Election 97

Dagenham

Current MP Judith Church
Conservative 97 6,705
Labour 97 23,759
LibDem 97 2,704
Nationalist 97 0
Other 97 1,584
Elected party
Dagenham

Robert Waller wrote
Old constituency Dagenham
Conservative 92 16,052
Labour 92 22,499
LibDem 92 4,992
Nationalist 92 0
Other 92 0
Elected party Labour

The Essex constituency of Dagenham in the east of London is synonymous with the huge Ford motor plant here. Many of the skilled and moderately affluent working folk here are examples of 'Essex Man', the more comfortable and nationalist-inclined working people who swung strongly behind Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s. Dagenham had previously been such a safe Labour seat that the Conservatives never actually won here, although the Labour vote fell dramatically. Things now seem to have swung back Labour's way and they will certainly be safe in 1997.


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