Election Profile:
Candidates:
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Labour Party:
Mark Wells |
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Conservative Party:
Richard M. Bacon |
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Liberal Democratic Party:
Anne Lee |
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Green Party:
Stephanie Ross-Wagenknecht |
Incumbent: |
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Rt Hon John MacGregor OBE |
97 Result: |
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Jane Ross
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John MacGregor
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Barbara Hacker
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92 Result: (Redistributed) |
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Demographic Profile:
| Age: |
| < 16 | 18.4% |
| 16-24 | 11.2% |
| 25-39 | 19.7% |
| 40-65 | 29.7% |
| 65 < | 21.0% |
Ethnic Origin: |
| White | 99.5% |
| Black | 0.1% |
| Indian/Pakistani | 0.1% |
| Other non-white | 0.3% |
Employment: |
| Full Time | 61.0% |
| Part Time | 17.2% |
| Self Employed | 16.2% |
| Government Schemes | 0.8% |
| Unemployed | 4.9% |
Household SEG: |
| I - Professional | 7.7% |
| II - Managerial/Technical | 35.2% |
| III - Skilled (non-manual) | 12.3% |
| IIIM - Skilled (manual) | 27.9% |
| IV - Partly Skilled | 12.2% |
| V - Unskilled | 3.4% |
Misc: |
| Own Residence | 76.2% |
| Rent Residence | 20.8% |
| Own Car(s) | 82.4% |
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Submissions
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13/05/01 |
PB |
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| I feel that with the track record of the Tory Candidate at the last general election, losing vote & 2nd place to the Lib Dems in the Vauxhall constituency where he stood, the same could happen again to this outsider. Tactical voting is becoming popular and with such a large Labour vote available to squeeze, the result must be too close to call. |
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20/05/01 |
John Brown |
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| I've heard from sources close to the Conservative office that a number of the local activists have refused to work for their candidate. I believe that the reason is that he is felt to have been imposed on them. In the circumstances it can only improve the Lib Dem chances. |
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23/05/01 |
BW |
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| I see from the Eastern Daily Press today that there's a late entrant for this constituency. Joe Neal is standing for the UK Independence Party. This must improve the chance for the Lib Dems as it will split the Tory vote. |
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25/05/01 |
PR |
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| With John MacGregor retiring after 27 years as MP his personal vote may well go to the likable Liberal Democrat candidate. |
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03/06/01 |
A.S. |
Email:adma@interlog.com |
| Given that the Conservatives are sitting on a 12-point margin, and Lab-Lib tactical swings tend to be harder to come by than Lib-Lab ones, I'd like to add a non-prediction corrective to the wall of LD ones. And it's almost a Tory prediction...by default. But if its coloured yellow, then it'll be a sign LD strategizing has compounded the didn't-think-it'd-happen-didja effect of '97... |
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