Election 97

Bishop Auckland

Current MP Derek Foster
Conservative 97 9,295
Labour 97 30,359
LibDem 97 4,223
Nationalist 97 0
Other 97 0
Elected party
Bishop Auckland

Robert Waller wrote
Old constituency Bishop Auckland
Conservative 92 17,109
Labour 92 24,825
LibDem 92 10,184
Nationalist 92 0
Other 92 0
Elected party Labour

Although County Durham is associated in many people's minds with coal mining and an entrenched Labour hegemony, Bishop Auckland includes much rural farmland and the high moors around Teesdale, notable for long hard winters. These naturally Conservative areas do not deliver enough voters to cause Labour too much concern, and the traditional Labour loyalties of the more industrial areas will be enough to see Labour's Derek Foster safely back in parliament.


Super Profiles

1,056 2.74 9.03 30
3,341 8.67 11.17 78
2,722 7.06 11.25 63
3,160 8.20 14.70 56
0 0.00 10.45 0
914 2.37 2.81 84
2,634 6.83 8.01 85
15,327 39.75 15.25 261
6,008 15.58 7.13 219
3,008 7.80 10.17 77