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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Peter Walker Political correspondent

Lib Dems say they trail only narrowly in Tiverton and Honiton race

Leaflets being taken into the Liberal Democrats’ HQ in Honiton last week.
Leaflets being taken into the Liberal Democrats’ HQ in Honiton last week. Photograph: Geoff Caddick/AFP/Getty Images

The Liberal Democrats plan to flood Tiverton and Honiton with activists after internal polling suggested the party was only marginally trailing the Conservatives before next week’s byelection in the Devon constituency.

A sample carried out by the party, based on tens of thousands of voter contacts, suggested that of people intending to vote on the day of the byelection, the Conservatives had 46% support and the Lib Dems 44%.

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