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|
Walsall North
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|
gain
from Labour
|
|
David Winnick
|
|
0 ( 0.0%)
|
|
11,929 (27.5%)
|
|
24,517 (56.6%)
|
|
4,050 ( 9.4%)
|
|
0 ( 0.0%)
|
|
2,806 ( 6.5%)
|
|
|
|
67,587
|
|
43,302 (64.1%)
|
|
David Winnick
|
|
Walsall North
|
|
3,824 ( 7.3%)
|
|
20,563 (39.4%)
|
|
24,387 (46.7%)
|
|
6,629 (12.7%)
|
|
0 ( 0.0%)
|
|
614 ( 1.2%)
|
|
|
Labour
|
|
69,894
|
|
52,193 (74.7%)
|
|
|
-11.8%
|
|
+9.9%
|
|
-3.3%
|
|
+0.0%
|
|
+5.3%
|
|
-3.3%
|
|
-10.6%
|
|
|
|
|
With its high proportion of council estates, Walsall North should be a safe West Midlands Labour seat. Appearances, however can be deceptive. Although Labour has consistently held the seat, it has sometimes been by a slim margin - just over 1,000 votes in 1987 - and it has been classified as a marginal for over a decade. Local difficulties have contributed to this poor showing, including a by-election caused by the fraud conviction of Labour MP and ex-cabinet minister John Stonehouse in 1976. Labour should hold the seat this time - but it is worth bearing in mind that a local 4 per cent swing against them would dislodge sitting MP David Winnick.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0
|
0.00
|
9.03
|
0
|
|
|
606
|
1.61
|
11.17
|
14
|
|
|
1,873
|
4.98
|
11.25
|
44
|
|
|
4,938
|
13.13
|
14.70
|
89
|
|
|
1,353
|
3.60
|
10.45
|
34
|
|
|
0
|
0.00
|
2.81
|
0
|
|
|
768
|
2.04
|
8.01
|
25
|
|
|
10,438
|
27.75
|
15.25
|
182
|
|
|
11,439
|
30.41
|
7.13
|
427
|
|
|
6,192
|
16.46
|
10.17
|
162
|
|
|
