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British General Election
Meriden

Current Prediction:
Election Profile:

Candidates:
Labour Party:
Christine L. Shawcroft
Conservative Party:
Caroline A. Spelman
Liberal Democratic Party:
Nigel Hicks
UK Independence Party:
Richard Adams

Incumbent:
Mrs Caroline Spelman

97 Result:
Brian Seymour-Smith
22,41541.0%
Caroline Spelman
22,99742.0%
Tony Dupont
7,09813.0%
Total Vote Count / Turnout
54,71871.73%

92 Result: (Redistributed)
18,76330.9%
33,46255.1%
8,48914.0%
Total Vote Count / Turnout
60,71477.4%

Demographic Profile:
Age:
< 1622.0%
16-2414.3%
25-3919.3%
40-6529.8%
65 <14.6%

Ethnic Origin:
White97.3%
Black1.7%
Indian/Pakistani0.5%
Other non-white0.5%

Employment:
Full Time63.5%
Part Time15.8%
Self Employed9.8%
Government Schemes1.4%
Unemployed9.5%

Household SEG:
I - Professional7.2%
II - Managerial/Technical33.6%
III - Skilled (non-manual)12.5%
IIIM - Skilled (manual)26.2%
IV - Partly Skilled13.5%
V - Unskilled3.9%

Misc:
Own Residence67.7%
Rent Residence31.1%
Own Car(s)71.1%
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06/05/01 JR Email:
Labour came within 582 votes of new Tory candidate Caroline Spelman last time, but having missed their best chance they are unlikely to take Meriden. The Tories led by fully 38 points in the constituency in last year's elections for the local Solihull Borough Council, and ousted a Labour-LibDem-Independent coalition. Spelman has made something of an impact at Westminster, being promoted to the front bench in her first term, and sponsoring a Private Members' Bill on adoption.

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