Sentences with phrase «dems national support»

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Over the weekend, Alexander, the beleaguered Lib Dem MP and Chief Secretary to the Treasury, openly urged Tory and Labour voters in his Highland's seat to support his bid to hold it against an insurgent Scottish National party challenger, Highlands council leader Drew Hendry.

It is unclear if the ongoing scandal around Lord Rennard has dented Lib Dem support but early indications are that voters are motivated primarily by local concerns rather than the national picture.

Given its record in byelections, it was perhaps dangerously easy to overlook the disadvantages the Lib Dem candidate faces: his predecessor disgraced, his party's national poll standing at a historic low, and the difficulty of attracting an already - squeezed local Labour vote — while preventing the Labour support borrowed last time from returning home.