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In his first Parliament , Jim Knight generally voted in line with party policy, including all major votes such as those on the Iraq War and Top-up Fees . ELECTION HISTORY He first stood for the British Parliament in the 1997 general election as the Labour candidate for Dorset South , but lost. He was however elected on the same day to Mendip District Council, on which he served until 2001, including as Labour Group leader. He became the Member Of Parliament for Dorset South in 2001 , the only Labour gain from the Tories in the 2001 Election . A high-profile anti-Conservative Tactical Voting campaign was conducted in Dorset, led by Billy Bragg , and Knight may have gained many votes from Liberal Democrats . Dorset South was the second most marginal seat in the 2001 elections, being only won by 153 votes. (Only Cheadle was more marginal.) While he was generally expected to have a difficult election in the 2005 Election , he won with a margin of 1,812 votes in an election in which Labour gained no seats and suffered a noticeable decline in the popular vote. This can perhaps in part be attributed to the Conservative candidate, Ed Matts, who achieved national fame after doctoring a photo in his campaign literature from a protest against the deportation of a family of asylum seekers into an anti-immigration photo. EXTERNAL LINKS
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