Friday, 30 April 2010

Where is Broxtowe?

The Sky News election map is brilliant. (And no, I'm not just saying that because they're employing me on election night.)

http://constituency.sky.com/page/broxtowe

As you can see, Broxtowe is just west of Nottingham. In a sense it's a seat typical of many in the East Midlands - a region full of marginal constituencies. Its seats such as Broxtowe which could determine which party is able (or not) to form a government on May 7th.

According to Sky: Broxtowe is largely suburban and middle class. There aren't many extremes of rich or poor in the seat although there are some traditional working class Labour areas in the main town of Beeston. Boots and Siemens are major employers although most people commute outside the seat into Nottingham. There are some smaller villages in the north of the seat that are home to wealthier Tory voters.

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