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General Election 2015: Labour favourite to win Wolverhampton South West from Tories

Three bookmakers all make Labour candidate Rob Marris favourite to secure seat he lost in 2010 General Election once again

Rob Marris is the Labour candidate in Wolverhampton South West

Paul Uppal was a darling of the when he secured the South West seat in 2010 – but bookies are predicting it will return to .

Mr Uppal secured 40.7 per cent of the vote in 2010, compared to Labour incumbent Rob Marris’s 39 per cent, but pollsters are predicting will eat into his votes in the .

Mr Marris is standing against him again and both Paddy Power and William Hill make him 4/1 on to win, while Ladbrokes put him at 7/2 on for victory.

The Conservatives are considered 11/4 against across the board to retain the seat.

º£½ÇÊÓÆµIP candidate Dave Everett is 20/1 against with both Ladbrokes and Paddy Power to win the seat while the Liberal Democrats are between 50/1 and 80/1 against.

into Wolverhampton South West from last July showed a major swing from Conservative to Labour.

Paul Uppal is defending his Wolverhampton South West seat for the Conservatives

 

The Tories took the seat with 41 per cent of the votes in 2010, but the latest poll suggested a 16 point lead for Labour, with 46 per cent of the vote compared to the Conservatives’ 30 per cent. Again, º£½ÇÊÓÆµIP is on the rise in the Black Country with the poll predicting 15 per cent of the vote.

All odds are subject to change and were correct at the time this story was written.