General Election 2019: Labour take early seat count lead as Tories land Blyth Valley blow
Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Central are the first constituency to declare at the 2019 General Election.
Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Central are the first constituency to declare at the 2019 General Election.
The Conservatives are predicted to be the largest party according to the exit polls, with Boris Johnson’s party looking at a majority of 86 and a total of 368 seats if the poll is correct, the worst performance by a Labour party in modern times.
An exit poll conducted by MM in Manchester Withington suggests a reduction in Labour’s majority in the constituency in favour of the Tories and Liberal Democrats.
As the final opinion polls are released, all the debates complete and with less than an hour until the polls open, the 2019 general election campaign is at an end.
Denton and Reddish has traditionally been staunchly Labour, with Andrew Gwynne steering the ship since 2005. He has also served in the Shadow Cabinet under various guises: most recently, as Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government. MM’s Anna Staufenberg caught up with him just ahead of the most important General Election in years…
James Frith is hoping to be re-elected as Labour MP for Bury North this general election yet the constituency remains a marginal seat, with Labour and Conservative both ranking at 43% in voting intention estimates.
With this general election campaign focusing on many things like Brexit, misleading information, the future of the NHS and even blocks of ice, but sadly omitting much talk of the UK’s role in international intervention, MM spoke to David Wearing, a leading researcher and writer on foreign policy and the Middle East.
if Jeremy Corbyn seizes power on December 12, Downing Street in the 21st century will become the centre point for the start of a potential social democratic revolution, just as the Winter Palace was in the 20th century. And just like in Russia 1917, there will be no winners if Corbyn claims a majority.
Fast forward to December and the party, now known as ‘The Independent Group for Change”, is only fielding three candidates for the forthcoming general election
With just over a week to go until polling day, the Conservatives have pledged that they will launch a new strategy intended to tackle drug and gambling addiction.
Labour has announced that it will launch regional manifestos across the country to bring “wealth, power and prosperity” to communities.
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