Election Profile:
Candidates:
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Labour Party: Marilyn Hawkings |
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Conservative Party: Ashley Fox |
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Liberal Democratic Party: Donald M.E. Foster |
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Green Party: Michael Boulton |
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UK Independence Party: Andrew Tettenborn |
Incumbent: |
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Don Foster |
97 Result: |
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Tim Bush
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Alison McNair
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Don Foster
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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 | 16.6% |
16-24 | 13.1% |
25-39 | 20.5% |
40-65 | 26.1% |
65 < | 23.8% |
Ethnic Origin: |
White | 97.6% |
Black | 1.0% |
Indian/Pakistani | 0.4% |
Other non-white | 1.0% |
Employment: |
Full Time | 59.9% |
Part Time | 17.3% |
Self Employed | 13.2% |
Government Schemes | 1.2% |
Unemployed | 8.4% |
Household SEG: |
I - Professional | 10.8% |
II - Managerial/Technical | 35.0% |
III - Skilled (non-manual) | 14.2% |
IIIM - Skilled (manual) | 21.1% |
IV - Partly Skilled | 11.0% |
V - Unskilled | 4.8% |
Misc: |
Own Residence | 65.8% |
Rent Residence | 32.7% |
Own Car(s) | 65.6% |
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Submissions
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19/04/01 |
NG |
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With a hefty 9,000 majority, a strong local record, a high party profile and a long tenure, Don Foster will almost certainly hold Bath, one of the party's high-profile gains in 1992. |
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31/05/01 |
GS |
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Bath will be a LibDem hold but possibly with a reduced majority. The Conservatives (and Labour to some extent) are a challenge. |
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03/06/01 |
PSR |
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I think JR has mistakenly given a prediction for Torbay instead of Bath. With a near 10,000 majority and a high media profile (for a Lib Dem) Don Foster will have no problems. |
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03/06/01 |
BF |
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JL's remarks about firearms suggest s/he has Torbay not Bath in mind! This should be a safe hold for Don Foster and the Lib Dems, even without the widely-predicted Tory meltdown. Foster is an effective performer who should retain tactical Labour votes in what is a more mixed city than the postcards portray. |
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