Election Profile:
Candidates:
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Labour Party:
Alan A. Hurst |
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Conservative Party:
Brooks Newmark |
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Liberal Democratic Party:
Peter Turner |
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Green Party:
James E. Abbott |
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UK Independence Party:
Nicholas Westcott |
Incumbent: |
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Alan Hurst |
97 Result: |
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Alan Hurst
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Tony Newton
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Trevor Ellis
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92 Result: (Redistributed) |
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Demographic Profile:
| Age: |
| < 16 | 21.4% |
| 16-24 | 12.6% |
| 25-39 | 22.1% |
| 40-65 | 26.8% |
| 65 < | 17.0% |
Ethnic Origin: |
| White | 98.5% |
| Black | 0.4% |
| Indian/Pakistani | 0.4% |
| Other non-white | 0.6% |
Employment: |
| Full Time | 64.4% |
| Part Time | 15.4% |
| Self Employed | 12.3% |
| Government Schemes | 0.7% |
| Unemployed | 7.2% |
Household SEG: |
| I - Professional | 6.4% |
| II - Managerial/Technical | 31.9% |
| III - Skilled (non-manual) | 14.2% |
| IIIM - Skilled (manual) | 28.6% |
| IV - Partly Skilled | 13.1% |
| V - Unskilled | 5.2% |
Misc: |
| Own Residence | 68.5% |
| Rent Residence | 29.5% |
| Own Car(s) | 75.7% |
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Submissions
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13/05/01 |
J Smith |
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| This is also a close seat, but sitting MPs usually have an advantage come election night. Labour's polling numbers will probably give them a boost. This one could be close, but will probably end up with Labour. |
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26/05/01 |
Peter |
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| Tories clearly worried because they are drafting in workers from London (they stick out a mile with suntans and shades!!). Very little visible support beyond the usual posters erected by farmers, Labour has posters in real peoples homes. Residents (including Tories) do not seem to be impressed by candidate lacking any local connection. |
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03/06/01 |
A.S. |
Email:adma@interlog.com |
| Except as a symptom of Labour solidifying its hold, I still have trouble thinking of Braintree as beyond the danger zone; after all, it *was* one of *the* ultra-surprise gains of '97 (from an upper-echelon cabinet minister, yet--and in an textbook illustration of tactical voting in practice, the LD vote was halved). The fine folk at Tory HQ must be pacing in circles, "this should *not* have been a Labour seat, this should *not* have been a Labour seat..."...at the rate things are going, they might have to replace the worn-out-by-the-pacing floorboards... |
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