Election Profile:
Candidates:
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Labour Party: Graham W. Dale |
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Conservative Party: Robert L. Page |
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Liberal Democratic Party: Edward Featherstone |
Incumbent: |
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Richard Page |
97 Result: |
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Mark Wilson
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Richard Page
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Ann Shaw
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Total Vote Count / Turnout |
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92 Result: (Redistributed) |
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Total Vote Count / Turnout |
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Demographic Profile:
Age: |
< 16 | 20.0% |
16-24 | 12.0% |
25-39 | 20.7% |
40-65 | 28.8% |
65 < | 18.4% |
Ethnic Origin: |
White | 96.6% |
Black | 0.4% |
Indian/Pakistani | 1.9% |
Other non-white | 1.1% |
Employment: |
Full Time | 63.9% |
Part Time | 16.0% |
Self Employed | 13.8% |
Government Schemes | 0.5% |
Unemployed | 5.7% |
Household SEG: |
I - Professional | 11.1% |
II - Managerial/Technical | 44.6% |
III - Skilled (non-manual) | 13.1% |
IIIM - Skilled (manual) | 17.2% |
IV - Partly Skilled | 9.3% |
V - Unskilled | 3.0% |
Misc: |
Own Residence | 73.6% |
Rent Residence | 24.1% |
Own Car(s) | 80.1% |
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Submissions
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08/05/01 |
Sean Fear |
Email:fear_sean@hotmail.com |
The Liberal Democrats poll very well here in local elections, but have never translated this into votes at national elections. If the Tories could poll nearly half the vote in 1997, they'll have no difficulty holding it now. I regard it as highly unlikely that this seat will be anything other than Conservative at the next election. Polls are showing rural and semi-rural seats, such as this, swinging to the Tories, while urban areas are moving leftwards. If Labour couldn't win in 1997, they won't win this time. |
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