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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