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« Reply #2 on: March 01, 2005, 01:39:03 PM » |
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« Edited: April 16, 2005, 03:37:57 PM by Semi-Retired Al »
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North
Cumbria
Barrow-in-Furness: rurban, remote, nulcear/defense, gas Carlisle: rurban, textiles, tourism Copeland: rural, remote, nuclear, coalfield, tourism Penrith & The Border: rural, agricultural, commuters, tourism Westmorland & Lonsdale: rural, agricultural, tourism Workington: rural, remote, coalfield, tourism
Northumberland
Berwick-upon-Tweed: rural, remote, agricultural, small coalfield, fishing, tourism Blyth Valley: urban, coalfield Hexham: rural, agricultural, commuters, tourism Wansbeck: rural, coalfield
Tyneside
Blaydon: suburban (mixed), coalfield, polarised Gateshead East & Washington West: suburban (working class), coalfield, new town Jarrow: suburban (working class), coalfield, shipping, shipbuilding, Jarrow Crusade 1936 Newcastle-upon-Tyne Central: urban/suburban (middle class), misnamed, yuppies, universities Newcastle-upon-Tyne East & Wallsend: urban/suburban (working class), shipbuilding, coalfield Newcastle-upon-Tyne North: suburban (mixed) South Shields: suburban (working class), coalfield, shipping, ship building, only part of the U.K never to have had a Tory M.P since the beginning of semi-democracy in the 1830's. Tyne Bridge: urban, inner city (Newcastle, Gateshead) Tynemouth: suburban (mixed), polarised, resort, shipbuilding, shipping Tyneside North: suburban (working class)/rural, coalfield, shipbuilding
County Durham
Bishop Auckland: rural, polarised, coalfield, agricultural, tourism City of Durham: rurban: polarised, coalfield, university, yuppies, tourism Darlington: urban/suburban, based on railways, traditionally had a lot of working class Tories (though no longer). Durham North: rural, coalfield Durham North West: rural, coalfield + old steel town, tourism Easington: rurban, coalfield, new town Hartlepool: urban/suburban (mixed), remote, steel, chemicals, shipping Houghton & Washington East: rurban, coalfield, new town, cars Sedgefield: rural, coalfield, new town Sunderland North: urban/suburban (mixed, mostly working class), coalfield, shipbuilding, university (note: ex-tech) Sunderland South: urban/suburban (working class), coalfield, shipbuilding
Teeside
Middlesbrough: urban, inner city, steel, chemicals, university (note: ex-tech) Middlesbrough South & Cleveland East: suburban (mixed, mostly working class)/rural, resorts, orefield, tourism Redcar: suburban (working class), steel, chemicals, shipping Stockton North: urban/suburban (working class), chemicals Stockton South: suburban (mixed, mostly middle class)
North West
North Lancashire
Blackpool North & Fleetwood: urban/suburban, resort + fishing port, tourism Blackpool South: urban, resort, inner city, tourism Fylde: rural/suburban (middle class), pensioners, tourism, agriculture Lancaster & Wyre: rurban, polarised, pensioners, tourism, university Morecambe & Lunesdale: rurban, resort, nuclear, shellfish, pensioners Ribble Valley: rural, agriculture, tourism, commuters
East Lancashire
Blackburn: urban, textiles (used to be the textile capital of the world), large Asian population Burnley: urban/suburban, textiles, racial tension (despite Asian population being small) Heywood & Middleton: urban/suburban, textiles, white flight Hyndburn: rurban, textiles Pendle: rurban, textiles, large Pakistani population Rochdale: urban/suburban, textiles, large Pakistani population, Liberal tradition, racial tension Rossendale & Darwen: rurban, textiles, commuters
Manchester Metro
City and Inner Suburbs
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