Enfield Southgate by-election - Candidates’ press conference

Title

Enfield Southgate by-election - Candidates’ press conference

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

6 Dec 1984

Year of production

1984

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Duration

00:04:40

Description

Elections are taking place in the Greater London constituency of Enfield Southgate, to replace murdered MP Anthony Berry. The main party candidates, Conservative Michael Portillo, Liberal Tim Slack (representing the SDP-Liberal Alliance) and Labour’s Peter Hamid, talk about the issues they want to tackle, such as student grants, health services and crime. The reporter is Richard Dallyn.

Contributors

Richard Dallyn; Michael Portillo; Tim Slack; Peter Hamid

Keywords

Elections; London; Government; Labour Party; Health services; Education; Conservative Party; Liberal Party; GLC; SDP-Liberal Alliance; Educational grants; Parliamentary candidates; Election campaigns; Nationalist Party; Anthony Berry; Helen Anscomb; Iain Burgess; James Kershaw; Andreas Polydorou; Raymond Shenton; George Weiss; Enfield Southgate

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