Election Profile:
Candidates:
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Labour Party:
James M. Cousins |
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Conservative Party:
Aidan Ruff |
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Liberal Democratic Party:
Stephen Psallidas |
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Independent:
Gordon Potts |
Incumbent: |
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Jim Cousins |
97 Result: |
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Jim Cousins
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Brooks Newmark
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Ruth Berry
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92 Result: (Redistributed) |
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Demographic Profile:
| Age: |
| < 16 | 18.0% |
| 16-24 | 14.2% |
| 25-39 | 23.8% |
| 40-65 | 22.7% |
| 65 < | 21.3% |
Ethnic Origin: |
| White | 93.8% |
| Black | 0.6% |
| Indian/Pakistani | 3.7% |
| Other non-white | 1.9% |
Employment: |
| Full Time | 61.1% |
| Part Time | 14.0% |
| Self Employed | 9.1% |
| Government Schemes | 2.2% |
| Unemployed | 13.6% |
Household SEG: |
| I - Professional | 14.7% |
| II - Managerial/Technical | 31.4% |
| III - Skilled (non-manual) | 14.3% |
| IIIM - Skilled (manual) | 19.6% |
| IV - Partly Skilled | 10.9% |
| V - Unskilled | 4.0% |
Misc: |
| Own Residence | 52.4% |
| Rent Residence | 46.4% |
| Own Car(s) | 49.1% |
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13/05/01 |
JR |
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| surprisingly enough this was actually a Tory seat between 1983 and 1987 held by local journalist Piers Merchant (who later became MP for Beckenham in London until his resignation over issues in his private life). The Tories were probably helped by the presence of John Horam - a sitting MP who had defected from Labour - as the SDP candidate. (Horam later became a Tory and as MP for Orpington was a junior minister in the Major government who drew headlines in the last campaign for going against the party line on the European single currency). The seat returned to its natural Labour colours in 1987, and Jim Cousins should have no problems being reelected. |
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