Election 97

Norwich South

Current MP John Garrett
Conservative 97 12,028
Labour 97 26,267
LibDem 97 9,457
Nationalist 97 0
Other 97 1,585
Elected party
Norwich South

Robert Waller wrote
Old constituency Norwich South
Conservative 92 21,196
Labour 92 25,546
LibDem 92 7,820
Nationalist 92 0
Other 92 1,006
Elected party Labour

Despite Norwich's air of being a comfortable and prosperous cathedral city and university town, this is not a Conservative heartland. Their are strong and moderate Labour traditions in Norwich, which tends to be focused in the southern half of the city where there is most local authority housing. Labour can never be safe here, but Labour MP John Garrett will be optimistic of holding his seat in 1997.


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