Speaker (main parties dont contest) - 1; hes a Tory anyway.
Well he used to be, but a lot of them hate him now.
There are parts of the UK (e.g. some coalfield areas, and probably parts of Liverpool) where that last bit is close to being true.
The Tories are generally weak in the cities in the North of England: they don't have a single elected councillor (the odd one has defected to them) in any of Liverpool, Manchester, Sheffield or Newcastle, even in the posh bits, and except in Sheffield where they hung on until 2008 haven't for some time.
Many rural and commuter parts of the North of England are pretty Tory, though. Look at North Yorkshire, for a start, or the commuter belt in Cheshire south of Manchester.
