Election 97

Wycombe


Result 97 gain
from Conservative
Current MP 97 Ray Whitney
Majority 0 ( 0.0%)
Conservative 97 20,890 (39.9%)
Labour 97 18,520 (35.4%)
LibDem 97 9,678 (18.5%)
Nationalist 97 0 ( 0.0%)
Other 97 3,231 ( 6.2%)
Elected party 97
Electorate 97 73,589
Turnout 97 52,319 (71.1%)



1992 MP Ray Whitney
Old constituency name Wycombe
Majority 92 17,058 (30.2%)
Conservative 92 30,040 (53.3%)
Labour 92 12,096 (21.4%)
LibDem 92 12,982 (23.0%)
Nationalist 92 0 ( 0.0%)
Other 92 1,295 ( 2.3%)
Elected party 92 Conservative
Electorate 92 72,794
Turnout 92 56,413 (77.5%)
Wycombe



Tory change -13.3%
Labour change +14.0%
Lib Dem change -4.5%
Nationalist change +0.0%
Other change +3.9%
Electorate change +1.1%
Turnout Change -6.4%
Robert Waller wrote

Half the electors in this Buckinghamshire seat live in its main town, High Wycombe, which contains light industry, many working-class voters and a sizeable (10 per cent) non-white community. Yet it is predominantly Conservative, like so many medium-sized communities in South East England. The other half is mostly rural and even more Tory, and includes affluent Marlow. Tory Ray Whitney faces no real challenge, and the only question is who comes second - probably Labour, since the LibDems seem to be in local decline.


Super Profiles

6,415 16.05 9.03 178
1,734 4.34 11.17 39
5,722 14.32 11.25 127
8,765 21.93 14.70 149
6,419 16.06 10.45 154
393 0.98 2.81 35
2,579 6.45 8.01 81
3,691 9.24 15.25 61
1,620 4.05 7.13 57
1,706 4.27 10.17 42