Daily Echo | General Election 2010 | Southampton Test Constituency

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.

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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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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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.

Cameron berated by students on city visit

12:37pm Monday 26th April 2010

CONSERVATIVE leader David Cameron hit the election trail in Hampshire today.

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.

Testing times for government hopefuls

9:44am Thursday 22nd April 2010

As the election countdown continues, the Echo sheds some light on politics in the region’s constituencies. Today we look at Southampton Test.

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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.

Party candidates join Question Time-style debate

LEADING candidates from the three main parties took part in a Question Time-style event in Winchester last night.

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Prescott heckled over MPs expenses

10:25am Saturday 17th April 2010

FORMER Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott clashed with an angry voter as his battle bus tour arrived in Southampton.

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.

MPs set for question time

10:00am Monday 12th April 2010

MPs from the three main parties will go head to head at a pre-election Question Time-style event in Winchester.

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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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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.

Darling "pinched" budget's best bits

11:39am Thursday 25th March 2010

TORY hopefuls for Southampton’s seat have blasted Chancellor Alistair Darling’s budget, accusing him of pinching ideas and introducing a stealth tax.

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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