HARROW: Survey shows Labour MPs would lose
12:51pm Monday 22nd September 2008 in Local Politics
Gareth Thomas, MP for Harrow West.
The largest ever study of marginal seats has predicted defeat for both Harrow’s Labour MPs.
A poll, carried out for PoliticsHome.com, suggests Gareth Thomas, Harrow West, and Tony McNulty, Harrow East, would lose to Tory rivals Rachel Joyce and Bob Blackman if a general election were called today.
They are among dozens of Labour politicians expected to face the axe in a wipeout big enough to mirror the defeat of the Conservatives in 1997.
The survey asked almost 35,000 people across 238 marginal constituencies how they would vote, and the results forecast a dramatic collapse for the party across much of the southeast.
If it is accurate, eight ministers will be among those to go and David Cameron will oust Gordon Brown as Prime Minister, with a 146 seat majority.
The news follows mounting pressure for a leadership contest from a number of MPs, including Barry Gardiner, Brent North, who resigned as envoy for forestry.
Neither of Harrow’s MPs have broken ranks and Mr Thomas last week gave Mr Brown his backing, while at the same time saying Labour needed to “raise its game
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