Election Profile:
Candidates:
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Labour Party: James Murphy |
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Conservative Party: Raymond S. Robertson |
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Liberal Democratic Party: Allan Steele junr. |
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Scottish Nationalist Party: Stewart Maxwell |
Incumbent: |
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Jim Murphy |
97 Result: |
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Jim Murphy
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Allan Stewart
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Christopher Mason
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Douglas Yates
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92 Result: (Redistributed) |
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Demographic Profile:
Employment: |
Unemployed | 8.2% |
Household SEG: |
I - Professional | 7.8% |
II - Managerial/Technical | 39.6% |
III - Skilled (non-manual) | 27.5% |
IIIM - Skilled (manual) | 13.4% |
IV - Partly Skilled | 8.6% |
V - Unskilled | 2.3% |
Misc: |
Own Residence | 79.5% |
Rent Residence | 20.5% |
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Submissions
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09/05/01 |
JR |
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Once considered the safest Tory seat in Scotland, and the only one to produce a five figure majority in 1992 and 1997. The Tories suffered not just from the national swing but also from candidate trouble last time. Incumbent Allan Stewart - who had hit the headlines and lost his job as junior Transport minister for 'presenting a pickaxe' at some environmental protesters in 1995 - pulled out at the last minute, to be replaced by scottish Solicitor-General Paul Cullen. 29 year old former National Union of Students president Jim Murphy was the surprise winner for Labour. It might be suspected that Eastwood would be a prime candidate for a return to the Tory fold this time. Not so. Labour won the seat in the 1999 Scottish Parliament elections. There is a danger that Eastwood could go Tory by default however. I don't expect a substantial increase in the Tory vote here or anywhere else in Scotland but a lot will depend on how the anti-Tory vote lines up. If Labour supporters vote LibDem or SNP the Tories could slip through the middle. A LibDem surge is less likely - the evidence of parliamentary byelections is that their presence in Government at Holyrood hasn't gone down well - but the SNP share could rise sharply. On balance I think Labour will win here but that is by no means assured. |
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03/06/01 |
LB |
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A constituency opinion poll for the Scotland on Sunday newspaper yesterday found evidence of a considerable swing to Labour in the Eastwood constituency, with Jim Murphy increasing his share to 47%. |
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