"Happy ending" as Ed Miliband returns to Doncaster voter whose lawn he cut - and gets her to pose with Vote Labour poster

Former Labour leader Ed Miliband has returned to the home of a woman whose grass he was pictured cutting on the General Election campaign trail - and got her to pose with a Vote Labour poster.
Ed Miliband with the female voter whose lawn he mowed. (Photo: Ed Miliband/Twitter).Ed Miliband with the female voter whose lawn he mowed. (Photo: Ed Miliband/Twitter).
Ed Miliband with the female voter whose lawn he mowed. (Photo: Ed Miliband/Twitter).

Ed, who is standing for re-election in Doncaster North, posted a picture of the pair smiling on Twitter with the caption: "The lawnmower story has a happy ending...#VoteLabour2017."

His return to the woman's home in Arksey came after he was pictured pushing the mower as he campaigned for votes last month.

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He joked on Twitter that helping a constituent mow her lawn was "grassroots strategy in action".

Bentley councillor and Cabinet Member with Portfolio for Housing at Doncaster Council Jane Nightingale posted the photo and said: "Bit more of a close up to show he really did mow the lawn."

It was later claimed that he was unable to start the hover mower - and the woman at the centre of the picture, who has not been named, apparently blasted it as a PR stunt.

To add to the embarrassment, the angry woman said she was not a Labour voter but if it had been his brother, David, it would have been ‘absolutely fine’.

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But the new picture suggests he may have been able to help the constituent change her mind.

Ed Miliband was pictured cutting a voter's lawn.Ed Miliband was pictured cutting a voter's lawn.
Ed Miliband was pictured cutting a voter's lawn.

The full list of candidates standing in Doncaster North is

Liberal Democrat - Robert Adamson

Conservative - Shade Adoh

English Democrat - David Allen

Yorkshire Party - Charlie Bridges

Independent - Frank Calladine

Labour - Ed Miliband

UKIP- Kim Parkinson