Hemsworth
Labour hold

Once the Yorkshire mining seat with the largest of all Labour majorities (34,000 in 1966), Hemsworth has been slimmed down by boundary changes and very slightly diluted by the addition of the middle class and even Conservative Wakefield South ward. There are now 53 seats technically safer than Jon Trickett's here, but once we reach these levels it scarcely matters.

John Trickett is a former Bennite Leeds councillor who via leadership of Leeds Council won this seat in 1996, and crowned his rightward trajectory by becoming PPS to Peter Mandelson. A former plumber and builder, he was born 1950 and educated at Roundhay School, Leeds and studied politics at Hull and Leeds Universities. Given his leftist past, it was ironic that he was the first Labour candidate to be opposed by a Scargill Socialist whom he saw off, and then attacked Scargill for lacking the guts himself to face the humiliation of polling only 1,200 votes.

Area Percent GB Percent Index GB=100   Thriving Wealthy Achievers, Suburban Areas 11.36% 14.99% 75.80 Affluent Greys, Rural Communities 0.04% 2.13% 1.97 Prosperous Pensioners, Retirement Areas 0.07% 2.49% 2.73 Expanding Affluent Executives, Family Areas 3.61% 4.43% 81.55 Well-Off Workers, Family Areas 9.06% 7.27% 124.57 Rising Affluent Urbanites, Town & City Areas 0.22% 2.56% 8.73 Prosperous Professionals, Metropolitan Areas 0.01% 2.04% 0.44 Better-Off Executives, Inner City Areas 0.00% 3.94% 0.00 Settling Comfortable Middle Agers, Mature Home Owning Areas 6.51% 13.04% 49.91 Skilled Workers, Home Owning Areas 25.91% 12.70% 203.97 Aspiring New Home Owners, Mature Communities 16.94% 8.14% 208.01 White Collar Workers, Better-Off Multi Ethnic Areas 0.00% 4.02% 0.00 Striving Older People, Less Prosperous Areas 5.52% 3.19% 173.42 Council Estate Residents, Better-Off Homes 18.37% 11.31% 162.42 Council Estate Residents, High Unemployment 0.41% 3.06% 13.48 Council Estate Residents, Greatest Hardship 1.96% 2.52% 77.80 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 12.27% 9.41% 130.31 £5-10K 20.27% 16.63% 121.90 £10-15K 18.48% 16.58% 111.48 £15-20K 13.86% 13.58% 102.00 £20-25K 9.77% 10.39% 93.98 £25-30K 6.79% 7.77% 87.35 £30-35K 4.74% 5.79% 81.91 £35-40K 3.36% 4.33% 77.48 £40-45K 2.41% 3.27% 73.86 £45-50K 1.76% 2.48% 70.91 £50-55K 1.30% 1.90% 68.52 £55-60K 0.98% 1.47% 66.58 £60-65K 0.75% 1.15% 65.00 £65-70K 0.58% 0.91% 63.74 £70-75K 0.45% 0.72% 62.72 £75-80K 0.36% 0.57% 61.91 £80-85K 0.28% 0.46% 61.26 £85-90K 0.23% 0.37% 60.76 £90-95K 0.18% 0.31% 60.38 £95-100K 0.15% 0.25% 60.09 £100K + 0.81% 1.34% 59.96