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Southampton Itchen
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. Denham scrapes home
5:10am Friday 7th May 2010 JOHN Denham has narrowly avoided becoming a high-profile casualty of the Tory “decapitation” list. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. Denham slams Tories for ‘hedging their bets’3:27pm Saturday 24th April 2010 TORY parliamentary candidates in Southampton have been accused of wanting to be “part-time” MPs amid a row over Labour scaremongering. Lib Dems attack care budget cuts
1:54pm Thursday 22nd April 2010 LIBERAL Democrats have attacked cuts to local care budgets warning it heralds what a Tory Government would do. Hustings being held tonight2:19pm Thursday 22nd April 2010 The Southampton Shop Stewards Network has invited candidates to an election hustings tonight. Election candidate bows out of polling fight
2:12pm Wednesday 21st April 2010 SOUTHAMPTON independent candidate Kim Rose, above, has abandoned his campaign after a little over a week and endorsed his Tory rival. Tories hit out a shared housing plans row
2:37pm Tuesday 20th April 2010 TORY shadow housing minister Grant Shapps has hit back in a row over new powers to control shared houses in Southampton. Key battle grounds of city constituency
7:25pm Monday 19th April 2010 SOUTHAMPTON ITCHEN will be one of most heavyweight general election duels across Hampshire. |
Southampton ItchenThis is traditionally a safe Labour constituency, although it has twice elected a Conservative MP in recent years. The present incumbent, Cabinet Minister John Denham retained the constituency in 2005 with a majority of more than 9,000 over the Conservatives. The constituency covers the city centre, the eastern port areas, the exclusive Ocean Village quarter and the inner city council estates including the impoverished Thornhill area. It is seen as the more working class of the two constituencies in the city.
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