Constesting seats without much chance of winning, why?
I was reading the wikipedia article on Anthonty Eden in which it read:
"Like many aspirant politicians Captain Eden, as he was still known, first contested a seat where he had little chance of winning in the November 1922 general election"
I wondered if anyone knows why a party would place a candidate to contest a seat which they are unlikely to win?
Last edited by Sarva; 04-01-2012 at 01:56 PM. Reason: typo
yes i will , for my mind !
Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass...it's about learning how to dance in the rain
perhaps to establish (or re-establish) a presence for that party in a certain area ?.
i ran twice as a liberal candidate when i knew full well i had zero chance of winning but we were trying to get the local branch up and running again.
as for the bigger parties i should think they're less likely to lose deposits or feature that badly.
around here the tories were in the doldrums for years and years but now they've got the seat back again,when UKIP first started running in this area the figures were awful but now they're getting into four figures easily.
and,of course,you gotta start somewhere.
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