Election Profile:
Candidates:
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Labour Party:
James Knight |
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Conservative Party:
Ian C. Bruce |
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Liberal Democratic Party:
Andrew J. Canning |
Incumbent: |
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Ian Bruce |
97 Result: |
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Jim Knight
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Ian Bruce
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Michael Plummer
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92 Result: (Redistributed) |
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Demographic Profile:
| Age: |
| < 16 | 18.8% |
| 16-24 | 12.2% |
| 25-39 | 20.2% |
| 40-65 | 26.3% |
| 65 < | 22.5% |
Ethnic Origin: |
| White | 99.2% |
| Black | 0.3% |
| Indian/Pakistani | 0.1% |
| Other non-white | 0.4% |
Employment: |
| Full Time | 59.0% |
| Part Time | 16.8% |
| Self Employed | 14.4% |
| Government Schemes | 1.5% |
| Unemployed | 8.4% |
Household SEG: |
| I - Professional | 6.0% |
| II - Managerial/Technical | 26.9% |
| III - Skilled (non-manual) | 14.1% |
| IIIM - Skilled (manual) | 24.2% |
| IV - Partly Skilled | 14.7% |
| V - Unskilled | 4.7% |
Misc: |
| Own Residence | 71.4% |
| Rent Residence | 24.2% |
| Own Car(s) | 72.2% |
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Submissions
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22/04/01 |
JR |
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| Labour are treating this as their number 1 target seat, having only lost by 77 votes in 1997. They have a strong local candidate and will be putting the squeeze on the third placed LibDems (LD voters in the South West tend to be anti-Tory votes) |
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