Election Profile:
Candidates:
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Labour Party: James Marshall |
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Conservative Party: Richard Hoile |
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Liberal Democratic Party: Parmjit Singh Gill |
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Green Party: Margaret Leyton |
Incumbent: |
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Jim Marshall |
97 Result: |
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James Marshall
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Christopher Heaton-
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Barry Coles
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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 | 23.1% |
16-24 | 15.6% |
25-39 | 23.4% |
40-65 | 21.3% |
65 < | 16.6% |
Ethnic Origin: |
White | 67.7% |
Black | 3.1% |
Indian/Pakistani | 26.1% |
Other non-white | 3.1% |
Employment: |
Full Time | 62.8% |
Part Time | 11.8% |
Self Employed | 8.9% |
Government Schemes | 1.5% |
Unemployed | 15.0% |
Household SEG: |
I - Professional | 7.3% |
II - Managerial/Technical | 25.5% |
III - Skilled (non-manual) | 12.9% |
IIIM - Skilled (manual) | 24.7% |
IV - Partly Skilled | 19.1% |
V - Unskilled | 5.2% |
Misc: |
Own Residence | 56.7% |
Rent Residence | 41.9% |
Own Car(s) | 54.2% |
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Submissions
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22/05/01 |
JR |
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In 1983, the Tories won this seat by just seven votes (the smallest majority of the election), defeating sitting Labour MP and former city council leader Jim Marshall. Four years later however Marshall returned to Parliament, and this seat is now his for as long as he wants it. |
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