|
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|
Wansdyke
|
|
gain
from Conservative
|
|
Jack Aspinwall (Retiring)
|
|
0 ( 0.0%)
|
|
19,318 (35.3%)
|
|
24,117 (44.1%)
|
|
9,205 (16.8%)
|
|
0 ( 0.0%)
|
|
2,082 ( 3.8%)
|
|
|
|
69,032
|
|
54,722 (79.3%)
|
|
Jack Aspinwall (Retiring)
|
|
Wansdyke
|
|
11,770 (19.9%)
|
|
27,852 (47.2%)
|
|
16,082 (27.3%)
|
|
13,921 (23.6%)
|
|
0 ( 0.0%)
|
|
1,150 ( 1.9%)
|
|
|
Conservative
|
|
68,742
|
|
59,005 (85.8%)
|
|
|
-11.9%
|
|
+16.8%
|
|
-6.8%
|
|
+0.0%
|
|
+1.9%
|
|
+0.4%
|
|
-6.6%
|
|
|
|
|
Named after the ancient ditch that traverses this part of Western England, this is effectively the successor to the old North Somerset constituency. It centres on the town of Keynsham, an old Tory redoubt, but there is a strong Labour presence in Midsomer Norton and Radstock, once the heart of the (now defunct) Somerset coalfield. Affluent commuting villages in the area, however, serve to bolster up Jack Aspinwall's large Conservative majority, and the Boundary Commission changes merely serve to shuffle Tory voters around between already safe seats in this area. Labour did well, particularly for the West Country, in taking second place from the Liberal Democrats in 1992, but that should be as far as they go.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,660
|
13.40
|
9.03
|
148
|
|
|
6,940
|
19.96
|
11.17
|
179
|
|
|
5,916
|
17.02
|
11.25
|
151
|
|
|
8,385
|
24.12
|
14.70
|
164
|
|
|
324
|
0.93
|
10.45
|
9
|
|
|
949
|
2.73
|
2.81
|
97
|
|
|
1,216
|
3.50
|
8.01
|
44
|
|
|
5,610
|
16.14
|
15.25
|
106
|
|
|
605
|
1.74
|
7.13
|
24
|
|
|
0
|
0.00
|
10.17
|
0
|
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|
