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Who is your MP? What is your prediction?

162 replies

alysonpeaches · 03/05/2010 17:51

Mine is John Healey, labour, and I strongly suspect a labour victory here as its never been anything else.

Who holds your constituency and will they return?

(trying to get away from the depressing threads)

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Molesworth · 04/05/2010 17:11

Lenin, I've been trying to find a map showing boundary changes today with no luck (well tbh I got distracted by some urgent piece of business so I never got very far with the search). Will post a link if I can find one.

GetOrfMoiLand · 04/05/2010 16:15

Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester), Labour. Should be a safe Labour seat but is looking more like a Lab/Con marginal. There are a LOT of conservative posters and a sustained cconservative campaign. Met the Cons candidate couple of a weeks ago, seemed a very nice, down to earth chap. I told him quite cheerfully that I am die in the wool labour, so not to darken my door waste his time with me.

LOADS of posters everywhere, probably about 50/50 cons/labour. Zero interest in Lib Dem (thanks be to God).

Am crossing fingers, legs, toes, eyes on Thursday. Dhanda is a good constituency MP, so hope he gets back in for local as well as parliamentary reaons.

LeninGrad · 04/05/2010 16:08

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KurriKurri · 04/05/2010 16:05

I haven't got one - we are a new constituency, but I would not fall over with surprise if the tory candidate gets in.

Sweeedes · 04/05/2010 15:06

Peter Lilley is my MP, comfortable Conservative majority throughout history, so expect he'll be returned.

Predict 12 seat Conservative Government majority overall. I was predicting 22 seat majority pre-Clegg-mania.

DomesticGoddessInTraining · 04/05/2010 15:03

Nigel Griffiths who thankfully has stood down. I hope his replacement Ian Murray gets in, but Labour only had something like a 400 majority last time so both the Lib Dems and the Tories working it hard.

CrosswordGeek · 04/05/2010 14:59

Ian Liddel Granger. Tory.
Has been MP here since forever, and holds a majority of about 13K (lib dems 6k, labour 2k) so I'm pretty sure that he shall still be here next week!

BenHer · 04/05/2010 14:57

Cheryl Gillan.Yuk!

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bamboo · 04/05/2010 14:22

Edward Garnier (Con).

In my immediate vicinity it feels like Lib Dems are most popular but elsewhere it is such a rural constituency I can't imagine them gaining enough ground overall to swing it from the Tories.

wastingaway · 04/05/2010 14:11

UD lol

I'm actually really worried about the English Democrats round here.
I was so utterly gobsmacked when they won the Mayoral election election, and we're good at being infamous round here.

kveta · 04/05/2010 14:01

ours is Mark Prisk, a tory who is also the shadow minister for cornwall, and apparently wants to be minister for cornwall in a Tory government. I live in Hertfordshire...

I'd love it if the Lib Dems Andrew Lewin could take it, but think it unlikely - last election was a 50.4% win for the Tories!

My parents live in Jo Swinson's (Lib Dem) constituency - she's fab, does a great job, and we're all hoping she'll get in again!

azazello · 04/05/2010 13:38

Waves at mussyhillmum. I used to be in Lynne Featherstone's consitutency last time. I was so pleased she won the seat from Barbara Roche who was utterly incompetent.

mussyhillmum · 04/05/2010 13:36

Lynne Featherstone (Lib Dem). She is fab - works VERY hard for her constituents. It would be criminal if she lost her seat!

azazello · 04/05/2010 13:31

Twofalls - I'm in Evan Harris' constituency too. I reckon he'll win although I keep being told its close. I've seen an awful lot of posters around for him and 5 or so for the others so think he'll win it.

PinkFuschia · 04/05/2010 13:23

Noahandthewhale - we must live close to each other as Alastair Burt is my MP too. No chance of anyone beating him as his majority is mahoosive and the other candidates have done bugger all in my village.

MuminBeds - Luton South is going to be very interesting. I used to live there and that is the result I shall be staying up for. I think it's elected an MP for the party that has been in government since 1951. It will be fascinating to see what happens this time (please God, not the Tories!)

ooojimaflip · 04/05/2010 13:22

Diane Abbott. She will win.

UnquietDad · 04/05/2010 13:21

Nick Clegg (Lib Dem, Sheffield Hallam). I think he'll hang on, somehow...

ArcticRoll · 04/05/2010 13:17

David Lepper,Labour -he is standing down.
Concerned that Labour will lose-Greens are fighting this seat and are doing well-no point in having a Green MP if we have Tory government.

Heartbrokenforpup · 04/05/2010 13:09

John Leech Lib Dem,

had previously been Labour for years.

I suspect it will remain Lib Dem, but I vote labour.

jafina · 04/05/2010 13:07

Sadiq Khan (Lab) in Tooting but it is a marginal seat and ladbrokes seem to predict he will lose to the Conservatives.

dinasaw · 04/05/2010 08:28

Our MP was David horseshit Heathcoat Amory. Judging by his demenour at the hustings at the weekend and the vibrancy of the lib dem lady, he is on his way out.

Ewe · 04/05/2010 01:17

Chris Grayling here with 17000 majority, always has and probably always will be a Tory seat.

Dlamis · 04/05/2010 01:08

John Redwood here. Would take a massive swing to get him out. Am tempted to vote for the Monster Raving Loonies.

HappyMrsChicken · 04/05/2010 00:48

Francis Maude (Con) is our MP, and although he claimed £35,000 on expenses for the interest on a mortgage for a flat in London when he owned a house 5 mins away which he rented out, he will still get voted in again no doubt. It makes me despair.

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