«You and the other leadership contenders
attended hustings in towns and cities across the UK, including eleven hosted by the Labour party.
Saddleworth is the well - off half of this constituency and
those attending the hustings should have been flocking to the Lib Dems in their droves.
A Conservative party spokesman said: «Unfortunately candidates are not always able to
attend every hustings due to clashes in the campaign diary.
Yesterday, Gareth Thomas, Labour candidate for Harrow West, suggested his rival candidate had been told not to
attend hustings by CCHQ, tweeting:
Candidates from the main parties in Dover are divided over whether to
attend a hustings with the BNP.
Not exact matches
All three deputy leadership candidates
attended and continue to answer questions about referendum timing at local
hustings.
Conservative election candidates are coming under fire across the country for not
attending local
hustings.
While Labour's leadership contest has been attracting more headlines, the two Lib Dem leadership candidates have
attended 25
hustings, more than 100 campaign events and covered about 20,000 miles between them.
Farron and rival Norman Lamb have
attended 25
hustings and 100 campaign events in contest to lead a party looking to rebuild after election losses
Last week Centre for Cities and local Chambers of Commerce held the first
hustings for the Sheffield City Region mayoral election with all the leading candidates, focusing in particular on their plans for the local economy (Dave Allen of the English Democrats could not
attend).
Meanwhile, Democratic opponent Sara Niccoli, a regular visitor to local
hustings, held a well -
attended fundraiser in Saugerties on Sunday.