Election 97

Broxtowe


Result 97 gain
from Conservative
Current MP 97 Sir James Lester
Majority 0 ( 0.0%)
Conservative 97 21,768 (37.4%)
Labour 97 27,343 (47.0%)
LibDem 97 6,934 (11.9%)
Nationalist 97 0 ( 0.0%)
Other 97 2,092 ( 3.6%)
Elected party 97
Electorate 97 74,144
Turnout 97 58,137 (78.4%)



1992 MP Sir James Lester
Old constituency name Broxtowe
Majority 92 9,871 (16.2%)
Conservative 92 31,033 (51.0%)
Labour 92 21,162 (34.8%)
LibDem 92 8,378 (13.8%)
Nationalist 92 0 ( 0.0%)
Other 92 293 ( 0.5%)
Elected party 92 Conservative
Electorate 92 73,754
Turnout 92 60,866 (82.5%)
Broxtowe



Tory change -13.5%
Labour change +12.3%
Lib Dem change -1.8%
Nationalist change +0.0%
Other change +3.1%
Electorate change +0.5%
Turnout Change -4.1%
Robert Waller wrote

Broxtowe covers a number of essentially commuter towns and suburbs to the west of the city of Nottingham. Largely populated by owner-occupying middle-class households, the Labour vote here is not sufficient to challenge what should be a safe Conservative seat.


Super Profiles

3,629 9.19 9.03 102
7,633 19.33 11.17 173
4,379 11.09 11.25 99
9,560 24.21 14.70 165
733 1.86 10.45 18
74 0.19 2.81 7
3,730 9.44 8.01 118
6,723 17.02 15.25 112
2,012 5.09 7.13 71
1,020 2.58 10.17 25