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|
Tunbridge Wells
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|
gain
from Conservative
|
|
Sir Patrick Mayhew (Retiring)
|
|
0 ( 0.0%)
|
|
21,853 (45.2%)
|
|
9,879 (20.4%)
|
|
14,347 (29.7%)
|
|
0 ( 0.0%)
|
|
2,275 ( 4.7%)
|
|
|
|
65,259
|
|
48,354 (74.1%)
|
|
Sir Patrick Mayhew (Retiring)
|
|
Tunbridge Wells
|
|
13,146 (25.6%)
|
|
28,297 (55.0%)
|
|
7,563 (14.7%)
|
|
15,151 (29.5%)
|
|
0 ( 0.0%)
|
|
433 ( 0.8%)
|
|
|
Conservative
|
|
66,280
|
|
51,444 (77.6%)
|
|
|
-9.8%
|
|
+5.7%
|
|
+0.2%
|
|
+0.0%
|
|
+3.9%
|
|
-1.5%
|
|
-3.5%
|
|
|
|
|
Tunbridge Wells in Sussex has long had the reputation of being a true-blue bastion of Conservatism (case-independent: little-c and big-C). This is the reputed home of the irate correspondent to the letter pages of right-wing newspapers - 'Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells'. So the Tory loss of Tunbridge Wells council in the 1994 local elections was a cause of amusement as well as shock. But it would cause a sensation for the Lib Dems to translate local success into a parliamentary gain - they were 17,000 votes behind in 1992. It is very unlikely, and Northern Ireland Secretary Sir Patrick Mayhew looks set to continue his long tenure.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8,694
|
23.53
|
9.03
|
261
|
|
|
4,114
|
11.14
|
11.17
|
100
|
|
|
5,401
|
14.62
|
11.25
|
130
|
|
|
5,086
|
13.77
|
14.70
|
94
|
|
|
2,852
|
7.72
|
10.45
|
74
|
|
|
698
|
1.89
|
2.81
|
67
|
|
|
5,760
|
15.59
|
8.01
|
195
|
|
|
2,903
|
7.86
|
15.25
|
52
|
|
|
301
|
0.81
|
7.13
|
11
|
|
|
916
|
2.48
|
10.17
|
24
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