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Originally Posted by garinda
When Ken Hargeaves lost to Greg Pope in 1992 he had 21,082 votes/ 36% of the vote.
When Cllr. Britcliffe first lost in 1997, he polled 15,383, and the percentage of the votes cast fell to 23%.
Perhaps the clues were already there.
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I'm not sure that's a valid argument Garinda. In 1992, Greg beat Ken but he was just gaining the seat back and won it by over 5,000 votes. In 1997, it was the year of the landslide Labour victory up and down the country so naturally Conservatives lost ground in Hyndburn as well. Again, I think that would have happened whoever the Tories had put up.