Election Profile:
Candidates:
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Labour Party:
Alan T. Howarth |
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Conservative Party:
Ian Oakley |
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Liberal Democratic Party:
Alistair Cameron |
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Plaid Cymru:
Madoc Batcup |
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UK Independence Party:
Neal Reynolds |
Incumbent: |
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Rt Hon Alan Howarth CBE |
97 Result: |
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Roy Hughes
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David Evans
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Alistair Cameron
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Chris Holland
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92 Result: (Redistributed) |
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Demographic Profile:
| Age: |
| < 16 | 22.3% |
| 16-24 | 12.4% |
| 25-39 | 22.2% |
| 40-65 | 26.2% |
| 65 < | 17.0% |
Ethnic Origin: |
| White | 97.1% |
| Black | 0.5% |
| Indian/Pakistani | 1.7% |
| Other non-white | 0.7% |
Employment: |
| Full Time | 62.9% |
| Part Time | 16.3% |
| Self Employed | 8.6% |
| Government Schemes | 1.6% |
| Unemployed | 10.6% |
Household SEG: |
| I - Professional | 4.5% |
| II - Managerial/Technical | 25.7% |
| III - Skilled (non-manual) | 11.5% |
| IIIM - Skilled (manual) | 31.6% |
| IV - Partly Skilled | 15.6% |
| V - Unskilled | 7.2% |
Misc: |
| Own Residence | 71.9% |
| Rent Residence | 27.2% |
| Own Car(s) | 65.0% |
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Submissions
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17/05/01 |
JR |
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| The last-minute retirement of veteran local MP Roy Hughes just before the last election offered a safe berth to Alan Howarth, the former Tory MP and minister who crossed the floor in 1995. The controversy over Howarth's candidature in a traditional industrial Labour seat which had been hard-hit under the Tories meant that the pro-Labour swing was somewhat below the national average, and Arthur Scargill (leader of the Socialist Labour Party and President of what remains of the National Union of Mineworkers) actually managed to save his deposit as a 'Socialist Labour' candidate. In any case the fuss has now died down; expect no election excitement in Newport this time. |
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