Election 97

Spelthorne


Result 97 gain
from Conservative
Current MP 97 David Wilshire
Majority 0 ( 0.0%)
Conservative 97 23,306 (44.9%)
Labour 97 19,833 (38.2%)
LibDem 97 6,821 (13.1%)
Nationalist 97 0 ( 0.0%)
Other 97 1,957 ( 3.8%)
Elected party 97
Electorate 97 70,562
Turnout 97 51,917 (73.6%)



1992 MP David Wilshire
Old constituency name Spelthorne
Majority 92 19,843 (35.6%)
Conservative 92 32,627 (58.5%)
Labour 92 12,784 (22.9%)
LibDem 92 9,202 (16.5%)
Nationalist 92 0 ( 0.0%)
Other 92 1,113 ( 2.0%)
Elected party 92 Conservative
Electorate 92 64,248
Turnout 92 55,726 (86.7%)
Spelthorne



Tory change -13.7%
Labour change +15.3%
Lib Dem change -3.4%
Nationalist change +0.0%
Other change +1.8%
Electorate change +9.8%
Turnout Change -13.2%
Robert Waller wrote

Surrey's Spelthorne is a thoroughly built-up area, which includes Staines, Sunbury, Ashford and Shepperton jammed between London's great western reservoirs and Heathrow Airport. There are one or two working-class areas and the proportion of professional and managerial workers is the lowest in Surrey, making it the only one of 11 Surrey seats where Labour could finish second to the Tories in 1992 - a long way second. Spelthorne easily retains its taste for right-wing politics and the seat is 97 per cent white, so Tory MP David Wilshire has one of the safest of Conservative seats.


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