Two-horse polls races

Published: 9 April, 2010

• WHILE canvassing on the Marquess estate, in Canonbury, a young couple said that the Lib Dems had told them that it was a two-horse race between Labour and the Lib Dems.
In many parts of the south of the borough, when voting locally, it is a two-horse race between Labour and the Conservatives.
ORIEL HUTCHINSON
Conservative candidate, Canonbury war

• I’VE voted Labour in the past and, working for a homelessness charity, I am a member of trade union Unite because it helps support working people in a difficult economy and stands up for equality for all.
However, Unite has written to me three times to say Islington faces a choice between Labour and the Tories.
Islington hasn’t had a Tory MP in living memory. We haven’t had Tory councillors in Islington for nearly 20 years. Holloway has never had a Tory councillor. It is factually incorrect to say that in Islington South you need to vote Labour to avoid a Tory government.
DAVID KELLY
Lib Dem candidate, Holloway