Wandsworth A Prime Target For LibDems
Candidate Sue Wixley says she is in "fortunate
position" of her party reflecting local Remain views
Lastweek's announcement by local
Conservative MP Justine Greening that she would not fight
the next election makes her Putney, Roehampton and
Southfields seat a prime target for the LibDems.
In this year's European Parliamentary elections the
LibDems locally outpolled all other parties at 36.7% and
with a large margin - about double Labour's (15.8%) vote
and nearly four times the Conservatives' (9.6%).
"Justine has served in Parliament since 2005 and is widely
considered a good constituent MP,†says Sue Wixley, who
will fight the next general general election as the
LibDems' candidate. “But as Justine noted on the BBC's
Today programme on Tuesday (September 3rd), an MP has to
represent her constituents and the overwhelming majority
of Putney voters oppose Brexit and an even bigger majority
oppose crashing out of the EU with no deal."
Joe Twyman, Director of public opinion barometer
Deltapoll, says: "With nearly three quarters of voters in
her constituency estimated to have voted Remain and a
majority of just over 1,500, Justine Greening was always
very likely to struggle were a snap election to take
place. Any Conservative candidate who replaces her may
well face quite a battle to hold on to the seat."
Sue Wixley adds, "As the Liberal Democrat candidate in
Putney, I'll be in the fortunate position of being the
only person fighting the election whose party has
consistently opposed abandoning Britain's leading role in
the biggest market and the strongest alliance of
democracies the world has ever known.
"In Putney the choice will be clear: you can vote to stop
no-deal and Brexit altogether, or you can vote for Brexit
with either Labour or the Conservatives."
September 3, 2019