Dave Rowntree

...the next general election. Sitting in his campaign office in Soho, Dave, 45, talks to BBC London about politics, how his legal work has opened his eyes to a darker side of the capital and the future of Blur. The expenses scandal has made...

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...Party's official candidate. Rowntree has vowed to give the election his all, but concedes he has little chance of winning what is considered a very safe seat for Labour's rivals, the Conservative Party. The 45 year old tells Britain's...

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...Dave Rowntree has a third string to his bow: politics. Twice he has stood for the Labour party in local elections in London, on both occasions he was defeated by Conservative candidates. Last year he was selected by the Cities of London and...

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...run for a seat on Westminster Council in a by-election on 3 May. Mr Rowntree, who is standing for Labour, admits he faces a tough fight to get onto the Tory-held council. But he said he wanted to address the extreme deprivation in some...

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...Constituency Labour Party have selected (former?) Blur drummer Dave Rowntree to run as the Labour candidate for a seat in Parliament, presently held by Conservative party member Mark Field. The seat is a Conservative party stronghold, but if...

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...soon after organising an anti-Iraq war march alongside Damon Albarn. (Albarn's bandmate, drummer Dave Rowntree, will stand as a Labour candidate at the next general election.) Tough times, however, produce bolshier musicians. McClure now finds...

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...of London and Westminster constituency. "A politician is the least sexy thing to be, isn't it?" observes Rowntree, who is currently immortalised on the Blur T-shirt stand in a red "Vote Dave" garment. Glancing back at Alex James, I suggest...

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