27 JUNE 1987, Page 5

Election competition

NO one predicted the election result exact- ly, but the winner of the Spectator Election Competition came very close. Mr R. A. Kempster of Basingstoke came up with the following forecast (actual results in brack- ets): Conservative 374 (375); Labour 230 (229); Liberal 17 (17); SDP 7 (5); Others, including Speaker 22 (24). Mr Kempster wins two first-class seats to Geneva on Swissair and a case of Charbaut Brut champagne donated by Cawkswells of Jer- myn Street, the chartered accountants.