Commenting on the extraordinary success of the Lib Dems in the two Parliamentary by-elections at Leicester South and Birmingham Hodge Hill, Lynne Featherstone, Lib Dem Parliamentary Spokesperson for Hornsey and Wood Green, said:

“These sensational results are a real boost for the Lib Dems in Hornsey and Wood Green, from where many members went to help in both these by-elections.

“Like Haringey, Both Birmingham and Leicester are urban seats with diverse populations. They have shown, as we have already shown here, that in seats like these the Lib Dems are the only challengers to Labour.

“The voters have shown again that they are fed up with Labour’s failures over public services, and the war in Iraq. Both results augur extremely well for us in the Hornsey and Wood Green seat.”

Note:

To win the Hornsey and Wood Green Parliamentary seat, the Liberal Democrats need a swing from Labour of 12%. The Lib Dems secured swings of 22% and 27% in the two Parliamentary by-elections.