Election Profile:
Candidates:
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Labour Party: Lorna Fitzsimons |
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Conservative Party: Elaina Cohen |
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Liberal Democratic Party: Paul Rowen |
Incumbent: |
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Ms Lorna Fitzsimons |
97 Result: |
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Lorna Fitzsimmons
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Mervyn Turnberg
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Liz Lynne
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Total Vote Count / Turnout |
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92 Result: (Redistributed) |
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Total Vote Count / Turnout |
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Demographic Profile:
Age: |
< 16 | 24.2% |
16-24 | 13.4% |
25-39 | 21.0% |
40-65 | 24.4% |
65 < | 16.9% |
Ethnic Origin: |
White | 85.2% |
Black | 0.6% |
Indian/Pakistani | 13.3% |
Other non-white | 1.0% |
Employment: |
Full Time | 60.7% |
Part Time | 14.0% |
Self Employed | 10.2% |
Government Schemes | 1.8% |
Unemployed | 13.2% |
Household SEG: |
I - Professional | 3.5% |
II - Managerial/Technical | 26.0% |
III - Skilled (non-manual) | 12.6% |
IIIM - Skilled (manual) | 28.7% |
IV - Partly Skilled | 18.1% |
V - Unskilled | 6.8% |
Misc: |
Own Residence | 60.8% |
Rent Residence | 38.0% |
Own Car(s) | 54.7% |
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Submissions
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18/04/01 |
NG |
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Rochdale was one of the few Lib Dem losses in 1997. Popular local MP Liz Lynne will be a difficult act to follow but her successor as Lib Dem candidate will build on a very long heritage of Liberalism in this part of the world. The Lib Dems are not quite as strong here as in Oldham but a small swing from Labour will put this seat within the Lib Dem grasp. It will be extremely tightly-fought but if the Lib Dems gain any seats this time round, this may well be one of them. |
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06/06/01 |
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Email:dadge@hotmail.com |
I agree that this might (but only might) be a Lib-Dem let-down. They have a new candidate fighting an incumbent (like Phil Woolas in nearby Rochdale, an ex-boss of the National Union of Students) which makes things difficult, plus of course there's the small matter of a 4,500 majority and a national swing from Lib Dem to Labour to overcome. |
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