Election Profile:
Candidates:
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Labour Party:
Rt. Hon. John Y. Denham |
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Conservative Party:
Caroline Nokes |
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Liberal Democratic Party:
Mark G. Cooper |
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UK Independence Party:
Kim Rose |
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Socialist Alliance:
Gavin Marsh |
Incumbent: |
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Rt Hon John Denham |
97 Result: |
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John Denham
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Peter Fleet
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David Harrison
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92 Result: (Redistributed) |
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Demographic Profile:
| Age: |
| < 16 | 20.6% |
| 16-24 | 13.0% |
| 25-39 | 22.7% |
| 40-65 | 24.9% |
| 65 < | 18.8% |
Ethnic Origin: |
| White | 95.8% |
| Black | 0.9% |
| Indian/Pakistani | 2.3% |
| Other non-white | 1.0% |
Employment: |
| Full Time | 61.1% |
| Part Time | 16.5% |
| Self Employed | 9.8% |
| Government Schemes | 1.1% |
| Unemployed | 11.5% |
Household SEG: |
| I - Professional | 4.2% |
| II - Managerial/Technical | 22.6% |
| III - Skilled (non-manual) | 15.0% |
| IIIM - Skilled (manual) | 33.2% |
| IV - Partly Skilled | 15.6% |
| V - Unskilled | 6.4% |
Misc: |
| Own Residence | 60.9% |
| Rent Residence | 38.1% |
| Own Car(s) | 64.1% |
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10/05/01 |
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| Itchen is the more traditionally Labour part of the city but the defection of sitting Labour MP Bob Mitchell to the SDP disrupted patterns here; the Conservatives won in 1983 and 1987 but when the ex-SDP vote went back to Labour in 1992 the seat fell to John Denham. Denham was formerly a radical left winger but is now regarded as a highly competent Blairite minister and a possibility for the Cabinet. The Conservatives have been a declining force in Southampton and in local elections the Liberal Democrats were ahead here in 2000 but it is most probable that Denham should win a third term in a seat which was Labour from its creation in 1950 until 1983, and voted Labour even when the Tories won the election in 1992. |
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