General election 2010: Tories win Nuneaton target from Labour

By Marina Kim Tory-Labour marginal Nuneaton has gone blue as Labour has lost its seat. Conservative Marcus Jones gained the seat with 18,536 votes (41.5%). Labour Jayne Innes lost with 16,467 votes (36.9%). This represents a 7.2% swing from the Labour to the Conservatives. The seat has been 83rd on the Tory target list. Tonight’s […]

General election 2010: Surprise loss for Lib Dems in Harrogate

By Sasjkia Otto Phil Willis’ replacement in Harrogate and Knaresborough has failed to hold one of the Liberal Democrats’ safest seats, with a nine per cent swing to the Conservatives. The Lib Dems saw their 10,429-vote lead of 2005 reduced to a 1,039 loss with the Conservatives claiming 47% of the vote. Historically, Harrogate was […]

General election 2010: Hammersmith Lib Dem throws in towel

By Kaye Wiggins Merlene Emerson, the Liberal Democrat candidate in Hammersmith, has said she never expected to win the seat and is hoping to win around 20 per cent of the vote. In a comment on a local blog, posted earlier this week, Ms Emerson wrote: “There was the era known as BC (before Cleggism) […]

General election 2010: Wavertree Lib Dem tweets defeat

By Chris Bradley The count in Wavertree has not begun yet but Lib Dem candidate Colin Eldridge has accepted defeat. And he has called for an inquiry into how some polling stations ran out of ballot papers. Mr Eldridge posted a tweet on Twitter saying: “Thank you to the thousands of people who voted for […]

General election 2010: Slender Tory gain in Midlands

By Sam Dale The Conservatives have taken Broxtowe from Labour – but with a surprisingly small swing. As Conservative target number 42 the Tories would have expected a larger swing than 2.6% to elect Anna Soubry to parliament. Ms Soubry won a slender majority of just 389 over Labour’s Nick Palmer who received 20,585 votes. […]

General election 2010: Heath sees off Rees-Mogg in Somerton and Frome

By Sasjkia Otto Liberal Democrat Commons spokesman David Heath has held off an extremely strong challenge from his Conservative opponent in Somerton and Frome. Mr Heath defended the seat with a one per cent swing from Conservative Annunziata Rees-Mogg, the daughter of a former Times editor and sister of the Conservative candidate for the neighbouring […]

General election 2010: Tories make massive swing in Leicester

By Sam Dale The Conservatives have gained North West Leicestershire from Labour with a massive 12% swing. The seat was number 90 on the Tory target list and sees Andrew Brigden elected to parliament. Mr Brigden took a 7,511 majority over his Labour rival Ross Wilmot who received just 30% of the vote, compared to […]

General election 2010: Tories fail to gain marginal Bolton North East

By Marina Kim Labour’s David Crausby has held his seat in Bolton North East, in a result which will disappoint Tories looking for an overall majority. The Labour candidate gained 19,870 votes (45.9%). The Conservatives came second with 15,786 (36.5%). The seat was a key Labour/Conservative marginal for almost thirty years. The results represent a […]

General election 2010: Tories boot out Lembit Opik

By Matthew West The Conservatives have taken the seat of Montgomeryshire, pushing out the Lib Dem candidate Lembit Opik. Mr Opik has been a prominent MP, not always to everyone’s taste, and is the first big name politician to lose his seat. The Conservatives would not have expected to have taken the seat but it […]

General election 2010: Labour win back Glasgow East

By Sam Dale Labour has overturned their shock by-election defeat in 2008 with an emphatic victory over the SNP in Glasgow East. The by-election rocked Gordon Brown after the 10p tax reversal two years ago but Margaret Curran has now been elected with a 12,000 majority. Ms Curran won 61.6% of the vote compared to […]