Election 97

Sedgefield

Current MP Tony Blair
Conservative 97 8,383
Labour 97 33,526
LibDem 97 3,050
Nationalist 97 0
Other 97 474
Elected party
Sedgefield

Robert Waller wrote
Old constituency Sedgefield
Conservative 92 14,161
Labour 92 31,391
LibDem 92 4,897
Nationalist 92 0
Other 92 0
Elected party Labour

County Durham's Sedgefield is best known as being the safe harbour for Labour leader Tony Blair. It is an old mining seat, although the pits are now all closed, and the seat all but envelopes the large town of Darlington. There are rural Tories in this seat, but their votes are easily swamped by the Labour phalanx from the old coalfield, while boundary changes have merely added to Blair's majority. He has much on his mind, but holding his seat is not one of his worries.


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