Election 97

Woodspring


Result 97 gain
from Conservative
Current MP 97 Dr Liam Fox
Majority 0 ( 0.0%)
Conservative 97 24,425 (44.5%)
Labour 97 11,377 (20.7%)
LibDem 97 16,691 (30.4%)
Nationalist 97 0 ( 0.0%)
Other 97 2,434 ( 4.4%)
Elected party 97
Electorate 97 69,964
Turnout 97 54,927 (78.5%)



1992 MP Dr Liam Fox
Old constituency name Woodspring
Majority 92 12,006 (21.7%)
Conservative 92 29,529 (53.3%)
Labour 92 6,863 (12.4%)
LibDem 92 17,523 (31.7%)
Nationalist 92 0 ( 0.0%)
Other 92 1,445 ( 2.6%)
Elected party 92 Conservative
Electorate 92 68,755
Turnout 92 55,360 (80.5%)
Woodspring



Tory change -8.9%
Labour change +8.3%
Lib Dem change -1.3%
Nationalist change +0.0%
Other change +1.8%
Electorate change +1.8%
Turnout Change -2.0%
Robert Waller wrote

Don't look for the name of Woodspring on the map - except for the constituency, there is no such entity - town or village. The seat is named after a now-defunct local government district in the also-now-defunct county of Avon. Woodspring was created in 1983 from the leftover bits of the now-amalgamated seats of Weston and North Somerset. It is the safest Tory seat in this area of the West containing much countryside and faded seaside resorts like Portishead. Sitting MP Dr Liam Fox may now have lost a few thousand votes to boundary changes, but the dent in his majority is so small he may not even notice.


Super Profiles

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