Election 97

Dudley North

Current MP John Gilbert
Conservative 97 15,014
Labour 97 24,471
LibDem 97 3,939
Nationalist 97 0
Other 97 3,183
Elected party
Dudley North

Robert Waller wrote
Old constituency Dudley East
Conservative 92 23,776
Labour 92 24,730
LibDem 92 5,273
Nationalist 92 0
Other 92 565
Elected party Labour

The West Midlands industrial town of Dudley was formerly split into East and West constituencies and on the former division, Dudley East favoured Labour, while the West favoured the Conservatives. Dudley is now divided into North and South and the new boundaries produce two very balanced seats. Dudley North contains a cross-section of residential areas, including some very comfortable and Conservative-voting areas. However, at best, this new seat should be viewed as being notionally highly marginal, and in the current circumstances Labour will hope to capture the new constituency in 1997.


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