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Luton South
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gain
from Conservative
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|
Graham Bright
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|
0 ( 0.0%)
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|
15,109 (31.4%)
|
|
26,428 (54.8%)
|
|
4,610 ( 9.6%)
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|
0 ( 0.0%)
|
|
2,037 ( 4.2%)
|
|
|
|
68,395
|
|
48,184 (70.4%)
|
|
Graham Bright
|
|
Luton South
|
|
532 ( 1.0%)
|
|
22,928 (44.3%)
|
|
22,396 (43.2%)
|
|
5,795 (11.2%)
|
|
0 ( 0.0%)
|
|
676 ( 1.3%)
|
|
|
Conservative
|
|
66,027
|
|
51,795 (78.4%)
|
|
|
-12.9%
|
|
+11.6%
|
|
-1.6%
|
|
+0.0%
|
|
+2.9%
|
|
+3.6%
|
|
-8.0%
|
|
|
|
|
Luton South contains most of the institutions associated in the public mind with this rather unglamorous Bedfordshire town: the Vauxhall motor works, the airport which is so popular with European holiday package operators and the huge Arndale shopping centre. The Conservatives did really well to hold the functional heart of Luton in the 1992 election, even though it was only by 799 votes. Next time they might not be so successful, or fortunate.
Boundary changes are neutral as just one ward, Saints, is transferred from Luton North. Labour has usually been able to win at least one seat in Luton; they held the old unified constituency in a 1963 by-election, 1964 and 1966, and they won both Luton seats when it was first divided in 1974. They must now believe they can win South, certainly, and maybe even North, in 1997.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
984
|
2.42
|
9.03
|
27
|
|
|
673
|
1.66
|
11.17
|
15
|
|
|
5,183
|
12.76
|
11.25
|
113
|
|
|
6,254
|
15.39
|
14.70
|
105
|
|
|
12,226
|
30.09
|
10.45
|
288
|
|
|
149
|
0.37
|
2.81
|
13
|
|
|
7,142
|
17.58
|
8.01
|
219
|
|
|
3,850
|
9.48
|
15.25
|
62
|
|
|
1,155
|
2.84
|
7.13
|
40
|
|
|
2,684
|
6.61
|
10.17
|
65
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