Election Profile:
Candidates:
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Labour Party:
J. Martin Linton |
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Conservative Party:
Lucy Shersby |
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Liberal Democratic Party:
Siobhan M. Vitelli |
Incumbent: |
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Martin Linton |
97 Result: |
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Martin Linton
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John Bowis
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Paula Keaveney
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92 Result: (Redistributed) |
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Demographic Profile:
| Age: |
| < 16 | 16.4% |
| 16-24 | 14.9% |
| 25-39 | 33.3% |
| 40-65 | 21.5% |
| 65 < | 13.9% |
Ethnic Origin: |
| White | 78.9% |
| Black | 14.3% |
| Indian/Pakistani | 3.3% |
| Other non-white | 3.6% |
Employment: |
| Full Time | 67.2% |
| Part Time | 8.1% |
| Self Employed | 11.2% |
| Government Schemes | 0.9% |
| Unemployed | 12.7% |
Household SEG: |
| I - Professional | 10.3% |
| II - Managerial/Technical | 40.3% |
| III - Skilled (non-manual) | 17.2% |
| IIIM - Skilled (manual) | 13.4% |
| IV - Partly Skilled | 10.3% |
| V - Unskilled | 4.1% |
Misc: |
| Own Residence | 48.7% |
| Rent Residence | 49.7% |
| Own Car(s) | 53.9% |
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20/04/01 |
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| Although Labour in 1983, Battersea was a rather surprising Tory loss in 1997 if only because comprehensive social engineering by the Tory-controlled Wandsworth Council had attracted enough upwardly-mobile professionals to keep the area true blue in a string of local and general councils. Indeed since the shock loss of 1997, Battersea has continued to vote strongly Tory in local elections. However, Labours strength lies in the fact that the Tories led by a tiny margin of just 1.3% in the Euros (on a generally very bad night for Labour) and that Batterseas upwardly-mobile population have shown themselves to prefer winners to losers. Labour will probably hold on this time round as long as the Tories dont pick up substantially. |
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