Huntingdon
Conservative hold

This is the safest Conservative seat in terms of both numerical (18,000) and percentage majority in 1997. However, an unknown quantity of this was due to the personal vote of John Major, a very attractive figure to almost all those who have met him. These people are numerous in his constituency of over twenty years, Huntingdon, and on his retirement a new candidate from considerably further Right in the party may slip down the list of absolute safety a little after the next General Election (perhaps Michael Portillo in Kensington and Chelsea will take over at the top, ironically after his 1997 defeat) - but not very far.

In the steps of Worcester Park man comes Jonathan Djanogly, a rightwing opponent of the Euro, who unexpectedly beat a pro-European barrister and Tory Reform Group member, David Platt for the Conservative nomination. Dark and long-headed and from a wealthy family of manufacturers, he was born in 1965 and educated at University College School, Hampstead, Oxford Polytechnic and Guildford College of Law. A former councillor (1994-98) in Shirley Porter's Westminster, he fought Oxford East in 1997. Thrustingly ambitious, he became a partner with the London solicitors' firm of Berwins in 1998, aged 33, and founded an audio cassette business with his wife in 1994.

Area Percent GB Percent Index GB=100   Thriving Wealthy Achievers, Suburban Areas 27.17% 14.99% 181.22 Affluent Greys, Rural Communities 0.21% 2.13% 9.72 Prosperous Pensioners, Retirement Areas 1.28% 2.49% 51.34 Expanding Affluent Executives, Family Areas 22.70% 4.43% 512.93 Well-Off Workers, Family Areas 10.99% 7.27% 151.14 Rising Affluent Urbanites, Town & City Areas 1.48% 2.56% 57.72 Prosperous Professionals, Metropolitan Areas 0.08% 2.04% 3.74 Better-Off Executives, Inner City Areas 0.16% 3.94% 4.09 Settling Comfortable Middle Agers, Mature Home Owning Areas 9.78% 13.04% 75.00 Skilled Workers, Home Owning Areas 6.25% 12.70% 49.21 Aspiring New Home Owners, Mature Communities 4.76% 8.14% 58.42 White Collar Workers, Better-Off Multi Ethnic Areas 1.88% 4.02% 46.76 Striving Older People, Less Prosperous Areas 1.51% 3.19% 47.50 Council Estate Residents, Better-Off Homes 10.88% 11.31% 96.20 Council Estate Residents, High Unemployment 0.26% 3.06% 8.46 Council Estate Residents, Greatest Hardship 0.30% 2.52% 11.73 People in Multi-Ethnic, Low-Income Areas 0.00% 2.10% 0.00 Unclassified Unclassified 0.32% 0.06% 513.63

Area Percent GB Percent Index GB=100   £0-5K 5.37% 9.41% 57.08 £5-10K 11.98% 16.63% 72.04 £10-15K 14.25% 16.58% 85.94 £15-20K 13.35% 13.58% 98.29 £20-25K 11.30% 10.39% 108.76 £25-30K 9.12% 7.77% 117.34 £30-35K 7.19% 5.79% 124.17 £35-40K 5.61% 4.33% 129.47 £40-45K 4.36% 3.27% 133.48 £45-50K 3.39% 2.48% 136.43 £50-55K 2.64% 1.90% 138.52 £55-60K 2.06% 1.47% 139.92 £60-65K 1.62% 1.15% 140.76 £65-70K 1.28% 0.91% 141.17 £70-75K 1.02% 0.72% 141.24 £75-80K 0.81% 0.57% 141.03 £80-85K 0.65% 0.46% 140.62 £85-90K 0.52% 0.37% 140.04 £90-95K 0.43% 0.31% 139.34 £95-100K 0.35% 0.25% 138.55 £100K + 1.77% 1.34% 131.75