Final Day Before Election and Results Point to a Hung Parliament
By James_Mass | Wednesday, May 05, 2010, 14:03
The polls open tomorrow at 7am, which means the
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David Cameron. Image source - World Economic Forum (Flickr)
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Gordon Brown. Image source - World Economic Forum (Flickr)
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Nick Clegg. Image source - Liberal Democrats (Flickr)
leaders of the parties have had one final campaign push today.
Racing around the country, Gordon Brown, David
Cameron and Nick Clegg have been visiting different towns to urge undecided
voters to show their support. It’s been revealed that one in four of us are
still undecided on who we should vote for tomorrow. David Cameron has been
campaigning overnight claiming that he “didn’t want to waste any hours on the
last day and a bit.” His overnight campaign took him to Cumbria, Lancashire,
Yorkshire and Lincolnshire where he talked to shift workers. The Prime Minister
Gordon Brown recently gave a speech in Bradford, while Nick Clegg took his
campaign to a rally in Eastbourne before heading north to Durham and then
Sheffield.
This election is too close to call with the latest
ComRes poll revealing the Conservatives are in the lead with 37%. Labour follow
with 29% while the Liberal Democrats are on 26%. These results would mean a
hung parliament with the Tories becoming the largest party with 294 seats. They
would be just 32 seats short of a majority – the target being 326 seats.
A YouGov poll for The Sun though paints a very
different picture. Their results put the Conservative party in the lead with
35%, followed by Labour on 30% and the Lib Dems on 24%. This would result again
in a hung parliament but this time Labour would be the biggest party with 288
seats, over the Tories who would have 261.
This is the toughest election to predict in years,
which also makes it one of the most interesting. Who gets your vote and why?
What’s your take on the possibility of a hung parliament? Let us know your
views.
Comments
Nick Clegg still gets my vote because he impressed me the most in the live debates. I think he remains the underdog and still stands a very good chance of being elected.
By jordanpyke at 15:21 on 05/05/10
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