Election Profile:
Candidates:
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Labour Party: Claire Curtis-Thomas |
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Conservative Party: Robert Collinson |
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Liberal Democratic Party: Timothy Drake |
Incumbent: |
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Ms Claire Curtis-Thomas |
97 Result: |
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Clare Curtis-Tansley
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Malcolm Thornton
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Paul McVey
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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 | 19.4% |
16-24 | 12.1% |
25-39 | 19.2% |
40-65 | 28.9% |
65 < | 20.5% |
Ethnic Origin: |
White | 99.1% |
Black | 0.2% |
Indian/Pakistani | 0.2% |
Other non-white | 0.5% |
Employment: |
Full Time | 61.0% |
Part Time | 17.5% |
Self Employed | 10.6% |
Government Schemes | 1.7% |
Unemployed | 9.2% |
Household SEG: |
I - Professional | 8.8% |
II - Managerial/Technical | 39.2% |
III - Skilled (non-manual) | 19.7% |
IIIM - Skilled (manual) | 18.1% |
IV - Partly Skilled | 8.0% |
V - Unskilled | 2.9% |
Misc: |
Own Residence | 80.3% |
Rent Residence | 18.9% |
Own Car(s) | 70.6% |
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Submissions
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19/04/01 |
JR |
Email: robertsat13@cwcom.net |
The first Labour gain of the night in 1997 - and rather surprising in a former rock solid Tory seat (though Shirley Williams won it for the then newly formed SDP in a famous 1981 byelection). Clare Curtis Thomas is an assiduous constituency
MP and will win again. The Labour vote held up relatively well in the 2000 local elections. Worry for Labour is many of their votes are concentrated in Church Ward at the south end towards Bootle. This area is relatively more deprived and could be prone to low turnout. |
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05/06/01 |
S.McKenna |
Email:stuart_mckenna@blueyonder.co.uk |
Despite Ms. Curtis Thomas' constant press appearances, her personal standing within the constituency is less than the press would suggest. Her failure (through lack of understanding of Parliament) to correctly propose her Private Members Bill on the Mersey Tunnel privatisation, cost the borough a huge amount of money. She has a very poor record on Parliamentary attendance, and as a result her personal vote will drop from that of 1997. Secondly, there is a socialist Labour Party candidate standing in the Constituency, splitting the Labour vote in the south end of the Constituency (Labour heartlands), and no UKIP/Referendum candidate to take votes from dissaffected Conservatives. |
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