Overview of Penrith and The Border by-election

Title

Overview of Penrith and The Border by-election

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

29 Jul 1983

Year of production

1983

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Duration

00:04:22

Description

Report on the Penrith and The Border by-election (28/07/83), which saw the Conservative Party win by a narrow 552 majority over the SDP-Liberal Alliance. Speakers are Conservative Party candidate David Maclean; SDP-Liberal Alliance candidate Michael Young; Labour Party candidate Lindsay Williams; Monster Raving Loony Party candidate Screaming Lord (David) Sutch. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

David Sutch; David MacLean; Michael Young; Lindsay Williams

Keywords

Elections; Politics; Government; Labour Party; Conservative Party; Political parties; SDP-Liberal Alliance; Monster Raving Loony Party; Cumbria; Penrith

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