Election Profile:
Candidates:
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Labour Party:
William E. Rammell |
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Conservative Party:
Robert H. Halfon |
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Liberal Democratic Party:
Lorna H. Spenceley |
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UK Independence Party:
Anthony Bennet |
Incumbent: |
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Bill Rammell |
97 Result: |
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Bill Ramell
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Jerry Haynes
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Lorna Spenceley
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92 Result: (Redistributed) |
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Demographic Profile:
| Age: |
| < 16 | 21.0% |
| 16-24 | 13.1% |
| 25-39 | 23.9% |
| 40-65 | 26.3% |
| 65 < | 15.7% |
Ethnic Origin: |
| White | 96.7% |
| Black | 0.6% |
| Indian/Pakistani | 1.0% |
| Other non-white | 1.7% |
Employment: |
| Full Time | 65.1% |
| Part Time | 14.9% |
| Self Employed | 10.2% |
| Government Schemes | 0.8% |
| Unemployed | 9.1% |
Household SEG: |
| I - Professional | 6.0% |
| II - Managerial/Technical | 26.5% |
| III - Skilled (non-manual) | 14.9% |
| IIIM - Skilled (manual) | 31.4% |
| IV - Partly Skilled | 15.7% |
| V - Unskilled | 3.7% |
Misc: |
| Own Residence | 52.5% |
| Rent Residence | 46.2% |
| Own Car(s) | 71.9% |
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Submissions
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26/04/01 |
JR |
Email:robertsat13@cwcom.net |
| Very similar to the other Essex New Town (Basildon). Like Basildon, it attracted people from North London and the East End, nearly all traditional Labour voters, but who bought shares in privatised industries, bought their Council houses, read the Sun and contributed to the Tory victories between 1979 and 1992. Like Basildon, they compensated by coming home to Labour in huge numbers in 1997. Harlow's returning officer doesn't get his ballot papers counted as quickly as his counterpart in Basildon, and announces the result later at night, so Harlow has never had the same iconic status for pundits and politicians. It is however as good a 'weathervane' as any. These aspirational swing voters like Tony Blair and think the Government is OK, they will stay with Labour. |
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