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14. The main person responsible for the Tories winning where I am is the outgoing Labour MP.
Sat Jun 10, 2017, 04:23 AM
Jun 2017

See the "Who's your MP" thread for more on that. Especially with reading the letter in support of fracking she sent to everyone in my postcode.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10887759#post19

There was a fair bit of tactical voting, as the UKIP vote collapsed into the Tories and the Lib Dems and Greens were both hit by tactical voting for Labour, even though the Lib Dem and Green candidates where I am were both much much better than Natascha Engel and quite frankly both deserved a lot more votes than they got.

I have been one of the more pessimistic members of this group during the election, largely because I have tended to base my views on what's been happening locally to me. I am now left wondering if Labour might have retained the seat where I live with a better candidate and more engaging local party.

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