Election Profile:
Candidates:
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Labour Party:
Chris R. Pond |
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Conservative Party:
Jacques A. Arnold |
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Liberal Democratic Party:
Bruce R. Parmenter |
Incumbent: |
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Chris Pond |
97 Result: |
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Chris Pond
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Jacques Arnold
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Merilyn Canet
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92 Result: (Redistributed) |
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Demographic Profile:
| Age: |
| < 16 | 20.7% |
| 16-24 | 13.2% |
| 25-39 | 21.6% |
| 40-65 | 27.7% |
| 65 < | 16.8% |
Ethnic Origin: |
| White | 91.6% |
| Black | 0.6% |
| Indian/Pakistani | 7.0% |
| Other non-white | 0.8% |
Employment: |
| Full Time | 63.5% |
| Part Time | 14.7% |
| Self Employed | 10.9% |
| Government Schemes | 0.9% |
| Unemployed | 10.0% |
Household SEG: |
| I - Professional | 5.2% |
| II - Managerial/Technical | 28.9% |
| III - Skilled (non-manual) | 14.6% |
| IIIM - Skilled (manual) | 30.5% |
| IV - Partly Skilled | 13.8% |
| V - Unskilled | 4.8% |
Misc: |
| Own Residence | 70.8% |
| Rent Residence | 27.9% |
| Own Car(s) | 71.7% |
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22/04/01 |
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| Gravesham has long been a key marginal and, more remarkably, it has shown a knack for choosing the right winner each time. Since 1918, it has been won by the party which has gone on to form the government, on all bar two occasions. Labour are still strong locally and with their current opinion poll ratings will almost certainly hold Gravesham this time round. If not, the seat might just lose its well-earned status as Englands bellwether seat and turn a few Labour hairs grey ... |
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