Election Profile:
Candidates:
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Labour Party:
Paul Mitchell |
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Conservative Party:
Hon. A. Nicholas W. Soames |
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Liberal Democratic Party:
Lesley Wilkins |
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UK Independence Party:
Petrina Holdsworth |
Incumbent: |
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Hon Nicholas Soames |
97 Result: |
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Mervyn Hamilton
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Nicholas Soames
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Margaret Collins
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92 Result: (Redistributed) |
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Demographic Profile:
| Age: |
| < 16 | 19.9% |
| 16-24 | 12.6% |
| 25-39 | 21.6% |
| 40-65 | 28.2% |
| 65 < | 17.8% |
Ethnic Origin: |
| White | 98.4% |
| Black | 0.2% |
| Indian/Pakistani | 0.5% |
| Other non-white | 0.8% |
Employment: |
| Full Time | 66.4% |
| Part Time | 16.6% |
| Self Employed | 11.7% |
| Government Schemes | 0.5% |
| Unemployed | 4.7% |
Household SEG: |
| I - Professional | 9.5% |
| II - Managerial/Technical | 43.5% |
| III - Skilled (non-manual) | 15.2% |
| IIIM - Skilled (manual) | 19.8% |
| IV - Partly Skilled | 8.5% |
| V - Unskilled | 3.1% |
Misc: |
| Own Residence | 80.0% |
| Rent Residence | 18.1% |
| Own Car(s) | 80.7% |
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Submissions
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17/05/01 |
J Smith |
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| The Conservatives have enough support to hold this seat. The Liberal Democrats would have to take a large chunk of Labour's vote from the 1997 election to win this seat. Conservatives to hold in Mid Sussex |
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29/05/01 |
A.S. |
Email:adma@interlog.com |
| Kin of Churchill, friend of Prince Charles, Nick Soames is the ultimate Tory with a pedigree--and yet he was held to the low 40s in '97, unlike the typical SurrySussexWealden high 40s/low 50s, attributable perhaps to the commuter-town influence of Burgess Hill/Haywards Heath. But defeat's a bit much to anticipate; even if the Lib Dems looks lustily at any seat they scored over 30% in (such as this one), an actual *victory* here might suggest they're clipping the Tories as the second party in the House of Commons... |
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