What do the political parties think of Christians?

I was looking at the Westminster 2010 declaration and I thought it would be interesting to see if the party candidates were skewed one way or the other. The MPs are asked if the will pledge to ‘respect, uphold and protect the right of Christians to hold and express Christian beliefs and act according to Christian conscience'. The website has five categories of MPs, which I have identified with the letters A to E.

     A: Has signed the pledge
     B: Past record suggests supportive
     C: Position unclear of unknown
     D: Past record suggests unsupportive
     E: Will not make pledge

I just thought it might interest you. Check out the candidates in your constituency.

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