10 04 27	ridingbyriding 173.32.33.116
The gap here is just too large. While the sitting MP may be tainted, she is not running again. Labour should be able to hold on with a margin of a few thousand votes.
	09 05 29	BBC News 204.9.162.70
MPs Kirkbride and Moran to quit Tory MP Julie Kirkbride and Labour's Margaret Moran are standing down at the election after expenses revelations. ... Ms Moran, who has been under pressure over her £22,000 dry rot claim, said she was quitting ‘with great sadness’. ... 'Nothing wrong' Ms Moran's decision to stand down came amid speculation about her future after it emerged she claimed £22,500 for treating dry rot in her designated second home in Southampton - 100 miles from her Luton South constituency. Although she had repaid the money a Labour panel had been due to decide whether she could stand for the party again. Ms Moran, 54, said she had taken the decision in the interests of her family but insisted she had done nothing ‘wrong or dishonest’ in her expenses claims. ... Published: 2009/05/28 21:59:39 GMT