Election Profile:
Candidates:
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Labour Party:
J.K. Coleman |
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Conservative Party:
Anthony Millard |
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Liberal Democratic Party:
Philip N. Gilchrist |
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UK Independence Party:
James Bradshaw |
Incumbent: |
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Ben Chapman |
97 Result: |
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Ben Chapman
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Les Byrom
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Phil Gilchrist
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92 Result: (Redistributed) |
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Demographic Profile:
| Age: |
| < 16 | 19.4% |
| 16-24 | 12.0% |
| 25-39 | 18.8% |
| 40-65 | 29.4% |
| 65 < | 20.4% |
Ethnic Origin: |
| White | 99.1% |
| Black | 0.1% |
| Indian/Pakistani | 0.2% |
| Other non-white | 0.6% |
Employment: |
| Full Time | 63.7% |
| Part Time | 18.3% |
| Self Employed | 8.7% |
| Government Schemes | 1.7% |
| Unemployed | 7.6% |
Household SEG: |
| I - Professional | 9.5% |
| II - Managerial/Technical | 35.9% |
| III - Skilled (non-manual) | 13.1% |
| IIIM - Skilled (manual) | 24.6% |
| IV - Partly Skilled | 11.7% |
| V - Unskilled | 2.7% |
Misc: |
| Own Residence | 81.2% |
| Rent Residence | 17.7% |
| Own Car(s) | 74.4% |
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29/05/01 |
A.S. |
Email:adma@interlog.com |
| Funny how a decade ago, all of the Wirral Peninsula outside of Birkenhead was [gasp] Tory. This Unilever-country seat was the scene of Labour's final-drumroll-before-the-Big-Kahuna byelection gain in Feb 1997, and Ben Chapman's probably earned a fairly soft cushion; still, the Tories can't declare Wirral South a total loss. At least [ahem] not in the long term... |
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