Bookies have slashed odds on Lib Dem candidate Lynne Featherstone achieving an astonishing victory in the Hornsey and Wood Green constituency next Thursday.Bookmaker Ladbrokes opened betting on the hotly-contested seat early last week, offering of odds of 3-1 on Lib Dem candidate Lynne Featherstone to win.These odds have however been steadily dropping, with the Lib Dem challenger now priced at 6-4.

The bookies have also confirmed the Tory candidate as out of the race, offering very long odds of 33-1 against. The Lib Dems say it is another sign that they are in with a strong chance of victory, with a lacklustre campaign from Labour and a Tory candidate who has publicly admitted he has no chance of winning.

Lynne Featherstone comments:

“It’s certainly shaping up to be a very close finish between the Lib Dems and Labour here. People have been very positive about our campaign for fairer taxes and pensions, a better health service and more police on the streets. Iraq, and the local MPs backing for war, keeps coming up again and again.”