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Labour Candidate Suspended

May 4, 2010 10:07 AM

Labour candidate John Cowan has been suspended after boasting about his sexual exploits online.

He also admitted illegally paying his cleaner cash-in-hand and said he would not want his children to marry a Muslim.

In the 2005 General Election, the gap between Conservative and Jonathan Chatfield was just over 8,000 and the Labour Party came in third place, but with just under 12,000 votes.

What you need to know -

  • According to Election Law, the suspended Labour candidate will still appear on the ballot paper even though Labour are no longer actively contesting the election
  • Labour received almost 12,000 votes in SE Cambs in 2005. Many Labour voters have moved over to the Lib Dems since then
  • Now that it's a straight fight, Lib Dem Jonathan Chatfield has a real chance to beat the sitting Conservative MP

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