11.   Welsh people were annoyed when their local Labour candidate was rejected by the party, and a new candidate was parachuted in from London.

12.   Although the Labour candidates selected are increasingly similar in background to Conservative candidates, the selection procedure in the Labour Party is not quite the same.

13.   This was particularly true of the Independent Labour Party, which was the dominant influence on local political organizations sponsoring Labour candidates.

14.   The Labour candidate advocating a pacifist programme, reversed a large Conservative majority in a seat never before held by Labour.

15.   The Party had supported Labour candidates and was calling for the return of a Labour Government.

16.   Some said his jokes would be too blue for the Labour candidates tastes.

17.   With general election campaigning well and truly off the starting blocks, actor Kevin Whately has joined a Labour candidate on the campaign trail.

18.   Ashok Kumar, Labour candidate for Langbaurgh, blasted Mr Clarke for snubbing representatives of Cleveland Ambulance staff during his whistle-stop tour of Cleveland Ambulance Trust headquarters.

19.   LABOUR candidate Paddy Cosgrove has pledged his support for a fight against opencast mining at Holywell on the edge of the constituency.

20.   ACTION must be taken to boost the construction industry in the town, Labour candidate Peter Mandelson says.