The Daily Echo's 2010 General Election Coverage

My mum will have justice

JUSTICE FIGHT: Harry Edmonds.

1:30pm Monday 23rd January 2012

THE son of murdered pensioner Georgina Edmonds today revealed his firm belief that his mother’s killer will be brought to justice – however long it might take.

Hampshire MP set for front bench role

Liberal Democrats Chris Huhne and Danny Alexander after talks with the Conservatives

10:08am Wednesday 12th May 2010

Eastleigh MP Chris Huhne is expected to be appointed energy and climate change secretary in a Conservative-Liberal Democrat government, the Daily Echo understands.

Hampshire MP tight lipped on power sharing deal

Liberal Democrats Chris Huhne (right) and Danny Alexander at the Cabinet Office as negotiations with the Conservatives continue

10:47am Tuesday 11th May 2010

THE HAMPSHIRE MP at the heart of talks about the future of the country is staying tight-lipped on any possible deal.

South's MPs ready to make historic deals

 John Denham said rules will force councils to show they are using taxpayers money properly

11:15am Monday 10th May 2010

SOUTHAMPTON MP John Denham is today poised to help the Prime Minister in vital talks should a Tory and Lib Dem deal to run the country collapse.

Live election coverage for Hampshire

Election 2010 with the Daily Echo

7:10am Friday 7th May 2010

THE Daily Echo is providing the most comprehensive coverage possible for the General Election in Hampshire.

Huhne holds Eastleigh

Chris Huhne

3:13am Friday 7th May 2010

CHRIS Huhne has cemented his position as MP for Eastleigh.

First time voters worried about job prospects

Mark Hoban

7:31pm Wednesday 5th May 2010

IN the second of our hot seat interviews, three Hampshire MPs answered questions on jobs from first time voters.

Election poster thefts investigated by police

7:00am Wednesday 5th May 2010

PARTY bosses have called in the cops after a spate of thefts of and attacks on their election posters.

MPs give backing to Tory candidate

Maria Hutchings

5:10am Wednesday 5th May 2010

TWO long-standing Conservative Hampshire MPs joined forces with the party's prospective parliamentary candidate Maria Hutchings as she went canvassing for votes in West End.

MPs in the hot seat with young voters

John Denham

11:11am Tuesday 4th May 2010

THREE first-time voters today tackle three leading candidates from the main parties in a Daily Echo general election video special.

Ambition is to 'punish Huhne' for Lisbon vote

Lib Dem Chris Huhne blames police targets for criminalising middle-aged people

11:47am Monday 3rd May 2010

“PUNISH Chris Huhne.” This is the rallying cry of the National Liberal Party which has one goal this election – to remove Eastleigh’s high-ranking Liberal Democrat.

Political signs removed before rival visit

Lib Dem Chris Huhne has backed calls for a new Speaker

10:08am Tuesday 27th April 2010

VANDALS are being blamed after 40 Liberal Democrat signs mysteriously disappeared from a Hampshire town just hours before the Tory leader arrived in the county.

Students look towards election hustings

Chris Huhne MP

5:40pm Thursday 22nd April 2010

THE ELECTION is the hot topic among students at a Hampshire college and the main candidates will be trying to win their vote at a special hustings tomorrow.

Club begs to use empty field for football

BTC FC players and fans ask Hampshire County Council to use the unused land

11:32am Friday 16th April 2010

A HAMPSHIRE football club has won support from would-be MPs in its campaign to get a council to hand over unused land.

Huhne calls for immigration clampdown in the south

Chris Huhne listens to party leader Nick Clegg in Eastleigh

5:59pm Thursday 15th April 2010

EASTLEIGH candidate Chris Huhne has called for tougher immigration controls in densely populated areas like the South East.

Willetts campus tours

Tory candidate Steve Brine, David Willetts and university vice chancellor Tommy Geddes.

11:05am Tuesday 13th April 2010

SHADOW skills and universities secretary David Willetts outlined Tory plans to create thousands of new apprenticeships, college and uni places on a tour of Hampshire campuses.

Clegg’s pledge to be different

CAMPAIGNING: Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg during a visit to Prysmian Cables in Eastleigh.  Echo picture by Chris Moorhouse. Order no: 10208574

10:55am Friday 9th April 2010

LIBERAL Democrat leader Nick Clegg flew into Hampshire for a tour of a cable factory in Eastleigh and insisted a vote for his party was not a wasted one.

May sent to woo Hampshire voters

May sent to woo Hampshire voters

12:48pm Wednesday 7th April 2010

CONSERVATIVES launch their general election campaign in Hampshire with a tour by shadow cabinet minister Theresa May.

PM calls general election

Gordon Brown was criticised by the national statistics watchdog for mis-using immigration figures

10:40am Tuesday 6th April 2010

THE date has been set for the UK to go to the polls after the Prime Minister called a general election.



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