In the increasingly tight contest for the Hornsey and Wood Green Parliamentary seat, the Liberal Democrats have received a further boost with a website for dismayed Labour supporters urging local voters to back the Lib Dems.

The website, www.sonowwhodowevotefor.net, says sitting Labour MP Barbara Roche, having voted for the war in Iraq, tuition fees and foundation hospitals, is part of the problem and urges visitors to back the Lib Dems instead.

The move comes hot on the heels of a frank admission by a senior local Tory that the election battle was between the Lib Dems and Labour in the seat. Former Tory councillor Peter Forrest commented to a local newspaper:

“This election is a desperately keen fight between Featherstone and Roche, and what happens to the Conservative vote will be absolutely crucial.”

Lib Dem Leader Neil Williams comments:

“With former Labour supporters urging a vote locally for the Lib Dems, it certainly promises to be an interesting election.

“I’m not surprised though, as the Labour MPs support in Parliament for the war in Iraq, tuition fees, post office closures and foundation hospitals has gone down very badly in this area. A lot of Labour voters have already switched to the Lib Dems, and more and more are doing so.”