Election Profile:
Candidates:
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Labour Party:
Roger D. Godsiff |
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Conservative Party:
Iftkhar Hussain |
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Liberal Democratic Party:
Qassim Afzal |
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Independent:
Allah Ditta |
Incumbent: |
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Roger Godsiff |
97 Result: |
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Roger Godsiff
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Kenneth Hardeman
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Roger Harmer
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92 Result: (Redistributed) |
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Demographic Profile:
| Age: |
| < 16 | 29.8% |
| 16-24 | 15.3% |
| 25-39 | 21.5% |
| 40-65 | 20.6% |
| 65 < | 12.9% |
Ethnic Origin: |
| White | 47.9% |
| Black | 7.5% |
| Indian/Pakistani | 40.3% |
| Other non-white | 4.3% |
Employment: |
| Full Time | 56.4% |
| Part Time | 10.1% |
| Self Employed | 7.1% |
| Government Schemes | 3.0% |
| Unemployed | 23.5% |
Household SEG: |
| I - Professional | 3.3% |
| II - Managerial/Technical | 16.2% |
| III - Skilled (non-manual) | 10.4% |
| IIIM - Skilled (manual) | 28.2% |
| IV - Partly Skilled | 22.9% |
| V - Unskilled | 7.8% |
Misc: |
| Own Residence | 53.5% |
| Rent Residence | 45.2% |
| Own Car(s) | 43.9% |
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Submissions
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28/04/01 |
Peter F. Jones |
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| Sparkbrook and Small Heath will be a battle between Liberal Democrats and Labour. The constituency has a population which is 44% muslim. Many of the independent muslim candidates in the local elections have come out in support of Q Afzal. The local election vote in May 2000 was very close between Lib Dem and Labour with substantial numbers of independent votes. |
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05/05/01 |
LB |
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| Labour hold, easily. Most of this seat was Roy Hattersley's from 1964 to 1997 and Labour locally is strong in appealing to the Muslim community. I imagine a Lib Dem second place but no more than 30% in any circumstances. Results in low-turnout local elections in seats with big Labour majorities should be taken with a big pinch of salt. |
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21/05/01 |
ib |
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| I actually live in this seat and the large Muslim population are not happy with their current MP and may well support the LibDems or the People's Justice Party. However, it is an extremely safe seat for Labour, so it is difficult to see any change - but as there seems to be no activity on Labour's part and plenty from the PJP and the LibDems, who knows. |
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