Eastleigh
From LGBT Archive
Eastleigh is a town in Hampshire and also the local government district that contains the town.
LGBT history
In the Eastleigh by-election of 2013, the Conservative candidate, Maria Hutchings, failed to take the seat from the Liberal Democrats, and was forced into third place behind UKIP. She had previously announced that she was opposed to equal marriage.[1]
References
- ↑ http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2013/03/01/anti-gay-marriage-tory-candidate-maria-hutchings-loses-eastleigh-by-election-to-pro-equality-lib-dem/ Scott Roberts, "Anti-gay marriage Tory candidate Maria Hutchings loses Eastleigh by-election to pro-equality Lib Dem". Pink News 1 March 2013.
