内容摘要：Speaking to BBC South, Austin said he felt his musical-themed showstopper clinched the win.

Speaking to BBC South, Austin said he felt his musical-themed showstopper clinched the win.

Another candidate said: "It’s still quite hard. Lots of people do want change, but lots of people have voted Tory forever."That said, no Labour candidate would argue that it’s not looking good for them.

The party is pushing harder into seats where Conservative majorities are bigger and bigger.Even voters in “massive houses” are coming over, said one Labour candidate who has been campaigning in the commuter belt around London.They told me how canvassers had decided not to not knock on one door because the 80-year-old woman who lived there had been marked down as a solid Conservative voter for years.

But she emerged from the house “really put out” that they had not wanted to speak to her, and said she would, for the first time, be backing Labour."It’s the first time I have been chased down the street for a good reason!’" the candidate told me.

Others are allowing themselves to be a bit more excited. One experienced campaigner said they were “struggling with the no complacency rule”, after they had not found a “single Tory voter” in a traditional Conservative constituency.

But while the focus at Labour HQ is on getting over the line, and not dreaming of what comes next, different priorities prevail at another office up the road, sources say.No new date has been given for the reopening of Sandy Lane.

West Northamptonshire Council said: "The proposed date for this route along Sandy Lane to reopen is by the end of June but there are still several factors to be resolved before this date can be committed to."A spokesperson for Vistry and Miller Homes said: “We continue to apologise for any disruption the closure of Sandy Lane is having within the community,

"Please be assured that collectively, Vistry, Miller Homes and West Northamptonshire Council are working tirelessly to reopen the road as soon as possible."Whilst we fully understand the short-term challenges imposed by the road closures, these are necessary precautions to enable works to be completed safely and deliver long-term benefits to the community.”