Marginal seats poll shows Thatcher’s Finchley could go Labour

A poll of Conservative-held marginals has shown the Tories trailing or tied with Labour in five of the 10 seats surveyed.

Finchley and Golders Green in north London – where Margaret Thatcher was once MP – is one of three seats where Labour is now ahead, according to the poll by Conservative peer Lord Ashcroft.

The poll gives Labour a two-point advantage over the Conservatives in the constituency – still well within the margin of error.