Labour leader littered his speech with stories about ordinary people He returned again and again to 'Gareth' a Cambridge-educated IT worker But Mr Miliband's rhetorical trick ended up with Gareth trending on Twitter

By Tom McTague, Deputy Political Editor for MailOnline and John Stevens for the Daily Mail

Published: 11:17 EST, 23 September 2014 | Updated: 17:13 EST, 23 September 2014

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They were supposed to be the eight ordinary voters whose stories of struggle inspired Ed Miliband in his fight against the Tories.

But four of those featured in his speech met Mr Miliband on Hampstead Heath, less than a mile from his 2.6million home.

The Labour leader referenced one of them a software developer called Gareth Edwards so often that his first name started to trend on Twitter. And last night the 36-year-old turned out to be a former Lib Dem supporter.

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