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Post by European Lefty on Apr 6, 2020 19:02:59 GMT
I do wonder whether the fact the Conservative candidate here looked extremely young may have cost them this seat given how close it was. Perhaps a bit unfair if true but some voters may have judged him on this. Any seat that's that close will have hundreds of small, seemingly unimportant factors that would have been enough to swing it on their own and that may well be one of them |
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Post by Robert Waller on May 31, 2021 20:09:19 GMT
2011 Census
Age 65+ 14.8% 477/650
Owner-occupied 59.2% 488/650
Private rented 19.4% 137/650
Social rented 19.4% 236/650
White 74.4% 556/650
Black 5.2% 102/650
Asian 15.4% 68/650
Managerial & professional 27.8%
Routine & Semi-routine 27.7%
Degree level 25.1% 340/650
No qualifications 22.4% 353/650
Students 10.3% 140/650
General Election 2019: Bedford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mohammad Yasin 20,491 43.3 −3.5
Conservative Ryan Henson 20,346 43.0 −2.2
Liberal Democrats Henry Vann 4,608 9.7 +3.8
Green Adrian Spurrell 960 2.0 -0.1
Brexit Party Charles Bunker 896 1.9
Lab Majority 145 0.3 −1.3
Turnout 47,301 66.1 −1.4
Labour hold
Swing 0.7 Lab to C
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