Election Profile:
Candidates:
 |
Labour Party:
Christopher M. Leslie |
 |
Conservative Party:
David M. Senior |
 |
Liberal Democratic Party:
Helen Wright |
 |
Green Party:
Martin Love |
 |
UK Independence Party:
John Nunn |
Incumbent: |
|
Christopher Leslie |
97 Result: |
|
Christopher Leslie
|
|
Marcus Fox
|
|
John Cole
|
| Total Vote Count / Turnout |
|
|
92 Result: (Redistributed) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Total Vote Count / Turnout |
|
|
Demographic Profile:
| Age: |
| < 16 | 20.0% |
| 16-24 | 11.8% |
| 25-39 | 20.6% |
| 40-65 | 27.8% |
| 65 < | 19.8% |
Ethnic Origin: |
| White | 96.7% |
| Black | 0.4% |
| Indian/Pakistani | 2.3% |
| Other non-white | 0.6% |
Employment: |
| Full Time | 64.7% |
| Part Time | 17.2% |
| Self Employed | 10.9% |
| Government Schemes | 1.1% |
| Unemployed | 6.1% |
Household SEG: |
| I - Professional | 8.1% |
| II - Managerial/Technical | 38.8% |
| III - Skilled (non-manual) | 15.5% |
| IIIM - Skilled (manual) | 23.2% |
| IV - Partly Skilled | 9.9% |
| V - Unskilled | 3.2% |
Misc: |
| Own Residence | 77.7% |
| Rent Residence | 21.2% |
| Own Car(s) | 68.9% |
|
Submissions
Submit Information here
|
22/04/01 |
DH |
Email: |
| A Tory gain - the Conservatives are now the largest group on Bradford council and education is a red hot issue here. Labour have only held Shipley once before in the 1945 post-War landslide, and though 1997 saw them gain the seat surely they will not hold on this time. |
|
29/04/01 |
CM |
Email: |
| I agree with DH - this is a likely Tory gain. It was one of the shock gains for Labour in 1997, but since then the Tories have been comfortably ahead in local elections - taking control of the local council - and led by 20% in the Euro elections. |
|
22/05/01 |
Alastair Matlock |
Email: |
| Prior to 1997, this seat was held by Conservative Sir Marcus Fox, chair of the powerful 1922 committee of Conservative backbenchers. It was quite a shock to me that Sir Marcus was defeated here then, and I would be surprised again if the Tories failed to regain this traditional Conservative seat. |
|
23/05/01 |
JR |
Email: |
| When the Tories announced they were going to appeal to the 'Pebbledash People' (middle income voters in three bedroomed semidetached houses in the suburbs) the Guardian sent a reporter up to an avenue in Shipley full of such residences. For what its worth they found very little support for the Tories. Chris Leslie - who was only 24 years old when he knocked out prominent Tory Backbencher Sir Marcus Fox - is said to be pessimistic about his chances but I think he could well win. |
|
05/06/01 |
A.S. |
Email:adma@interlog.com |
| If only general elections were held on New Year's--here's a 1997 tableau that resembled Father Time being sent off by his young diapered successor. Now, the top Tory target of the lot in West Yorks, by far. |
|