Election Profile:
Candidates:
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Labour Party:
Albert-Martin Catterall |
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Conservative Party:
Rt. Hon. Michael Howard |
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Liberal Democratic Party:
Peter Carroll |
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UK Independence Party:
John Baker |
Incumbent: |
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Rt Hon Michael Howard |
97 Result: |
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Peter Doherty
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Michael Howard
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David Laws
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92 Result: (Redistributed) |
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Demographic Profile:
| Age: |
| < 16 | 18.6% |
| 16-24 | 11.3% |
| 25-39 | 19.1% |
| 40-65 | 26.3% |
| 65 < | 24.7% |
Ethnic Origin: |
| White | 98.9% |
| Black | 0.2% |
| Indian/Pakistani | 0.4% |
| Other non-white | 0.5% |
Employment: |
| Full Time | 60.7% |
| Part Time | 14.9% |
| Self Employed | 14.2% |
| Government Schemes | 0.9% |
| Unemployed | 9.3% |
Household SEG: |
| I - Professional | 5.5% |
| II - Managerial/Technical | 31.2% |
| III - Skilled (non-manual) | 13.9% |
| IIIM - Skilled (manual) | 26.4% |
| IV - Partly Skilled | 15.1% |
| V - Unskilled | 4.2% |
Misc: |
| Own Residence | 73.3% |
| Rent Residence | 24.6% |
| Own Car(s) | 69.2% |
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Submissions
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18/04/01 |
NG |
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| This should be a reasonably straight-forward win for Michael Howard who, despite the fact that his parents were refugees to this country, may well play on the immigration card in what is a particularly sensitive area for such issues. The only threat to Mr Howard could come if the Labour vote drops back to its 1992 level (a loss of 12%) and is transfered towards the Liberal Democrats, who were nearly pushed into third place in 97 despite a strong showing in 1992. It seems unlikely that such a massive swing will occur but it will be interesting to see if the Lib Dems manage to re-establish their second placing here in Folkestone or whether it will become a new three-way seat. |
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27/04/01 |
NMF |
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| Following the selection of hard-working prospective candidate Peter Carroll the Lib Dems have gone from strength to strength in this seat. They have won some stunning by-election victories - gaining seats from Tories and Labour alike. Howard's majority, while reasonable on paper, is susceptable to a strong tactical vote which seems increasingly likely. |
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29/04/01 |
MG |
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| I would expect a very close result in Folkestone & Hythe. The Lib Dems are working very hard and Labour have virtually disappeared from the map. Sitting MP Michael Howard is very unpopular and the Lib Dem hopeful Peter Carroll has achieved a high media profile, appearing on the World at One last week on Radio 4, Meridian TV, Radio Kent as well as mentions in the Guardian and the Daily Mail. |
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20/05/01 |
Daniel Hamilton |
Email:daniel@hamiltonholdings.co.uk |
| Despite a strong challenge from the Lib Dems, high profle, former Home Secretary, Michael Howard should hold his seat. His high profile and personal popularity will win through against the strong challenge. |
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29/05/01 |
A.S. |
Email:adma@interlog.com |
| If it wasn't for Michael Howard's stature within the Tory caucus, people wouldn't fixate so much on Folkestone & Hythe as a key "break the tactical snarl" target--after all, there were so many other '97 Tories in a similar or even more treacherous situation. But F&H's come to be a paradigm for its sort of electoral conundrum. Go figure. |
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