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St Albans
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gain
from Conservative
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Peter Lilley (Contesting different seat)
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0 ( 0.0%)
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16,879 (33.2%)
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21,338 (42.0%)
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|
10,692 (21.0%)
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0 ( 0.0%)
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|
1,896 ( 3.7%)
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|
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|
65,560
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|
50,805 (77.5%)
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|
Peter Lilley (Contesting different seat)
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St Albans
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|
9,134 (17.7%)
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|
23,586 (45.7%)
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|
12,932 (25.0%)
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14,452 (28.0%)
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0 ( 0.0%)
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690 ( 1.3%)
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|
Conservative
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64,771
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|
51,660 (79.8%)
|
|
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-12.4%
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+17.0%
|
|
-6.9%
|
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+0.0%
|
|
+2.4%
|
|
+1.2%
|
|
-2.3%
|
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|
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|
In this Hertfordshire seat, currently held for the Tories by Social Security Minister Peter Lilley, the Liberal Democrats have some historical grounds for optimism. They have a long tradition of local success - the Conservatives could win no seats within this constituency in either the 1993 or 1994 local elections. Furthermore, on Lilley's first election in 1983, the Liberals took his majority down to less than 10,000. The Tory lead has since returned to five figures, but this leans heavily on the contribution of the affluent commuting base of Harpenden. Boundary changes have removed Harpenden, and Tory Hitchin, and replaced them with less reliable areas. Given all this, St Albans might just about spring a surprise at this election, but the outcome is more likely to be a reduced majority for Lilley.
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|
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6,648
|
18.56
|
9.03
|
206
|
|
|
7,002
|
19.55
|
11.17
|
175
|
|
|
6,106
|
17.05
|
11.25
|
152
|
|
|
3,605
|
10.06
|
14.70
|
68
|
|
|
7,055
|
19.70
|
10.45
|
189
|
|
|
11
|
0.03
|
2.81
|
1
|
|
|
2,034
|
5.68
|
8.01
|
71
|
|
|
1,313
|
3.67
|
15.25
|
24
|
|
|
612
|
1.71
|
7.13
|
24
|
|
|
910
|
2.54
|
10.17
|
25
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