Big cut in Tories’ Epping Forest majority

Title

Big cut in Tories’ Epping Forest majority

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech

TX Date

16 Dec 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:01:50

Description

Paul Seagrove reports on the result of the Epping Forest by-election, won by Steven Norris, Conservative Party, but with a greatly reduced majority and a turnout of less than fifty per cent. The Democrats increased their share of the vote with Labour maintaining their proportion. Includes interviews with Steven Norris; Andrew Thompson, Democrats; Stephen Murray, Labour; speech by Michael Pettman, SDP.

Contributors

Steven Norris; Paul Seagrove; Andrew Thompson; Stephen Murray; Michael Pettman

Keywords

Elections; Labour Party; UK; Great Britain; Conservative Party; Political parties; England; SDP; Essex; Steven Norris; Democrats; Epping Forest

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