Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Local Election Battleground

In one of his blog entries Martin Land, Liberal Democrat Parliamentary candidate, Agent to Parliamentary candidates in Cambridgeshire North East and also for Cambridgeshire South, Agent to various local candidates in Cambridgeshire said the Liberal Democrats could win a couple of seats. This is wrong. The Liberal Democrats should do well. This is Martin land downplaying the potential result to call this result as being fantastic. snrednek predicts the following:

Liberal Democrats should retain:
Buckden
Huntingdon East
St Neots Priory Park

Liberal Democrats should gain:
Godmanchester
Huntingdon West
St Neots Eynesbury
Sawtry
Warboys and Bury

UKIP should retain:
Ramsey

The Conservatives should retain:
Alconbury and The Stukeleys
Earith
Gransden and The Offords
St Ives East
St Ives South
The Hemingfords
Yaxley and Farcet

The interesting one is Elton and Folksworth. When last fought neither the Liberal Democrats and UKIP stood. This could cut into the Conservative majority.

I predict the election outcomes could mean the new political balance could be:

Conservatives: 32
Liberal Democrats: 17
UKIP: 2
Independent: 1

The Conservative majority will have been cut from 20 to 12. This will be the same as the Euros/County 2009 elections. Back then the vote went up for both the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats at the local elections as those voting for smaller parties. The result will be interesting. With nearly double the normal turnout there could be a few surprises.

1 comment:

Ste said...

Dave, many thanks for your views during this campaign. I have enjoyed reading the blogs, and am hopoeful that your prediction for Huntingdon East will be right.

All the best

Ste
ps - I shall give you every credit, but I have 'copied' your Djanogly/Clegg picture.

Do you mind of I use it on my Facebook page?

Ste