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This article was nominated for deletion on 2006 April 18. The result of the discussion was keep.

[edit] Reasons Why this Article Must not be DELETED!

I have taken the trouble of bolding all of the details of why this person is notable.

Paul Offer is the Conservative Party candidate for the City of Chester for the General Election(1) in the United Kingdom, which must be held in or before May, 2010.

Paul Offer is a former Royal Navy officer and has been a member of Warwick District Council.

Offer cut the majority of the current MP, Labour's Christine Russell in the 2005 General Election, and was almost immediately re-selected(2) as the Prospective Parliamentary Candidate (PPC) by the local party, after becoming just the second person to be approved(3) by the party board. He was selected unanimously (4) by the local party in September 2005.

During the 2005 general election Offer secured one of the largest vote swings in England, and therefore is now fighting for one of the most marginal seats in the country. (5)

Offer managed a 3.2% increase in his vote[1], which was helped by the gains of the Liberal Democrat candidate, Mia Jones, who secured more than a 7% increase; however this increase was on a previously very small vote share. Russell's majority was cut from almost 7,000 to 915, which was the second largest swing(6) to the Conservatives in the country in 2005[2].

• 1. Standing for parliamentary office in one of the world's oldest democracies is notable in its self, but in case that isn't enough for you, read on.
• 2. It is rare for a candidate to be immediately re-selected, it usually takes 18 months to two years.
• 3. He was the second person to be approved, surely this counts for something!
• 4. It is unusual for a candidate to be selected unanimously, this may in fact be one of the only cases where it has happened, I do not know of another one in recent years. This makes the candidate very notable.
• 5. The fact that it is one of the most marginal seats in the country increases the chance of victory at the next election.
• 6. This must also be very notable. It is very rare for a defeated candidate to achieve this kind of swing, and not win.

ADMINS: Please do not delete this article It should also be pointed out that the person who keeps nominating it for deletion is a Liberal Democrat and therefore it is in his personal interest to see this page removed. See the conflict of intrest section on his user page!

Thanks. 81.76.83.217 08:37, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Also some comments state that it is a long time before the next election, however the election could actually be called at any time between now and May 2010.