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Result: Saffron Walden
| TOP THREE PARTIES AT A GLANCE | ||
|---|---|---|
| Conservative |  |
51.4% |
| Liberal Democrat |  |
26.9% |
| Labour |  |
16.5% |
| Swing: 0.3% from LD to CON | ||
| IN DETAIL | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Party | Votes | % | +/- % |
| Alan Haselhurst | Conservative | 27,263 | 51.4 | +2.5 |
| Elfreda Tealby-Watson | Liberal Democrat | 14,255 | 26.9 | +2.0 |
| Swatantra Nandanwar | Labour | 8,755 | 16.5 | -6.1 |
| Barry Tyler | UK Independence Party | 1,412 | 2.7 | -0.8 |
| Raymond Brown | English Democrats | 860 | 1.6 | +1.6 |
| Trevor Hackett | Veritas | 475 | 0.9 | +0.9 |
| Majority | 13,008 | 24.5 | ||
| Turnout | 53,020 | 68.3 | +3.1 | |
KEY SEAT
| POLITICAL MAKE UP OF EASTERN | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| 2001 RESULT FOR SAFFRON WALDEN | ||
|---|---|---|
| Conservative |  |
48.9% |
| Liberal Democrat |  |
24.9% |
| Labour |  |
22.6% |
| Others |  |
3.6% |
