Eastbourne
Notional 2005 Results:
Conservative: 20255 (43.1%)
Liberal Democrat: 19500 (41.5%)
Labour: 5099 (10.9%)
Other: 2138 (4.6%)
Majority: 755 (1.6%)
Actual 2005 result
Conservative: 21033 (43.5%)
Labour: 5268 (10.9%)
Liberal Democrat: 19909 (41.1%)
Green: 949 (2%)
UKIP: 1233 (2.5%)
Majority: 1124 (2.3%)
2001 Result
Conservative: 19738 (44.1%)
Labour: 5967 (13.3%)
Liberal Democrat: 17584 (39.3%)
UKIP: 907 (2%)
Other: 574 (1.3%)
Majority: 2154 (4.8%)
1997 Result
Conservative: 22183 (42.1%)
Labour: 6576 (12.5%)
Liberal Democrat: 20189 (38.3%)
Referendum: 2724 (5.2%)
Other: 995 (1.9%)
Majority: 1994 (3.8%)
Boundary changes
Current MP: Nigel Waterson (Con) (more information at They work for you)
Candidates:
Stephen Lloyd (Liberal Democrat)
Dave Brinson (Labour)
2001 Census Demographics
Total 2001 Population: 96851
Male: 46.4%
Female: 53.6%
Under 18: 19.9%
Over 60: 30.6%
Born outside UK: 7.8%
White: 96.8%
Black: 0.4%
Asian: 0.9%
Mixed: 1%
Other: 0.9%
Christian: 73.4%
Muslim: 0.9%
Full time students: 4.5%
Graduates 16-74: 16.7%
No Qualifications 16-74: 28.5%
Owner-Occupied: 70.3%
Social Housing: 15% (Council: 9.1%, Housing Ass.: 5.9%)
Privately Rented: 11.9%
Homes without central heating and/or private bathroom: 8%
my post has disapeared did i break any rules or is it the server switch?
Onthejob - probably the server move I’m afraid. A lot of comments from the last few days would have been left on the new server that didn’t work out.
oh well i will leave my post again then
Khunanup I think you are being a bit unfair to tthe tories in hastings they have in recent years taken the seats of Biard and ore ata borough level as well as silverhill they also breifly held gensing but due to a by election lost that one (and silverhill breifly) so to say the working class is not at all tory is a bit of misnomer. Labours vote went up almost entirley due to the Liberals collapse in castle and if theIR agent had picked the wrong piece of paper then the old town would now be Conservative.
At the last borough elections we also increased the vote in every labour seat with the exception of castle and gensing and nearly took the old town with the seat being decided by the drawing of lots. There is a strong posibilty that the division of old town and tressell could well be represented by a conservative on June 5th especially as the well known councillor for that area has stood down.
I feel i should defend my poor little town as well, in recent years it has begun to improve so much and i am sure once the jerwood gallery is built that the town will be a far nicer place to live why don’t you all come down on the May bank holiday and have a look round you will be pleasently surprised.
As for the June 4th i think there will be a few surpises so watch this space or better still the hastings thread!
ladbrokes;
2/5 Con
7/4 LD
100 Lab
Surely Labour should be at least 1000/1.
Have you ever met a poor bookmaker?
Conservatives seem to be on the verge of losing this seat sadly the lib dems appear to have them on the run could be the one tory loss at a general unless they buck there ideas up quickly