Monday, June 01, 2009

"Compass" calls Norfolk for the Conservatives - with an increased majority - and a near wipeout for Labour

An old colleague of mine - who has decided to call themself "Compass" - has been writing election predictions for my blog for the last 3 years with unnvering accuracy. Despite moving out of the City, to native South Norfolk, "Compass" has penned some predictions for the Norfolk county results. To be honest, there are some I don't agree with and how "Compass" knows about the politics of some of these areas is beyond me, but the form suggests we ought to listen up.

So, "Compass" says ...

... Conservatives to hold Norfolk with an overall majority of 20 ...

... Labour facing near wipeout, fighting it out with the Greens for third place ...

... LibDems a clear second including some impressive gains in North Norfolk & Broadland ...

... Greens to do well in the City ...

Compass says 52 seats for the Tories, 18 for the LibDems, 8 for Labour and 6 for the Greens.

I may have time to publish some of the juicy descriptions later, but some of the seats changing hands are surprising and we aren't talking about simply applying a uniform swing here.

3 comments:

Comrade said...

Very interesting. Any prediction for my titanic battle in Hevingham & Spixworth... or was this not one of the impressive Broadland gains ;-)

Antony said...

Apparently you are .... NOT going to win!! Although it is marked for a reduced Conservative majority!! Good luck on Thursday - but not too much luck!

Anonymous said...

hurry up and blog.