>> I'm not sure flooding the area with leaflets will do much on their own, but
>> maybe your right. I think must be underlying issues to start with.
>> Looks like Labour stood aside, as their vote fell to pretty much nothing. I guess
>> a deal was done?
I've never seen it on the ground but there's a well used Liberal campaign manual for winnable by-elections. They've had Ed Davey and other senior MPs in the seat throughout the campaign. A bit of Googling suggests it's an MO going back to Jo Grimond's leadership in the sixties.
Ripon, Ely and Rochdale were examples from the seventies and they continued under Thorpe, Steel and Ashdown.
It was never a Labour area and they've got Batley and Spen to defend so I doubt Kier Starmer had much time in the area.
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