For the first time in ages, I thought about not voting LibDem. There is a very good independent candidate standing in Cambridgeshire South East called Geoffrey Woollard and I'm an independent-minded chap. The thing is that there is a slim chance that a bit of tactical voting could return the Liberal Democrat candidate in what has been a Conservative seat for the last little while.
The Labour Party candidate was suspended from his party following some rather lurid allegations about his conduct in the Sunday Telegraph. John Cowan had been thrown out of the Liberal Democrats and tried to join the Conservatives before joining the Labour Party. His suspension came after the deadline for nominations to the election so Labour supporters have no official candidate. His name remains on the ballot paper as the Labour Party candidate but the party has disowned him. If Labour supporters were to switch their allegiance en masse to the Lib Dem candidate then it's just possible that Jonathan Chatfield would be our MP in place of James Plaice.
It's for that reason that I voted for the Lib Dems in the end. I'm a long-term Lib Dem supporter so it's probably no surprise to anyone but I was truly torn. Geoffrey is an excellent candidate in many ways but the chances to unseat the Conservative in this constituency don't come around all that often and that's why I gave my vote to the Liberal Democrat.
The Labour Party candidate was suspended from his party following some rather lurid allegations about his conduct in the Sunday Telegraph. John Cowan had been thrown out of the Liberal Democrats and tried to join the Conservatives before joining the Labour Party. His suspension came after the deadline for nominations to the election so Labour supporters have no official candidate. His name remains on the ballot paper as the Labour Party candidate but the party has disowned him. If Labour supporters were to switch their allegiance en masse to the Lib Dem candidate then it's just possible that Jonathan Chatfield would be our MP in place of James Plaice.
It's for that reason that I voted for the Lib Dems in the end. I'm a long-term Lib Dem supporter so it's probably no surprise to anyone but I was truly torn. Geoffrey is an excellent candidate in many ways but the chances to unseat the Conservative in this constituency don't come around all that often and that's why I gave my vote to the Liberal Democrat.
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