  Shadow home secretary Chris Grayling, who was secretly filmed
telling a meeting last month that he agreed B&B owners should be
allowed to bar gay couples, held his Epsom and Ewell seat.  He
won 56.4 per cent of the vote with nearest rival Liberal
Democrat Jonathan Lees coming in at 26.9 per cent.  After his
remarks were published, Mr Grayling apologised and said he had
voted for and believed in laws to prevent discrimination against
gay people.  Julian Lewis, the shadow defence secretary, also
caused anger this month for saying he thought being gay was more
dangerous than being in the Army.  Dr Lewis argued that the age
of consent should have have been equalised because of the risk
of HIV transmission.  He increased his majority in New Forest
East by more than 3,600 votes, trouncing his closet Liberal
Democrat rival.  Meanwhile, the Tory candidate who was suspended
from the party for saying gay people are “not normal”, came
third in his constituency.  Philip Lardner, the candidate for
North Ayrshire and Arr