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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.

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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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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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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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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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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.

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 tonight

2:19pm 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.

Prescott drops in to see showdown

10:51am Friday 16th April 2010

THERE may not have been any knock-out punches landed, but history was made as the country witnessed its first ever televised leaders’ debate.

Ditch MPs who back fluoride

11:02am Thursday 15th April 2010

FRIENDS of the Earth has called on voters to reject candidates who support water fluoridation in Hampshire.

Voters ‘misled’ over HMO laws

11:07am Thursday 15th April 2010

Labour have attacked Southampton Conservatives for “misleading” voters over their support for new laws to control student houses.

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Election promise to scrap port tax

9:06am Wednesday 14th April 2010

PORT firms in Southampton wrestling with a backdated rates bill totalling £3.6m have been given hope the levy could be binned if there is a change of Government after the general election.

‘Elect me’, says man who took on Gordon Brown

9:35am Tuesday 13th April 2010

A MAN who tried to get an injunction to stop Gordon Brown selling the nation’s gold reserves at rock bottom prices is standing for election in Southampton as an independent.

Willetts campus tours

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.

Puckering up for Prescott

8:14am Thursday 8th April 2010

Labour bruiser John Prescott fired up a slimmed-down version of his election battle bus to hit the campaign trail.

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Rises put city at top of fuel price table

2:30pm Wednesday 7th April 2010

AVERAGE petrol prices in Southampton have soared to record levels, clearing £1.20 a litre for the first time – the highest in the country.

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

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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Southampton candidates face young voters

6:04pm Tuesday 6th April 2010

YOUNG people in Southampton got the chance to quiz candidates from the three major parties as part of a “politics day” to encourage increased turnout among 18- to 25- year-olds.

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Denham presents Jewish rescue awards

5:51pm Thursday 1st April 2010

SOUTHAMPTON MP John Denham stepped in for the Prime Minister to present a new award for Britons who helped rescue Jews during the Second World War.

Job cuts must not hit patient safety

11:03am Wednesday 31st March 2010

THE GOVERNMENT has warned hospital bosses in Southampton against endangering patient safety when making job cuts.

One in ten not registered to vote in Southampton

7:00am Monday 15th March 2010

ONE in ten people in Southampton are not registered to vote in the forthcoming general and Local elections.

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