Campaigning in Bexleyheath
I've just got back from a morning canvassing for my friend Howard Dawber, who is the Labour parliamentary candidate for Bexleyheath & Crayford in SE London.
Howard is one of a number of very dynamic Labour candidates fighting to regain seats lost to the opposition in 2005 - Bexleyheath was Labour in both the 1997 and 2001.
Judging from the quality of the campaign he is running, with some innovative literature, lots of young activists and a lot of good old-fashioned door-knocking, we have a chance of taking the seat back.
The canvassing gave grounds for optimism - we were in typical prosperous suburban streets of semis in the best Tory ward in the constituency - including the street where the Tory MP lives - and identified a lot of solid Labour support, and many voters who are waiting to see how the Brown administration pans out before deciding which way to vote.
posted by Luke Akehurst at 3:06 pm
3 Comments:
sounds good!
who are the other dynamic candidates?
how are your efforts in derbyshire south and elsewhere going?
6:21 pm, October 13, 2007
Hi Mike (Ion?)
I was thinking of people like Stuart King in Putney, Rushanara Ali in Bethnal Green, Lucy Powell in Withington, Dan Lodge in Wimbledon.
I enjoyed my couple of days canvassing in South Derbyshire - hopefully it will have made a small contribution to them winning the Church Gresley byelection on Thursday - but came to the conclusion such a marginal seat needs a candidate who lives nearer or can move there, so I won't be seeking selection there.
6:44 pm, October 13, 2007
pologies - only just come across this. No, it was not me - some other Mike.
11:27 pm, November 02, 2007
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