Gazette's online election poll shows surprise result

Various national polls show Labour in the lead over the Conservatives, suggesting there could be a new party in power following voting on July 4.

Just for fun, the Gazette held our own online poll to see how Basingstoke residents intend to vote in the constituency on the day of the election.

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Hundreds of you voted, and the results followed the national picture with Labour coming out on top. 

Basingstoke Labour candidate Luke Murphy secured a majority in our poll with 35.9 per cent of your votes – a similar percentage to those predicted for the town in various national polls.

However, the subsequent results were different to what national polls predicted for the town, which suggest Conservative Maria Miller will come second – losing the seat for the party for the first time in 100 years.

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Our poll showed the Green party’s Michael Howard-Sorrell coming second with 30 per cent of the votes, followed by Raymond Saint who had 15 per cent of the votes.

Mr Saint was representing Reform UK but was dropped by the party last week because of his previous links to the British National Party. He will still show on ballot papers as the candidate for Reform UK.

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In fourth place was Liberal Democrat Richard Whelan who secured 8.8 per cent of the votes.

Conservative Maria Miller, who has been the town’s MP for 19 years, came in fifth place with 7.7 per cent of votes.

Finally, Hampshire Independent candidate Alan Harvey Stone came in sixth place with 1.9 per cent of the votes.

Only time will tell what happens as voters head to the polls on July 4. We’ll be running live coverage on our website during the count on the day bringing you the results as they come in.