Wycombe
Notional 2005 Results:
Conservative: 20235 (46.3%)
Labour: 13224 (30.3%)
Liberal Democrat: 8114 (18.6%)
Other: 2128 (4.9%)
Majority: 7012 (16%)
Actual 2005 result
Conservative: 20331 (45.8%)
Labour: 13280 (29.9%)
Liberal Democrat: 8780 (19.8%)
UKIP: 1735 (3.9%)
Other: 301 (0.7%)
Majority: 7051 (15.9%)
2001 Result
Conservative: 19064 (42.4%)
Labour: 15896 (35.3%)
Liberal Democrat: 7658 (17%)
UKIP: 1059 (2.4%)
Green: 1057 (2.4%)
Other: 240 (0.5%)
Majority: 3168 (7%)
1997 Result
Conservative: 20890 (39.9%)
Labour: 18520 (35.4%)
Liberal Democrat: 9678 (18.5%)
Referendum: 2394 (4.6%)
Other: 837 (1.6%)
Majority: 2370 (4.5%)
Boundary changes:
Profile:
Current MP: Paul Goodman(Con) born 1959, London. Educated Cranleigh School and York University. Former political researcher, novice monk and journalist. First elected as MP for Wycombe 2001. PPS to David Davis 2001-2003, Work and pensions spokesman 2003-2005, treasury spokesman since 2005. Will stand down at the next election (more information at They work for you)
Candidates: Andrew Lomas (Labour) PhD Chemistry student at Oxford University.
Steve Guy (Liberal Democrat) born 1963. Project manager for Virgin Media.
2001 Census Demographics
Total 2001 Population: 100015
Male: 49.1%
Female: 50.9%
Under 18: 24.8%
Over 60: 16.2%
Born outside UK: 14.1%
White: 82.1%
Black: 3.6%
Asian: 11.6%
Mixed: 2%
Other: 0.7%
Christian: 64.2%
Hindu: 0.8%
Muslim: 10.1%
Full time students: 5.2%
Graduates 16-74: 23.4%
No Qualifications 16-74: 23.6%
Owner-Occupied: 73.1%
Social Housing: 15.6% (Council: 11.7%, Housing Ass.: 3.9%)
Privately Rented: 7.7%
Homes without central heating and/or private bathroom: 3.4%
“Sorry, you probably new this was coming – please could I have 2003 and 2007 aswell?”
Actually i thought you were going to ask for 1995
2003
Con 11346 48.7%
Lab 5962 25.6%
LD 3922 16.8%
Ind 1258 5.4%
UKIP 522 2.2%
Grn 302 1.3%
2007
Con 13907 50.8%
Lab 5819 21.2%
LD 5794 21.1%
UKIP 1052 3.8%
Ind 825 3.0%
There were ward boundary changes in 2003 so the new ward boundaries didnt fit exactly into the boudnaries of the constituency from then. These are ‘best fit’
Thanks for these Pete.
I’ll accept 1995 was awful, whatever it was, and anyway it’s outside the period I wanted to compare.
Interesting that Labour kept it pretty respectable in 2003, with the LDs falling back.
The Conservative selection has been suspended and will resume mid October;
http://conservativehome.blogs.com/goldlist/2009/09/the-selection-for-a-new-candidate-in-wycombe-has-been-suspended.html