Ribble Valley by-election
- Title
- Ribble Valley by-election
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Election coverage
- TX Date
- Unknown
- Year of production
- 1991
- Play audio
- To listen to the audio files, please log in.
- Duration
- 00:02:15
- Description
- Report on the result of the Ribble Valley by-election won by Liberal Democrat candidate Michael Carr after Tory voters protested against the poll tax (community charge) by voting against them. The Tories may now look at replacing the poll tax. Includes excerpts from Carr’s victory speech and comment from unsuccessful Conservative Party candidate, Nigel Evans. Male reporter not identified. Ends abruptly.
- Contributors
- Nigel Evans; Michael Carr
- Keywords
- Elections; Politics; Labour Party; Conservative Party; Political parties; Fiscal policy; Michael Heseltine; Liberal Democrats; Community charge; Local taxation; Ribble Valley; Electoral issues
The copyright of audio recordings in the LBC / IRN Digitisation Archive is owned by Global Radio UK Ltd.
Record Stats
This record has been viewed 226 times.