Voice from the South West
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« on: April 04, 2006, 08:26:01 AM » |
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Of course something which you didn't mention Al was that 1970 was a disastrous year for the Liberals. If you include Birmingham Ladywood (a seat they won in a by-election) they lost 7 of their 13 seats with Thorpe only scraping home by just 300 votes in North Devon. Even Wainwright lost Coln Valley to Labour against the national tide (though it always was a funny seat).
Its always interesting to see how the South West swings between the Tories and the Liberals/Lib Dems during good and bad Tory years - compare Torrington with 1964/66 for example - which reinforces my suspicions that 2009/10 will not be a good year for the Lib Dems if the Tories recover.
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