Just
one week after the thrilling by-election in Corby, the definitive history of
the campaign has been written by Corby journalist Janet Bew and published by Bretwalda
Books as a printed book and ebook.
Corby journalist Janet Bew followed the
by-election campaign from the moment Louise Mensch stood down to the
declaration of the final result. She tracked the candidates, followed the
campaign teams and analysed the twists and turns of the unfolding drama.
The sudden and unexpected resignation of
high-profile Conservative Member of Parliament Louise Mensch threw the national
spotlight on to the quiet Northamptonshire town of Corby and its nearby
villages. This is a key swing seat that was held by the Conservatives
throughout the Thatcher and Major years, but went Labour in the 1997 Blair
Landslide. In 2010 the Conservatives won Corby back, helping to put David
Cameron into Downing Street.
The 2012 By-election was quickly seen by
political commentators as being a key test for Prime Minister David Cameron and
his leadership of the Conservative Party. If he lost Corby and lost it badly he
would be in trouble. Similarly if Labour did not win convincingly their leader
Ed Miliband would face serious questions from his own Party.
But while the commentators sat in their
armchairs, the candidates and party workers were slogging it out on the streets
of Corby and nearby villages. Corby town is staunch Labour territory, the
villages solidly Conservative. But this bi-partisan picture was quickly
disrupted by a strong campaign launched by UKIP, with the great and the good of
Westminster flocking to campaign in the town - and the idosyncratic Mr
Mozzarella providing light relief.
Very soon the Corby By-election developed
into one of the closest, bitterest and least predictable by-elections of recent
years.
The full story of the campaign is told
here, for the first and only time.
Buy your copy HERE
Buy your ebook HERE
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