Election Profile:
Candidates:
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Labour Party:
John D. McWilliam |
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Conservative Party:
Mark A. Watson |
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Liberal Democratic Party:
Peter D. Maughan |
Incumbent: |
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John McWilliam |
97 Result: |
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John McWilliam
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Mark Watson
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Peter Maughan
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92 Result: (Redistributed) |
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Demographic Profile:
| Age: |
| < 16 | 18.8% |
| 16-24 | 12.0% |
| 25-39 | 21.0% |
| 40-65 | 28.8% |
| 65 < | 19.4% |
Ethnic Origin: |
| White | 99.5% |
| Black | 0.1% |
| Indian/Pakistani | 0.2% |
| Other non-white | 0.3% |
Employment: |
| Full Time | 63.9% |
| Part Time | 17.2% |
| Self Employed | 7.7% |
| Government Schemes | 1.8% |
| Unemployed | 9.4% |
Household SEG: |
| I - Professional | 5.6% |
| II - Managerial/Technical | 27.2% |
| III - Skilled (non-manual) | 14.2% |
| IIIM - Skilled (manual) | 31.1% |
| IV - Partly Skilled | 14.0% |
| V - Unskilled | 5.3% |
Misc: |
| Own Residence | 65.0% |
| Rent Residence | 34.0% |
| Own Car(s) | 58.7% |
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Submissions
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11/05/01 |
J Smith |
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| This is Labour territory. This is a safe seat for them in the election. Even if they lost 1/4 of their votes from the last election, they would still win this one. Labour landslide in Blaydon. |
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28/05/01 |
A.S. |
Email:adma@interlog.com |
| Blyth Valley or Chesterfield it's not, at least for now, but take note that LD was jolted into a decisive second-place advantage in '97 (and the same candidate's running in '01). But with Labour 2 1/2 times better, it's still too steep a hill to climb... |
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