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|
Forest of Dean
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|
gain
from Labour
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|
Paul Marland
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|
0 ( 0.0%)
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|
17,860 (35.6%)
|
|
24,203 (48.2%)
|
|
6,165 (12.3%)
|
|
0 ( 0.0%)
|
|
1,956 ( 3.9%)
|
|
|
|
63,465
|
|
50,184 (79.1%)
|
|
Paul Marland
|
|
Gloucestershire West
|
|
732 ( 1.4%)
|
|
21,444 (41.0%)
|
|
22,176 (42.4%)
|
|
8,422 (16.1%)
|
|
0 ( 0.0%)
|
|
204 ( 0.4%)
|
|
|
Labour
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|
62,882
|
|
52,246 (83.1%)
|
|
|
-5.5%
|
|
+5.8%
|
|
-3.8%
|
|
+0.0%
|
|
+3.5%
|
|
+0.9%
|
|
-4.0%
|
|
|
|
|
The former West Gloucestershire seat had a Conservative majority of just under 5,000 in 1992. In the most recent boundary changes 17,000 voters have been removed to help boost the electorate in the new and additional Tewkesbury constituency. These are mainly suburban - and Conservative-inclined - electors in the Greater Gloucester area. What remains is the re-creation of the old Forest of Dean seat which existed before 1950. That seat was solidly Labour, apart from an interruption between 1931 and 1935. It looks like once again there will be a Forest of Dean represented by a Labour MP.
The economy of the Forest of Dean was originally shaped by coalmining, although the last colliery closed as long ago as 1965. The gaunt towns of Coleford and Cinderford still exist in the woods as stark reminders of the working-class traditions of the Forest. The likely victor is Labour's Diana Organ, one of the first batch of candidates selected from an all-female shortlist in 1995, before the policy was dropped as discriminatory.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,479
|
9.84
|
9.03
|
109
|
|
|
6,565
|
18.58
|
11.17
|
166
|
|
|
5,009
|
14.17
|
11.25
|
126
|
|
|
3,270
|
9.25
|
14.70
|
63
|
|
|
186
|
0.53
|
10.45
|
5
|
|
|
3,203
|
9.06
|
2.81
|
322
|
|
|
482
|
1.36
|
8.01
|
17
|
|
|
10,630
|
30.08
|
15.25
|
197
|
|
|
2,308
|
6.53
|
7.13
|
92
|
|
|
0
|
0.00
|
10.17
|
0
|
|
|
