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Ashdown tops foreign policy poll Lord Paddy Ashdown has topped a poll of over 1600 myforeignpolicy.com voters. He narrowly defeated Respect Party leader George Galloway in a final run-off last week (57% - 43%). His Lib Dem colleague Sir Menzies Campbell took third place, with ex-Governor of Hong Kong Chris Patten fourth, Liberty Director Shami Chakrabarti fifth, Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond sixth and former Prime Minister Tony Blair seventh. The poll asked 'Which prominent UK political figure best represents your approach to foreign affairs?'. Voters could then choose from a list of 75 prominent politicians, political campaigners, journalists and academics. Prime Minister Gordon Brown finished a lowly 23rd, with only two of his Cabinet finishing in the top 20 - Hillary Benn (12th) and David Miliband (15th). The Conservative leader David Cameron finished even further down the list - in 31st, with only two members of the shadow Cabinet in the top 20 - William Hague (11th) and Michael Gove (20th). In contrast to the trend in domestic politics, voters appeared to favour experience over youthful exuberance when it came to choosing their political representative in international relations. Only two of the top ten were aged 50 or under - Chakrabarti and the former Lib Dem leader Charles Kennedy. Despite the party flat-lining in domestic opinion polls it is clear that a significant proportion of voters supported the Liberal Democrats approach to foreign affairs. In addition to Lord Ashdown winning the poll and three former party leaders finishing in the top 10, other prominent figures such as Baroness Shirley Williams and Lord Timothy Garden also featured in the top 40. Top 25
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