Election 97

Ogmore


Result 97 gain
from Labour
Current MP 97 Ray Powell
Majority 0 ( 0.0%)
Conservative 97 3,716 ( 9.8%)
Labour 97 28,163 (74.0%)
LibDem 97 3,510 ( 9.2%)
Nationalist 97 2,679 ( 7.0%)
Other 97 0 ( 0.0%)
Elected party 97
Electorate 97 52,078
Turnout 97 38,068 (73.1%)



1992 MP Ray Powell
Old constituency name Ogmore
Majority 92 23,827 (56.6%)
Conservative 92 6,359 (15.1%)
Labour 92 30,186 (71.7%)
LibDem 92 2,868 ( 6.8%)
Nationalist 92 2,667 ( 6.3%)
Other 92 0 ( 0.0%)
Elected party 92 Labour
Electorate 92 53,222
Turnout 92 42,080 (79.1%)
Ogmore



Tory change -5.4%
Labour change +2.2%
Lib Dem change +2.4%
Nationalist change +0.7%
Other change +0.0%
Electorate change -2.1%
Turnout Change -6.0%
Robert Waller wrote

Ogmore, in the south-west of the South Wales industrial valleys, consists of a typical network of close-knit and very traditional working-class former mining communities. That minority of the electorate who cast their votes for the Conservatives in the privacy of the polling booth are unlikely to boast about it along the streets of terraced housing where voting Labour is a matter of confirming one's identity with the community. Labour's massive majorities will continue.


Super Profiles

0 0.00 9.03 0
372 1.29 11.17 12
2,992 10.36 11.25 92
4,567 15.81 14.70 108
0 0.00 10.45 0
197 0.68 2.81 24
18 0.06 8.01 1
5,750 19.91 15.25 131
12,705 43.99 7.13 617
1,950 6.75 10.17 66