Interesting that the Conservative candidate in Mid Bedfordshire is LDS. Is that at all common in the UK and might it affect the outcome?
There are two LDS temples in the UK, one in Surrey and one in Chorley, Lancashire, so it's not that unusual, and we have had Mormon MPs; Terry Rooney, Labour MP for Bradford North from 1990 to 2010, was the first. I don't think it'd be a big deal unless the media pick up on some particularly controversial view related to his religion.
That's interesting. I'm of course comparing in my mind to the three Romney presidential campaigns, where it was definitely a factor, but there are a number of reasons I can imagine that would explain the difference.
