UK Election: the ones to watch in order of importance

Here's a fairly useful website detailing constituencies, runners and riders and how they faired last time round.

DAGENHAM
Michael White (C)
*Jonathan Cruddas (Lab)
James Kempton (LD)
Lawrence Rustem (BNP)
Gerard Batten (UKIP)
2001: Lab maj 8,693 (31.52%) - Turnout 27,580 (46.48%)
Cruddas (Lab) 15,784 (57.23%); White (C) 7,091 (25.71%); Gee-Turner
(LD) 2,820 (10.22%); Hill (BNP) 1,378 (5.00%); Hamilton (Soc All) 262
(0.95%); Siggins (Soc Lab) 245 (0.89%)

Ok that's not really one to watch. It's more one to look away from. I was just looking for some sympathy because it's my constituency. What a choice huh?

BETHNAL GREEN & BOW
Shahagir Bakth Faruk (C)
*Oona King (Lab)
Syed Nurul Islam Dulu (LD)
John Foster (Green)
Ejiro Etefia (AFC)
Celia Pugh (Ind)
+George Galloway (Respect)
2001: Lab maj 10,057 (26.18%) - Turnout 38,414 (48.51%)
King (Lab) 19,380 (50.45%); Faruk (C) 9,323 (24.27%); Ludlow (LD)
5,946 (15.48%); Bragga (Green) 1,666 (4.34%); Davidson (BNP) 1,211
(3.15%); Delderfield (NBP) 888 (2.31%)

You can tell by the allegations of anti-semitism being hurled around, especially at Respect, that Labour are seriously rattled over this one.

SEDGEFIELD
Grp Capt Al Lockwood (C)
*Tony Blair (Lab)
Robert Browne (LD)
Jonathan Cockburn (BMG)
Berony Abraham (Ind Abraham)
John Barker (Ind Barker)
Julian Brennan (Ind Brennan)
Helen John (Ind John)
Reg Keys (Ind Keys)
Mark Farrell (NF)
Boney Maroney (Loony)
Terry Pattinson (Senior)
William Brown (UKIP)
Cherri Gilham (UKPP)
Fiona Luckhurst-Matthews (Veritas)
2001: Lab maj 17,713 (44.00%) - Turnout 40,258 (62.01%)
Blair (Lab) 26,110 (64.86%); Carswell (C) 8,397 (20.86%); Duffield
(LD) 3,624 (9.00%); Spence (UKIP) 974 (2.42%); Gibson (Soc Lab) 518
(1.29%); Driver (R & R Loony) 375 (0.93%); John (WFLOE) 260 (0.65%)

Lot of candidates for Blair's, for the time being, constituency. Now Blair will probably win this one but there is some serious money going on Reg Keys.

A vote for Blair is a vote for Bush. What a splendid signal the voters of Sedgefield could send the world if they elected Reg Keys.

That quote was from Richard Dawkins in Saturday's Independent, four days before Brian Sedgemore dropped his bombshell.