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The Wrekin
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Con gain
from Conservative
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|
NEW SEAT
|
|
0 ( 0.0%)
|
|
18,218 (40.2%)
|
|
21,243 (46.9%)
|
|
5,807 (12.8%)
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0 ( 0.0%)
|
|
0 ( 0.0%)
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Con
|
|
59,126
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|
45,268 (76.6%)
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|
NEW SEAT
|
|
NEW SEAT
|
|
7,720 (15.9%)
|
|
23,259 (47.8%)
|
|
15,539 (31.9%)
|
|
9,391 (19.3%)
|
|
0 ( 0.0%)
|
|
489 ( 1.0%)
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|
|
Conservative
|
|
58,103
|
|
48,678 (83.8%)
|
|
|
-7.5%
|
|
+15.0%
|
|
-6.5%
|
|
+0.0%
|
|
-1.0%
|
|
+1.8%
|
|
-7.2%
|
|
|
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|
Labour�s Bruce Grocott increased his majority to over 6,000 in 1992, but the Conservatives are the favourites to win this seat, even if they lose power at the general election. The reason for this is clear. Shropshire has been awarded a fifth and additional constituency as a result of population growth. The bulk of Telford New Town, the main source of Labour�s strength in The Wrekin over recent decades, has been hived off into a seat of its own (Telford).
The remainder of the old Wrekin seat has been joined by voters from Ludlow and North Shropshire to form a much less industrial, workingclass and Labour division.
As far as competition next time in the Wrekin goes, wagers should be placed on the Conservative candidate.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,332
|
10.47
|
9.03
|
116
|
|
|
4,083
|
12.83
|
11.17
|
115
|
|
|
3,158
|
9.92
|
11.25
|
88
|
|
|
5,816
|
18.27
|
14.70
|
124
|
|
|
422
|
1.33
|
10.45
|
13
|
|
|
935
|
2.94
|
2.81
|
104
|
|
|
1,853
|
5.82
|
8.01
|
73
|
|
|
6,162
|
19.36
|
15.25
|
127
|
|
|
2,571
|
8.08
|
7.13
|
113
|
|
|
1,931
|
6.07
|
10.17
|
60
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