The Labour Prime Minister, Harold Wilson, called Brighton Kemptown his 'prestige' seat when Dennis Hobden won it in 1964 after no fewer than seven recounts, an electoral record.

BBC: Battering continues for Tories in South

R. defeated the Republican, Alf Landon, yet again breaking a record in the electoral college: 523 to 8.

NEWYORKER: Benched

Peter Lilley, who heads the Tory policy review, has been studying the record of other parties after major electoral defeats.

ECONOMIST: The Tories