However, here we have a rather unusual situation where a minor party are obviously at least in the running to win the seat given the last general election and
their strength on the local council, what's more local voters are reasonably likely to be aware of it.
Not exact matches
The Thatcher administrations indeed aimed to undermine the institutions
on which the political
strength of the Labour movement rested (i.e. big - city
local authorities,
council estates, monopoly nationalised industries, trade unions and
local government authorities).
Solihull was a surprising gain in 2005 to those who had n`t been following
local politics, where the Lib Dems had gradually been gathering
strength on the
council.