Election 97

Manchester Withington

Current MP Keith Bradley
Conservative 97 8,522
Labour 97 27,103
LibDem 97 6,000
Nationalist 97 0
Other 97 1,323
Elected party
Manchester Withington

Robert Waller wrote
Old constituency Manchester Withington
Conservative 92 14,193
Labour 92 23,907
LibDem 92 6,442
Nationalist 92 0
Other 92 851
Elected party Labour

There are quite affluent areas within Manchester Withington and a significant professional and managerial population. However, these white-collar voters tend to be Manchester's equivalent of Inner London's liberal intelligentsia, and their votes cannot be counted on by the Conservatives, who do less well here that the socio-demographic make-up might suggest. There was a strong swing to Labour in this unchanged seat in the 1992 election, prior to which the constituency looked more marginal. Labour's Keith Bradley now looks safe.


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