Blyth Valley
2010 Results:
Conservative: 6412 (16.63%)
Labour: 17156 (44.48%)
Liberal Democrat: 10488 (27.19%)
BNP: 1699 (4.41%)
UKIP: 1665 (4.32%)
English Democrat: 327 (0.85%)
Independent: 819 (2.12%)
Majority: 6668 (17.29%)
2005 Results:
Labour: 19659 (55%)
Liberal Democrat: 11132 (31.1%)
Conservative: 4982 (13.9%)
Other: 0 (0%)
Majority: 8527 (23.8%)
2001 Result
Conservative: 5484 (15.9%)
Labour: 20627 (59.7%)
Liberal Democrat: 8439 (24.4%)
Majority: 12188 (35.3%)
1997 Result
Conservative: 5666 (13.3%)
Labour: 27276 (64.2%)
Liberal Democrat: 9540 (22.5%)
Majority: 17736 (41.7%)
No Boundary Changes:
Profile:
Current MP: Ronnie Campbell(Labour) (more information at They work for you)
Barry Flux (Conservative) Ronnie Campbell(Labour) (more information at They work for you)Jeffrey Reid (Liberal Democrat) James Condon (UKIP)Steve Fairbairn (BNP) Allan White (English Democrat)Barry Elliott (Independent)2001 Census Demographics
Total 2001 Population: 81265
Male: 48.7%
Female: 51.3%
Under 18: 22.8%
Over 60: 19.4%
Born outside UK: 1.8%
White: 99%
Asian: 0.4%
Mixed: 0.3%
Other: 0.2%
Christian: 79.5%
Full time students: 2.3%
Graduates 16-74: 11.5%
No Qualifications 16-74: 33%
Owner-Occupied: 66.8%
Social Housing: 26.7% (Council: 21.6%, Housing Ass.: 5.1%)
Privately Rented: 4.1%
Homes without central heating and/or private bathroom: 1.7%
How is Ronnie Campbell a joke? To my mind he is one of the more principled Labour MPs. Kindly explain rather than make a sweeping generalisation.