Election 97

Wansdyke

Current MP Jack Aspinwall (Retiring)
Conservative 97 19,318
Labour 97 24,117
LibDem 97 9,205
Nationalist 97 0
Other 97 755
Elected party
Wansdyke

Robert Waller wrote
Old constituency Wansdyke
Conservative 92 27,852
Labour 92 16,082
LibDem 92 13,921
Nationalist 92 0
Other 92 1,150
Elected party Conservative

Named after the ancient ditch that traverses this part of Western England, this is effectively the successor to the old North Somerset constituency. It centres on the town of Keynsham, an old Tory redoubt, but there is a strong Labour presence in Midsomer Norton and Radstock, once the heart of the (now defunct) Somerset coalfield. Affluent commuting villages in the area, however, serve to bolster up Jack Aspinwall's large Conservative majority, and the Boundary Commission changes merely serve to shuffle Tory voters around between already safe seats in this area. Labour did well, particularly for the West Country, in taking second place from the Liberal Democrats in 1992, but that should be as far as they go.


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