A prayer service in the Sikh Gurdware Singh Sabha Temple in Ilford, London, May 3, 2005. Of the 70,000 registered voters who live in the neat suburban streets of Ilford North, some 8,000 are Indians, 2,000 Pakistanis and 2,000 Sri Lankans, groups that have not traditionally supported the Conservatives in large numbers. But Lee Scott, the Conservative candidate, suggested that many are coming over to his party because they, like their white neighbors, are worried about the numbers of immigrants and asylum seekers Labour is allowing into the country. (AP/ Max Nash)
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