A RECENT poll puts the Labour Party at 33 per cent in Bournemouth West, up from 17 per cent in 2015.
Their candidate, David Stokes, said the party has been enjoying a boost in popularity as a result of Jeremy Corbyn's leadership.
"I don't trust the polls, but I have never had this much enthusiasm on the door step," he said. "I have stood in Bournemouth since 2001, and we have had lots of ups and downs, but I have never been more positive.
"It is not just young people, but there is a lot of support in student areas. It is down to Corbyn, I know some people in Labour don't like to hear this, but people see him as a calm person who just wants to talk policies."
The YouGov poll gives the Tories 52 per cent and the Lib Dems eight per cent in Bournemouth West.
Mr Stokes is standing against Simon Bull, Green, Conor Burns, Con, Phil Dunn, Lib Dem and Jason Halsey, Pirate Party.
The father-of-three, who works in the construction industry, said the party had been unprepared at the start of the campaign, the announcement of the election coming as a surprise to party members.
"I was really despondent at first, we weren't prepared, but on the doorsteps I see enthusiasm and that is down to the leadership," he said.
The party is also fielding candidates in Christchurch and Poole.
In the former, retired trade union official Patrick Canavan has criticised zero hour contracts. Poole candidate Katie Taylor,a history teacher and head of sixth form who lives in Ashley Cross, is campaigning against plans to end blue light emergency treatment at Poole Hospital.
Bournemouth East Labour candidate Mel Semple is pushing for large companies to "pay tax on the profits they earn in this country".
The candidates in these constituencies for Thursday's election are:
Bournemouth East
Tobias Ellwood Con
David Hughes UKIP
Alasdair Keddie Green
Jon Nicholas Lib Dem
Mel Semple Labour
Kieron Wilson Ind
Christchurch
Patrick Canavan Labour
Michael Cox Lib Dem
Chris Rigby Green
Poole
Marty Caine Collective Thinking Party of Britain
Adrian Oliver Green
Mike Plummer Lib Dem
Robert Syms Con
Katie Taylor Labour
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