Labour loosers

Has anyone checked into those Labour candidates who lost their seat, what's the tally between pro-war/Blairite loyalists and anti-war/awkward squad backbenchers among the Labour loosers?

I know Oona King was pro-war loyalist, and there was one looser - In Wales I think - with amazing 30% swing to LD, what happened there?

That 30% swing was in Brent East, London, against Yasmin Qureshi.

There was a by election in 2003, just after the Iraq war, where there was a huge swing to the Lib Dems as a protest vote (it has a high Muslim population). The Lib Dem MP there has won the seat this time too - but it is listed as a gain from Labour, because they compare it with the last general election result in 2001. The Lib Dem MP had a couple of years to build up local support, which seems to have worked.

There was a large Labour to Lib Dem swing in Wales - in Cardiff Central. Labour lost 2%, the Lib Dems gained 13%. It has a high university population (also credited with Lib Dem gains from Labour in Cambridge and Leeds North West).

Even running an anti-war Moslem human-rights activistit female candidate didn't help against the incumbent.

They featured Teather (the Lib Dem MP) at a number of their events.

Sooree mee forannar no spoaky ingelish!

Not the first time I make that same mistake, btw, keep nazying, some day I may learn. :)