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1997 Result:
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Turner, Dennis
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Lab
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22,202
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63.70%
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Hanbury, William
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Con
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7,020
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20.20%
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Whitehouse, Richard
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LibDem
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3,292
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9.50%
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Stevenson-Platt, Trevor
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Ref
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980
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2.80%
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Worth, Nick
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SLP
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689
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2.00%
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Bullman, Kenneth
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Lib
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647
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1.90%
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Majority
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15,182
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9.3% swing from Con to Lab
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1992 Notional
Result:
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Lab
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23,215
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56.73%
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Con
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12,975
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31.71%
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LibDem
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3,881
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9.48%
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Others
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850
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2.08%
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Notional Majority
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10,240
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25.02%
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Description:
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Situated north of Dudley and closer to the urban core of the West Midlands than the other seats in the town, Wolverhampton South East is heavily industrial in character. Manufacturing industries, though declining, are still commonplace in this region and the seat has the fourth highest proportion of skilled manual workers in England and Wales. Partly-skilled workers make up a fifth of the total, whilst unemployment runs at around 10%. This does not help Tory fortunes, and nor does the large ethnic minority population or 43% council house occupancy rate.
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