Election Profile:
Candidates:
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Labour Party:
Mike R. Wood |
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Conservative Party:
Elizabeth J. Peacock |
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Liberal Democratic Party:
Katherine R. Pinnock |
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Green Party:
Clive R. Lord |
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UK Independence Party:
Allen Burton |
Incumbent: |
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Mike Wood |
97 Result: |
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Mike Wood
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Elizabeth Peacock
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Kath Pinnock
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92 Result: (Redistributed) |
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Demographic Profile:
| Age: |
| < 16 | 22.2% |
| 16-24 | 13.9% |
| 25-39 | 21.8% |
| 40-65 | 25.8% |
| 65 < | 16.3% |
Ethnic Origin: |
| White | 89.2% |
| Black | 0.4% |
| Indian/Pakistani | 9.7% |
| Other non-white | 0.8% |
Employment: |
| Full Time | 63.0% |
| Part Time | 16.4% |
| Self Employed | 10.1% |
| Government Schemes | 1.3% |
| Unemployed | 9.1% |
Household SEG: |
| I - Professional | 3.9% |
| II - Managerial/Technical | 25.7% |
| III - Skilled (non-manual) | 11.8% |
| IIIM - Skilled (manual) | 34.3% |
| IV - Partly Skilled | 15.4% |
| V - Unskilled | 5.2% |
Misc: |
| Own Residence | 68.9% |
| Rent Residence | 30.0% |
| Own Car(s) | 62.6% |
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Submissions
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13/05/01 |
JR |
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| The national tide should carry Labour to victory here but expect a stiff challenge from Elizabeth Peacock, who was the Tory MP here from 1983 to 1997. Peacock is a shrill populist who pulled off Houdini acts in 1987 and 1992 and kept the Labour swing well below the national average in 1997. |
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