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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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NomDePlume · 06/05/2010 17:33

Michael Foster, Labour.

He was one of loudest voices in the call to ban hunting with dogs. All very good and all that but he has done naff all else that I can see.

I have a feeling that this seat will turn blue. The chap is very nice and has been VERY proactive in his campaigning. Door knocking, leaflet dropping, community projects, newspaper articles, you name it. If that effort translates to votes then we'll be a blue seat tomorrow.

I've not seen hide nor hair of Mr Foster. I've seen our local labour councillor chap, he was out canvassing, but Foster is nowhere to be seen

I have voted labour on both sides - local and national. Even though, ime the Tory candidate is nice and my labour MP is a nobber, I can't give the Tories a seat. I just can't do it.

Lib Dems have postered and stuck those yellow diamond "We're winning here" things up everywhere but I haven't seen a single Lib Dem canvasser, local councillor wannabe or HoP hopeful.

boredonasunday · 06/05/2010 17:45

sleepychunky we are in the Fat Controller's constiuency as well - grrr. Lib Dems do seem to work very hard around here - Serena thingy was even outside our school the other day.

NomDePlume · 06/05/2010 17:46

he's been here since '97 with his holding margin getting narrower every election with the Tories coming right up the rear in 2005. Foster only won by just over 3000 votes. Not much.

picc · 06/05/2010 18:38

NomDePlume, I grew up in Michael Foster's constituency, and I think you're right he's in danger.
It was blue blue blue for eons before he got in.
Shame really, I actually thought he'd done a decent job, and at least he's originally from there (unlike our MP here: the parachuted-in Charles Clark). He fought it for ages even when it was a fairly safe Tory seat.
We'll see....

Batteryhuman · 06/05/2010 18:49

Jeremy Twunt Hunt here had a comfortable majority last time but the Lib Dems got within 1,000 votes in 2001 so here's hoping they can remove the smug grin off his face, the only one who can out-smug Cameron.

NomDePlume · 06/05/2010 19:11

Yes picc, Worcester was held by the Tories for 30+ years before Foster got in in 97.

picc · 06/05/2010 19:33

oh my god!! there's 2 of them!

I was talking about the Michael Foster who's MP for Hastings and Rye!

Ah well... maybe that explains why we have different impressions of him The Hastings guy grew up there and is a decent bloke, honest!

ouryve · 06/05/2010 19:46

We used to have Tony Blair and Phil Wilson was elected in his place in 2007 with a much smaller majority. It's an ultra-safe labour constituency, so I doubt if he'll be ousted, despite that.

snowlady · 06/05/2010 21:55

I think the Worcester Woman will vote tory this time. Peter Walker was a fairly decent tory so I expect his son will be popular.

NomDePlume · 07/05/2010 07:51

This 'Worcester Woman' didn't but it would appear that a few did, given that Robin is now our MP with a just under 3000 majority. So my prediction was right. He seems like a decent bloke. I hope he does a good job for us, despite his political leanings

amidaiwish · 07/05/2010 14:30

interesting, Vince Cable got in here, but for the council elections a move to 3 conservative seats.

insertexpletive · 08/05/2010 12:16

Amidaiwish - we live in the same Borough

Council as a whole has moved from Lib-Dem to Conservative. Quite close, but I think C got 30 seats and LD 25!

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