The Landlords’ Vote could make a difference…

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General Election:

The Residential
Landlords’ Association reports that the votes cast by private
landlords could be crucial in deciding the outcome of the General
Election in over 100 constituencies.

Analysis of sourced
HMRC data carried out by The Times newspaper concluded that in
124 UK constituencies, the number of people declaring income from
property in 2017/18 was the same or greater than the overall
majorities of the successful candidates in the 2017 election.

The
figures obtained show that of these seats, 55 were won by
Conservatives, 35 by Labour, and seven seats won by the Liberal
Democrats in 2017.

The
statistics show that, of those constituencies in which the landlord
vote is the same as or larger than the majorities won in 2017:

• 14 are in
  London
• 12 are in
  the South East
• 11 are in
  the East Midlands
• 11 are in
  the North West
• 10 are in
  Yorkshire and The Humber
• 9 are in the
  South West
• 8 are in the
  East of England
• 6 are in the
  West Midlands
• 3 are in the
  North East

According
to this research, in Scotland 25 seats could see landlords as the
deciding factor in the final results and the same is true for nine
seats in Wales and six in Northern Ireland.

David Smith, RLA
policy director said:

“Private landlords
could be decisive in who ends up in Downing Street following the
election.

“For those unable
to afford a home of their own or unable to access social housing the
rental market is their only hope of having somewhere to live. With
that in mind, we call on all political parties to do more to support
good landlords to provide the homes to rent we need.

“That is why all
parties need to do more to enforce the wide range of powers already
available to root out criminal landlords rather than introduce new
obligations which have no hope of being properly enforced by hard
pressed councils.”

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