Who's standing where you are?

[mcgandalf]

...Mole... said:

Alex Salmond amongst others, unfortunatly he seems to be ahead in polls.

Vote Christine Jardine! Liberal Democrat. Yes, seriously, unfortunately.

[McWigglebum4th]

Corpulent Tosser said:

West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine.

Incumbent is LibDem, polls show SNP ahead so my vote will be LibDem.

Actually I think the current chap is OK so while not a LibDem supporter I am happy with him, particularly if he stops SNP getting in.

The polls show tory 2nd

http://lordashcroftpolls.com/2015/03/aberdeenshire...

[john2443]

We have Lib Dem, UKIP, Tory, Socialist party of GB, Labour, Indy (I've never heard of any of them apart from in leaflets through the door) and Caroline Lucas, Green, the current MP.

In the time I've lived here it's been Tory, Labour, Green, so anyone's guess who'll win it this time.

My guess would be Labour win because the Green council have buggered up the traffic and even though this is local council not national there will be a swing against them and Tories already being in government are held responsible for anything that's happened in the last few years despite the fact that they probably haven't done a worse job than any other gov would have done but the public don't apply any common sense anyway.

[Rick_1138]

Saw this article in the Grauniad, About my local constituency, the last few paragraphs where Salmond shows his usual arrogance explains exactly why i despise him and all of the SNP, the beliefe that they speak for all of Scotland when in fact its the minority view that they represent.

Anyone But Salmond

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/apr/12/al...

[towser44]

Conservative seat since 1918 here in Macclesfield. Our MP previous to the current one was in situ for 39 years! First time I was old enough to vote I was in the Tatton constituency (George Osbournes current seat). It was white suited Martin Bell vs Neil Hamilton :-)

[Chicken Chaser]

We are in a marginal here, a Tory maj of 332 since 2010. James Wharton is the Conservative who, to he fair to him has been in and around the area quite a bit. Labour have a woman who has her own business, UKIP have an ex Fireman and devout Christian and then there's the Lib Dems and Greens...

Not sure what will happen here, could be close between Labour and Tories.

[unrepentant]

Mark Benson said:

Richmondshire - Hague's seat.

Cons - Assume it's still a safe seat so have parachuted in Rishi Sunak, Winchester/Oxford PPE with a billionaire's daughter for a wife and a history of hedge fund management. As the name suggests, no ties to the area and a slightly different skin tone to 99% of the residents

Having lived in the area for 15 years until 5 years ago I'd like to know where the 1% are hidden.

Whitest place I ever lived.

I also don't understand why they didn't go for Wendy Morton. She's lived there for years and is well known and the tories have put her into a safe seat in the Midlands. Seems stupid.

[eatcustard]

Candidates for Bromsgrove

Sajid Javid Tory Boy (he will win)

Giovanni 'Spoz' Esposito Green communist party

Stuart Cross UKip <----gets my vote

Bart Ricketts Lib Dems

Tom Ebbutt Labour Communists

[anonymous-user]

I'm quite torn on this one. In 2010, the seat swung from Labour to Tory by 194 votes, after the previous (decent) Labour MP stood down. The Tory chap has actually been very involved in the area but he's now retiring so we have a new Labour and a new Tory candidate.

The problem is that I genuinely like the new Labour candidate, she comes across well and has managed to conduct a campaign without all of the bullst that the wider parties have been spewing everywhere. On the other hand, the Conservative's UK record over the last 5 years has actually been pretty good and Labour's tenure in the Welsh Gov't has been fking tragic. So now I have to decide whether to for the local or national approach.

Apart from those two we have the other usual suspects.

[MarkRSi]

Rick_1138 said:

I think Lib Dem is only way to keep salmond out tbh, im a tory but voting Lib dem in our seat

Thing is I don't mind Clegg/Lib dems too much, but every other day I've been receiving crap from them saying "Only WE can beat the SNP", "Keep the SNP out!", "Alex wants to eat your babies!", "It's a two horse race between us and the SNP" etc. etc.. While the few things I've received from the SNP are saying what they'll try do for the local area without resorting to excessive mud slinging. I know I shouldn't judge on a few leaflets but it's making me want to vote for the latter...

Edited by MarkRSi on Friday 24th April 19:03

[Elderly]

Our MP is John Bercow but I have to say that he has been very attentive to local issues
and as Speaker, he doesn't have to tow the party line.

[TwigtheWonderkid]

Elderly said:

Our MP is John Bercow but I have to say that he has been very attentive to local issues
and as Speaker, he doesn't have to tow the party line.

All valid points in his favour. But on the other hand, he is John Bercow. Bin him off, the horrid little weasel.

[SPS]

The usual suspects are standing in my part of the world!
The real problem is that they then spend the next 5 years sitting on their collective backsides doing bugger & all except waiting for the pay rise and protected pensions!
Simplessssssssssssss

[Patrick Bateman]

Stewart Hosie had a 4.5% majority the last time around and I can only see that increasing.

[jmorgan]

We have the Pirate party. Arrrrr.

[yahtzee]

Him...

[Morningside]

Suffolk Coastal. Always Tory. Although it came close with Labour in 1997.

John Gummer 1983..2010
Therese Coffey 2010...

[Snoggledog]

Steve Baker (Con)
David Williams QC (Lab)
Steve Guy (Lib Dem)
David Meacock (UKIP)
Jem Bailey (Green) Chelsea supporter. That rules him out straight away.




As it's been a safe conservative seat since 1951 I doubt that much will change.

[a311]

Copeland cover a few old mining towns and villages and parts of the Lake District. Generally the working areas are propped up by the nuclear industry. It's always been a safe labor seat but last election but looking at the previous elections it's slow eroding last time out it was 46% LAB 37% CON I guess a split between those with common sense and landowners.

The local MP is Jamie Reid, local lad who I don't mind at all but doesn't seem to get much done for all his bluster.

There's a new Con MP who looks like a right toff TBH. The literature that has come through the door has been very disappointing from the Conservatives. We have candiates from Lib Dems, Cons, Lab, Greens's and UKIP. I can see a strong turn out for UKIP.

[fluffnik]

MarkRSi said:

Thing is I don't mind Clegg/Lib dems too much, but every other day I've been receiving crap from them saying "Only WE can beat the SNP", "Keep the SNP out!", "Alex wants to eat your babies!", "It's a two horse race between us and the SNP" etc. etc.. While the few things I've received from the SNP are saying what they'll try do for the local area without resorting to excessive mud slinging. I know I shouldn't judge on a few leaflets but it's making me want to vote for the latter...

Alex Salmond has an excellent rep as a constituency MP/MSP...

Just saying, like.