MP who pushed for DB contingent charging ban loses seat
Lost to Labour's Mick Whitley
Work and Pensions Committee (WPC) chair Frank Field, who pushed for a ban on contingent charging on defined benefit (DB) transfers, has lost his seat.
In an election that saw the Conservatives secure a majority of 76, the former Labour party turned independent MP lost his seat in Birkenhead to Labour's Mick Whitley, who won the seat with 24,990 votes...
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