Conservatives four points ahead of Labour in election race - Ashcroft poll

British Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservatives are four points ahead of the opposition Labour Party ahead of a May 7 election, an Ashcroft poll showed on Monday, the centre-right's biggest lead in the polling series in six weeks. The poll, funded by Michael Ashcroft, a former deputy chairman of the Conservatives, put Cameron's party on 34 percent, up 1 point since last week, and Labour down 3 on 30 percent. Support for the United Kingdom Independence party (UKIP) was unchang