Gavin Barwell: The election was tough - most nights I would wake up in a cold sweat
If Gavin Barwell had lost his highly marginal seat in the 2015 general election, he could hardly have been accused of not trying his utmost.
The Tory adviser-turned-MP states in a new book about his election fight that the 12 months leading up to polling day were “incredibly tough”. But that could be something of an understatement.
Margaret Thatcher is famously said to have slept for only four hours a night. Barwell reveals that he was not far














