Election Profile:
Candidates:
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Labour Party: Philip Starr |
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Conservative Party: Hugo F. Swire |
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Liberal Democratic Party: Tim Dumper |
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UK Independence Party: David Wilson |
Incumbent: |
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Rt Hon Sir Peter Emery |
97 Result: |
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Andrew Siantonas
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Peter Emery
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Rachel Trethewey
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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 | 15.0% |
16-24 | 10.3% |
25-39 | 14.9% |
40-65 | 25.4% |
65 < | 34.3% |
Ethnic Origin: |
White | 99.6% |
Black | 0.1% |
Indian/Pakistani | 0.0% |
Other non-white | 0.2% |
Employment: |
Full Time | 54.4% |
Part Time | 17.5% |
Self Employed | 20.3% |
Government Schemes | 1.4% |
Unemployed | 6.4% |
Household SEG: |
I - Professional | 4.9% |
II - Managerial/Technical | 33.9% |
III - Skilled (non-manual) | 13.8% |
IIIM - Skilled (manual) | 24.3% |
IV - Partly Skilled | 13.4% |
V - Unskilled | 6.0% |
Misc: |
Own Residence | 78.6% |
Rent Residence | 19.0% |
Own Car(s) | 74.8% |
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23/04/01 |
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Even in 1997, there was not much of a swing away from the Tories here in true blue East Devon and it would take an electoral earthquake and a lot of tactical voting (on the scale of the Romsey by-election) to unseat the Conservatives this time. |
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