Daily Echo | Election 2010 | News and information on the 2010 Election in Southampton & Hampshire

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Labour leader Ed Miliband after being egged

9:49am Saturday 5th May 2012

HE came to celebrate a cracking election win which had left Labour’s Tory opponents in Southampton with egg on their faces.

Labour block £50m CCTV network deal

5:20pm Friday 27th April 2012

Labour has moved to block a £50m contract to run Southampton council’s CCTV network.

MP joins Ed Miliband camp

10:35am Tuesday 18th May 2010

SOUTHAMPTON Test MP Alan Whitehead is backing former Energy Secretary Ed Miliband for the leadership of the Labour Party.

Ed Miliband joins his brother to stand for Labour leader

11:53am Saturday 15th May 2010

Former energy secretary Ed Miliband today formally declared his intention to stand for the leadership of the Labour Party.

Coalition government gets to work

9:58am Wednesday 12th May 2010

THE Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats are today finally rolling up their sleeves to begin the work of Government six days after last week’s indecisive general election.

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Hampshire MP set for front bench role

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 politicians give verdict on new government

9:38am Wednesday 12th May 2010

THE new coalition Government is a bitter sweet moment for Hampshire Liberal Democrats who have been battling the Conservatives for years.

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Hampshire MP tight lipped on power sharing deal

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.

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Gordon Brown to resign as Labour leader

5:10pm Monday 10th May 2010

Premier Gordon Brown has announced he is to resign as Labour leader.

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Tories try to woo back Lib Dems with voting reform offer

7:35pm Monday 10th May 2010

THE Tories tonight offered the Liberal Democrats a referendum on electoral reform in a final bid to secure a coalition that would support David Cameron as Prime Minister.

South's MPs ready to make historic deals

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.

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Tories win Winchester

6:10am Friday 7th May 2010

Tory Steve Brine today won the Winchester seat for the Tories.

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Cameron makes offer to Lib Dems

4:40pm Friday 7th May 2010

DAVID Cameron today held out a "big, open and comprehensive offer" to the Liberal Democrats to work together in government.

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Denham scrapes home

5:10am Friday 7th May 2010

JOHN Denham has narrowly avoided becoming a high-profile casualty of the Tory “decapitation” list.

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Whitehead win sees off Tories

5:23am Friday 7th May 2010

ALAN Whitehead has kept his seat as MP in Southampton Test.

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Conservatives win Meon Valley

7:22am Friday 7th May 2010

Conservative George Hollingbery romped to victory in the new Meon Valley constituency.

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Live election coverage for Hampshire

7:10am Friday 7th May 2010

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

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Former Home Secretary loses seat in Norwich

5:09am Friday 7th May 2010

Former Labour home secretary Charles Clarke lost his Norwich South seat to the Liberal Democrats today.

Swayne holds New Forest West

4:41am Friday 7th May 2010

DESMOND Swayne has retained his seat for the Tories in New Forest West.

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Hoban holds Fareham

4:31am Friday 7th May 2010

CONSERVATIVE Mark Hoban has held on to Fareham.

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Gidley goes as Tories win Romsey

4:10am Friday 7th May 2010

Sandra Gidley has lost her seat in Romsey and Southampton North.

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Lewis retains New Forest East

3:45am Friday 7th May 2010

TORY MP Julian Lewis has retained his seat in the New Forest. Swayne triumphs in his safe seat

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Huhne holds Eastleigh

3:13am Friday 7th May 2010

CHRIS Huhne has cemented his position as MP for Eastleigh.

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Ukip's Euro MP hurt in plane crash

1:00pm Thursday 6th May 2010

Hampshire Euro MP Nigel Farage has been injured in a light plane crash, police sources said.

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Candidates face questions on trust in modern politics

10:21am Thursday 6th May 2010

IN the third and final of our hot seat interviews, three Hampshire MPs answered questions from first time voters on trust in modern politics

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First time voters worried about job prospects

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.

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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.

Election 2010: our guide to a hung parliament

1:20pm Wednesday 5th May 2010

So, with all this talk of balanced and hung parliaments, we thought we'd put together a duffers guide to explain what COULD happen tomorrow.

Action group in supermarket sweep

10:48am Wednesday 5th May 2010

CANDIDATES in Meon Valley are uniting in a campaign against a new supermarket.

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Farm land law pledge by Lib Dem

6:00am Wednesday 5th May 2010

A NEW law to protect high grade agricultural land such from new developments topped a poll run by Liberal Democrat candidate for Romsey and Southampton North Sandra Gidley.

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MPs give backing to Tory candidate

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.

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MPs in the hot seat with young voters

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.

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Lib Dems’ surge ‘can stop Tories’

1:02pm Tuesday 4th May 2010

Labour and Liberal Democrats in the south are counting on a recent surge in support for Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg to help them hold off an advancing Conservative Party at Thursday’s general election.

Ambition is to 'punish Huhne' for Lisbon vote

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.

Youth vote key part of general election

2:05pm Monday 3rd May 2010

TENS of thousands of youngsters across Hampshire will head to the polls for the first time on Thursday and they could prove to be the decisive factor in our election races.

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Patrick beams in for Labour

10:36am Saturday 1st May 2010

THE ACTOR Patrick Stewart, best known as Star Trek’s Captain Jean-Luc Picard, beamed into Southampton yesterday to boost the campaigns of John Denham and Alan Whitehead.

How would you deal with binge drinking?

12:47pm Friday 30th April 2010

BINGE drinking in Southampton will become an election issue tonight as candidates are quizzed by residents at a public meeting.

Election ale choice in Winchester

12:43pm Friday 30th April 2010

A PUB running an election “ale” poll has the Tories in a commanding lead.

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New law poll

12:40pm Friday 30th April 2010

ONE candidate is pledging to introduce a law of voters’ choice if she gets re-elected.

Leaders' debate live blog

10:10pm Thursday 29th April 2010

HAMPSHIRE voters once again discussed the leaders' debate live on dailyecho.co.uk.

Brown apology over 'bigot' remark

5:10pm Wednesday 28th April 2010

A pensioner has been branded "a bigoted woman" by Prime Minister Gordon Brown after she tackled him on immigration, benefits, the national debt and tax policy.

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Lib Dems 'are pro-business' says Cable

9:42am Wednesday 28th April 2010

THE man who would be Chancellor of the Exchequer under the Liberal Democrats claimed they were a “pro-business party” but said capital gains tax hikes were needed to curb “large scale” tax dodges.

Transcript of Brown's 'bigot' conversation

3:58pm Wednesday 28th April 2010

Here is the full transcript of the exchange between Gordon Brown and Gillian Duffy

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Clegg backs nurses on a visit to Southampton hospital

3:29pm Tuesday 27th April 2010

LIBERAL Democrat leader Nick Clegg today pledged to give nurses a bigger say over the NHS as his battlebus rolled into Southampton.

Brown washes hands of calls for fluoride vote

9:48am Tuesday 27th April 2010

Labour sought to give its campaign for re-election in Southampton a boost with a visit from PM Gordon Brown.

Education boss doubts Tory plans would be right for Hampshire

4:39pm Tuesday 27th April 2010

HAMPSHIRE'S education chief has backed Conservative plans to allow parents to set up their own schools but said he doubted whether they would be right for the county.

Cameron heckled on visit to key marginal

10:19am Tuesday 27th April 2010

DAVID Cameron sought to deliver a boost to the campaign in the key marginal of Romsey and Southampton North where Tory candidate Caroline Nokes is seeking to overturn a majority of about 200 votes.

Clegg due to visit Hampshire

10:12am Tuesday 27th April 2010

LIB Dem leader Nick Clegg, pictured, and shadow chancellor Vince Cable were today due to hit the campaign trail in Hampshire.

More hustings for Fareham

10:25am Tuesday 27th April 2010

VOTERS in Fareham can put their local candidates on the spot thanks to the latest in a line of hustings.

Political signs removed before rival visit

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.

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