Election Profile:
Candidates:
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Labour Party:
Iain M. Luke |
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Conservative Party:
Alan Donnelly |
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Liberal Democratic Party:
Raymond Lawrie |
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Scottish Nationalist Party:
Stewart M. Hosie |
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Scottish Socialist Party:
Harvey Duke |
Incumbent: |
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John McAllion |
97 Result: |
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John McAllion
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Bruce Mackie
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Gurudeo Saluja
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Shona Robinson
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92 Result: (Redistributed) |
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Demographic Profile:
Employment: |
| Unemployed | 14.0% |
Household SEG: |
| I - Professional | 4.3% |
| II - Managerial/Technical | 24.0% |
| III - Skilled (non-manual) | 24.6% |
| IIIM - Skilled (manual) | 21.7% |
| IV - Partly Skilled | 16.0% |
| V - Unskilled | 7.9% |
Misc: |
| Own Residence | 45.4% |
| Rent Residence | 54.6% |
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Submissions
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22/05/01 |
JR |
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| This seat was held from 1974 to 1987 by SNP leader Gordon Wilson, and in 1979 and 1983 was one of only two Nationalist seats in Scotland (the other was the Western Isles, which is also now in Labour's hands). Sitting MP John McAllion, a popular and independent minded traditional socialist, was elected to the Scottish Parliament in 1999 and is stepping down from his Westminster seat, and the loss of his personal vote may hit Labour. My guess for Scotland as a whole is that the SNP vote will rise compared to General Election 97 but that will deliver few if any extra seats (though I think they'll gain Argyll from the Libdems) because most of the Labour majorities in Central Scotland are so large. If the SNP do better than I predict, however, Dundee East could be one of the first to fall. |
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22/05/01 |
Christopher J. Currie |
Email:8cjc1@qlink.queensu.ca |
| Yet another safe Labour seat. If the Nationalist bandwagon were to pick up full-kilter, there could be some troubles for Blair's forces -- but that won't happen this time around. |
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