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6. As I have posted incessantly in other threads...
Mon Jun 19, 2017, 03:21 PM
Jun 2017

...my constituency went Tory for the first time since the 1930's thanks to a dreadful "triangulation" campaign by the incumbent Labour MP, including sending a 4 page statement in favour of fracking to every house in the local area. (There is a proposal to explore for shale gas in my area, which everyone expects would lead to fracking. Unsurprisingly there is a lot of local opposition)

UKIP vote collapsed into the Tories, in spite of said Labour MP trying very hard to out-Brexit them, and Lib Dems and Greens both lost ground due to tactical voting, which was a pity as they were both much better than what Labour were offering.

Bit of mixed results where I am. Labour took Derby North and the key bellweather marginal of High Peak, but went backwards elsewhere in the county.

More info on the "Who's Your MP" thread, now including videos attacking my new Tory MP for his fondness for parking charges when on Westminster council!

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