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This time last week I highlighted the fact that while the polls were suggesting that a hung parliament was on the cards, the bookmakers were still expecting a Conservative overall majority in the Commons.

Ladbrokes have just released their weekly prediction, based on the betting in seats across the country and they are broadly the same as last week (when they predicted a Conservative majority of 12):

Interesting that Rory Stewart is at number five in this Ladbrokes list. He's obviously become a media darling very quickly.

That I'm at 37 suggests the list might be a little crazy! I'm glad to be sat alongside Iain Dale.

1. William Hague     5/1
2. Boris Johnson     5/1
3. George Osborne     5/1
4. Michael Gove     16/1
5. Rory Stewart     16/1
6. Liam Fox     20/1
7. Nick Herbert     20/1
8. Jeremy Hunt     20/1
9. Edward Vaizey     33/1
10. Daniel Hannan     33/1
11. Chris Grayling     40/1
12. David Davis     50/1
13. Andrew Lansley     50/1
14. Andrew Mitchell     50/1
15. Phillip Hammond     50/1
16. Theresa May     50/1
17. Justine Greening     50/1
18. Jesse Norman     50/1
19. Alan Duncan     66/1
20. Zac Goldsmith     66/1
21. Caroline Spelman     100/1
22. Ken Clarke     100/1
23. Malcom Rifkind     100/1
24. David Willetts     100/1
25. Oliver Letwin     100/1
26. Francis Maude     100/1
27. Michael Portillo     100/1
28. John Redwood     100/1
29. Iain Duncan Smith     100/1
30. Dominic Grieve     100/1
31. Damian Green     100/1
32. Shaun Bailey     100/1
33. Chloe Smith     100/1
34. Sir George Young     100/1
35. Andrew Feldman     200/1
36. John Bercow     200/1
37. Tim Montgomerie     200/1
38. Iain Dale     200/1
39. Nadine Dorris     200/1

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