The state of play in Copeland:



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The chart above shows votes cast in the County elections on 4th June in the thirteen county divisions wholly included in Copeland constituency as it will exist at the next election, e.g the chart shows Copeland Borough wards plus Keswick and Derwent.

If it were possible to know the actual votes cast for the whole constituency the Conservative lead would have been larger because two Conservative-held district wards, Crummock and Dalton, have not been included. These are part of two county divisions which are now split between the Copeland and Workington constituencies. Both divisions returned Conservative county councillors on 4th June by large majorities. The "Others" bar represents total votes cast for Green, Independent, and UKIP candidates.

Both the county and european elections on 4th June showed a close fight between the Conservatives and Labour for first place in Copeland, with other parties nowhere. None of the other parties reached 15% of the vote over Copeland constituency or Copeland Borough in either election.

What this shows is that the Conservatives have a real chance of defeating Labour in Copeland at the general election, and no other party does. If you want to protest against Gordon Brown's Labour party at the general election, you can do so by voting for anyone else. If you want to remove Labour in Copeland at the general election, vote Conservative.

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