Election Profile:
Candidates:
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Labour Party: Derek Kraft |
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Conservative Party: John D. Penrose |
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Liberal Democratic Party: Brian K. Cotter |
Incumbent: |
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Brian Cotter |
97 Result: |
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Derek Kraft
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Margaret Daly
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Brian Cotter
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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 | 18.2% |
16-24 | 12.1% |
25-39 | 18.7% |
40-65 | 26.2% |
65 < | 24.8% |
Ethnic Origin: |
White | 99.2% |
Black | 0.2% |
Indian/Pakistani | 0.2% |
Other non-white | 0.5% |
Employment: |
Full Time | 60.1% |
Part Time | 17.1% |
Self Employed | 13.4% |
Government Schemes | 1.1% |
Unemployed | 8.3% |
Household SEG: |
I - Professional | 5.4% |
II - Managerial/Technical | 33.7% |
III - Skilled (non-manual) | 14.0% |
IIIM - Skilled (manual) | 28.9% |
IV - Partly Skilled | 10.5% |
V - Unskilled | 3.9% |
Misc: |
Own Residence | 75.3% |
Rent Residence | 22.8% |
Own Car(s) | 71.7% |
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23/04/01 |
NG |
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Brian Cotter will have a tough fight on his hands to hold Weston-Super-Mare, one of the many seaside resorts that swung quite violently against the Tories in 1997. He will largely depend on tactical Labour voting to keep him in place but it's going to be a very close result. |
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