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1997 Result:
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Cable, Vincent
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LibDem
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26,237
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45.10%
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Jessel, Toby
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Con
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21,956
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37.80%
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Tutchell, Eva
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Lab
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9,065
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15.60%
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Harrison, Margaret
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IndECR
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589
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1.00%
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Haggar, Terence
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Dream
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155
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0.30%
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Hardy, Anthony
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NLP
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142
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0.20%
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Majority
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4,281
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8.8% swing from Con to LibDem
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1992 Notional
Result:
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Con
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29,652
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49.58%
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LibDem
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23,531
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39.34%
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Lab
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6,194
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10.36%
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Others
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434
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.73%
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Notional Majority
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6,121
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10.23%
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Description:
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Twickenham is almost entirely residential, a leafy riverside constituency bordered by the Thames and containing many acres of Bushy Park as well as Hampton Court Palace and its grounds. The constituents have a comparatively high economic activity rate, and Twickenham has the third highest proportion of managerial and technical class voters in the country. It also has a disproportionate number of twenty- to thirty-somethings, and will be a prime target for the Liberal Democrats. The Twickenham Film Studios are situated in the north east corner of the constituency in the Barons near Richmond Bridge. They were set up in 1913 and among films to be produced here were "The Eagle has Landed" and "The French Lieutenant's Woman". The constituency is also the home of English rugby, a good indicator of its middle-class character.
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