|
|
|
Thurrock
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|
Lab gain
from Labour
|
|
Andrew MacKinlay
|
|
0 ( 0.0%)
|
|
12,640 (26.8%)
|
|
29,896 (63.3%)
|
|
3,843 ( 8.1%)
|
|
0 ( 0.0%)
|
|
833 ( 1.8%)
|
|
Lab
|
|
71,600
|
|
47,212 (65.9%)
|
|
Andrew MacKinlay
|
|
Thurrock
|
|
1,172 ( 2.2%)
|
|
23,619 (43.7%)
|
|
24,791 (45.9%)
|
|
5,145 ( 9.5%)
|
|
0 ( 0.0%)
|
|
508 ( 0.9%)
|
|
|
Labour
|
|
69,181
|
|
54,063 (78.1%)
|
|
|
-16.9%
|
|
+17.5%
|
|
-1.4%
|
|
+0.0%
|
|
+0.8%
|
|
+3.5%
|
|
-12.2%
|
|
|
|
|
Famously, Labour failed to capture the marginal Basildon seat, supposedly the spiritual home of �Essex Man�, at the April 1992 general election. They did, however, regain a seat which has every bit as much claim to be a classic critical constituency in that county, and maybe more typical than the New Town of Basildon: Thurrock.
Despite being a backwards, almost all-white, right-wing working-class area, Thurrock does in several ways very much look to the future of Britain. Its lakeside shopping centre is one of the largest and most successful in Europe, employing thousands and attracting millions of out-of-town shoppers a year. Money is being poured into the redevelopment of this north bank of theThames, and its image is rightly changing.
The boundaries remain the same and Labour must hold on if they are to have a chance of holding office nationally.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
678
|
1.62
|
9.03
|
18
|
|
|
2,385
|
5.71
|
11.17
|
51
|
|
|
4,118
|
9.86
|
11.25
|
88
|
|
|
7,610
|
18.22
|
14.70
|
124
|
|
|
5,700
|
13.65
|
10.45
|
131
|
|
|
0
|
0.00
|
2.81
|
0
|
|
|
2,264
|
5.42
|
8.01
|
68
|
|
|
10,421
|
24.95
|
15.25
|
164
|
|
|
4,361
|
10.44
|
7.13
|
146
|
|
|
3,856
|
9.23
|
10.17
|
91
|
|
|
