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Thursday, May 24 2012

 

 

 

A ballot boxAudio: Election results - it's a bluewash!

It was a night when Labour’s private fears were cruelly realised and the Conservatives’ hopes fulfilled.

In a matter of just a few hours, the political map of Kent was dramatically re-shaped.

 

An outline map of KentAt a glance election map

Your at-a-glance map to how Kent turned blue in 2010.

 

Hairy Knorm from the Monster Raving Loony Party speaks about his party's policies

The election - in pictures

See our snaps of the highs and lows of election night at the counts in Kent.

 

 

 

 

Click and hold on the map to learn more about Kent's constituencies

Every candidate, every Kent constituency...

We look at the parties' prospects in our in-depth guide to Kent's constituencies in 2010.

For a quicker view, click on the map

 

 

10 Downing Street - yours for £4.5m... and an election win 10 Downing Street

 

Although 10 Downing Street - 3,800 sq ft of living space in a London SW1 address - is now valued at more than £4.5 million, its value has dropped by £462,000 since Gordon Brown moved in, claims the property website Zoopla.co.uk

 

 

Counting gets under way for KCC pollHow safe is your seat?

Find out from our swingometer what shift is needed to turn the balance of power in your constituency.

 

 

Votes being counted

Pollster's hung parliament prediction

One of the country's leading pollsters says the Lib Dems are on course to hold the balance of power after the election.

 

Ed Balls on campaign trailBalls: We will hold two of our three seats

Schools secretary Ed Balls has predicted that Labour will hold onto two of its three seats in Medway.

 

A prostitute. Posed by modelSex for sale should be allowed: UKIP candidate

Brothels are "socially necessary" and help protect women from sexual attacks, according to a UKIP candidate.

 

 

David MilibandMiliband: We can retain our Kent seats

Foreign secretary David Miliband has insisted Labour remains in with a fighting chance of retaining its Kent seats.

 

 

Minister finds the campaign trail is child's playA ballot box

Politics turned playful when a cabinet member visited Cliftonville just one week before voters head to the polls in the general election.

 

 

Conservative David Davis with Adam Holloway in GravesendGravesham gets election visit from high-profile Tory

Conservative heavyweight David Davis has been on the campaign trail in Gravesend.Tories set to turn Kent True Blue: prediction

 

 

 

Counting the votes at the ballotKent to turn true blue: bookies

Bookies are convinced the Conservatives will win every single Kent seat next week - wiping out Labour in the county.

 

 

Which way did you vote?Voting figures set to soar

The number of people likely to vote in the general election across the county looks set to soar after a late surge in people registering for votes.

 

 

Who came out on top in the second election debate?Election 2010 logo

Local politicians and our own political editor give their views.

 

 

Labour's Meg Hillier, a junior government minister, speaks to residents in RamsgateMinister: Anti-social behaviour on Ramsgate estate is worst I've heard

Labour's Meg Hillier was left stunned by residents' complaints when she was quizzed about crime on a visit to the Whitehall area this afternoon.

 

 

 

White CliffsWho needs Mount Rushmore when we have the White Cliffs?

In advance of the latest television debate Sky News has beamed the images of the party leaders on to the White Cliffs of Dover.

 

 

Shadow foreign secretary William Hague on the election campaign trail in RamsgateHague's tour of Kent brings new meaning to 'whistle-stop'

While on a tour across the county, Former Conservative party leader William Hague says he remains confident the party can win the election despite a surge of support for the Liberal Democrats that has triggered a dramatic shift in the polls.

Yvette CooperVideo: Work and Pensions Secretary Yvette Cooper on the campaign trail in Medway

The Labour front-bencher spoke to families about child tax credits outside the Robert Napier Primary School in Gillingham, accompanied by the Labour parliamentary candidate for Gillingham and Rainham, Paul Clark.

 

 

House of CommonsWhat law would you pass if you held keys to Downing St?

In just a few weeks' time, the country will decide who is going to form the next government.

We ask what your first priority for the new government would be.

 

 

Election debate: how did they stack up?Election 2010 logo

It was a first for British politics.

But was the first televised leader's debate a game changer or damp squib?

 

 

MP Paul Clark with Lord Adonis at the start of the high speed service todayThree towns in a few hours for speedy Adonis

Labour's Transport Secretary Lord Adonis visited Ebbsfleet, Medway and Sittingbourne as part of a whistlestop tour on the county.

 

 

Candidate steps down - as UKIP supports Tories in key seatUKIP logo

UKIP has announced it will not be fielding a candidate in a key target seat - supporting the Tories instead.

 

Shadow Defence Secretary Liam FoxTory big gun visits Kent today

Shadow cabinet member Liam Fox has launched the Tories' election manifesto in Aylesford.

 

Shadow Chancellor generates interest in MedwayGeorge Osborne, Conservative shadow chancellor

Shadow Chancellor George Osborne turned up at a Kent power generator firm - hoping to spark his party's election campaign into life.

 

 

Gordon Brown at Number 10 - picture: Barry Goodwin"You have a great store here..." Brown off to a flying start in battle for Kent's votes.

One week down and as expected, Kent has been in the frontline of the General Election. But did any of the political parties deliver a knockout blow? Paul Francis reflects on how the campaign’s early skirmishes went.

 

 

Defence secretary heads to KentElection 2010 logo

Bob Ainsworth became the second government minister to hot foot it down to Kent on the general election campaign trail.

 

MP Derek WyattKent MP predicts hung parliament

A Kent Labour MP has rejected suggestions his prediction of a hung Parliament means he expects some of his county colleagues will lose.

Piglets born at Kent Life, SandlingNo porkies - we may have just found the next Prime Minister

They say politics is a dog-eat-dog world, but down on the farm the election race is beginning to sizzle - and someone's for the chop!

Prime Minister Gordon BrownAshford MP Damian GreenIt's Green vs Brown!

Ashford MP Damian Green and Prime Minister Gordon Brown clashed over immigration in the last PMQs before the election.

 

Gordon Brown in RainhamPrime Minister Gordon Brown visited Kent on the first day of the election campaign, dropping in to a quiet Rainham cul-de-sac...

And giving shoppers a shock in Morrisons in Strood

 

 

Francis MaudeTories unveil their election big guns

Just hours after Gordon Brown stormed into Medway it was the turn of the Tories to bring in a national politician.

 

 

Election 2010 logoAnd they're off! This will be one of the most hotly-contested elections in recent  history.

More than 70 per cent of those living in the South East say they will be voting, according to the latest research...

 

Conservative leader David Cameron speaks at Gillingham's Sunlight Centre. Picture: Andy PaytonPrime Minister Gordon Brown

Streets of Kent will be a crucial election battleground

If Gordon Brown and David Cameron want the keys to Downing Street, they have to claim key marginal seats in the county.

Other parties spot opportunity amid the scandal

The election is likely to see a record number of candidates from parties outside the main three contesting Kent’s constituencies.

 

 

David Cameron talks to to Morrisons warehouse workers about Tory policyElection visits scorecard - how many party bigwigs will have visited the county by May 6?

It won't just be the party canvassers knocking at your door, but a selection of party leaders targetting Kent's marginals. We will be keeping score...

 

MP Ann WiddecombeAnn Widdecombe: "profound relief" at leaving Parliament

The Maidstone and Weald MP, one of five Kent MPs standing down, spoke out about her feelings during her farewell speech to the Commons.

 

Video: Political Editor Paul Francis profiles the Kent seats that will be crucial to the outcome of the election.

Skip to: 1:22 for Gravesham and Dartford; 2:13 Maidstone and other Kent seats; 3:06 for Medway seats; 5:07 Sittingbourne and Sheppey; 5:49 for Thanet South; and 6:36 for Dover.

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