Election 97

Great Grimsby

Current MP Austin Mitchell
Conservative 97 9,521
Labour 97 25,765
LibDem 97 7,810
Nationalist 97 0
Other 97 0
Elected party
Great Grimsby

Robert Waller wrote
Old constituency Great Grimsby
Conservative 92 18,391
Labour 92 25,897
LibDem 92 6,475
Nationalist 92 0
Other 92 0
Elected party Labour

Grimsby is known, above, all for its fishing industry, and in most of the country, the independent-minded fishermen, proud of their self sufficiency, tend to cast their votes for the Conservatives. However, in Grimsby, fishing has long been conducted on a large commercial scale with much associated land-based industrial employment, and there is a strong Labour tradition in the town. Grimsby is a self-contained town with a more diversified industrial base that might be suggested by the marine heritage. There are leafy residential areas as well as council estates and the dockyard areas, but it is the Labour vote that dominates, and Labour's MP, Austin Mitchell, should be safe.


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