Forest of Dean
Labour hold

The incomplete candidature pattern in local elections offers limited guidance to the latest chances of the parties in the Forest of Dean, but it might still be worth pointing out that Labour won 29 of the 50 seats in the district council elections of May 1999, and that Labour would notionally have won the seat even in 1992 when they lost the General Election - according to the official figures. However, there is evidence in the small recorded "swing" of just 5.6pc that in this rare case the academic team responsible for calculating notional results for the new constituencies had they existed in 1992 actually got it wrong. The one certain thing is that Diana Organ's majority last time was 12.6pc, which would be within the Tories' grasp in an even year.

Diana Organ, a lively, personable, short-white-haired school teacher, won here in 1997 after trying in 1992. Locally-focused on questions of transport, housing, fuel tax, opencast mining and beef farming, she was born 1952 and educated at Edgbaston Church of England School for Girls, St Hugh's College, Oxford, and Bath and Bristol Universities. She has campaigned against unnecessary hysterectomies.

Forest of Dean Conservative Association

Forest of Dean Liberal Democrats

Area Percent GB Percent Index GB=100   Thriving Wealthy Achievers, Suburban Areas 30.12% 14.99% 200.86 Affluent Greys, Rural Communities 5.33% 2.13% 250.83 Prosperous Pensioners, Retirement Areas 0.88% 2.49% 35.42 Expanding Affluent Executives, Family Areas 3.05% 4.43% 68.96 Well-Off Workers, Family Areas 6.12% 7.27% 84.18 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 23.18% 13.04% 177.74 Skilled Workers, Home Owning Areas 13.31% 12.70% 104.77 Aspiring New Home Owners, Mature Communities 10.52% 8.14% 129.17 White Collar Workers, Better-Off Multi Ethnic Areas 0.64% 4.02% 15.98 Striving Older People, Less Prosperous Areas 1.02% 3.19% 32.18 Council Estate Residents, Better-Off Homes 5.83% 11.31% 51.51 Council Estate Residents, High Unemployment 0.00% 3.06% 0.00 Council Estate Residents, Greatest Hardship 0.00% 2.52% 0.00 People in Multi-Ethnic, Low-Income Areas 0.00% 2.10% 0.00 Unclassified Unclassified 0.00% 0.06% 0.00

Area Percent GB Percent Index GB=100   £0-5K 8.41% 9.41% 89.37 £5-10K 16.05% 16.63% 96.52 £10-15K 16.80% 16.58% 101.35 £15-20K 14.15% 13.58% 104.17 £20-25K 10.95% 10.39% 105.38 £25-30K 8.20% 7.77% 105.47 £30-35K 6.07% 5.79% 104.83 £35-40K 4.50% 4.33% 103.75 £40-45K 3.34% 3.27% 102.42 £45-50K 2.51% 2.48% 100.96 £50-55K 1.89% 1.90% 99.47 £55-60K 1.44% 1.47% 98.00 £60-65K 1.11% 1.15% 96.57 £65-70K 0.86% 0.91% 95.20 £70-75K 0.68% 0.72% 93.91 £75-80K 0.53% 0.57% 92.70 £80-85K 0.42% 0.46% 91.56 £85-90K 0.34% 0.37% 90.50 £90-95K 0.27% 0.31% 89.50 £95-100K 0.22% 0.25% 88.57 £100K + 1.13% 1.34% 84.03