Election Profile:
Candidates:
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Labour Party:
William J. Monteith |
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Conservative Party:
Ian R.P. Liddell-Grainger |
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Liberal Democratic Party:
Ian Thorn |
Incumbent: |
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Rt Hon Tom King CH |
97 Result: |
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Roger Lavers
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Tom King
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Michael Hoban
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92 Result: (Redistributed) |
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Demographic Profile:
| Age: |
| < 16 | 18.8% |
| 16-24 | 11.8% |
| 25-39 | 19.4% |
| 40-65 | 27.4% |
| 65 < | 22.7% |
Ethnic Origin: |
| White | 99.5% |
| Black | 0.1% |
| Indian/Pakistani | 0.1% |
| Other non-white | 0.3% |
Employment: |
| Full Time | 55.9% |
| Part Time | 17.2% |
| Self Employed | 16.9% |
| Government Schemes | 1.4% |
| Unemployed | 8.5% |
Household SEG: |
| I - Professional | 5.3% |
| II - Managerial/Technical | 27.7% |
| III - Skilled (non-manual) | 11.7% |
| IIIM - Skilled (manual) | 31.1% |
| IV - Partly Skilled | 17.1% |
| V - Unskilled | 5.1% |
Misc: |
| Own Residence | 72.5% |
| Rent Residence | 25.2% |
| Own Car(s) | 76.1% |
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Submissions
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19/04/01 |
NG |
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| The Tories should hang on to Bridgwater but there is a sizeable Labour vote up for grabs and the Lib Dems were just close enough to Tom King in 1997 that they could threaten, with a bit of tactical voting, to topple the Tories here. It will be a hard-fought and very tight contest. |
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29/05/01 |
A.S. |
Email:adma@interlog.com |
| More than Michael Howard's seat, *this* epitomises how the tactical-vote gearbox could sometimes upchuck in '97 (though with such a huge Labour majority, it was meaningless in the end). While LD was the clear non-Tory choice in the other Somerset seats, this was Somerset's version of Falmouth & Camborne--the odd-man-out with a true Labour base. Yet w/LD (a 4-point increase) and Labour (3 points) Tweedle Dee'n'Dumming itself over who was the better tactical bet, Tom King goofed back in with a lower percentage than either of the two Somerset Tory incumbents who *were* defeated! (He probably also had a lower '92 percentage than any other reelected Tory.) Maybe this time, now that Tom King's retired following his free bonus term, the opposition'll get it right... |
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