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|
Taunton
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|
gain
from Conservative
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|
David Nicholson
|
|
0 ( 0.0%)
|
|
23,621 (38.7%)
|
|
8,248 (13.5%)
|
|
26,064 (42.7%)
|
|
0 ( 0.0%)
|
|
3,078 ( 5.0%)
|
|
|
|
79,783
|
|
61,011 (76.5%)
|
|
David Nicholson
|
|
Taunton
|
|
3,336 ( 5.2%)
|
|
29,576 (46.0%)
|
|
8,151 (12.7%)
|
|
26,240 (40.8%)
|
|
0 ( 0.0%)
|
|
279 ( 0.4%)
|
|
|
Conservative
|
|
78,104
|
|
64,246 (82.3%)
|
|
|
-7.3%
|
|
+0.8%
|
|
+1.9%
|
|
+0.0%
|
|
+4.6%
|
|
+2.1%
|
|
-5.8%
|
|
|
|
|
The Liberal Democrats were probably on track to win the west Somerset seat of Taunton during the campaign running up to the 1992 general election - until it became clear that Labour had a very real chance of winning, and the good burghers took fright and returned the Conservative MP David Nicholson with a majority of a little over 3,000.
The Lib Dems are still a very strong force in local elections here as in almost all parts of Somerset, and with the continued sanitisation of 'New Labour' under Tony Blair, the fear of a 'socialist' government might have been assuaged. This might give Jackie Ballard a better chance to dislodge David Nicholson this time around: as long as the Labour vote itself does not increase substantially to squeeze the Liberal Democrats.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,838
|
4.10
|
9.03
|
45
|
|
|
10,086
|
22.51
|
11.17
|
202
|
|
|
3,668
|
8.18
|
11.25
|
73
|
|
|
9,159
|
20.44
|
14.70
|
139
|
|
|
1,174
|
2.62
|
10.45
|
25
|
|
|
3,129
|
6.98
|
2.81
|
248
|
|
|
4,541
|
10.13
|
8.01
|
126
|
|
|
8,180
|
18.25
|
15.25
|
120
|
|
|
653
|
1.46
|
7.13
|
20
|
|
|
1,448
|
3.23
|
10.17
|
32
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