Election Profile:
Candidates:
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Labour Party: Austin V. Mitchell |
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Conservative Party: James Cousins |
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Liberal Democratic Party: Andrew De Freitas |
Incumbent: |
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Austin Mitchell |
97 Result: |
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Austin Mitchell
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Dean Godson
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Andrew de Freitas
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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 | 22.7% |
16-24 | 13.1% |
25-39 | 21.7% |
40-65 | 24.5% |
65 < | 18.0% |
Ethnic Origin: |
White | 99.0% |
Black | 0.3% |
Indian/Pakistani | 0.3% |
Other non-white | 0.4% |
Employment: |
Full Time | 56.3% |
Part Time | 20.5% |
Self Employed | 7.7% |
Government Schemes | 1.9% |
Unemployed | 13.7% |
Household SEG: |
I - Professional | 3.2% |
II - Managerial/Technical | 21.0% |
III - Skilled (non-manual) | 12.2% |
IIIM - Skilled (manual) | 29.6% |
IV - Partly Skilled | 23.9% |
V - Unskilled | 7.2% |
Misc: |
Own Residence | 70.9% |
Rent Residence | 28.2% |
Own Car(s) | 56.2% |
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Submissions
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24/04/01 |
JR |
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One night in 1977 there were two byelections. One, the relatively marginal Grimsby, was expected to go Tory. Safe Labour mining seat Ashfield was set to stay with Labour. Except it didn't work out that way - Austin Mitchell won Grimsby, but the 23000 Labour margin in Ashfield was wiped out. Mitchell is an independent minded MP with a high media profile, though he's never been near ministerial office. Grimsby is a fishing town, and fishermen, as an industry in chronic decline, seem to have it in for whatever government is in power. Nevertheless, Mitchell will win here for Labour without a doubt. |
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