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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Dave Hill

London borough election: further predictions

Psephologist David Boothroyd has produced borough election predictions that are closely aligned with Sean Fear's of last September but differ in some respects. Boothroyd thinks Labour will hold off the BNP in Barking and Dagenham and fail to take Brent from the present Lib Dem-Conservative coalition. Fear reckons the Tories will lose Harrow to No Overall Control whereas Boothroyd reckons they'll hang on. Boothroyd also thinks the Tories might gain enough ground in Hounslow to secure an overall majority (it's presently run by a "shaky coalition" of Conservatives and local Community Group councillors. Fear declined to predict the outcome in complicated Haringey. Boothroyd thinks the Lib Dems might just nick it.

I'm grateful to reader DBIV for bringing it to my attention in comments here yesterday.

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