Election Profile:
Candidates:
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Labour Party: Nigel Knowles |
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Conservative Party: Martin Taylor-Smith |
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Liberal Democratic Party: Matthew R. Green |
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Green Party: James E. Gaffney |
Incumbent: |
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Christopher Gill |
97 Result: |
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Nuala O'Kane
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Christopher Gill
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Ian Huffer
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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 | 18.3% |
16-24 | 11.7% |
25-39 | 18.9% |
40-65 | 30.1% |
65 < | 21.0% |
Ethnic Origin: |
White | 99.5% |
Black | 0.1% |
Indian/Pakistani | 0.2% |
Other non-white | 0.3% |
Employment: |
Full Time | 55.1% |
Part Time | 15.9% |
Self Employed | 21.1% |
Government Schemes | 1.6% |
Unemployed | 6.2% |
Household SEG: |
I - Professional | 6.1% |
II - Managerial/Technical | 38.1% |
III - Skilled (non-manual) | 9.1% |
IIIM - Skilled (manual) | 26.6% |
IV - Partly Skilled | 14.9% |
V - Unskilled | 3.9% |
Misc: |
Own Residence | 71.0% |
Rent Residence | 24.1% |
Own Car(s) | 80.6% |
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Submissions
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03/05/01 |
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In most seats where the LibDems were only narrowly ahead of Labour before the '97 election, Labour overtook them (in some cases going on to win the seat). Not in Ludlow where the LibDems managed to increase the gap between them and Labour. Since then they have continued to campaign vigorously and have a large and soft Labour vote to squeeze. |
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22/05/01 |
JL |
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This seat will be a LibDem gain - the only factor working against them is the possiblilty of over-confidence. Their candidate has been active in the area for years, they have an excellent local organisation, and Charles Kennedy would not have visited if they did not have high hopes of success. |
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05/06/01 |
A.S. |
Email:adma@interlog.com |
Another non-prediction corrective to Lib Dem overexuberance. But with Chris Gill standing down, maybe the Tory patch's a bit looser than it looks... |
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06/06/01 |
JL |
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I have it on very good authority that the LibDems regard this as won, and the Tory private polls confirm this. LibDems are not given to overstating their chances. |
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