewart Jackson MP Con566 Wales Ogmore 42,600 19.95% Mr Huw Irranca-Davies MP Lab567 North West Birkenhead 47,100 19.96% The Rt Hon Frank Field MP Lab568 London Walthamstow 69,300 20.06% Mr Neil Gerrard MP Lab569 North West Oldham West and Royton 60,000 20.17% The Rt Hon Michael Meacher MP Lab570 Yorks/Humber Rotherham 51,000 20.20% The Rt Hon Dr Denis MacShane MP Lab571 East Great Yarmouth 53,900 20.22% Mr Anthony Wright MP Lab572 London Dagenham 43,500 20.23% Dr Jon Cruddas MP Lab573 North West Pendle 54,800 20.26% Mr Gordon Prentice MP Lab574 North West Blackpool South 57,700 20.45% Mr Gordon Marsden MP Lab575 North West St. Helens South 52700 20.68% The Rt Hon Shaun Woodward MP Lab576 North West Knowsley South 60,400 20.70% Mr Edward O'Hara MP Lab577 North West Manchester Central 64,700 20.71% Mr Tony Lloyd MP Lab578 North East Middlesbrough 57,400 20.73% Sir Stuart Bell MP Lab579 North West Blackburn 60,700 20.76% The Rt Hon Jack Straw MP Lab580 Wales Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney 43,700 20.82% Mr Dai Havard MP Lab581 North West Wythenshawe and Sale East 76,100 21.02% The Rt Hon Paul Goggins MP Lab582 East Midlands Leicester South 73,200 21.04% Sir Peter Soulsby MP Lab583 East Thurrock 74,600 21.05% Mr Andrew Mackinlay MP Lab584 East Midlands Kettering 67,800 21.24% Mr Philip Hollobone MP Con585 East Midlands Leicester West 59,700 21.27% The Rt Hon Patricia Hewitt MP Lab586 Wales Caerphilly 53,800 21.38% Mr Wayne David MP Lab587 Yorks/Humber Barnsley East and Mexborough 51,200 21.48% Mr Jeffrey Ennis MP Lab588 West Midlands West Bromwich East 46,500 21.51% Mr Tom Watson MP Lab589 Yorks/Humber Sheffield, Attercliffe 58,000 21.55% Mr Clive Betts MP Lab590 East Midlands Bassetlaw 53,700 21.60% Mr John Mann MP Lab591 Scotland Glasgow South West 60,300 21.72% Mr Ian Davidson MP Lab592 East Basildon 59,800 21.74% The Rt Hon Angela Smith MP Lab593 Wales Cynon Valley 36,300 21.76% Mrs Ann Clwyd MP Lab594 North West Knowsley North and Sefton East 55,500 21.98% The Rt Hon. George Howarth MP Lab595 Yorks/Humber Batley and Spen 59,900 22.04% Mr Mike Wood MP Lab596 London Bethnal Green and Bow 85,700 22.05% Mr George Galloway MP Respect

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National rank no qualification 15 UCU 2009

597 Yorks/Humber Bradford North 73,400 22.07% Mr Terence Rooney MP Lab598 North West Rochdale 57,000 22.46% Mr Paul Rowen MP Lib Dems599 North West Liverpool, Walton 50,300 22.66% Mr Peter Kilfoyle MP Lab600 North West Liverpool, Riverside 54,300 22.84% Mrs Louise Ellman MP Lab601 Yorks/Humber Sheffield, Brightside 44,200 22.85% The Rt Hon David Blunkett MP Lab602 London Edmonton 54,100 22.92% Mr Andrew Love MP Lab603 East Harwich 55,400 22.92% Mr Douglas Carswell MP Con604 West Midlands Warley 49,200 22.97% The Rt Hon John Spellar MP Lab605 Scotland Glasgow Central 46,600 23.18% Mr Mohammad Sawar MP Lab606 Scotland Airdrie and Shotts 53,900 23.56% The Rt Hon Dr John Reid MP Lab607 London Tottenham 80,400 24.00% Rt Hon David Lammy MP Lab608 West Midlands Birmingham, Ladywood 72,000 24.86% The Rt Hon Clare Short MP Ind609 West Midlands Stoke-on-Trent North 44,200 24.89% Ms Joan Walley MP Lab610 London Poplar and Canning Town 92,700 25.03% Mr Jim Fitzpatrick MP Lab611 East Midlands Leicester East 56,600 25.09% The Rt Hon Keith Vaz MP Lab612 London Barking 58,600 25.26% The Rt Hon Margaret Hodge MBE MP Lab613 West Midlands Birmingham, Yardley 48,600 25.31% Mr John Hemming MP Lib Dems614 Scotland Motherwell and Wishaw 51,900 25.43% Mr Frank Roy MP Lab615 Scotland Glasgow North East 47500 25.47% Vacant616 Yorks/Humber Bradford West 59,200 25.68% Mr Marsha Singh MP Lab617 North West Burnley 53,300 25.70% Ms Kitty Ussher MP Lab618 North West Manchester, Blackley 61,400 25.73% Mr Graham Stringer MP Lab619 North West Liverpool, West Derby 54,800 26.82% Mr Robert Wareing MP Ind620 West Midlands Stoke-on-Trent Central 53,300 26.83% Mr Mark Fisher MP Lab621 West Midlands Walsall North 49,900 26.85% Mr David Winnick MP Lab622 East Midlands Nottingham North 71,400 27.87% Mr Graham Allen MP Lab623 Scotland Glasgow East 48,700 28.54% Mr John Mason MP SNP624 North West Bootle 40,200 29.85% Mr Joe Benton MP Lab625 West Midlands Birmingham, Hodge Hill 54,500 30.46% Rt Hon Liam Byrne MP Lab626 West Midlands Wolverhampton North East 51,900 32.37% Mr Ken Purchase MP Lab627 West Midlands Wolverhampton South East 40,800 36.27% The Rt Hon Pat McFadden MP Lab628 West Midlands Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath 64,200 37.23% Mr Roger Godsiff MP Lab

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National rank degree 1 UCU 2009

Location, location, location - the widening education gap in Britain and how where you live determines your chancesNational ranking - degree level and abovehttp://www.ucu.org.uk/locationlocationlocation

National ranking Region Constituency Working age population

% with at least degree/NVQ4

MP Party

1 London Richmond Park 74,200 63.61% Ms Susan Kramer Lib Dem2 South West Bristol West 83,700 62.49% Mr Stephen Williams Lib Dem3 London Kensington and Chelsea 90,600 62.25% The Rt Hon Sir Malcolm Rifkind Con4 London Hampstead and Highgate 95,800 61.38% Ms Glenda Jackson CBE Lab5 London Hornsey and Wood Green 77,800 59.77% Ms Lynne Featherstone Lib Dem6 North West Manchester, Withington 65,000 59.54% Mr John Leech Lib Dem7 Yorks/Humber Sheffield, Hallam 47,200 59.53% Mr Nick Clegg Lib Dem8 London Battersea 67,400 58.61% Mr Martin Linton Lab9 London Tooting 65,700 58.30% The Rt Hon Sadiq Khan Lab10 London Hammersmith and Fulham 84,800 58.02% Mr Greg Hands Con11 London Dulwich and West Norwood 85,100 56.40% The Rt Hon Tessa Jowell Lab12 London Cities of London and Westminster 100,100 55.24% Mr Mark Field Con13 Scotland Edinburgh North and Leith 68,300 54.76% Mr Mark Lazarowicz Lab14 London Putney 73,600 54.35% Ms Justine Greening Con15 East Cambridge 73,500 53.74% Mr David Howarth Lib Dem16 London Wimbledon 69,200 53.32% Mr Stephen Hammond Con17 Scotland Glasgow North 53,200 52.82% Ms Ann McKechin Lab18 Scotland East Dunbartonshire 50,900 52.65% Ms Jo Swinson Lib Dem19 London Twickenham 73,400 52.04% Dr Vincent Cable Lib Dem20 London Hackney North and Stoke Newington 64,600 50.46% Ms Diane Abbott Lab21 London Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush 84,600 49.76% Mr Andrew Slaughter Lab22 London Finchley and Golders Green 74,400 49.60% Dr Rudi Vis Lab23 London Lewisham, Deptford 61,700 49.43% Ms Joan Ruddock Lab24 South East Guildford 69,600 48.42% Ms Anne Milton Con25 London Islington North 71,500 48.11% Mr Jeremy Corbyn Lab26 Scotland Edinburgh South 57,800 47.92% Mr Nigel Griffiths Lab27 London Kingston and Surbiton 79,600 47.74% Mr Edward Davey Lib Dem28 London Brentford and Isleworth 75,300 47.68% Mrs Ann Keen Lab29 South East South West Surrey 52,300 47.42% Mr Jeremy Hunt Con30 Scotland Aberdeen South 60,400 47.02% Ms Anne Begg Lab31 East Midlands Rushcliffe 67,100 46.94% The Rt Hon Kenneth Clarke QC Con32 London Greenwich and Woolwich 63,200 46.84% The Rt Hon Nick Raynsford Lab33 East St. Albans 59,500 46.39% Ms Anne Main Con34 South East Epsom and Ewell 60,800 46.22% Mr Chris Grayling Con35 East South Cambridgeshire 55,700 45.96% Mr Andrew Lansley CBE Con36 South East Romsey 60,700 45.80% Mrs Sandra Gidley Lib Dem37 Scotland East Renfrewshire 53,300 45.40% The Rt Hon Jim Murphy Lab

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National rank degree 2 UCU 2009

38 London Chipping Barnet 65,200 45.40% Mrs Theresa Villiers Con39 London Islington South and Finsbury 64,600 45.36% Ms Emily Thornberry Lab40 North West Cheadle 47,300 45.24% Mr Mark Hunter Lib Dem41 Scotland Edinburgh West 54,100 44.92% Mr John Barrett Lib Dem42 South East Brighton, Pavilion 62,600 44.89% Mr David Lepper Lab43 South East Maidenhead 60,600 44.55% The Rt Hon Theresa May Con44 South East Esher and Walton 66,000 44.39% Mr Ian Taylor MBE Con45 South East Runnymede and Weybridge 68,600 44.31% Mr Philip Hammond Con46 South East Wokingham 64,600 44.27% The Rt Hon John Redwood Con47 East Hitchin and Harpenden 51,200 44.14% The Rt Hon Peter Lilley Con48 London Enfield, Southgate 63,000 43.97% Mr David Burrowes Con49 South East Arundel and South Downs 48,900 43.56% Mr Nick Herbert Con50 North West City of Chester 63,700 43.33% Mrs Christine Russell Lab51 North West Altrincham and Sale West 55,900 43.29% Mr Graham Brady Con52 South West Cheltenham 55,700 42.91% Mr Martin Horwood Lib Dem53 South East Oxford West and Abingdon 65,500 42.90% Dr Evan Harris Lib Dem54 South East Mole Valley 48,400 42.77% Sir Paul Beresford Con55 London Ealing, Southall 73,200 42.76% Mr Virendra Kumar Sharma Lab56 Wales Cardiff Central 60,000 42.50% Ms Jenny Willott Lib Dem57 London Streatham 75,700 42.27% The Rt Hon Keith Hill Lab58 London Vauxhall 80,200 42.27% Ms Kate Hoey Lab59 South West Bath 61,700 42.14% Mr Don Foster Lib Dem60 East South West Hertfordshire 57,000 42.11% Mr David Gauke Con61 London Leyton and Wanstead 56,300 42.10% Mr Harry Cohen Lab62 South East Winchester 64,900 42.06% Mr Mark Oaten Lib Dem63 London Hackney South and Shoreditch 76,700 41.98% Mrs Meg Hillier Lab64 North West Macclesfield 51,300 41.91% Sir Nicholas Winterton Con65 London Regent's Park and Kensington North 117,400 41.74% Ms Karen Buck Lab66 South East Wantage 62,600 41.21% Mr Ed Vaizey Con67 London Holborn and St. Pancras 75,600 41.01% The Rt Hon Frank Dobson Lab68 West Midlands Birmingham, Edgbaston 45,900 40.96% Ms Gisela Stuart Lab69 East South East Cambridgeshire 73,800 40.79% Mr James Paice Con70 Wales Cardiff West 46,100 40.78% Mr Kevin Brennan Lab71 Scotland Glasgow South 67,000 40.60% Mr Tom Harris Lab72 South East Chesham and Amersham 54,600 40.48% Mrs Cheryl Gillan Con73 Scotland Stirling 54,400 40.26% Rt Hon Anne McGuire Lab74 East Welwyn Hatfield 65,700 40.18% Mr Grant Shapps Con75 South East Beaconsfield 51,800 40.15% Mr Dominic Grieve Con76 North West Tatton 53,700 40.04% Mr George Osborne Con77 West Midlands Warwick and Leamington 72,500 40.00% Mr James Plaskitt Lab78 South West Woodspring 59,000 40.00% Dr Liam Fox Con79 London Sutton and Cheam 50,500 40.00% Mr Paul Burstow Lib Dem80 Scotland Glasgow Central 46,600 39.91% Mr Mohammad Sawar Lab

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National rank degree 3 UCU 2009

81 South East Surrey Heath 64,900 39.91% Mr Michael Gove Con82 South East Canterbury 65,700 39.88% Mr Julian Brazier TD Con83 London North Southwark and Bermondsey 91,800 39.87% Mr Simon Hughes Lib Dem84 East Midlands Broxtowe 63,600 39.62% Dr Nicholas Palmer Lab85 Wales Monmouth 45,300 39.51% Mr David Davies Con86 London Camberwell and Peckham 57,000 39.47% The Rt Hon Harriet Harman QC Lab87 Scotland Edinburgh South West 69,600 39.37% The Rt Hon Alistair Darling Lab88 Scotland Edinburgh East 67,900 39.32% The Rt Hon Dr Gavin Strang Lab89 Yorks/Humber Skipton and Ripon 59,900 39.23% The Rt Hon David Curry Con90 Scotland North East Fife 49,300 39.15% The Rt Hon Sir Menzies Cabell CBE QC Lib Dem91 Yorks/Humber Harrogate and Knaresborough 51,900 39.11% Mr Philip Willis Lib Dem92 Scotland West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine 54,500 39.08% Sir Robert Smith Bt Lib Dem93 London Lewisham East 61,500 39.02% Ms Bridget Prentice Lab94 North West Wirral South 47,300 38.90% Mr Ben Chapman Lab95 Yorks/Humber Colne Valley 66,100 38.88% Ms Kali Mountford Lab96 Scotland Glasgow North West 62,900 38.79% Mr John Robertson Lab97 South West Tewkesbury 59,700 38.69% Mr Laurence Robertson Con98 South East Reading East 68,100 38.62% Mr Robert Wilson Con99 South East Woking 66,400 38.55% Mr Humfrey Malins CBE Con100 West Midlands Birmingham, Selly Oak 54,300 38.49% Dr Lynne Jones Lab101 North West Ribble Valley 57,000 38.42% Mr Nigel Evans Con102 Scotland Aberdeen North 55,200 38.04% Mr Frank Doran Lab103 East Saffron Walden 61,700 37.93% The Rt Hon Sir Alan Haselhurst Con104 North East Hexham 43,300 37.88% Mr Peter Atkinson Con105 South West North Wiltshire 63,400 37.85% Mr James Gray Con106 London Brent East 60,300 37.65% Ms Sarah Teather Lib Dem107 South West North Dorset 50,800 37.60% Mr Robert Walter Con108 South East Henley 49,000 37.55% Mr John Howell Con109 South East Newbury 62,900 37.52% Mr Richard Benyon Con110 Scotland Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey 58,400 37.50% Mr Danny Alexander Lib Dem111 West Midlands Sutton Coldfield 57,600 37.15% Mr Andrew Mitchell Con112 South East Brighton, Kemptown 59,100 37.06% Dr Desmond Turner Lab113 Wales Cardiff South and Penarth 58,400 36.99% The Rt Hon Alun Michael Lab114 London Bethnal Green and Bow 85,700 36.87% Mr George Galloway Respect115 South East Aylesbury 59,200 36.66% Mr David Lidington Con116 North West Crosby 44,600 36.55% Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas Lab117 South East Horsham 69,500 36.55% The Rt Hon Francis Maude Con118 Scotland Dundee West 51,500 36.50% Mr Jim McGovern Lab119 London Ilford North 60,800 36.35% Mr Lee Scott Con120 Wales Swansea West 43,300 36.26% The Rt Hon Alan Williams Lab121 Scotland Ochil and South Perthshire 59,600 36.07% Mr Gordon Banks Lab122 South East East Hampshire 52,400 36.07% The Rt Hon Michael Mates Con123 London Beckenham 62,400 36.06% Mrs Jacqui Lait Con

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National rank degree 4 UCU 2009

124 North West Warrington South 63,300 36.02% Ms Helen Southworth Lab125 South East Reigate 54,100 35.86% Mr Crispin Blunt Con126 Wales Cardiff North 53,600 35.82% Mrs Julie Morgan Lab127 South East Hove 58,800 35.71% Ms Celia Barlow Lab128 North East City of Durham 63,100 35.66% Ms Roberta Blackman-Woods Lab129 East Midlands High Peak 61,400 35.50% Mr Tom Levitt Lab130 South East Oxford East 85,000 35.41% The Rt Hon Andrew Smith Lab131 Yorks/Humber Leeds North East 55,100 35.39% Mr Fabian Hamilton Lab132 Scotland Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East 50,900 35.36% Mrs Rosemary McKenna CBE Lab133 South West Cotswold 53,700 35.20% Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown FRICS Con134 London Croydon Central 85,300 35.17% Mr Andrew Pelling Ind135 Scotland Argyll and Bute 51,800 35.14% Mr Alan Reid Lib Dem136 Yorks/Humber Leeds North West 72,200 35.04% Mr Greg Mulholland Lib Dem137 West Midlands Solihull 57,100 35.03% Ms Lorely Burt Lib Dem138 West Midlands Shrewsbury and Atcham 56,500 34.87% Mr Daniel Kawczynski Con139 West Midlands Rugby and Kenilworth 67,200 34.82% Mr Jeremy Wright Con140 Scotland Gordon 67,000 34.78% The Rt Hon Malcolm Bruce Lib Dem141 Yorks/Humber City of York 76,300 34.73% Mr Hugh Bayley Lab142 South East Mid Sussex 57,600 34.72% The Hon Nicholas Soames Con143 London Croydon North 75,800 34.70% The Rt Hon Malcolm Wicks Lab144 West Midlands Coventry South 63,800 34.64% Mr Jim Cunningham Lab145 West Midlands Worcester 59,000 34.58% Mr Michael John Foster Lab146 East Huntingdon 75,200 34.57% Mr Jonathan Djanogly Con147 Yorks/Humber Selby 65,200 34.51% Mr John Grogan Lab148 Yorks/Humber Pudsey 59,800 34.45% Mr Paul Truswell Lab149 Yorks/Humber Shipley 56,900 34.45% Mr Philip Davies Con150 South East Banbury 73,900 34.37% Mr Tony Baldry Con151 West Midlands Lichfield 49,800 34.34% Mr Michael Fabricant Con152 South East Maidstone and The Weald 57,100 34.33% The Rt Hon Ann Widdecombe Con153 London Harrow West 65,300 34.30% Mr Gareth R Thomas Lab154 North West Southport 51,800 34.17% Dr John Pugh Lib Dem155 East Midlands Harborough 57,500 34.09% Mr Edward Garnier QC Con156 South East Windsor 62,500 34.08% Mr Adam Afriyie Con157 Yorks/Humber Sheffield, Hillsborough 61,400 34.04% Ms Angela Smith Lab158 South East Buckingham 68,800 34.01% Mr John Bercow Speaker159 West Midlands Stratford-on-Avon 64,700 34.00% Mr John Maples Con160 North West Wirral West 42,700 33.96% Mr Stephen Hesford Lab161 North West Congleton 56,300 33.75% Lady Winterton Con162 South East Bracknell 72,800 33.65% The Rt Hon Andrew MacKay Con163 South East North East Milton Keynes 75,500 33.64% Mr Mark Lancaster Con164 East Mid Bedfordshire 68,100 33.63% Ms Nadine Dorries Con165 South West Exeter 80,000 33.63% The Rt Hon Ben Bradshaw Lab166 West Midlands Leominster 51,200 33.59% Mr Bill Wiggin Con

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National rank degree 5 UCU 2009

167 Scotland Dundee East 53,600 33.58% Mr Stewart Hosie SNP168 West Midlands West Worcestershire 47,300 33.40% Sir Michael Spicer Con169 South East Sevenoaks 57,300 33.33% Mr Michael Fallon Con170 South West Truro and St. Austell 63,900 33.33% Mr Matthew Taylor Lib Dem171 Yorks/Humber Haltemprice and Howden 46,700 33.19% The Rt Hon David Davis Con172 London Eltham 49,200 33.13% Mr Clive Efford Lab173 Wales Gower 48,600 33.13% Mr Martin Caton Lab174 Scotland Na h-Eileanan An Iar 15,400 33.12% Mr Angus MacNeil SNP175 London Bromley and Chislehurst 55,400 33.03% Mr Bob Neill Con176 Scotland Perth and North Perthshire 54,100 32.90% Mr Peter Wishart SNP177 South West Totnes 50,800 32.87% Mr Anthony Steen Con178 East Midlands Nottingham East 57,200 32.87% Mr John Heppell Lab179 Yorks/Humber Sheffield Central 68,500 32.55% The Rt Hon Richard Caborn Lab180 Scotland Paisley and Renfrewshire South 50,200 32.47% The Rt Hon Douglas Alexander Lab181 East Midlands South Derbyshire 72,800 32.42% Mr Mark Todd Lab182 Wales Bridgend 49,500 32.32% Ms Madeleine Moon Lab183 South West West Dorset 48,900 32.31% The Rt Hon Oliver Letwin Con184 East North East Hertfordshire 57,700 32.24% Mr Oliver Heald Con185 South West St. Ives 56,300 32.15% Mr Andrew George Lib Dem186 South East Eastleigh 62,000 32.10% Mr Chris Huhne Lib Dem187 North East Tynemouth 49,900 32.06% Mr Alan Cabell Lab188 London Ealing North 87,900 31.97% Mr Stephen Pound Lab189 East Hertford and Stortford 65,100 31.95% Mr Mark Prisk Con190 Scotland Glenrothes 58,600 31.91% Mr Lindsay Roy Lab191 West Midlands South Staffordshire 51,400 31.91% Sir Patrick Cormack Con192 Yorks/Humber Vale of York 59,900 31.89% Miss Anne McIntosh Con193 Scotland East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow 59,300 31.87% The Rt Hon Adam Ingram Lab194 South West Taunton 64,200 31.78% Mr Jeremy Browne Lib Dem195 Wales Brecon and Radnorshire 36,900 31.71% Mr Roger Williams Lib Dem196 Scotland East Lothian 55,600 31.65% Ms Anne Moffat Lab197 East West Chelmsford 73,000 31.64% Mr Simon Burns Con198 Scotland Linlithgow and East Falkirk 73,900 31.53% Mr Michael Connarty Lab199 South West Northavon 58,400 31.34% Professor Steven Webb Lib Dem200 Yorks/Humber Calder Valley 63,300 31.28% Mrs Christine McCafferty Lab201 Scotland Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath 56,300 31.26% The Rt Hon Gordon Brown Lab202 Scotland Dumfries and Galloway 54,600 31.14% Mr Russell Brown Lab203 Scotland Falkirk 64,700 31.07% Mr Eric Joyce Lab204 Wales Carmarthen East and Dinefwr 40,900 31.05% Mr Adam Price PC205 North West Westmorland and Lonsdale 49,700 30.99% Mr Tim Farron Lib Dem206 South East North West Hampshire 71,100 30.94% The Rt Hon Sir George Young Bt Con207 Scotland Kilmarnock and Loudoun 55,600 30.94% The Rt Hon Desmond Browne Lab208 East Midlands West Derbyshire 57,900 30.92% The Rt Hon Mr Patrick McLoughlin Con209 Scotland Central Ayrshire 56,300 30.91% Mr Brian Donohoe Lab

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National rank degree 6 UCU 2009

210 West Midlands Stafford 59,900 30.88% Mr David Kidney Lab211 East North East Bedfordshire 63,800 30.88% Mr Alistair Burt Con212 South East Southampton, Test 75,800 30.87% Dr Alan Whitehead Lab213 West Midlands Wolverhampton South West 49,500 30.71% Mr Robert Marris Lab214 Scotland Paisley and Renfrewshire North 55,500 30.63% Mr James Sheridan Lab215 North East Newcastle upon Tyne Central 67,600 30.62% Mr Jim Cousins Lab216 Scotland Ross, Skye and Lochaber 34,000 30.59% The Rt Hon Charles Kennedy Lib Dem217 Scotland Angus 48,100 30.56% Mr Michael Weir SNP218 East Midlands Gedling 53,400 30.52% Mr Vernon Coaker Lab219 Wales Caernarfon 35,400 30.51% Mr Hywel Williams PC220 Yorks/Humber Sheffield, Heeley 60,400 30.46% Ms Meg Munn Lab221 North West Ellesmere Port and Neston 52,900 30.43% Mr Andrew Miller Lab222 London Croydon South 55,900 30.41% Mr Richard Ottaway Con223 North West Lancaster and Wyre 65,200 30.37% Mr Ben Wallace Con224 London Chingford and Woodford Green 51,700 30.37% The Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith Con225 East Midlands Chesterfield 57,900 30.22% Mr Paul Holmes Lib Dem226 East Midlands Corby 59,100 30.12% Mr Philip Hope Lab227 Scotland Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk 53,800 30.11% Mr Michael Moore Lib Dem228 South East East Surrey 61,600 30.03% Mr Peter Ainsworth Con229 London Ilford South 72,100 29.96% Mr Mike Gapes Lab230 East Midlands Daventry 81,500 29.94% Mr Timothy Boswell Con231 East Norwich South 61,500 29.92% The Rt Hon Charles Clarke Lab232 Scotland Rutherglen and Hamilton West 60,300 29.85% The Rt Hon Thomas McAvoy Lab233 South East Lewes 42,900 29.84% Mr Norman Baker Lib Dem234 South East Tunbridge Wells 52,100 29.75% Dr Greg Clark Con235 Yorks/Humber Huddersfield 52,900 29.68% Mr Barry Sheerman Lab236 East Midlands Rutland and Melton 55,600 29.68% Mr Alan Duncan Con237 East Midlands Loughborough 64,500 29.61% Mr Andrew Reed Lab238 Yorks/Humber Beverley and Holderness 61,800 29.61% Mr Graham Stuart Con239 North West Stockport 56,800 29.58% Ms Ann Coffey Lab240 South East Gosport 53,500 29.53% Sir Peter Viggers Con241 Scotland Dunfermline and West Fife 59,600 29.53% Mr Willie Rennie Lib Dem242 London Poplar and Canning Town 92,700 29.45% Mr Jim Fitzpatrick Lab243 North West Liverpool, Garston 67,100 29.36% Ms Maria Eagle Lab244 Wales Ceredigion 48,400 29.34% Mr Mark Williams Lib Dem245 Scotland Moray 51,900 29.29% Mr Angus Robertson SNP246 South East Aldershot 69,700 29.27% Mr Gerald Howarth Con247 South East New Forest West 44,100 29.25% Mr Desmond Swayne Con248 Scotland West Dunbartonshire 57,100 29.25% The Rt Hon John McFall Lab249 Wales Vale of Glamorgan 58,300 29.16% Mr John Smith Lab250 North West Bolton West 53,500 29.16% The Rt Hon Ruth Kelly Lab251 North West South Ribble 57,400 29.09% Mr David Borrow Lab252 South West South West Devon 55,100 29.04% Mr Gary Streeter Con

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National rank degree 7 UCU 2009

253 West Midlands Stourbridge 53,400 29.03% Ms Lynda Waltho Lab254 North West Penrith and The Border 57,200 29.02% The Rt Hon David Maclean Con255 West Midlands Meriden 64,100 29.02% Mrs Caroline Spelman Con256 Yorks/Humber Keighley 43,100 29.00% Mrs Ann Cryer Lab257 South West Forest of Dean 49,700 28.97% Mr Mark Harper Con258 Scotland Lanark and Hamilton East 62,900 28.93% Mr James Hood Lab259 Scotland Inverclyde 49,500 28.89% Mr David Cairns Lab260 East Midlands Charnwood 60,600 28.88% The Rt Hon Stephen Dorrell Con261 London Lewisham West 53,700 28.86% Mr Jim Dowd Lab262 Scotland Orkney and Shetland 25,400 28.74% Mr Alistair Carmichael Lib Dem263 South East Tonbridge and Malling 56,800 28.70% The Rt Hon Sir John Stanley Con264 South West Stroud 60,300 28.69% Mr David Drew Lab265 London Hendon 72,500 28.69% Mr Andrew Dismore Lab266 West Midlands Stone 49,900 28.66% Mr William Cash Con267 South West Christchurch 48,200 28.63% Mr Christopher Chope OBE Con268 East Hertsmere 58,800 28.57% Mr James Clappison Con269 South East Worthing West 48,300 28.57% Mr Peter Bottomley Con270 Scotland North Ayrshire and Arran 54,000 28.52% Ms Katy Clark Lab271 Scotland Motherwell and Wishaw 51,900 28.52% Mr Frank Roy Lab272 North East Stockton South 63,900 28.48% Ms Dari Taylor Lab273 North East Darlington 49,200 28.46% The Rt Hon Alan Milburn Lab274 East Midlands Leicester South 73,200 28.42% Sir Peter Soulsby Lab275 London Ruislip-Northwood 53,600 28.36% Mr Nick Hurd Con276 South East North East Hampshire 68,600 28.13% The Rt Hon James Arbuthnot Con277 Scotland Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale 53,100 28.06% Mr David Mundell Con278 South West North Devon 56,400 28.01% Mr Nick Harvey Lib Dem279 South East Chichester 55,000 28.00% Mr Andrew Tyrie Con280 Yorks/Humber Elmet 60,000 28.00% Mr Colin Burgon Lab281 East Midlands Northampton South 86,000 27.91% Mr Brian Binley Con282 London Orpington 66,100 27.84% Mr John Horam Con283 Scotland Livingston 62,600 27.80% Mr Jim Devine Lab284 North West Fylde 52,900 27.79% The Rt Hon Michael Jack Con285 Wales Pontypridd 62,000 27.74% Rt Hon Kim Howells Lab286 South West Wells 54,800 27.74% The Rt Hon David Heathcoat-Amory Con287 East Midlands North East Derbyshire 57,000 27.72% Ms Natascha Engel Lab288 Yorks/Humber Ryedale 51,600 27.71% Mr John Greenway Con289 South West Bournemouth East 46,200 27.71% Mr Tobias Ellwood Con290 South East Eastbourne 57,800 27.68% Mr Nigel Waterson Con291 Wales Newport West 49,500 27.68% Mr Paul Flynn Lab292 Wales Wrexham 43,400 27.65% Mr Ian Lucas Lab293 West Midlands The Wrekin 55,700 27.65% Mr Mark Pritchard Con294 South East Portsmouth South 68,400 27.63% Mr Mike Hancock CBE Lib Dem295 East Midlands Newark 50,700 27.61% Mr Patrick Mercer Con

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National rank degree 8 UCU 2009

296 North West Liverpool, Wavertree 51,800 27.61% The Rt Hon Jane Kennedy Lab297 Wales Preseli Pembrokeshire 39,600 27.53% Mr Stephen Crabb Con298 Scotland Midlothian 48,400 27.48% Mr David Hamilton Lab299 South East Witney 63,700 27.47% The Rt Hon David Cameron Con300 North West Worsley 54,300 27.44% Ms Barbara Keeley Lab301 London Bexleyheath and Crayford 55,400 27.44% Mr David Evennett Con302 South West Westbury 67,900 27.39% Dr Andrew Murrison Con303 North West Barrow and Furness 52,700 27.32% The Rt Hon. John Hutton Lab304 South East Wealden 61,900 27.30% Mr Charles Hendry Con305 West Midlands Newcastle-under-Lyme 54,600 27.29% Mr Paul Farrelly Lab306 Wales Clwyd West 40,700 27.27% Mr David Jones Con307 North West Chorley 64,600 27.24% The Hon Lindsay Hoyle Lab308 East Midlands Nottingham South 70,500 27.23% Mr Alan Simpson Lab309 West Midlands Bromsgrove 54,400 27.21% Ms Julie Kirkbride Con310 West Midlands North Warwickshire 65,300 27.11% The Rt Hon Mike O'Brien Lab311 South West Salisbury 62,000 27.10% Mr Robert Key Con312 South West Poole 48,400 27.07% Mr Robert Syms Con313 Yorks/Humber Richmond (Yorks) 56,600 27.03% The Rt Hon William Hague Con314 South West Teignbridge 65,500 27.02% Mr Richard Younger-Ross Lib Dem315 North West Morecambe and Lunesdale 53,300 27.02% Ms Geraldine Smith Lab316 South East East Worthing and Shoreham 51,100 27.01% Mr Timothy Loughton Con317 North East North West Durham 55,200 26.99% The Rt Hon Hilary Armstrong Lab318 London Walthamstow 69,300 26.98% Mr Neil Gerrard Lab319 East South Norfolk 64,500 26.98% Mr Richard Bacon Con320 London Old Bexley and Sidcup 54,000 26.85% Mr Derek Conway Ind321 North West Bury North 58,500 26.84% Mr David Chaytor Lab322 Scotland Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross 38,800 26.80% Mr John Thurso Lib Dem323 London Edmonton 54,100 26.80% Mr Andrew Love Lab324 West Midlands Hereford 56,100 26.74% Mr Paul Keetch Lib Dem325 Wales Conwy 39,000 26.67% Mrs Betty Williams Lab326 North West Oldham East and Saddleworth 63,800 26.65% Mr Philip Woolas Lab327 West Midlands Ludlow 44,300 26.64% Mr Philip Dunne Con328 South West Bournemouth West 51,200 26.56% Sir John Butterfill Con329 West Midlands Burton 63,700 26.53% Mrs Janet Dean Lab330 East Harlow 52,400 26.53% Mr Bill Rammell Lab331 Yorks/Humber Barnsley West and Penistone 54,100 26.43% Mr Michael Clapham Lab332 East North West Cambridgeshire 68,600 26.38% Mr Shailesh Vara Con333 North East Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland 58,000 26.38% Dr Ashok Kumar Lab334 London Uxbridge 49,500 26.26% Mr John Randall Con335 North West Rossendale and Darwen 60,200 26.25% Mrs Janet Anderson Lab336 Yorks/Humber East Yorkshire 61,400 26.22% The Rt Hon Greg Knight Con337 East Southend West 49,600 26.21% Mr David Amess Con338 East Midlands Derby North 62,600 26.20% Mr Bob Laxton Lab

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National rank degree 9 UCU 2009

339 London West Ham 65,800 26.14% Ms Lyn Brown Lab340 North West Eddisbury 47,100 26.11% Mr Stephen O'Brien Con341 East South West Bedfordshire 61,300 26.10% Mr Andrew Selous Con342 London Brent North 59,600 26.01% Mr Barry Gardiner Lab343 Yorks/Humber Leeds Central 71,200 25.98% The Rt Hon. Hilary Benn Lab344 North West Bury South 54,300 25.97% Mr Ivan Lewis Lab345 London Enfield North 65,900 25.95% The Rt Hon Joan Ryan Lab346 South East Havant 52,500 25.90% Mr David Willetts Con347 North West Wallasey 44,800 25.89% Ms Angela Eagle Lab348 East Midlands Derby South 68,400 25.88% The Rt Hon Margaret Beckett Lab349 South East Basingstoke 65,700 25.88% Ms Maria Miller Con350 Scotland Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock 54,900 25.87% Mrs Sandra Osborne Lab351 East Brentwood and Ongar 52,300 25.81% Mr Eric Pickles Con352 South West Weston-Super-Mare 62,000 25.81% Mr John Penrose Con353 South East Milton Keynes South West 74,800 25.80% Dr Phyllis Starkey Lab354 South West Tiverton and Honiton 65,500 25.80% Mrs Angela Browning Con355 North West Preston 71,400 25.77% Mr Mark Hendrick Lab356 London East Ham 71,400 25.77% The Rt Hon Stephen Timms Lab357 North East North Tyneside 59,800 25.75% The Rt Hon Stephen Byers Lab358 East Colchester 80,000 25.75% Mr Bob Russell Lib Dem359 North East Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend 51,900 25.63% The Rt Hon Nicholas Brown Lab360 East Epping Forest 60,600 25.58% Mrs Eleanor Laing Con361 East Broxbourne 57,500 25.57% Mr Charles Walker Con362 North East Newcastle upon Tyne North 50,500 25.54% Mr Douglas Henderson Lab363 North West Crewe and Nantwich 62,900 25.44% Mr Edward Tison Con364 South West Bristol East 76,300 25.43% Ms Kerry McCarthy Lab365 Scotland Banff and Buchan 47,600 25.42% The Rt Hon Alexander Salmond SNP366 Yorks/Humber Scarborough and Whitby 56,300 25.40% Mr Robert Goodwill Con367 East Midlands Blaby 70,100 25.39% Mr Andrew Robathan Con368 South West South East Cornwall 62,100 25.28% Mr Colin Breed Lib Dem369 Yorks/Humber Wakefield 61,800 25.24% Ms Mary Creagh Lab370 North West Manchester Central 64,700 25.19% Mr Tony Lloyd Lab371 North West Warrington North 57,200 25.17% Mrs Helen Jones Lab372 North West Stretford and Urmston 54,200 25.09% The Rt Hon Beverley Hughes Lab373 East Midlands Gainsborough 54,700 25.05% Mr Edward Leigh Con374 Scotland Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill 59,200 25.00% The Rt Hon Tom Clarke CBE JP Lab375 West Midlands Birmingham, Northfield 49,300 24.95% Mr Richard Burden Lab376 Yorks/Humber Normanton 47,300 24.95% The Rt Hon. Ed Balls Lab377 South West Wansdyke 59,800 24.92% Mr Dan Norris Lab378 North East Jarrow 49,100 24.85% Mr Stephen Hepburn Lab379 South East Gillingham 62,100 24.80% Mr Paul Clark Lab380 London Harrow East 73,000 24.79% The Rt Hon Tony McNulty Lab381 Wales Alyn and Deeside 51,700 24.76% Mr Mark Tami Lab

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National rank degree 10 UCU 2009

382 South East Reading West 65,100 24.73% Mr Martin Salter Lab383 Wales Newport East 46,100 24.73% Ms Jessica Morden Lab384 East Midlands Northampton North 58,300 24.70% Mrs Sally Keeble Lab385 North East Blaydon 46,600 24.68% Mr David Anderson Lab386 East Suffolk Coastal 61,500 24.55% The Rt Hon John Gummer Con387 East Midlands Bosworth 57,500 24.52% Mr David Tredinnick Con388 East South Suffolk 53,500 24.49% Mr Tim Yeo Con389 South West South Swindon 62,500 24.48% Ms Anne Snelgrove Lab390 Wales Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire 42,100 24.47% Mr Nick Ainger Lab391 South East Portsmouth North 61,800 24.43% Ms Sarah McCarthy-Fry Lab392 North West Hazel Grove 47,100 24.42% Mr Andrew Stunell OBE Lib Dem393 South West North Swindon 61,500 24.39% The Rt Hon Michael Wills Lab394 East Bury St. Edmunds 60,300 24.38% Mr David Ruffley Con395 South West Devizes 67,300 24.37% The Rt Hon Michael Ancram QC Con396 West Midlands North Shropshire 58,700 24.36% Mr Owen Paterson Con397 East Norwich North 67,000 24.33% Ms Chloe Smith Con398 London Upminster 44,500 24.27% Ms Angela Watkinson Con399 South East Folkestone and Hythe 56,900 24.25% The Rt Hon Michael Howard QC Con400 Wales Llanelli 47,200 24.15% Ms Nia Griffith Lab401 East Mid Norfolk 67,700 24.08% Mr Keith Sison Con402 South East Slough 70,200 24.07% Ms Fiona Mactaggart Lab403 East Midlands Grantham and Stamford 65,000 24.00% Mr Quentin Davies Lab404 South West South Dorset 53,400 23.97% Rt Hon Jim Knight Lab405 South West Somerton and Frome 60,500 23.97% Mr David Heath CBE Lib Dem406 North East Berwick-upon-Tweed 41,400 23.91% The Rt Hon Sir Alan Beith Lib Dem407 Yorks/Humber Don Valley 50,700 23.87% The Rt Hon. Caroline Flint Lab408 London Feltham and Heston 73,800 23.85% Mr Alan Keen Lab409 East Midlands Sleaford and North Hykeham 62,900 23.85% The Rt Hon Douglas Hogg QC Con410 East North Norfolk 53,300 23.83% Mr Norman Lamb Lib Dem411 South East Ashford 68,000 23.82% Mr Damian Green Con412 South West Torridge and West Devon 66,100 23.75% Mr Geoffrey Cox Con413 North West Stalybridge and Hyde 57,400 23.69% The Rt Hon. James Purnell Lab414 East Hemel Hempstead 61,700 23.66% Mr Mike Penning Con415 Yorks/Humber Brigg and Goole 54,100 23.66% Mr Ian Cawsey Lab416 South East Bexhill and Battle 46,200 23.59% Mr Greg Barker Con417 Yorks/Humber Wentworth 51,500 23.50% The Rt Hon John Healey Lab418 West Midlands Walsall South 51,100 23.48% The Rt Hon Bruce George Lab419 South East New Forest East 52,500 23.43% Dr Julian Lewis Con420 South West Plymouth, Sutton 66,500 23.31% Mrs Linda Gilroy Lab421 East North Essex 53,700 23.28% The Hon Bernard Jenkin Con422 South East Isle of Wight 76,900 23.28% Mr Andrew Turner Con423 London Tottenham 80,400 23.26% Rt Hon David Lammy Lab424 Wales Vale of Clwyd 41,400 23.19% Mr Chris Ruane Lab

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National rank degree 11 UCU 2009

425 East Midlands Kettering 67,800 23.16% Mr Philip Hollobone Con426 East Midlands Lincoln 59,600 23.15% Ms Gillian Merron Lab427 South East Faversham and Mid Kent 57,600 23.09% Mr Hugh Robertson Con428 South West Gloucester 70,500 22.98% Mr Parmjit Dhanda Lab429 Wales Delyn 40,500 22.96% The Rt Hon David Hanson Lab430 East Billericay 64,900 22.96% Mr John Baron Con431 North East North Durham 52,100 22.84% Mr Kevan Jones Lab432 East Watford 65,700 22.83% Ms Claire Ward Lab433 North West Weaver Vale 51,700 22.82% Mr Mike Hall Lab434 North West Manchester, Gorton 69,700 22.81% The Rt Hon Sir Gerald Kaufman Lab435 Scotland Glasgow North East 47500 22.74% Vacant436 West Midlands Nuneaton 51,600 22.67% Mr Bill Olner Lab437 South West Mid Dorset and North Poole 48,200 22.61% Ms Annette Brooke Lib Dem438 North West Wythenshawe and Sale East 76,100 22.60% The Rt Hon Paul Goggins Lab439 South East Hastings and Rye 60,000 22.50% Mr Michael Jabez Foster Lab440 North West St. Helens North 56,000 22.50% Mr David Watts Lab441 West Midlands Aldridge-Brownhills 48,900 22.49% Mr Richard Shepherd Con442 North West Liverpool, Riverside 54,300 22.47% Mrs Louise Ellman Lab443 London Mitcham and Morden 68,200 22.43% Ms Siobhain McDonagh Lab444 North West Copeland 42,800 22.43% Mr Jamie Reed Lab445 East West Suffolk 71,000 22.39% Mr Richard Spring Con446 North West Salford 47,400 22.36% The Rt Hon. Hazel Blears Lab447 Wales Ynys Mon 39,900 22.31% Mr Albert Owen Lab448 South East Chatham and Aylesford 61,900 22.29% Mr Jonathan Shaw Lab449 North West Birkenhead 47,100 22.29% The Rt Hon Frank Field Lab450 West Midlands Mid Worcestershire 59,800 22.24% Mr Peter Luff Con451 North East Sunderland South 50,500 22.18% Mr Chris Mullin Lab452 Wales Montgomeryshire 36,300 22.04% Mr Lembit Öpik Lib Dem453 South West Bristol North West 78,600 22.01% Dr Doug Naysmith Lab454 Wales Aberavon 40,000 22.00% Dr Hywel Francis Lab455 North West Bolton North East 51,400 21.98% Mr David Crausby Lab456 London Erith and Thamesmead 60,700 21.91% Mr John Austin Lab457 West Midlands Redditch 53,000 21.89% The Rt Hon Jacqui Smith Lab458 Yorks/Humber Morley and Rothwell 64,000 21.88% Mr Colin Challen Lab459 North East Wansbeck 50,400 21.83% Mr Denis Murphy Lab460 West Midlands Coventry North West 63,700 21.66% Mr Geoffrey Robinson Lab461 South East Crawley 62,900 21.62% Mrs Laura Moffatt Lab462 East Maldon and East Chelmsford 51,400 21.60% Mr John Whittingdale OBE Con463 South East South Thanet 49,100 21.59% Dr Stephen Ladyman Lab464 North West Burnley 53,300 21.58% Ms Kitty Ussher Lab465 South West Bristol South 68,600 21.57% The Rt Hon Dawn Primarolo Lab466 East Central Suffolk and North Ipswich 51,000 21.57% Sir Michael Lord Con467 South West Bridgwater 61,700 21.56% Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger Con

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National rank degree 12 UCU 2009

468 South East Dover 50,600 21.54% Mr Gwyn Prosser Lab469 West Midlands Birmingham, Hall Green 56,200 21.53% Mr Stephen McCabe Lab470 North West Wigan 55,000 21.45% Mr Neil Turner Lab471 North West Leigh 56,000 21.43% The Rt Hon Andrew Burnham Lab472 North West Makerfield 56,000 21.43% The Rt Hon Ian McCartney Lab473 South East Fareham 56,100 21.39% Mr Mark Hoban Con474 Yorks/Humber Rother Valley 53,300 21.39% The Rt Hon Kevin Barron Lab475 North East Tyne Bridge 51,000 21.37% Mr David Clelland Lab476 West Midlands Tamworth 59,200 21.28% Mr Brian Jenkins Lab477 East Rochford and Southend East 51,900 21.19% Mr James Duddridge Con478 Yorks/Humber Leeds West 66,300 21.12% The Rt Hon John Battle Lab479 East Midlands North West Leicestershire 55,600 21.04% Mr David Taylor Lab480 South East Gravesham 59,900 21.04% Mr Adam Holloway Con481 East Midlands Erewash 65,900 20.94% Mrs Elizabeth Blackman Lab482 East Stevenage 56,900 20.91% Mrs Barbara Follett Lab483 North East Houghton and Washington East 56,500 20.88% Mr Fraser Kemp Lab484 West Midlands Halesowen and Rowley Regis 56,100 20.86% Mrs Sylvia Heal Lab485 North West Denton and Reddish 57,100 20.84% Mr Andrew Gwynne Lab486 London Dagenham 43,500 20.69% Dr Jon Cruddas Lab487 London Barking 58,600 20.65% The Rt Hon Margaret Hodge MBE Lab488 London Carshalton and Wallington 68,300 20.64% Mr Tom Brake Lib Dem489 North East Stockton North 54,900 20.58% Mr Frank Cook Lab490 South West Torbay 55,500 20.54% Mr Adrian Sanders Lib Dem491 East Midlands Wellingborough 74,600 20.51% Mr Peter Bone Con492 Wales Meirionnydd Nant Conwy 23,900 20.50% Mr Elfyn Llwyd PC493 Wales Neath 42,500 20.47% The Rt Hon Peter Hain Lab494 East Braintree 68,900 20.46% Mr Brooks Newmark Con495 North West West Lancashire 57,700 20.45% Ms Rosie Cooper Lab496 Yorks/Humber Barnsley Central 50,100 20.36% Mr Eric Illsley Lab497 Wales Clwyd South 45,300 20.31% Mr Martyn Jones Lab498 Yorks/Humber Dewsbury 50,300 20.28% Mr Shahid Malik Lab499 Yorks/Humber Cleethorpes 53,800 20.26% Ms Shona McIsaac Lab500 South East Southampton, Itchen 68,800 20.20% The Rt Hon John Denham Lab501 North East Blyth Valley 50,600 20.16% Mr Ronnie Campbell Lab502 East Rayleigh 57,000 20.00% Mr Mark Francois Con503 East Bedford 60,100 19.97% Mr Patrick Hall Lab504 East Luton North 53,600 19.96% Mr Kelvin Hopkins Lab505 North West St. Helens South 52700 19.92% The Rt Hon Shaun Woodward Lab506 East North East Cambridgeshire 70,400 19.89% Mr Malcolm Moss Con507 North West Blackpool North and Fleetwood 57,400 19.86% Mrs Joan Humble Lab508 Yorks/Humber Kingston upon Hull North 71,700 19.80% Ms Diana Johnson Lab509 South East Medway 55,600 19.78% Mr Robert Marshall-Andrews QC Lab510 Wales Torfaen 49,300 19.68% The Rt Hon Paul Murphy Lab

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National rank degree 13 UCU 2009

511 London Hornchurch 43,300 19.63% Mr James Brokenshire Con512 South East Dartford 60,400 19.54% Dr Howard Stoate Lab513 Wales Caerphilly 53,800 19.52% Mr Wayne David Lab514 West Midlands Birmingham, Perry Barr 64,700 19.47% Mr Khalid Mahmood Lab515 North East South Shields 50,500 19.41% The Rt Hon David Miliband Lab516 Scotland Glasgow South West 60,300 19.40% Mr Ian Davidson Lab517 North East Sedgefield 56,200 19.40% Mr Phil Wilson Lab518 South West North Cornwall 67,100 19.37% Mr Dan Rogerson Lib Dem519 South East Sittingbourne and Sheppey 58,900 19.35% Mr Derek Wyatt Lab520 West Midlands Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath 64,200 19.31% Mr Roger Godsiff Lab521 South East Wycombe 61,700 19.29% Mr Paul Goodman Con522 South West Yeovil 59,900 19.20% Mr David Laws Lib Dem523 North West Pendle 54,800 19.16% Mr Gordon Prentice Lab524 South West East Devon 44,900 19.15% Mr Hugo Swire Con525 North East Gateshead East and Washington West 53,800 19.14% Mrs Sharon Hodgson Lab526 South West Kingswood 64,400 19.10% Dr Roger Berry Lab527 South East Spelthorne 55,600 19.06% Mr David Wilshire Con528 East Midlands Mansfield 56,700 19.05% Mr Alan Meale Lab529 North East Easington 47,800 19.04% Mr John Cummings Lab530 London Hayes and Harlington 57,300 19.02% Mr John McDonnell Lab531 North West Blackburn 60,700 18.95% The Rt Hon Jack Straw Lab532 North West Eccles 60,200 18.94% Mr Ian Stewart Lab533 North East Redcar 53,800 18.77% Ms Vera Baird Lab534 West Midlands Wyre Forest 55,500 18.74% Dr Richard Taylor Ind535 West Midlands Telford 53,400 18.73% Mr David Wright Lab536 North East Bishop Auckland 48,100 18.71% Ms Helen Goodman Lab537 North West Heywood and Middleton 61,600 18.67% Mr Jim Dobbin Lab538 West Midlands Dudley South 45,800 18.56% Mr Ian Pearson Lab539 Scotland Airdrie and Shotts 53,900 18.55% The Rt Hon Dr John Reid Lab540 North East Hartlepool 55,600 18.53% Mr Iain Wright Lab541 North West Carlisle 47,500 18.32% Mr Eric Martlew Lab542 West Midlands Birmingham, Yardley 48,600 18.31% Mr John Hemming Lib Dem543 West Midlands Staffordshire Moorlands 49,700 18.31% Ms Charlotte Atkins Lab544 West Midlands Stoke-on-Trent South 53,000 18.30% Mr Robert Flello Lab545 Yorks/Humber Sheffield, Attercliffe 58,000 18.28% Mr Clive Betts Lab546 Wales Islwyn 41,100 18.25% The Rt Hon Don Touhig Lab547 North West Manchester, Blackley 61,400 18.24% Mr Graham Stringer Lab548 East Midlands Leicester West 59,700 18.09% The Rt Hon Patricia Hewitt Lab549 North East Sunderland North 43,200 18.06% Mr William Etherington Lab550 West Midlands Birmingham, Ladywood 72,000 18.06% The Rt Hon Clare Short Ind551 North West Blackpool South 57,700 18.02% Mr Gordon Marsden Lab552 Yorks/Humber Leeds East 51,100 18.00% Mr George Mudie Lab553 West Midlands Dudley North 52,900 17.96% Mr Ian Austin Lab

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National rank degree 14 UCU 2009

554 East Midlands Ashfield 61,400 17.92% The Rt Hon Geoffrey Hoon Lab555 South East North Thanet 57,700 17.85% Mr Roger Gale Con556 Wales Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney 43,700 17.85% Mr Dai Havard Lab557 East North West Norfolk 58,300 17.84% Mr Henry Bellingham Con558 South West Falmouth and Camborne 60,100 17.80% Ms Julia Goldsworthy Lib Dem559 North West Rochdale 57,000 17.72% Mr Paul Rowen Lib Dem560 East Midlands Boston and Skegness 50,800 17.72% Mr Mark Simmonds Con561 North West Halton 52,900 17.58% Mr Derek Twigg Lab562 Yorks/Humber Rotherham 51,000 17.45% The Rt Hon Dr Denis MacShane Lab563 East Ipswich 59,300 17.37% Mr Chris Mole Lab564 East Midlands Louth and Horncastle 57,800 17.30% Sir Peter Tapsell Con565 East Midlands Sherwood 67,200 17.26% Mr Paddy Tipping Lab566 East Luton South 67,800 17.26% Ms Margaret Moran Lab567 East Basildon 59,800 17.22% The Rt Hon Angela Smith Lab568 Yorks/Humber Barnsley East and Mexborough 51,200 17.19% Mr Jeffrey Ennis Lab569 North West Hyndburn 55,600 17.09% Mr Greg Pope Lab570 South West Plymouth, Devonport 58,000 17.07% Ms Alison Seabeck Lab571 Wales Blaenau Gwent 41,700 17.03% Mr Dai Davies Ind572 London Brent South 64,200 16.98% Ms Dawn Butler Lab573 Yorks/Humber Bradford South 75,500 16.95% Mr Gerry Sutcliffe Lab574 East Midlands Amber Valley 54,500 16.88% Ms Judy Mallaber Lab575 South East Bognor Regis and Littlehampton 51,800 16.80% Mr Nick Gibb Con576 West Midlands Coventry North East 66,800 16.77% The Rt Hon Bob Ainsworth Lab577 North West Knowsley South 60,400 16.72% Mr Edward O'Hara Lab578 Wales Swansea East 46,800 16.45% Ms Sian James Lab579 Wales Ogmore 42,600 16.43% Mr Huw Irranca-Davies Lab580 London Romford 51,200 16.41% Mr Andrew Rosindell Con581 Yorks/Humber Doncaster Central 56,100 16.40% The Rt Hon Rosie Winterton Lab582 Yorks/Humber Bradford West 59,200 16.39% Mr Marsha Singh Lab583 West Midlands Wolverhampton North East 51,900 16.38% Mr Ken Purchase Lab584 Scotland Glasgow East 48,700 16.22% Mr John Mason SNP585 East Midlands Bassetlaw 53,700 16.20% Mr John Mann Lab586 East Midlands South Holland and The Deepings 56,900 16.17% Mr John Hayes Con587 North West Knowsley North and Sefton East 55,500 16.04% The Rt Hon. George Howarth Lab588 East Thurrock 74,600 15.95% Mr Andrew Mackinlay Lab589 Yorks/Humber Hemsworth 55,300 15.91% Mr Jon Trickett Lab590 Yorks/Humber Halifax 61,100 15.88% Ms Linda Riordan Lab591 East Peterborough 60,900 15.76% Mr Stewart Jackson Con592 East Waveney 60,300 15.75% Mr Bob Blizzard Lab593 East Midlands Leicester East 56,600 15.72% The Rt Hon Keith Vaz Lab594 Yorks/Humber Scunthorpe 49,300 15.62% The Rt Hon Elliot Morley Lab595 North West Workington 45,000 15.56% Mr Tony Cunningham Lab596 North West Ashton under Lyne 54,900 15.48% Mr David Heyes Lab

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National rank degree 15 UCU 2009

597 East Midlands Bolsover 49,900 15.43% Mr Dennis Skinner Lab598 Yorks/Humber Bradford North 73,400 15.40% Mr Terence Rooney Lab599 Yorks/Humber Sheffield, Brightside 44,200 15.38% The Rt Hon David Blunkett Lab600 Yorks/Humber Batley and Spen 59,900 15.36% Mr Mike Wood Lab601 North East Middlesbrough 57,400 15.16% Sir Stuart Bell Lab602 Wales Cynon Valley 36,300 15.15% Mrs Ann Clwyd Lab603 West Midlands Birmingham, Erdington 57,300 15.01% Mr Siôn Simon Lab604 North West Liverpool, West Derby 54,800 14.96% Mr Robert Wareing Ind605 West Midlands Cannock Chase 61,400 14.82% Dr Tony Wright Lab606 Yorks/Humber Great Grimsby 54,400 14.71% Dr Austin Mitchell Lab607 North West Oldham West and Royton 60,000 14.67% The Rt Hon Michael Meacher Lab608 West Midlands Stoke-on-Trent North 44,200 14.48% Ms Joan Walley Lab609 West Midlands West Bromwich East 46,500 14.41% Mr Tom Watson Lab610 West Midlands Warley 49,200 14.02% The Rt Hon John Spellar Lab611 East Castle Point 52,300 13.77% Dr Robert Spink Ind612 North West Bolton South East 55,300 13.74% Dr Brian Iddon Lab613 West Midlands West Bromwich West 52,800 13.64% Mr Adrian Bailey Lab614 Wales Rhondda 39,500 13.42% Mr Chris Bryant Lab615 West Midlands Wolverhampton South East 40,800 12.99% The Rt Hon Pat McFadden Lab616 North West Liverpool, Walton 50,300 12.92% Mr Peter Kilfoyle Lab617 West Midlands Stoke-on-Trent Central 53,300 12.38% Mr Mark Fisher Lab618 Yorks/Humber Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle 50,300 12.33% The Rt Hon Alan Johnson Lab619 East South West Norfolk 65,600 12.20% Mr Christopher Fraser Con620 East Midlands Nottingham North 71,400 11.76% Mr Graham Allen Lab621 East Great Yarmouth 53,900 11.69% Mr Anthony Wright Lab622 Yorks/Humber Kingston upon Hull East 53,000 11.32% The Rt Hon John Prescott Lab623 Yorks/Humber Pontefract and Castleford 54,800 11.31% The Rt Hon Yvette Cooper Lab624 East Harwich 55,400 11.01% Mr Douglas Carswell Con625 North West Bootle 40,200 10.70% Mr Joe Benton Lab626 West Midlands Walsall North 49,900 10.02% Mr David Winnick Lab627 Yorks/Humber Doncaster North 52,200 9.96% The Rt Hon Ed Miliband Lab628 West Midlands Birmingham, Hodge Hill 54,500 9.91% Rt Hon Liam Byrne Lab

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degree or equivNational rank (out of 628)

London rank (out of 74) MP Party

Richmond Park 63.61 1 1 Ms Susan Kramer Lib DemKensington and Chelsea 62.25 3 2 The Rt Hon Sir Malcolm Rifkind ConHampstead and Highgate 61.38 4 3 Ms Glenda Jackson CBE LabHornsey and Wood Green 59.77 5 4 Ms Lynne Featherstone Lib DemBattersea 58.61 8 5 Mr Martin Linton LabTooting 58.3 9 6 The Rt Hon Sadiq Khan LabHammersmith and Fulham 58.02 10 7 Mr Greg Hands ConDulwich and West Norwood 56.4 11 8 The Rt Hon Tessa Jowell LabCities of London and Westminster 55.24 12 9 Mr Mark Field ConPutney 54.35 14 10 Ms Justine Greening ConWimbledon 53.32 16 11 Mr Stephen Hammond ConTwickenham 52.04 19 12 Dr Vincent Cable Lib DemHackney North and Stoke Newington 50.46 20 13 Ms Diane Abbott LabEaling, Acton and Shepherd's Bush 49.76 21 14 Mr Andrew Slaughter LabFinchley and Golders Green 49.6 22 15 Dr Rudi Vis LabLewisham, Deptford 49.43 23 16 Ms Joan Ruddock LabIslington North 48.11 25 17 Mr Jeremy Corbyn LabKingston and Surbiton 47.74 27 18 Mr Edward Davey Lib DemBrentford and Isleworth 47.68 28 19 Mrs Ann Keen LabGreenwich and Woolwich 46.84 32 20 The Rt Hon Nick Raynsford LabChipping Barnet 45.4 38 21 Mrs Theresa Villiers ConIslington South and Finsbury 45.36 39 22 Ms Emily Thornberry LabEnfield, Southgate 43.97 48 23 Mr David Burrowes ConEaling, Southall 42.76 55 24 Mr Virendra Kumar Sharma LabStreatham 42.27 57 25 The Rt Hon Keith Hill LabVauxhall 42.27 58 26 Ms Kate Hoey LabLeyton and Wanstead 42.1 61 27 Mr Harry Cohen LabHackney South and Shoreditch 41.98 63 28 Mrs Meg Hillier LabRegent's Park and Kensington North 41.74 65 29 Ms Karen Buck ConHolborn and St. Pancras 41.01 67 30 The Rt Hon Frank Dobson LabSutton and Cheam 40 79 31 Mr Paul Burstow Lib DemNorth Southwark and Bermondsey 39.87 83 32 Mr Simon Hughes Lib DemCamberwell and Peckham 39.47 86 33 The Rt Hon Harriet Harman QC LabLewisham East 39.02 93 34 Ms Bridget Prentice LabBrent East 37.65 106 35 Ms Sarah Teather Lib DemBethnal Green and Bow 36.87 114 36 Mr George Galloway RespectIlford North 36.35 119 37 Mr Lee Scott ConBeckenham 36.06 123 38 Mrs Jacqui Lait ConCroydon Central 35.17 134 39 Mr Andrew Pelling IndCroydon North 34.7 143 40 The Rt Hon Malcolm Wicks LabHarrow West 34.3 153 41 Mr Gareth R Thomas LabEltham 33.13 172 42 Mr Clive Efford LabBromley and Chislehurst 33.03 175 43 Mr Bob Neill ConEaling North 31.97 188 44 Mr Stephen Pound LabCroydon South 30.41 222 45 Mr Richard Ottaway ConChingford and Woodford Green 30.37 224 46 The Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith ConIlford South 29.96 229 47 Mr Mike Gapes LabPoplar and Canning Town 29.45 242 48 Mr Jim Fitzpatrick LabLewisham West 28.86 261 49 Mr Jim Dowd LabHendon 28.69 265 50 Mr Andrew Dismore LabRuislip-Northwood 28.36 275 51 Mr Nick Hurd ConOrpington 27.84 282 52 Mr John Horam ConBexleyheath and Crayford 27.44 301 53 Mr David Evennett ConWalthamstow 26.98 318 54 Mr Neil Gerrard LabOld Bexley and Sidcup 26.85 320 55 Mr Derek Conway IndEdmonton 26.8 323 56 Mr Andrew Love LabUxbridge 26.26 334 57 Mr John Randall ConWest Ham 26.14 341 58 Ms Lyn Brown LabBrent North 26.01 342 59 Mr Barry Gardiner LabEnfield North 25.95 345 60 The Rt Hon Joan Ryan LabEast Ham 25.77 356 61 The Rt Hon Stephen Timms LabHarrow East 24.79 380 62 The Rt Hon Tony McNulty LabUpminster 24.27 398 63 Ms Angela Watkinson ConFeltham and Heston 23.85 408 64 Mr Alan Keen LabTottenham 23.26 423 65 Rt Hon David Lammy LabMitcham and Morden 22.43 443 66 Ms Siobhain McDonagh LabErith and Thamesmead 21.91 456 67 Mr John Austin LabDagenham 20.69 486 68 Dr Jon Cruddas LabBarking 20.65 487 69 The Rt Hon Margaret Hodge MBE LabCarshalton and Wallington 20.64 488 70 Mr Tom Brake Lib DemHornchurch 19.63 511 71 Mr James Brokenshire ConHayes and Harlington 19.02 530 72 Mr John McDonnell LabBrent South 16.98 572 73 Ms Dawn Butler LabRomford 16.41 580 74 Mr Andrew Rosindell Con

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Constituency Percent with no qualsNational rank (out of 628)

London rank (out of 74) MP Party

Richmond Park 4.45 10 1 Ms Susan Kramer Lib DemHampstead and Highgate 4.7 15 2 Ms Glenda Jackson CBE LabTooting 4.87 20 3 The Rt Hon Sadiq Khan LabCities of London and Westminster 5 24 4 Mr Mark Field ConChipping Barnet 5.21 28 5 Mrs Theresa Villiers ConKensington and Chelsea 5.3 32 6 The Rt Hon Sir Malcolm Rifkind ConWimbledon 5.35 33 7 Mr Stephen Hammond ConHammersmith and Fulham 5.78 41 8 Mr Greg Hands ConBrent East 6.14 56 9 Ms Sarah Teather Lib DemEltham 6.3 63 10 Mr Clive Efford LabHarrow West 6.43 68 11 Mr Gareth R Thomas LabKingston and Surbiton 6.66 71 12 Mr Edward Davey Lib DemLewisham, Deptford 6.97 81 13 Ms Joan Ruddock LabDulwich and West Norwood 7.17 89 14 The Rt Hon Tessa Jowell LabEaling, Acton and Shepherd's Bush 7.21 92 15 Mr Andrew Slaughter LabBeckenham 7.53 103 16 Mrs Jacqui Lait ConSutton and Cheam 7.92 122 17 Mr Paul Burstow Lib DemBattersea 8.01 129 18 Mr Martin Linton LabOrpington 8.02 131 19 Mr John Horam ConPutney 8.7 160 20 Ms Justine Greening ConTwickenham 8.72 163 21 Dr Vincent Cable Lib DemFinchley and Golders Green 8.74 166 22 Dr Rudi Vis LabBrent South 8.88 173 23 Ms Dawn Butler LabRuislip-Northwood 8.96 177 24 Mr Nick Hurd ConBrent North 9.23 191 25 Mr Barry Gardiner LabLewisham West 9.68 208 26 Mr Jim Dowd LabBrentford and Isleworth 9.69 209 27 Mrs Ann Keen LabEnfield, Southgate 10 226 28 Mr David Burrowes ConCroydon Central 10.08 231 29 Mr Andrew Pelling Ind ConBexleyheath and Crayford 10.11 233 30 Mr David Evennett ConMitcham and Morden 10.12 234 31 Ms Siobhain McDonagh LabIlford North 10.2 238 32 Mr Lee Scott ConChingford and Woodford Green 10.44 251 33 The Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith ConHornsey and Wood Green 10.54 254 34 Ms Lynne Featherstone Lib DemHendon 10.62 257 35 Mr Andrew Dismore LabHarrow East 10.68 263 36 The Rt Hon Tony McNulty LabBromley and Chislehurst 10.83 271 37 Mr Bob Neill ConHolborn and St. Pancras 10.85 273 38 The Rt Hon Frank Dobson LabGreenwich and Woolwich 11.23 286 39 The Rt Hon Nick Raynsford LabOld Bexley and Sidcup 11.3 287 40 Mr Derek Conway Ind ConEnfield North 11.68 304 41 The Rt Hon Joan Ryan LabLewisham East 11.87 310 42 Ms Bridget Prentice LabIslington North 12.03 316 43 Mr Jeremy Corbyn LabRegent's Park and Kensington North 12.18 325 44 Ms Karen Buck LabCroydon North 12.27 333 45 The Rt Hon Malcolm Wicks LabCroydon South 12.52 341 46 Mr Richard Ottaway ConStreatham 12.55 342 47 The Rt Hon Keith Hill LabUxbridge 13.13 375 48 Mr John Randall ConUpminster 13.71 406 49 Ms Angela Watkinson ConEaling, Southall 13.8 409 50 Mr Virendra Kumar Sharma LabCamberwell and Peckham 13.86 412 51 The Rt Hon Harriet Harman QC LabHackney North and Stoke Newington 14.24 430 52 Ms Diane Abbott LabHornchurch 14.32 435 53 Mr James Brokenshire ConEaling North 14.33 437 54 Mr Stephen Pound LabIslington South and Finsbury 14.55 446 55 Ms Emily Thornberry LabHayes and Harlington 15.88 485 56 Mr John McDonnell LabHackney South and Shoreditch 16.17 494 57 Mrs Meg Hillier LabIlford South 16.23 496 58 Mr Mike Gapes LabNorth Southwark and Bermondsey 16.34 498 59 Mr Simon Hughes Lib DemRomford 16.41 501 60 Mr Andrew Rosindell ConCarshalton and Wallington 16.54 503 61 Mr Tom Brake Lib DemVauxhall 17.08 517 62 Ms Kate Hoey LabErith and Thamesmead 17.63 532 63 Mr John Austin LabLeyton and Wanstead 18.83 549 64 Mr Harry Cohen LabEast Ham 19.19 554 65 The Rt Hon Stephen Timms LabWest Ham 19.3 558 66 Ms Lyn Brown LabFeltham and Heston 19.38 560 67 Mr Alan Keen LabWalthamstow 20.06 568 68 Mr Neil Gerrard LabDagenham 20.23 572 69 Dr Jon Cruddas LabBethnal Green and Bow 22.05 596 70 Mr George Galloway RespectEdmonton 22.92 602 71 Mr Andrew Love LabTottenham 24 607 72 Rt Hon David Lammy LabPoplar and Canning Town 25.03 610 73 Mr Jim Fitzpatrick LabBarking 25.26 612 74 The Rt Hon Margaret Hodge MBE Lab

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Location, location, location - the widening education gap in Britain and how where you live determines your chancesMajor UK citieshttp://www.ucu.org.uk/locationlocationlocation

Cities listed:BirminghamBradford Birmingham degreesBrighton

Bristol ConstituencyPercent with at least

degree or equivNational rank (out of 628) Birmingham ranking MP Party

Cardiff Birmingham, Edgbaston 40.96 68 1 Ms Gisela Stuart LabCoventry Birmingham, Selly Oak 38.49 100 2 Dr Lynne Jones LabEdinburgh Birmingham, Northfield 24.95 375 3 Mr Richard Burden LabGlasgow Birmingham, Hall Green 21.53 469 4 Mr Stephen McCabe LabHull Birmingham, Perry Barr 19.47 514 5 Mr Khalid Mahmood LabLeeds Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath 19.31 520 6 Mr Roger Godsiff LabLeicester Birmingham, Yardley 18.31 542 7 Mr John Hemming Lib DemLiverpool Birmingham, Ladywood 18.06 550 8 The Rt Hon Clare Short IndManchester Birmingham, Erdington 15.01 603 9 Mr Siôn Simon LabNewcastle Birmingham, Hodge Hill 9.91 628 10 Rt Hon Liam Byrne LabNottinghamPlymouth Birmingham no qualificationsSheffield

Southampton Constituency Percent with no qualsNational rank (out of 628) Birmingham ranking MP Party

Stoke Birmingham, Selly Oak 12.89 362 1 Dr Lynne Jones LabWolverhampton Birmingham, Edgbaston 16.56 504 2 Ms Gisela Stuart Lab

Birmingham, Northfield 16.63 507 3 Mr Richard Burden LabBirmingham, Hall Green 17.08 516 4 Mr Stephen McCabe LabBirmingham, Erdington 17.98 537 5 Mr Siôn Simon LabBirmingham, Perry Barr 19.17 553 6 Mr Khalid Mahmood LabBirmingham, Ladywood 24.86 608 7 The Rt Hon Clare Short IndBirmingham, Yardley 25.31 613 8 Mr John Hemming Lib DemBirmingham, Hodge Hill 30.46 625 9 Rt Hon Liam Byrne LabBirmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath 37.23 628 10 Mr Roger Godsiff Lab

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Bradford degrees

ConstituencyPercent with at least

degree or equivNational rank (out of 628) Bradford ranking MP Party

Shipley 34.45 149 1 Mr Philip Davies ConKeighley 29 256 2 Mrs Ann Cryer LabBradford South 16.95 573 3 Mr Gerry Sutcliffe LabBradford West 16.39 582 4 Mr Marsha Singh LabBradford North 15.4 598 5 Mr Terence Rooney Lab

Bradford no qualifications

Constituency Percent with no qualsNational rank (out of 628) Leeds ranking MP Party

Shipley 10.9 275 1 Mr Philip Davies ConBradford South 12.58 346 2 Mr Gerry Sutcliffe LabKeighley 18.1 541 3 Mrs Ann Cryer LabBradford North 22.07 597 4 Mr Terence Rooney LabBradford West 25.68 616 5 Mr Marsha Singh Lab

Brighton degrees

ConstituencyPercent with at least

degree or equivNational rank (out of 628) Brighton area ranking MP Party

Brighton, Pavilion 44.89 42 1 Mr David Lepper MP Labour/Co-operative PartyBrighton, Kemptown 37.06 112 2 Dr Desmond Turner MP Labour PartyHove 35.71 127 3 Ms Celia Barlow MP Labour PartyMid Sussex 34.72 142 4 The Hon Nicholas Soames MP Conservative PartyLewes 29.84 233 5 Mr Norman Baker MP Liberal DemocratsEastbourne 27.68 290 6 Mr Nigel Waterson MP Conservative PartyEast Worthing and Shoreham 27.01 316 7 Mr Timothy Loughton MP Conservative PartyHastings and Rye 22.5 439 8 Mr Michael Jabez Foster MP Labour Party

Brighton no qualifications

Constituency Percent with no qualNational rank (out of 628) Brighton area ranking MP Party

Eastbourne 7.61 108 1 Mr Nigel Waterson MP Conservative PartyMid Sussex 7.81 117 2 The Hon Nicholas Soames MP Conservative PartyBrighton, Pavilion 8.15 139 3 Mr David Lepper MP Labour/Co-operative PartyBrighton, Kemptown 8.97 178 4 Dr Desmond Turner MP Labour PartyHove 9.01 180 5 Ms Celia Barlow MP Labour PartyEast Worthing and Shoreham 9.39 199 6 Mr Timothy Loughton MP Conservative PartyLewes 10.26 242 7 Mr Norman Baker MP Liberal DemocratsHastings and Rye 12.17 323 8 Mr Michael Jabez Foster MP Labour Party

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Bristol degrees

ConstituencyPercent with at least

degree or equivNational rank (out of 628) Bristol ranking MP Party

Bristol West 62.49 2 1 Mr Stephen Williams Lib DemNorthavon 31.34 199 2 Professor Steven Webb Lib DemBristol East 25.43 364 3 Ms Kerry McCarthy LabBristol North West 22.01 453 4 Dr Doug Naysmith LabBristol South 21.57 465 5 The Rt Hon Dawn Primarolo LabKingswood 19.1 526 6 Dr Roger Berry Lab

Bristol no qualifications

Constituency Percent with no qualsNational rank (out of 628) Bristol ranking MP Party

Bristol West 4.78 17 1 Mr Stephen Williams Lib DemNorthavon 6.16 58 2 Professor Steven Webb Lib DemKingswood 7.14 87 3 Dr Roger Berry LabBristol South 10.64 260 4 The Rt Hon Dawn Primarolo LabBristol North West 14.63 449 5 Dr Doug Naysmith LabBristol East 15.6 477 6 Ms Kerry McCarthy Lab

Cardiff degrees

ConstituencyPercent with at least

degree or equivNational rank (out of 628) Cardiff ranking MP Party

Cardiff Central 42.5 56 1 Ms Jenny Willott Lib DemCardiff West 40.78 70 2 Mr Kevin Brennan LabCardiff South and Penarth 36.99 113 3 The Rt Hon Alun Michael LabCardiff North 35.82 126 4 Mrs Julie Morgan Lab

Cardiff no qualifications

Constituency Percent with no qualsNational rank (out of 628) Cardiff ranking MP Party

Cardiff Central 7.33 96 1 Ms Jenny Willott Lib DemCardiff North 8.21 142 2 Mrs Julie Morgan LabCardiff South and Penarth 12.84 357 3 The Rt Hon Alun Michael LabCardiff West 17.35 527 4 Mr Kevin Brennan Lab

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Coventry degrees

ConstituencyPercent with at least

degree or equivNational rank (out of 628) Coventry ranking MP Party

Coventry South 34.64 144 1 Mr Jim Cunningham LabCoventry North West 21.66 460 2 Mr Geoffrey Robinson LabCoventry North East 16.77 576 3 The Rt Hon Bob Ainsworth Lab

Coventry no qualifications

Constituency Percent with no qualsNational rank (out of 628) Coventry ranking MP Party

Coventry South 9.87 220 1 Mr Jim Cunningham LabCoventry North West 13.66 403 2 Mr Geoffrey Robinson LabCoventry North East 17.07 515 3 The Rt Hon Bob Ainsworth Lab

Edinburgh degrees

ConstituencyPercent with at least

degree or equivNational rank (out of 628) Edinburgh ranking MP Party

Edinburgh North and Leith 54.76 13 1 Mr Mark Lazarowicz LabEdinburgh South 47.92 26 2 Mr Nigel Griffiths LabEdinburgh West 44.92 41 3 Mr John Barrett Lib DemEdinburgh South West 39.37 87 4 The Rt Hon Alistair Darling LabEdinburgh East 39.32 88 5 The Rt Hon Dr Gavin Strang Lab

Edinburgh no qualifications

Constituency Percent with no qualsNational rank (out of 628) Edinburgh ranking MP Party

Edinburgh South 3.63 5 1 Mr Nigel Griffiths LabEdinburgh North and Leith 4.83 18 2 Mr Mark Lazarowicz LabEdinburgh South West 6.03 52 3 The Rt Hon Alistair Darling LabEdinburgh West 7.39 98 4 Mr John Barrett Lib DemEdinburgh East 9.72 212 5 The Rt Hon Dr Gavin Strang Lab

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Glasgow degrees

ConstituencyPercent with at least

degree or equivNational rank (out of 628) Glasgow ranking MP Party

Glasgow North 52.82 17 1 Ms Ann McKechin LabGlasgow South 40.6 71 2 Mr Tom Harris LabGlasgow Central 39.91 80 3 Mr Mohammad Sawar LabGlasgow North West 38.79 96 4 Mr John Robertson LabGlasgow North East 22.74 435 5 VacantGlasgow South West 19.4 516 6 Mr Ian Davidson LabGlasgow East 16.22 584 7 Mr John Mason SNP

Glasgow no qualifications

Constituency Percent with no qualsNational rank (out of 628) Glasgow ranking MP Party

Glasgow North 6.58 70 1 Ms Ann McKechin LabGlasgow South 13.58 399 2 Mr Tom Harris LabGlasgow North West 13.99 417 3 Mr John Robertson LabGlasgow South West 21.72 591 4 Mr Ian Davidson LabGlasgow Central 23.18 605 5 Mr Mohammad Sawar LabGlasgow North East 25.47 615 6 VacantGlasgow East 28.54 623 7 Mr John Mason SNP

Hull degrees

ConstituencyPercent with at least

degree or equivNational rank (out of 628) Hull ranking MP Party

Kingston upon Hull North 19.8 508 1 Ms Diana Johnson LabKingston upon Hull West and Hessle 12.33 618 2 The Rt Hon Alan Johnson LabKingston upon Hull East 11.32 622 3 The Rt Hon John Prescott Lab

Hull no qualifications

Constituency Percent with no qualsNational rank (out of 628) Hull ranking MP Party

Kingston upon Hull East 16.6 506 1 The Rt Hon John Prescott LabKingston upon Hull West and Hessle 17.5 529 2 The Rt Hon Alan Johnson LabKingston upon Hull North 19.25 556 3 Ms Diana Johnson Lab

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Leeds degrees

ConstituencyPercent with at least

degree or equivNational rank (out of 628) Leeds ranking MP Party

Leeds North East 35.39 131 1 Mr Fabian Hamilton LabLeeds North West 35.04 136 2 Mr Greg Mulholland Lib DemPudsey 34.45 148 3 Mr Paul Truswell LabElmet 28 280 4 Mr Colin Burgon LabLeeds Central 25.98 343 5 The Rt Hon. Hilary Benn LabMorley and Rothwell 21.88 458 6 Mr Colin Challen LabLeeds West 21.12 478 7 The Rt Hon John Battle LabLeeds East 18 552 8 Mr George Mudie Lab

Leeds no qualifications

Constituency Percent with no qualsNational rank (out of 628) Leeds ranking MP Party

Leeds North West 4.71 16 1 Mr Greg Mulholland Lib DemPudsey 7.19 90 2 Mr Paul Truswell LabLeeds North East 8.89 176 3 Mr Fabian Hamilton LabLeeds West 12.37 335 4 The Rt Hon John Battle LabMorley and Rothwell 12.97 365 5 Mr Colin Challen LabLeeds East 13.31 385 6 Mr George Mudie LabElmet 13.33 387 7 Mr Colin Burgon LabLeeds Central 14.33 436 8 The Rt Hon. Hilary Benn Lab

Leicester degrees

ConstituencyPercent with at least

degree or equivNational rank (out of 628) Leicestershire ranking MP Party

Harborough 34.09 155 1 Mr Edward Garnier QC ConRutland and Melton 29.68 236 2 Mr Alan Duncan ConLoughborough 29.61 237 3 Mr Andrew Reed LabCharnwood 28.88 260 4 The Rt Hon Stephen Dorrell ConLeicester South 28.42 274 5 Sir Peter Soulsby LabBlaby 25.39 367 6 Mr Andrew Robathan ConBosworth 24.52 387 7 Mr David Tredinnick ConNorth West Leicestershire 21.04 479 8 Mr David Taylor LabLeicester West 18.09 548 9 The Rt Hon Patricia Hewitt LabLeicester East 15.72 593 10 The Rt Hon Keith Vaz Lab

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Leicester – no qualifications

Constituency Percent with no qualsNational rank (out of 628) Leicestershire ranking MP Party

Rutland and Melton 5.98 48 1 Mr Alan Duncan ConCharnwood 7.43 99 2 The Rt Hon Stephen Dorrell ConLoughborough 8.06 134 3 Mr Andrew Reed LabBosworth 11.48 295 4 Mr David Tredinnick ConNorth West Leicestershire 14.03 419 5 Mr David Taylor LabHarborough 14.61 447 6 Mr Edward Garnier QC ConBlaby 15.55 475 7 Mr Andrew Robathan ConLeicester South 21.04 582 8 Sir Peter Soulsby LabLeicester West 21.27 585 9 The Rt Hon Patricia Hewitt LabLeicester East 25.09 611 10 The Rt Hon Keith Vaz Lab

Liverpool degrees

ConstituencyPercent with at least

degree or equivNational rank (out of 628) Merseyside ranking MP Party

Wirral South 38.9 94 1 Mr Ben Chapman LabCrosby 36.55 116 2 Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas LabSouthport 34.17 154 3 Dr John Pugh Lib DemWirral West 33.96 160 4 Mr Stephen Hesford LabLiverpool, Garston 29.36 243 5 Ms Maria Eagle LabLiverpool, Wavertree 27.61 296 6 The Rt Hon Jane Kennedy LabWallasey 25.89 347 7 Ms Angela Eagle LabSt. Helens North 22.5 440 8 Mr David Watts LabLiverpool, Riverside 22.47 442 9 Mrs Louise Ellman LabBirkenhead 22.29 449 10 The Rt Hon Frank Field LabSt. Helens South 19.92 505 11 The Rt Hon Shaun Woodward LabKnowsley South 16.72 577 12 Mr Edward O'Hara LabKnowsley North and Sefton East 16.04 587 13 The Rt Hon. George Howarth LabLiverpool, West Derby 14.96 604 14 Mr Robert Wareing IndLiverpool, Walton 12.92 616 15 Mr Peter Kilfoyle LabBootle 10.7 625 16 Mr Joe Benton Lab

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Liverpool no qualifications

Constituency Percent with no qualsNational rank (out of 628) Merseyside ranking MP Party

Wirral West 6.32 65 1 Mr Stephen Hesford LabWirral South 7.82 119 2 Mr Ben Chapman LabCrosby 8.3 148 3 Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas LabWallasey 8.71 161 4 Ms Angela Eagle LabLiverpool, Garston 12.82 356 5 Ms Maria Eagle LabLiverpool, Wavertree 14.09 423 6 The Rt Hon Jane Kennedy LabSouthport 15.25 465 7 Dr John Pugh Lib DemSt. Helens North 17.32 526 8 Mr David Watts LabBirkenhead 19.96 567 9 The Rt Hon Frank Field LabSt. Helens South 20.68 575 10 The Rt Hon Shaun Woodward LabKnowsley South 20.7 576 11 Mr Edward O'Hara LabKnowsley North and Sefton East 21.98 594 12 The Rt Hon. George Howarth LabLiverpool, Walton 22.66 599 13 Mr Peter Kilfoyle LabLiverpool, Riverside 22.84 600 14 Mrs Louise Ellman LabLiverpool, West Derby 26.82 619 15 Mr Robert Wareing IndBootle 29.85 624 16 Mr Joe Benton Lab

Manchester degrees

ConstituencyPercent with at least

degree or equivNational rank (out of 628)

Greater Manchester ranking MP Party

Manchester, Withington 59.54 6 1 Mr John Leech Lib DemCheadle 45.24 40 2 Mr Mark Hunter Lib DemAltrincham and Sale West 43.29 51 3 Mr Graham Brady ConStockport 29.58 239 4 Ms Ann Coffey LabBolton West 29.16 250 5 The Rt Hon Ruth Kelly LabWorsley 27.44 300 6 Ms Barbara Keeley LabBury North 26.84 321 7 Mr David Chaytor Lab (Suspended)Oldham East and Saddleworth 26.65 326 8 Mr Philip Woolas LabBury South 25.97 344 9 Mr Ivan Lewis LabManchester Central 25.19 370 10 Mr Tony Lloyd LabStretford and Urmston 25.09 372 11 The Rt Hon Beverley Hughes LabHazel Grove 24.42 392 12 Mr Andrew Stunell OBE Lib DemStalybridge and Hyde 23.69 413 13 The Rt Hon. James Purnell LabManchester, Gorton 22.81 434 14 The Rt Hon Sir Gerald Kaufman LabWythenshawe and Sale East 22.6 438 15 The Rt Hon Paul Goggins LabSalford 22.36 446 16 The Rt Hon. Hazel Blears LabBolton North East 21.98 455 17 Mr David Crausby LabWigan 21.45 470 18 Mr Neil Turner LabLeigh 21.43 471 19 The Rt Hon Andrew Burnham LabMakerfield 21.43 472 20 The Rt Hon Ian McCartney LabDenton and Reddish 20.84 485 21 Mr Andrew Gwynne LabEccles 18.94 532 22 Mr Ian Stewart Lab

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Heywood and Middleton 18.67 537 23 Mr Jim Dobbin LabManchester, Blackley 18.24 547 24 Mr Graham Stringer LabAshton under Lyne 15.48 596 25 Mr David Heyes LabOldham West and Royton 14.67 607 26 The Rt Hon Michael Meacher LabBolton South East 13.74 612 27 Dr Brian Iddon Lab

Manchester no qualifications

Constituency Percent with no qualsNational rank (out of 628)

Greater Manchester ranking MP Party

Cheadle 5.71 40 1 Mr Mark Hunter Lib DemAltrincham and Sale West 6.8 77 2 Mr Graham Brady ConHazel Grove 7.64 111 3 Mr Andrew Stunell OBE Lib DemBolton West 10.84 272 4 The Rt Hon Ruth Kelly LabStretford and Urmston 11.07 281 5 The Rt Hon Beverley Hughes LabManchester, Withington 11.38 292 6 Mr John Leech Lib DemWigan 12 315 7 Mr Neil Turner LabDenton and Reddish 12.26 332 8 Mr Andrew Gwynne LabEccles 12.29 334 9 Mr Ian Stewart LabStockport 12.85 358 10 Ms Ann Coffey LabBury South 13.08 372 11 Mr Ivan Lewis LabBury North 14.02 418 12 Mr David Chaytor Lab (Suspended)Bolton South East 14.1 424 13 Dr Brian Iddon LabSalford 14.35 440 14 The Rt Hon. Hazel Blears LabStalybridge and Hyde 14.98 454 15 The Rt Hon. James Purnell LabMakerfield 15 455 16 The Rt Hon Ian McCartney LabLeigh 16.07 491 17 The Rt Hon Andrew Burnham LabManchester, Gorton 16.36 499 18 The Rt Hon Sir Gerald Kaufman LabOldham East and Saddleworth 16.77 509 19 Mr Philip Woolas LabAshton under Lyne 17.3 525 20 Mr David Heyes LabWorsley 18.23 545 21 Ms Barbara Keeley LabHeywood and Middleton 18.67 547 22 Mr Jim Dobbin LabBolton North East 19.84 564 23 Mr David Crausby LabOldham West and Royton 20.17 569 24 The Rt Hon Michael Meacher LabManchester Central 20.71 577 25 Mr Tony Lloyd LabWythenshawe and Sale East 21.02 581 26 The Rt Hon Paul Goggins LabManchester, Blackley 25.73 618 27 Mr Graham Stringer Lab

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Newcastle degrees

ConstituencyPercent with at least

degree or equivNational rank (out of 628) Tyne and Wear ranking MP Party

Tynemouth 32.06 187 1 Mr Alan Campbell MP Labour PartyNewcastle upon Tyne Central 30.62 215 2 Mr Jim Cousins MP Labour PartyNorth Tyneside 25.75 357 3 The Rt Hon Stephen Byers MP Labour PartyNewcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend 25.63 359 4 The Rt Hon Nicholas Brown MP Labour PartyNewcastle upon Tyne North 25.54 362 5 Mr Douglas Henderson MP Labour PartyJarrow 24.85 378 6 Mr Stephen Hepburn MP Labour PartyBlaydon 24.68 384 7 Mr David Anderson MP Labour PartySunderland South 22.18 451 8 Mr Chris Mullin MP Labour PartyTyne Bridge 21.37 475 9 Mr David Clelland MP Labour PartyHoughton and Washington East 20.88 483 10 Mr Fraser Kemp MP Labour PartySouth Shields 19.41 515 11 The Rt Hon David Miliband MP Labour PartyGateshead East and Washington West 19.14 525 12 Mrs Sharon Hodgson MP Labour PartySunderland North 18.06 549 13 Mr William Etherington MP Labour Party

Newcastle no qualifications

Constituency Percent with no qualNational rank (out of 628) Tyne and Wear ranking MP Party

Newcastle upon Tyne Central 7.84 120 1 Mr Jim Cousins MP Labour PartyTynemouth 10.62 258 2 Mr Alan Campbell MP Labour PartyHoughton and Washington East 11.15 284 3 Mr Fraser Kemp MP Labour PartyBlaydon 11.8 306 4 Mr David Anderson MP Labour PartyJarrow 13.24 379 5 Mr Stephen Hepburn MP Labour PartySouth Shields 13.27 381 6 The Rt Hon David Miliband MP Labour PartyGateshead East and Washington West 13.94 416 7 Mrs Sharon Hodgson MP Labour PartyNorth Tyneside 14.21 428 8 The Rt Hon Stephen Byers MP Labour PartySunderland South 14.85 452 9 Mr Chris Mullin MP Labour PartyNewcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend 15.22 464 10 The Rt Hon Nicholas Brown MP Labour PartyNewcastle upon Tyne North 15.45 470 11 Mr Douglas Henderson MP Labour PartySunderland North 15.97 487 12 Mr William Etherington MP Labour PartyTyne Bridge 19.02 552 13 Mr David Clelland MP Labour Party

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Nottingham degrees

ConstituencyPercent with at least

degree or equivNational rank (out of 628) Nottingham ranking MP Party

Nottingham East 32.87 178 1 Mr John Heppell LabNottingham South 27.23 308 2 Mr Alan Simpson LabNottingham North 11.76 620 3 Mr Graham Allen Lab

Nottingham no qualifications

ConstituencyPercent with at least

degree or equivNational rank (out of 628) Nottingham ranking MP Party

Nottingham South 12.2 327 1 Mr Alan Sampson LabNottingham East 13.29 383 2 Mr John Heppell LabNottingham North 27.87 622 3 Mr Graham Allen Lab

Plymouth degrees

ConstituencyPercent with at least

degree or equivNational rank (out of 628) Plymouth ranking MP Party

South West Devon 29.04 252 1 Mr Gary Streeter MP Conservative PartyPlymouth, Sutton 23.31 420 2 Mrs Linda Gilroy MP Labour/Co-operative PartyPlymouth, Devonport 17.07 570 3 Ms Alison Seabeck MP Labour Party

Plymouth no qualifications

Constituency Percent with no qualNational rank (out of 628) Plymouth ranking MP Party

Plymouth, Sutton 6.92 79 1 Mrs Linda Gilroy MP Labour/Co-operative PartySouth West Devon 7.8 116 2 Mr Gary Streeter MP Conservative PartyPlymouth, Devonport 16.21 495 3 Ms Alison Seabeck MP Labour Party

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Sheffield degrees

ConstituencyPercent with at least

degree or equivNational rank (out of 628) Sheffield ranking MP Party

Sheffield, Hallam 59.53 7 1 Mr Nick Clegg Lib DemSheffield, Hillsborough 34.04 157 2 Ms Angela Smith LabSheffield Central 32.55 179 3 The Rt Hon Richard Caborn LabSheffield, Heeley 30.46 220 4 Ms Meg Munn LabSheffield, Attercliffe 18.28 545 5 Mr Clive Betts LabSheffield, Brightside 15.38 599 6 The Rt Hon David Blunkett Lab

Sheffield no qualifications

Constituency Percent with no qualsNational rank (out of 628) Sheffield ranking MP Party

Sheffield, Hallam 3.39 4 1 Mr Nick Clegg Lib DemSheffield, Hillsborough 11.89 311 2 Ms Angela Smith LabSheffield, Heeley 13.58 398 3 Ms Meg Munn LabSheffield Central 15.04 456 4 The Rt Hon Richard Caborn LabSheffield, Attercliffe 21.55 589 5 Mr Clive Betts LabSheffield, Brightside 22.85 601 6 The Rt Hon David Blunkett Lab

Southampton degrees

ConstituencyPercent with at least

degree or equivNational rank (out of 628) Southampton ranking MP Party

Romsey 45.8 36 1 Mrs Sandra Gidley MP Liberal Democrats

Southampton, Test 30.87 212 2 Dr Alan Whitehead MP Labour Party

Southampton, Itchen 20.2 500 3 The Rt Hon John Denham MP Labour Party

Southampton no qualifications

Constituency Percent with no qualNational rank (out of 628) Southampton ranking MP Party

Romsey 4.12 7 1 Mrs Sandra Gidley MP Liberal DemocratsSouthampton, Test 8.71 162 2 Dr Alan Whitehead MP Labour PartySouthampton, Itchen 11.05 279 3 The Rt Hon John Denham MP Labour Party

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Stoke degrees

ConstituencyPercent with at least

degree or equivNational rank (out of 628)

Stoke and Newcastle ranking MP Party

Newcastle-under-Lyme 27.29 305 1 Mr Paul Farrelly LabStoke-on-Trent South 18.3 544 2 Mr Robert Flello LabStoke-on-Trent North 14.48 608 3 Ms Joan Walley LabStoke-on-Trent Central 12.38 617 4 Mr Mark Fisher Lab

Stoke no qualifications

Constituency Percent with no qualsNational rank (out of 628)

Stoke and Newcastle ranking MP Party

Newcastle-under-Lyme 9.52 204 1 Mr Paul Farrelly LabStoke-on-Trent South 17.55 530 2 Mr Robert Flello LabStoke-on-Trent North 24.89 609 3 Ms Joan Walley LabStoke-on-Trent Central 26.83 620 4 Mr Mark Fisher Lab

Wolverhampton degrees

ConstituencyPercent with at least

degree or equivNational rank (out of 628)

Wolverhampton ranking MP Party

Wolverhampton South West 30.71 213 1 Mr Robert Marris LabWolverhampton North East 16.38 583 2 Mr Ken Purchase LabWolverhampton South East 12.99 615 3 The Rt Hon Pat McFadden Lab

Wolverhampton no qualifications

Constituency Percent with no qualsNational rank (out of 628)

Wolverhampton ranking MP Party

Wolverhampton South West 17.17 522 1 Mr Robert Marris LabWolverhampton North East 32.37 626 2 Mr Ken Purchase LabWolverhampton South East 36.27 627 3 The Rt Hon Pat McFadden Lab