Erewash
Labour hold

Labour's Elizabeth Blackman won Erewash for Labour, defeating Angela Knight, by approximately the same margin as Tony Blair's party pasted John Major's naturally, and there is no reason to believe that this East Midlands seat based on Ilkeston (which once had its own seat named after it) and Long Eaton (from the former Derbyshire SE) will deviate significantly from the national norm next time either. In the 1999 borough elections, the most recent actual voting here, Labour won 13 wards to the Tories' six.

Elizabeth Blackman, born 1949, educated at Carlisle County High School for Girls, Prince Henry's Grammar School, Otley, and Clifton College of Further Education, Nottingham, is a standard 1997 issue New Labour MP as a first time candidate, off an all-women short list. She is a former school teacher, local councillor, and loyalist backbencher, who has done little to trouble the scorers. Troubling her could be the Conservatives' Gregor MacGregor, an operational review executive with multinational Williams plc, born 1955, educated at Milton Abbey School, Dorset and Cardiff University.

Area Percent GB Percent Index GB=100   Thriving Wealthy Achievers, Suburban Areas 11.05% 14.99% 73.71 Affluent Greys, Rural Communities 0.25% 2.13% 11.94 Prosperous Pensioners, Retirement Areas 0.43% 2.49% 17.40 Expanding Affluent Executives, Family Areas 6.42% 4.43% 145.19 Well-Off Workers, Family Areas 9.90% 7.27% 136.04 Rising Affluent Urbanites, Town & City Areas 0.00% 2.56% 0.00 Prosperous Professionals, Metropolitan Areas 0.00% 2.04% 0.00 Better-Off Executives, Inner City Areas 0.00% 3.94% 0.00 Settling Comfortable Middle Agers, Mature Home Owning Areas 11.91% 13.04% 91.36 Skilled Workers, Home Owning Areas 33.65% 12.70% 264.94 Aspiring New Home Owners, Mature Communities 14.62% 8.14% 179.52 White Collar Workers, Better-Off Multi Ethnic Areas 0.21% 4.02% 5.16 Striving Older People, Less Prosperous Areas 3.43% 3.19% 107.62 Council Estate Residents, Better-Off Homes 6.61% 11.31% 58.41 Council Estate Residents, High Unemployment 0.23% 3.06% 7.55 Council Estate Residents, Greatest Hardship 1.25% 2.52% 49.49 People in Multi-Ethnic, Low-Income Areas 0.00% 2.10% 0.00 Unclassified Unclassified 0.04% 0.06% 60.20

Area Percent GB Percent Index GB=100   £0-5K 10.45% 9.41% 111.03 £5-10K 19.09% 16.63% 114.80 £10-15K 18.62% 16.58% 112.30 £15-20K 14.60% 13.58% 107.46 £20-25K 10.58% 10.39% 101.84 £25-30K 7.47% 7.77% 96.11 £30-35K 5.25% 5.79% 90.55 £35-40K 3.70% 4.33% 85.29 £40-45K 2.62% 3.27% 80.36 £45-50K 1.88% 2.48% 75.79 £50-55K 1.36% 1.90% 71.57 £55-60K 1.00% 1.47% 67.71 £60-65K 0.74% 1.15% 64.17 £65-70K 0.55% 0.91% 60.95 £70-75K 0.42% 0.72% 58.02 £75-80K 0.32% 0.57% 55.36 £80-85K 0.24% 0.46% 52.93 £85-90K 0.19% 0.37% 50.73 £90-95K 0.15% 0.31% 48.73 £95-100K 0.12% 0.25% 46.92 £100K + 0.53% 1.34% 39.15