NOT content with a healthy majority, Mike Foster is looking to pick up one more prize from his election campaign.

The comedy award for worst injury sustained in the line of duty.

The Labour MP is claiming his bruised ribs and arms beat the paper cuts, grazed knees and sunburn suffered by the rest of his campaign team.

But there is some dispute about whether it should qualify.

Mike was heading out of the house to do some canvassing when he heard strange noises coming from the roof.

He climbed up a ladder, discovered a plumbing problem and promptly fixed it.

But his efforts made him late for his doorknocking duties and he tried to climb back down the ladder too quickly.

It slipped away and he badly bashed himself on the way down.

ONE prize Mike Foster won't be winning is funniest moment of the election campaign.

He freely admits this award should go to the happy-go-lucky canvasser who liked to sing as he went from door-to-door.

Unfortunately, he forgot to stop singing on one occasion.

The woman who opened the door to be greeted by a man singing "I just called to say I love you..." was quite alarmed, by all accounts.

Office life

DR Richard Taylor is a happy man after completing his first week at Westminster.

He has found his way around the grand old building - a daunting place at the best of times.

And he has already managed to send out 50 letters with the help of his new secretary Mary Price. But there is still one thing weighing heavily on his mind - where his office is.

Tradition dictates that the longest-serving MPs get the pick of the offices.

Dr Taylor is not setting his sights too high.

"I've heard it could be a broom cupboard," he joked.

MPs are always thinking about the next election.

Will the majority they secured just one week ago be large enough to see them returned in four years' time?

So, with this in mind, it might seem peculiar that Peter Luff has already given up hope on one voter. But it is a risk he is willing to take.

Mr Luff said: "This man walked up to my wife and said: 'I'm not voting for your husband - he believes in the family. I am an anarchist'.

"There are some votes that you just cannot win - or particularly desire."