Election Profile:
Candidates:
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Labour Party:
Stephen Billcliffe |
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Conservative Party:
Richard J.R. Benyon |
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Liberal Democratic Party:
David D. Rendel |
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UK Independence Party:
Delphine Gray-Fisk |
Incumbent: |
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David Rendel |
97 Result: |
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Paul Hannon
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Richard Benyon
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David Rendel
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92 Result: (Redistributed) |
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Demographic Profile:
| Age: |
| < 16 | 20.6% |
| 16-24 | 13.4% |
| 25-39 | 23.0% |
| 40-65 | 27.1% |
| 65 < | 15.9% |
Ethnic Origin: |
| White | 98.7% |
| Black | 0.4% |
| Indian/Pakistani | 0.3% |
| Other non-white | 0.6% |
Employment: |
| Full Time | 66.5% |
| Part Time | 14.7% |
| Self Employed | 13.3% |
| Government Schemes | 0.5% |
| Unemployed | 5.0% |
Household SEG: |
| I - Professional | 11.0% |
| II - Managerial/Technical | 37.3% |
| III - Skilled (non-manual) | 12.1% |
| IIIM - Skilled (manual) | 22.3% |
| IV - Partly Skilled | 11.6% |
| V - Unskilled | 3.7% |
Misc: |
| Own Residence | 70.3% |
| Rent Residence | 24.9% |
| Own Car(s) | 81.8% |
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Submissions
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21/04/01 |
NG |
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| Of his Lib Dem colleagues, David Rendel is probably one of the safer. With a reasonably comfortable majority, a tiny Labour vote (that actually fell in 1997 - indicating a good effort at squeezing the tactical vote) and effectively two terms as an attentive local MP (Rendel won the seat from the Tories in a sensational by-election in the mid 90s), he stands a very good chance of holding on this time round. |
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27/04/01 |
Smithy |
Email:smithy@come-on-england.co.uk |
| Although David Rendel has established a firm reputation as a hard working MP, the Conservatives are working hard to win back Newbury. Labour voters will need to vote tactically to ensure that William HAgue's Tories are beaten again. |
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11/05/01 |
Stephen Cardwell |
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| From what I can make out, David Rendell hardly has it in the bag. Benyon seems to be making substantial ground. This seat is very much too close to call. |
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16/05/01 |
CAG |
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| On Garden Posters it is clear that David Rendel has the lead on the Tory. LAbour are nowhere to be seen |
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23/05/01 |
A.S. |
Email:adma@interlog.com |
| Newbury ought to have been one of those midterm Lib Dem freaks that'd bounce quickly back to Tory form come general election time; instead, David Rendel looks set on being an unlikely local institution, a "Simon Hughes of the Right", if you will. I can't see why the constituents'd even *bother* going back to Berks'n'Bucks'n'Wilts Tory form this time... |
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