Professor predicts 2015 election will be ‘tough to call’

According to a leading Politics professor at Warwick University, the forthcoming general election will be the most unpredictable one of all time.

Assistant professor of Sociology and Senior Research Fellow at the university, Dr. Alex Smith, believes that voters face their toughest choice in decades.

In the 2010 election, Conservative MP Mark Pawsey won the Rugby seat with a 6,000 count majority.

However this year’s coming elections, according to Dr. Smith, could prove to be uncertain for the Conservatives.

He said this was because UKIP might take votes away from the Conservatives, putting some of their “safe” seats at risk.

Dr. Smith commented : “Voters are being presented with a difficult choice between a government which is now associated with austerity and government cuts and an opposition whose leadership lacks credibility.

“I doubt we will see a lot of UKIP seats won, in fact I think they will have a tough enough time holding on to the two they have gained nationally in by-elections.

“But what will be interesting is to see the extent they effectively help Labour by taking votes away from the Conservatives.”

He suggested that “voters should prepare themselves adequately for the election campaign as each party is gearing up for a close election.”

The latest opinion polls currently show Labour leading by a marginal vote.

Anu Roy, a first-year Politics and International Studies student said: “I am planning to vote Labour mainly because of their inclusive immigration policies and better economic plans as opposed to just austerity.”

Ms. Roy also added that she is more inclined to vote Labour as they promise more jobs for young people.