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St Ives
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gain
from Conservative
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David Harris (Retiring)
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0 ( 0.0%)
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16,796 (31.2%)
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8,184 (15.2%)
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|
23,966 (44.5%)
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0 ( 0.0%)
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4,955 ( 9.2%)
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|
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|
71,680
|
|
53,901 (75.2%)
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|
David Harris (Retiring)
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St Ives
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1,645 ( 2.9%)
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|
24,528 (42.9%)
|
|
9,144 (16.0%)
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|
22,883 (40.1%)
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0 ( 0.0%)
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577 ( 1.0%)
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Conservative
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72,115
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|
57,132 (79.2%)
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-11.8%
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-0.8%
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|
+4.4%
|
|
+0.0%
|
|
+8.2%
|
|
-0.6%
|
|
-4.0%
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|
|
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Unchanged by the Boundary Commission, the constituency of St Ives covers the very south-western tip of the mainland of Britain, plus even the Scilly Isles. Land's End and Lizard Point, and the towns of Penzance, Newlyn, St Ives and Helston are all in the seat. In the corner of the country it may be, but as a critical marginal St Ives is in the centre of the political battle at the forthcoming general election.
In 1992 the Conservative majority was slashed to 1,645 by the Liberal Democrat challenger Andrew George. It could have been even closer; for example a 'Liberal' candidate obtained 577 votes as well. The member who won that election, David Harris, is not standing there again; but Andrew George is standing again, and must hope to go one better in 1997, to emulate Lib Dem success in other Cornish parliamentary constituencies and in the Euro seat of Cornwall in 1994. If we look at the political map of Britain, Tory blue may well no longer start at Land's End - or indeed, if they lose the general election, very near it at all.
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1,696
|
3.91
|
9.03
|
43
|
|
|
11,964
|
27.58
|
11.17
|
247
|
|
|
1,918
|
4.42
|
11.25
|
39
|
|
|
3,716
|
8.57
|
14.70
|
58
|
|
|
265
|
0.61
|
10.45
|
6
|
|
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5,270
|
12.15
|
2.81
|
432
|
|
|
4,067
|
9.38
|
8.01
|
117
|
|
|
11,088
|
25.56
|
15.25
|
168
|
|
|
1,638
|
3.78
|
7.13
|
53
|
|
|
1,281
|
2.95
|
10.17
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29
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