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:
Outgoing MP: Paul Goodman(Conservative) 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: 
Steve Baker (Conservative) Born Cornwall. Former RAF engineer. Associate consultant for the Centre for Social Justice.
Andrew Lomas (Labour) PhD Chemistry student at Oxford University.
Steve Guy (Liberal Democrat) born 1963. Project manager for Virgin Media.
John Wiseman (UKIP)
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%
I was certainly on Paul Goodman’s side rather than Paxman and Balls. I should have said he got the appearance of a mauling rather than an actual one.
I don’t really see why he did.
He was angry and refused to be shouted down, the former is not always the best style.
But if he’d done much else Paxman would have just given him the chance to answer two pre-selected questions and Goodman would have had no chance to make his case.
How Balls could sit there in that disgusting smug tone when – it would appear – his politically correctly named department has given public money (in the depths of a recession) to what is (or what was recently) a front organisation of very unpolitcally supporters of correct terrorist thugs and be presented as the winner of the argument, I completely fail to understand.
But he’ll hold his seat (Morley and Outwood) – most likely – by about 2,000. If he had one ounce of honour – he would resign.