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Lawyers vying to become MPs - how did they fare in the election?

Jonathan Winston Jonathan Winston
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Some people are gluttons for punishment. From one tough career to another, we have been tracking the progress of a group of lawyers and barristers who as parliamentary candidates were vying to become fully fledged MP’s in the General Election 2010.

Here’s how some of them got on:

  • Jeremy Brier CON (Barrister, Essex Court Chambers)
    Luton North – second place losing to LAB Kelvin Hopkins
  • Joanna Shaw LIB (Barrister, One Essex Court)
    Holborn and St Pancras – second behind Frank Dobson LAB
  • Bambous Charalambous LAB (In-house Lawyer Hackney Council)
    Enfield Southgate – second behind David Burrowes CON
  • Hamish Sandison LAB (Partner, Field Fisher, Waterhouse)
    Monmouth – second place, lost out to David Davies CON
  • Serena Tierney LIB (Consultant Wragge & Co)
    Sussex Mid – second behind the indomitable Nicholas Soames CON
  • Donald Cameron CON (Advocate Murray Stable)
    Ross, Sky and Lochaber – fourth with one Charles Kennedy LIB winning the seat. Weirdly, the Labour candidate in this seat John McKendrick also works for Murray Stable. Imagine the banter!

In summary – all six failed to get a seat. Back to the day job people!

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