Election 97

Twickenham


Result 97 gain
from Conservative
Current MP 97 Toby Jessel
Majority 0 ( 0.0%)
Conservative 97 21,956 (37.8%)
Labour 97 9,065 (15.6%)
LibDem 97 26,237 (45.1%)
Nationalist 97 0 ( 0.0%)
Other 97 886 ( 1.5%)
Elected party 97
Electorate 97 73,281
Turnout 97 58,144 (79.3%)



1992 MP Toby Jessel
Old constituency name Twickenham
Majority 92 6,121 (10.2%)
Conservative 92 29,652 (49.6%)
Labour 92 6,194 (10.4%)
LibDem 92 23,531 (39.3%)
Nationalist 92 0 ( 0.0%)
Other 92 434 ( 0.7%)
Elected party 92 Conservative
Electorate 92 71,805
Turnout 92 59,811 (83.3%)
Twickenham



Tory change -11.8%
Labour change +5.2%
Lib Dem change +5.8%
Nationalist change +0.0%
Other change +0.8%
Electorate change +2.1%
Turnout Change -4.0%
Robert Waller wrote

The phenomenally successful local election activity of the Liberal Democrats (or rather, their predecessors) which started in Richmond spread over the river into the Twickenham sector of the outer south-west London borough of Richmond upon Thames in the early 1980s.

Now, ironically, the long-cherished Liberal Democrat hopes in Richmond itself have been dampened by the boundary changes which have brought some of the most Conservative parts of Norman Lamont's abolished Kingston constituency into that seat. Instead the best Lib Dem hope in the area - and indeed in the whole of London - is now Twickenham. Do not be misled by the Establishment image of this homeland of English Rugby Union. This is indeed a thoroughly middle-class seat, but one that consistently elects a huge majority of Liberal Democrat councillors - and either will, or will come near to, electing Lib Dem candidate Vincent Cable to Parliament in place of long-serving Tory MP Toby Jessel, if the Conservatives do badly at the next election.


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