Election Profile:
Candidates:
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Labour Party:
John M.P. Hutton |
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Conservative Party:
James Airey |
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Liberal Democratic Party:
Barry Rabone |
Incumbent: |
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John Hutton |
97 Result: |
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John Hutton
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Richard Hunt
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Anne Metcalfe
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92 Result: (Redistributed) |
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Demographic Profile:
| Age: |
| < 16 | 19.7% |
| 16-24 | 12.9% |
| 25-39 | 20.9% |
| 40-65 | 27.4% |
| 65 < | 19.1% |
Ethnic Origin: |
| White | 99.5% |
| Black | 0.1% |
| Indian/Pakistani | 0.1% |
| Other non-white | 0.3% |
Employment: |
| Full Time | 65.2% |
| Part Time | 17.4% |
| Self Employed | 7.9% |
| Government Schemes | 1.5% |
| Unemployed | 8.0% |
Household SEG: |
| I - Professional | 5.8% |
| II - Managerial/Technical | 22.0% |
| III - Skilled (non-manual) | 12.2% |
| IIIM - Skilled (manual) | 38.0% |
| IV - Partly Skilled | 15.8% |
| V - Unskilled | 4.6% |
Misc: |
| Own Residence | 78.4% |
| Rent Residence | 20.6% |
| Own Car(s) | 63.3% |
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Daily Telegraph |
Robert Waller |
| Barrow and Furness was one of the many seats in which the Conservatives polled more votes than Labour in the June 1999 Euro-elections, albeit on a turnout of only 20.4pc, down 51.6pc on the General election. But the allegiances of this seat of volatile swings can never be taken totally for granted. Barrow is best known for its association with Vickers as a shipbuilding centre and port, and especially with Britain's nuclear submarine force. This defence connection may have helped the Conservatives to win the seat in 1983 and 1987, the years of Thatcher's landslides. By 1997 John Hutton's majority for Labour had increased to 30pc, but this is an independently minded town tucked away beyond the Lake District hills, and it can never be taken entirely for granted. |
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