Nuneaton
Labour hold

Like many seats, the industrial Warwickshire town of Nuneaton elected a Conservative in 1983 and 1987 in that most Thatcherite of decades; previously the blue party had not been victorious since 1931, a true landslide year. The picture is that Labour loses only when the party is riven, seeen as extreme, and generally in terrible shape. In a year when they are united, advancing, confident and full of ideas as in 1997 they win, usually easily. At the moment 2001 looks rather like 1997, at least more than it resembles 1931 or 1983.

Bill Olner, one of the dwindling band of Labour proletarians, was elected here in 1992 after 35 years as a machinist at Rolls Royce in Coventry. Born locally in 1942 and educated at Atherstone Secondary Modern and North Warwickshire Technical College, he sat on Nuneaton Council for 21 years and ran it for five, and is predictably locally-focused. A Commons doughnutter in Opposition, seated behind Tony Blair at question time so as to be in the TV frame despite efforts by the Whips to replace him by more photogenic women, he has post-1997 been displaced anyway by the hordes of ministerial parliamentary private secretaries.

Area Percent GB Percent Index GB=100   Thriving Wealthy Achievers, Suburban Areas 11.87% 14.99% 79.20 Affluent Greys, Rural Communities 0.09% 2.13% 4.01 Prosperous Pensioners, Retirement Areas 0.22% 2.49% 8.87 Expanding Affluent Executives, Family Areas 13.86% 4.43% 313.19 Well-Off Workers, Family Areas 12.89% 7.27% 177.21 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 0.16% 3.94% 3.94 Settling Comfortable Middle Agers, Mature Home Owning Areas 7.89% 13.04% 60.53 Skilled Workers, Home Owning Areas 23.50% 12.70% 184.97 Aspiring New Home Owners, Mature Communities 7.89% 8.14% 96.87 White Collar Workers, Better-Off Multi Ethnic Areas 0.00% 4.02% 0.00 Striving Older People, Less Prosperous Areas 4.68% 3.19% 146.99 Council Estate Residents, Better-Off Homes 12.12% 11.31% 107.18 Council Estate Residents, High Unemployment 1.21% 3.06% 39.60 Council Estate Residents, Greatest Hardship 3.09% 2.52% 122.83 People in Multi-Ethnic, Low-Income Areas 0.53% 2.10% 25.07 Unclassified Unclassified 0.00% 0.06% 0.00

Area Percent GB Percent Index GB=100   £0-5K 9.97% 9.41% 105.92 £5-10K 17.47% 16.63% 105.02 £10-15K 17.26% 16.58% 104.09 £15-20K 14.00% 13.58% 103.10 £20-25K 10.58% 10.39% 101.77 £25-30K 7.78% 7.77% 100.09 £30-35K 5.68% 5.79% 98.13 £35-40K 4.16% 4.33% 96.00 £40-45K 3.06% 3.27% 93.78 £45-50K 2.27% 2.48% 91.55 £50-55K 1.70% 1.90% 89.35 £55-60K 1.29% 1.47% 87.20 £60-65K 0.98% 1.15% 85.14 £65-70K 0.75% 0.91% 83.17 £70-75K 0.58% 0.72% 81.28 £75-80K 0.46% 0.57% 79.49 £80-85K 0.36% 0.46% 77.78 £85-90K 0.29% 0.37% 76.15 £90-95K 0.23% 0.31% 74.60 £95-100K 0.18% 0.25% 73.13 £100K + 0.87% 1.34% 64.93