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29 April 2015
  • Could Nigel Farage be blocked from Westminster by Labour voters?

    4:12 PM
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    • Georgia Graham georgia.graham@itn.co.uk

    This is interesting. Ashcroft polling in Thanet South suggests that Nigel Farage could be kept out of Westminster by Labour voters lending their votes to the Tories. Labour’s vote has steadily slipped in polls in the area while the Conservative support has been rising, eventually overtaking Ukip.

    Are Labour voters in Thanet South lending their votes to the Tories to stop Farage? pic.twitter.com/DKWYICkg8v

    — Lord Ashcroft (@LordAshcroft) April 29, 2015

    The gap narrows in Sheffield Hallam. Will Tory tactical voters step in to save Clegg? pic.twitter.com/ZLtD0mBUtw

    — Lord Ashcroft (@LordAshcroft) April 29, 2015

    Earlier this month a former Conservative party candidate for Sheffield Hallam wrote to people in the area telling them to vote for the Liberal Democrat leader, Nick Clegg, in order to prevent a Labour win.

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29 April 2015