As we head into the last 72 hours of the campaign there is still so much to play for here in Loughborough.

This has been one of the most amazing elections I have been involved with. Usually by this stage you know what is likely to happen on Thursday. I don't know the exact result but I have been able to tell within about 500 votes how it will look in the past. This is not the case this time. I know we are neck and neck (a few votes ahead) with the Tories with the Lib Dems back in a poor third place with the minor parties picking up a small sprinkling of support. But it is the one third of people who are yet to make up their mind that will decide who the MP is on Friday morning.

However, I have never seen such personal enthusiasm for my campaign. People are coming out of their doors to wish me luck and to take posters. I have not seen that in 2001 and 2005. There is a realisation that being a marginal seat there is a possibility that Loughborough could end up on Friday with a Tory MP and not me. That certainly seems to be concentrating minds.

You would think from the media that there is no connection between MPs and their constituents. I think they are wrong. I know we have identified 2000 'personal votes' in the last few weeks. From the number of people offering unsolicited support and telling positive Andy Reed stories I am know there will be more. Fear of losing a good hard working MP is concentrating minds.

So I am now more confident that I can still win Loughborough. It is down to those who have still to make up their mind. They will decide.