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Conservatives win Saffron Walden seat

Title
Conservatives win Saffron Walden seat
Genre
News report; Interview; Election coverage
TX Date
7 Jul 1977
Year of production
1977
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Duration
00:05:25
Description
Conservative candidate Alan Haselhurst has won the Essex seat of Saffron Walden in a landslide victory (07/07/77), which he discusses. Losing Labour MP, Ben Stoneham takes a positive view of the Liberal votes, which he says proves the Tories are losing voters to the Lib-Lab pact. Liberal candidate Andrew Phillips is positive about his credible performance. Reporter not identified.
Contributors
Alan Haselhurst; Andrew Phillips; Ben Stoneham
Keywords
Elections; Politics; Labour Party; Conservative Party; Liberal Party; Members of Parliament; Political coalitions; Parliamentary candidates; Saffron Walden; Essex

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