(04/10/10) -

British Tories Start Campaign with 11-Point Lead

(Angus Reid Global Monitor) – Britain’s Conservative Party holds a comfortable lead over Labour as the electoral campaign begins, according to a poll by Angus Reid Public Opinion. 37 per cent of respondents would vote for the Tories in the May ballot, down one point since early April.

(Angus Reid Global Monitor) – Britain’s Conservative Party holds a comfortable lead over Labour as the electoral campaign begins, according to a poll by Angus Reid Public Opinion. 37 per cent of respondents would vote for the Tories in the May ballot, down one point since early April.

Labour is in second place with 26 per cent, followed by the Liberal Democrats with 22 per cent. 15 per cent of respondents would vote for other parties.

In June 2007, Gordon Brown officially became Labour leader and prime minister, replacing Tony Blair. Brown had worked as chancellor of the exchequer. Blair served as Britain’s prime minister since May 1997, winning majority mandates in the 1997, 2001 and 2005 elections to the House of Commons.

Since December 2005, David Cameron has been the leader of the Conservative party. In December 2007, current parliamentarian Nick Clegg became the new leader of the Liberal Democrats.

On Apr. 7, Clegg said that a vote cast for the Conservatives or Labour is a "vote for corrupt politics," adding, "How we govern this country is not my choice, not Gordon Brown’s, and not David Cameron’s. It is the choice of the 45 million people entitled to vote in this election."

The election to the House of Commons will take place on May 6.

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