COUNTY DURHAM Seats: 7 Current Political Makeup: Lab 7 Predicted Political Makeup after June 8: Con 2, Lab 5 1. Bishop Auckland 2010 Result: Conservative: 10805 (26.3%) Labour: 16023 (39%) Lib Dem: 9189 (22.3%) BNP: 2036 (4.9%) UKIP: 1119 (2.7%) Others: 1964 (4.8%) MAJORIT...
SOUTH GLAMORGAN Seats: 5 Current Political Makeup: Con 2, Lab 3 Predicted Political Makeup after May 8: Con 4, LibDem 1 Revised: Con 2, Lab 3 1. Cardiff Central 2010 Result: Conservative: 7799 (21.6%) Labour: 10400 (28.8%) Lib Dem: 14976 (41.4%) Plaid Cymru: 1246 (3.4%) G...
Bristol & Surrounds Seats: 11 Current Political Makeup: Con 8, Lab 3 Predicted Political Makeup after June 8: Con 8 , LibDem 2, Green 1 Revised: Con 9, Lab 1, Green 1 * 1. Bath* 2010 Result: Conservative: 14768 (31.4%) Labour: 3251 (6.9%) Lib Dem: 26651 (56.6%) Green: 1...
Seats: 6 Current Political Makeup: Con 6, LibDem 0 Predicted Political Makeup after June 8: Con 5, LibDem 1 Revised: Con 6 1. Cheltenham 2010 Result: Conservative: 21739 (41.2%) Labour: 2703 (5.1%) Lib Dem: 26659 (50.5%) UKIP: 1192 (2.3%) Others: 493 (0.9%) MAJORITY: 4920 (...
SUFFOLK Number of Seats: 7 Current Political Makeup: Conservative, 7 Prediction for 2017: Conservative 7 1. Bury St Edmunds 2010 Result: Conservative: 27899 (47.5%) Labour: 9776 (16.6%) Lib Dem: 15519 (26.4%) Green: 2521 (4.3%) UKIP: 3003 (5.1%) MAJORITY: 12380 (21.1%) 2015...
DYFED Seats: 5 Current Political Makeup: Con 2, LibDem 1, Lab 1, PC 1 Predicted Political Makeup after June 8: Con 2, LibDem 1, Lab 1, PC 1 1. Carmarthen East & Dinefwr 2010 Result: Conservative: 8506 (22.4%) Labour: 10065 (26.5%) Lib Dem: 4609 (12.1%) Plaid Cymru: 135...
Seats: 6 Current Political Makeup: Con 4, Lab 2 Predicted Political Makeup after June 8: Con 5, Lab 1 Revised: Con 4, Lab 2 BEDFORDSHIRE 1. Bedford 2010 Result: Conservative: 17546 (38.9%) Labour: 16193 (35.9%) Lib Dem: 8957 (19.9%) BNP: 757 (1.7%) Green: 393 (0.9%) UKIP: ...
This is a rehash of a blog I wrote at the beginning of the 2010 election campaign, having just re-read my blogposts from the 2005 election, when I was Conservative candidate in North Norfolk. The experience brought back lots of memories – not all of them bad! But it did make ...
NORTHUMBERLAND Seats: 4 Current Political Makeup: Con 2, Lab 2 Predicted Political Makeup after June 8: Con 2, Lab 2 1. Berwick upon Tweed 2010 Result: Conservative: 14116 (36.7%) Labour: 5061 (13.2%) Lib Dem: 16806 (43.7%) BNP: 1213 (3.2%) UKIP: 1243 (3.2%) MAJORITY: 2690...
LONDON CENTRAL Seats: 6 Current Political Makeup: Con 2, Lab 4 Predicted Political Makeup after May 8: Con 3, Lab 3 Cities of London & Westminster 2010 Result: Conservative: 19264 (52.2%) Labour: 8188 (22.2%) Lib Dem: 7574 (20.5%) Green: 778 (2.1%) UKIP: 664 (1.8%) E...
Scotland – Borders & Ayrshire Seats: 7 Current Political Makeup: SNP 6, Con 1 Predicted Political Makeup after June 8: SNP 4, Con 3 North Ayshire & Arran 2010 Result: Conservative: 7212 (15.6%) Labour: 21860 (47.4%) Lib Dem: 4630 (10%) SNP: 11965 (25.9%) Others:...
Gwynedd Seats: 3 Current Political Makeup: Lab 1, Plaid Cymru 2 Predicted Political Makeup after June 8: Plaid Cymru 3 1. Arfon 2010 Result: Conservative: 4416 (16.9%) Labour: 7928 (30.4%) Lib Dem: 3666 (14.1%) Plaid Cymru: 9383 (36%) UKIP: 685 (2.6%) MAJORITY: 1455 (5.6%)...
SOMERSET Seats: 5 Current Political Makeup: Con 5 Predicted Political Makeup after June 8: Con 5 1. Bridgwater & Somerset West 2010 Result: Conservative: 24675 (45.3%) Labour: 9332 (17.1%) Lib Dem: 15426 (28.3%) BNP: 1282 (2.4%) Green: 859 (1.6%) UKIP: 2604 (4.8%) Inde...
CORNWALL Seats: 6 Current Political Makeup: Con 6 Predicted Political Makeup after June 8: Con 6 1. Camborne & Redruth 2010 Result: Conservative: 15969 (37.6%) Labour: 6945 (16.3%) Lib Dem: 15903 (37.4%) Green: 581 (1.4%) UKIP: 2152 (5.1%) Others: 943 (2.2%) MAJORITY: ...
NORFOLK Seats: 9 Current State of the Parties: Con 7, Labour 1, LibDem 1 Predicted State of the Parties: Con 8, Labour 1 Broadland 2010 Result: Conservative: 24338 (46.2%) Labour: 7287 (13.8%) Lib Dem: 17046 (32.4%) BNP: 871 (1.7%) Green: 752 (1.4%) UKIP: 2382 (4.5%) MAJOR...
It was one of those moments when you’ll always remember where you were when you heard the news. I was sitting in my car outside Wembley Stadium… But I’m getting ahead of myself. At just after 10am I was driving down the M11 from Norfolk when a news alert from Sky flashed up on...
Essex Seats: 18 Current Political Makeup: Con 17, Independent 1 *Prediction: Con 18 1. Basildon & Billericay 2010 Result: Conservative: 21922 (52.7%) Labour: 9584 (23.1%) Lib Dem: 6538 (15.7%) BNP: 1934 (4.7%) UKIP: 1591 (3.8%) MAJORITY: 12338 (29.7%) 2015 Result: Con...
Click on the links below to see my seat by seat predictions for each area of the United Kingdom. 650 seats predicted so far… RUNNING TOTAL Con 389 Lab 165 Lib 18 SNP 52 Plaid 5 Green 2 DUP 8 Sinn Fein 5 SDLP 3 UUP 1 Independent 1 Speaker 1 Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham...
For the first time in seven years part of me wishes I was a candidate in this election. Exciting political times ahead. But I can’t/won’t be. Watch out for an exciting announcement later today about something I’ll be doing for the next 8 weeks. Virtually everyone I know...
Boris Johnson has copped a lot of flak this week, unfairly so in my opinion. The media, and indeed some of his colleagues, have been waiting for him to commit a diplomatic howler ever since he was appointed Foreign Secretary back in mid-July. I was certainly not a founder memb...