Election Profile:
Candidates:
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Labour Party:
Peter L. Pike |
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Conservative Party:
Robert Frost |
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Liberal Democratic Party:
Zulfikar Ali |
Incumbent: |
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Peter L Pike |
97 Result: |
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Peter Pike
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Bill Wiggin
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Gordon Birtwistle
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92 Result: (Redistributed) |
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Demographic Profile:
| Age: |
| < 16 | 22.6% |
| 16-24 | 12.5% |
| 25-39 | 21.0% |
| 40-65 | 25.6% |
| 65 < | 18.4% |
Ethnic Origin: |
| White | 94.5% |
| Black | 0.2% |
| Indian/Pakistani | 4.8% |
| Other non-white | 0.5% |
Employment: |
| Full Time | 65.0% |
| Part Time | 15.2% |
| Self Employed | 9.2% |
| Government Schemes | 1.2% |
| Unemployed | 9.5% |
Household SEG: |
| I - Professional | 4.0% |
| II - Managerial/Technical | 23.3% |
| III - Skilled (non-manual) | 13.5% |
| IIIM - Skilled (manual) | 32.0% |
| IV - Partly Skilled | 18.7% |
| V - Unskilled | 5.4% |
Misc: |
| Own Residence | 74.1% |
| Rent Residence | 24.9% |
| Own Car(s) | 58.8% |
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01/06/01 |
JR |
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| Peter Pike came within 800 votes of losing this seat in Labour's disaster year of 1983, and Labour have had some close shaves in local elections (losing their overall majority on the Council last May), but at parliamentary level this Pennine town will be forever Labour. |
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