Election 2010: Campaigning in pictures

A man argues with a campaigner carrying a banner calling for Independence for south London, as party supporters hold up their banners before Nick Clegg arrives for a campaigning stop in Streatham, London
Photograph: Sang Tan/AP

Liberal Democrat supporters wait for party leader Nick Clegg during a rally in Blackheath, south-east London
Photograph: Lefteris Pitarakis/AP

Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg is watched by children as he speaks to the media during a visit to the Palace Project community centre in Streatham, south London
Photograph: Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images

Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg poses for a photograph with Gurkha soldiers and their relatives during a campaign stop at Blackheath
Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images

Liberal Democrat party leader Nick Clegg waves from his campaign bus as he leaves Blackheath
Photograph: Carl Court/AFP/Getty Images

The prime minister Gordon Brown on the election campaign trail visiting Ipswich
Photograph: Martin Godwin for the Guardian

A boy listens to the Gordon Brown during his speech on Labour's fight for fairness in Ipswich
Photograph: Felipe Trueba/EPA

The prime minister, Gordon Brown, greets Labour parliamentary candidate Angela Smith during a visit to Abby Couriers in Basildon
Photograph: Chris Radburn/Reuters

Gordon Brown shares a plate of chips with businessman Duncan Bannatyne in a fish and chip shop in Great Yarmouth
Photograph: Lewis Whyld/PA

Conservative party leader David Cameron runs along the seafront in Blackpool
Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA

Conservative party leader David Cameron is photographed by Jacob Renwick, seven, as he speaks at Chepstow Gardens and signs the 'Youth Contract' as part of a visit to Blackpool North and Cleveleys
Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian

Samantha Cameron and Conservative party leader David Cameron on a private plane as they fly from Blackpool to London
Photograph: Carl de Souza/Getty Images