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However, electioneering has already been going on in Britain for some weeks as the wide-expected election date drew closer. In a poll released on Tuesday, the main opposition Conservative Party showed it had closed the gap with the ruling Labour Party. In a poll published in the British daily The Times, Labour had a lead of just two points over the Tories, compared with a lead of seven points in a poll carried out in March. Labour were said to have 37 percent of support, compared with 35 percent for the Tories. The third-place Liberal Democrats, had 19 percent of the vote, according to the poll.