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The 2017 UK election was called by Theresa May on April 18th that year. 'Election Polling' targeted the following as Labour's key target seats[http://www.electionpolling.co.uk/battleground/targets/labour Election Polling I] and these as the Conservative seats[http://www.electionpolling.co.uk/battleground/targets/conservative Election Polling II]
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The [[2017 United Kingdom general election]] was called by Prime Minister [[Theresa May]] on 18 April that year, and held 51 days later on 8 June.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/apr/18/theresa-may-uk-general-election-8-june|title=Theresa May calls for UK general election on 8 June|first1=Anushka|last1=Asthana|first2=Rowena|last2=Mason|first3=Jessica|last3=Elgot|date=April 18, 2017|via=www.theguardian.com|newspaper=The Guardian}}</ref> 'Election Polling' marked the following as each of the parties' key target seats, ones that were [[Marginal seat|held by a low margin]] and could feasibly be won by a different party than in the [[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015 election]]

==List by party==
===Conservative===
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:center"
!colspan=7|[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] target seats<ref>{{cite web|title=CONSERVATIVE TARGET SEATS|url=http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/conservative-targets/|website=ukpollingreport.co.uk|accessdate=22 September 2013}}</ref>
|-
!|Rank
!|Constituency
!colspan=2 |Winning party 2015
![[Swing (politics)|Swing]]<br />required
!colspan=2 |Winning party 2017
|-
|1
|[[City of Chester (UK Parliament constituency)|City of Chester]]
| {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|0.09%
| {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|-
|2
|[[Ealing Central and Acton (UK Parliament constituency)|Ealing Central & Acton]]
| {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|0.27%
| {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|-
|3
|[[Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk (UK Parliament constituency)|Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk]]
| {{party name with colour|Scottish National Party}}
|0.30%
| {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|4
|[[Brentford and Isleworth (UK Parliament constituency)|Brentford and Isleworth]]
| {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|0.41%
| {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|-
|5
|[[Halifax (UK Parliament constituency)|Halifax]]
| {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|0.49%
| {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|-
|6
|[[Wirral West (UK Parliament constituency)|Wirral West]]
| {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|0.50%
| {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|-
|7
|[[Ilford North (UK Parliament constituency)|Ilford North]]
| {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|0.60%
| {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|-
|8
|[[Newcastle-under-Lyme (UK Parliament constituency)|Newcastle-under-Lyme]]
| {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|0.76%
| {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|-
|9
|[[Barrow and Furness (UK Parliament constituency)|Barrow and Furness]]
| {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|0.92%
| {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|-
|10
|[[Wolverhampton South West (UK Parliament constituency)|Wolverhampton South West]]
| {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|1.00%
| {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|-
|11
|[[Hampstead and Kilburn (UK Parliament constituency)|Hampstead and Kilburn]]
| {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|1.05%
| {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|-
|12
|[[Enfield North (UK Parliament constituency)|Enfield North]]
| {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|1.18%
| {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|-
|13
|[[Hove (UK Parliament constituency)|Hove]]
| {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|1.18%
| {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|-
|14
|[[Dewsbury (UK Parliament constituency)|Dewsbury]]
| {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|1.35%
| {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|-
|15
|[[Southport (UK Parliament constituency)|Southport]]
| {{party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}
|1.50%
| {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|16
|[[Lancaster and Fleetwood (UK Parliament constituency)|Lancaster and Fleetwood]]
| {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|1.50%
| {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|-
|17
|[[Carshalton and Wallington (UK Parliament constituency)|Carshalton and Wallington]]
| {{party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}
|1.52%
| {{party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}
|-
|18
|[[North East Derbyshire (UK Parliament constituency)|North East Derbyshire]]
| {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|1.96%
| {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|19
|[[Richmond Park (UK Parliament constituency)|Richmond Park]]
| {{party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}{{efn|Elected in the [[2016 Richmond Park by-election|2016 by-election]]}}
|2.25%
| {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|20
|[[Harrow West (UK Parliament constituency)|Harrow West]]
| {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|2.37%
| {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|-
|21
|[[Bridgend (UK Parliament constituency)|Bridgend]]
| {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|2.44%
| {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|-
|22
|[[Middlesbrough South and Cleveland East (UK Parliament constituency)|Middlesbrough South and Cleveland East]]
| {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|2.48%
| {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|23
|[[Westminster North (UK Parliament constituency)|Westminster North]]
| {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|2.50%
| {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|-
|24
|[[Walsall North (UK Parliament constituency)|Walsall North]]
| {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|2.63%
| {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|25
|[[Wrexham (UK Parliament constituency)|Wrexham]]
| {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|2.80%
| {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|-
|26
|[[Birmingham Northfield (UK Parliament constituency)|Birmingham Northfield]]
| {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|2.95%
| {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|-
|27
|[[Wakefield (UK Parliament constituency)|Wakefield]]
| {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|3.04%
| {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|}

===Labour===
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:center"
!colspan=7|[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] target seats<ref>{{cite web|title=Labour Targets|url=http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/labourtargets/|website=ukpollingreport.co.uk}}</ref>
|-
!|Rank
!|Constituency
!colspan=2 |Winning party 2015
![[Swing (politics)|Swing]]<br />required
!colspan=2 |Winning party 2017
|-
|1
|[[Gower (UK Parliament constituency)|Gower]]
| {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|0.03%
| {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|-
|2
|[[Derby North (UK Parliament constituency)|Derby North]]
| {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|0.05%
| {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|-
|3
|[[Croydon Central (UK Parliament constituency)|Croydon Central]]
| {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|0.16%
| {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|-
|4
|[[Vale of Clwyd (UK Parliament constituency)|Vale of Clwyd]]
| {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|0.34%
| {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|-
|5
|[[Bury North (UK Parliament constituency)|Bury North]]
| {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|0.42%
| {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|-
|6
|[[Morley and Outwood (UK Parliament constituency)|Morley and Outwood]]
| {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|0.44%
| {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|7
|[[Thurrock (UK Parliament constituency)|Thurrock]]
| {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|0.54%
| {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|8
|[[Plymouth Sutton and Devonport (UK Parliament constituency)|Plymouth Sutton and Devonport]]
| {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|0.55%
| {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|-
|9
|[[Brighton Kemptown (UK Parliament constituency)|Brighton Kemptown]]
| {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|0.76%
| {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|-
|10
|[[Bolton West (UK Parliament constituency)|Bolton West]]
| {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|0.82%
| {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|11
|[[Weaver Vale (UK Parliament constituency)|Weaver Vale]]
| {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|0.86%
| {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|-
|12
|[[Telford (UK Parliament constituency)|Telford]]
| {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|0.90%
| {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|13
|[[Bedford (UK Parliament constituency)|Bedford]]
| {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|1.19%
| {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|-
|14
|[[Plymouth Moor View (UK Parliament constituency)|Plymouth Moor View]]
| {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|1.20%
| {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|15
|[[Lincoln (UK Parliament constituency)|Lincoln]]
| {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|1.54%
| {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|-
|16
|[[Peterborough (UK Parliament constituency)|Peterborough]]
| {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|2.04%
| {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|-
|17
|[[Cardiff North (UK Parliament constituency)|Cardiff North]]
| {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|2.09%
| {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|-
|18
|[[Sheffield Hallam (UK Parliament constituency)|Sheffield Hallam]]
| {{party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}
|2.12%
| {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|-
|19
|[[Corby (UK Parliament constituency)|Corby]]
| {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|2.15%
| {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|20
|[[Waveney (UK Parliament constituency)|Waveney]]
| {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|2.31%
| {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|21
|[[Warrington South (UK Parliament constituency)|Warrington South]]
| {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|2.32%
| {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|-
|22
|[[Southampton Itchen (UK Parliament constituency)|Southampton Itchen]]
| {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|2.59%
| {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|23
|[[Keighley (UK Parliament constituency)|Keighley]]
| {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|3.11%
| {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|-
|24
|[[Warwickshire North (UK Parliament constituency)|Warwickshire North]]
| {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|3.14%
| {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|25
|[[Carlisle (UK Parliament constituency)|Carlisle]]
| {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|3.26%
| {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|26
|[[Renfrewshire East (UK Parliament constituency)|Renfrewshire East]]
| {{party name with colour|Scottish National Party}}
|3.28%
| {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|27
|[[Leeds North West (UK Parliament constituency)|Leeds North West]]
| {{party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}
|3.35%
| {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|}

===Liberal Democrats===
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:center"
!colspan=7|[[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrat]] target seats<ref>{{cite web|title=LIBERAL DEMOCRAT TARGET SEATS|url=http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/lib-dem-targets/|website=ukpollingreport.co.uk|accessdate=22 September 2013}}</ref>
|-
!|Rank
!|Constituency
!colspan=2 |Winning party 2015
![[Swing (politics)|Swing]]<br />required
!colspan=2 |Winning party 2017
|-
|1
|[[Cambridge (UK Parliament constituency)|Cambridge]]
| {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|0.58%
| {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|-
|2
|[[Eastbourne (UK Parliament constituency)|Eastbourne]]
| {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|0.69%
| {{party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}
|-
|3
|[[Lewes (UK Parliament constituency)|Lewes]]
| {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|1.07%
| {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|4
|[[Thornbury and Yate (UK Parliament constituency)|Thornbury and Yate]]
| {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|1.54%
| {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|5
|[[Twickenham (UK Parliament constituency)|Twickenham]]
| {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|1.63%
| {{party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}
|-
|6
|[[East Dunbartonshire (UK Parliament constituency)|East Dunbartonshire]]
| {{party name with colour|Scottish National Party}}
|1.97%
| {{party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}
|-
|7
|[[Kingston and Surbiton (UK Parliament constituency)|Kingston and Surbiton]]
| {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|2.39%
| {{party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}
|-
|8
|[[St Ives (UK Parliament constituency)|St Ives]]
| {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|2.56%
| {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|9
|[[Edinburgh West (UK Parliament constituency)|Edinburgh West]]
| {{party name with colour|Scottish National Party}}
|2.93%
| {{party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}
|-
|10
|[[Torbay (UK Parliament constituency)|Torbay]]
| {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|3.42%
| {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|11
|[[Sutton and Cheam (UK Parliament constituency)|Sutton and Cheam]]
| {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|3.93%
| {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|12
|[[Bath (UK Parliament constituency)|Bath]]
| {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|4.06%
| {{party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}
|-
|13
|[[Burnley (UK Parliament constituency)|Burnley]]
| {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|4.08%
| {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|-
|14
|[[Bermondsey and Old Southwark (UK Parliament constituency)|Bermondsey and Old Southwark]]
| {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|4.36%
| {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|-
|15
|[[Yeovil (UK Parliament constituency)|Yeovil]]
| {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|4.67%
| {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|16
|[[North East Fife (UK Parliament constituency)|North East Fife]]
| {{party name with colour|Scottish National Party}}
|4.80%
| {{party name with colour|Scottish National Party}}
|-
|17
|[[Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross (UK Parliament constituency)|Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross]]
| {{party name with colour|Scottish National Party}}
|5.62%
| {{party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}
|-
|18
|[[Colchester (UK Parliament constituency)|Colchester]]
| {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|5.74%
| {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|19
|[[Cheltenham (UK Parliament constituency)|Cheltenham]]
| {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|6.06%
| {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|20
|[[Cheadle (UK Parliament constituency)|Cheadle]]
| {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|6.08%
| {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|21
|[[Berwick-upon-Tweed (UK Parliament constituency)|Berwick-upon-Tweed]]
| {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|6.08%
| {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|22
|[[Ross, Skye and Lochaber (UK Parliament constituency)|Ross, Skye and Lochaber]]
| {{party name with colour|Scottish National Party}}
|6.13%
| {{party name with colour|Scottish National Party}}
|-
|23
|[[Portsmouth South (UK Parliament constituency)|Portsmouth South]]
| {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|6.25%
| {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|-
|24
|[[Brecon and Radnorshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Brecon and Radnorshire]]
| {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|6.37%
| {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|25
|[[Cardiff Central (UK Parliament constituency)|Cardiff Central]]
| {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|6.37%
| {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|-
|26
|[[Devon North (UK Parliament constituency)|Devon North]]
| {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|6.44%
| {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|27
|[[Wells (UK Parliament constituency)|Wells]]
| {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|6.66%
| {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|}

===SNP===
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:center"
!colspan=7|[[Scottish National Party|SNP]] target seats
|-
!|Rank
!|Constituency
!colspan=2 |Winning party 2015
!Swing<br />required
!colspan=2 |Winning party 2017
|-
|1
|[[Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale (UK Parliament constituency)|Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale]]
| {{party name with colour|Scottish Conservative Party}}
|0.77%
| {{party name with colour|Scottish Conservative Party}}
|-
|2
|[[Orkney and Shetland (UK Parliament constituency)|Orkney and Shetland]]
| {{party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}
|1.80%
| {{party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}
|-
|3
|[[Edinburgh South (UK Parliament constituency)|Edinburgh South]]
| {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|2.68%
| {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|}

===Green===
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:center"
!colspan=7|[[Green Party of England and Wales|Green Party]] target seats
|-
!|Rank
!|Constituency
!colspan=2 |Winning party 2015
![[Swing (politics)|Swing]]<br />required
!colspan=2 |Winning party 2017
|-
|1
|[[Bristol West (UK Parliament constituency)|Bristol West]]
| {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|4.4%
| {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|}

===Plaid Cymru===
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:center"
!colspan=7|[[Plaid Cymru]] target seats
|-
!|Rank
!|Constituency
!colspan=2 |Winning party 2015
![[Swing (politics)|Swing]]<br />required
!colspan=2 |Winning party 2017
|-
|1
|[[Ynys Môn (UK Parliament constituency)|Ynys Môn]]
| {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|0.35%
| {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|}

===Sinn Féin===
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:center"
!colspan=7|[[Sinn Féin]] target seats
|-
!|Rank
!|Constituency
!colspan=2 |Winning party 2015
![[Swing (politics)|Swing]]<br />required
!colspan=2 |Winning party 2017
|-
|1
|[[Fermanagh and South Tyrone (UK Parliament constituency)|Fermanagh and South Tyrone]]
| {{party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}}
|0.52%
| {{party name with colour|Sinn Féin}}
|}

===DUP===
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:center"
!colspan=7|[[Sinn Féin]] target seats
|-
!|Rank
!|Constituency
!colspan=2 |Winning party 2015
![[Swing (politics)|Swing]]<br />required
!colspan=2 |Winning party 2017
|-
|1
|[[Belfast South (UK Parliament constituency)|Belfast South]]
| {{party name with colour|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}
|1.16%
| {{party name with colour|Democratic Unionist Party}}
|}

==Notes==
{{notelist}}


==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Reflist}}

== See also ==


{{United Kingdom general election, 2017}}
* [[List of target seats in the 2024 United Kingdom general election]]
* [[List of target seats in the 2019 United Kingdom general election]]
* [[List of target seats in the 2015 United Kingdom general election]]
{{2017 United Kingdom general election}}


[[Category:United Kingdom general election, 2017]]
[[Category:2017 United Kingdom general election]]
[[Category:Lists of marginal seats in the United Kingdom by election]]

Latest revision as of 17:05, 1 July 2024

The 2017 United Kingdom general election was called by Prime Minister Theresa May on 18 April that year, and held 51 days later on 8 June.[1] 'Election Polling' marked the following as each of the parties' key target seats, ones that were held by a low margin and could feasibly be won by a different party than in the 2015 election

List by party[edit]

Conservative[edit]

Conservative target seats[2]
Rank Constituency Winning party 2015 Swing
required 		Winning party 2017
1 City of Chester Labour 0.09% Labour
2 Ealing Central & Acton Labour 0.27% Labour
3 Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk SNP 0.30% Conservative
4 Brentford and Isleworth Labour 0.41% Labour
5 Halifax Labour 0.49% Labour
6 Wirral West Labour 0.50% Labour
7 Ilford North Labour 0.60% Labour
8 Newcastle-under-Lyme Labour 0.76% Labour
9 Barrow and Furness Labour 0.92% Labour
10 Wolverhampton South West Labour 1.00% Labour
11 Hampstead and Kilburn Labour 1.05% Labour
12 Enfield North Labour 1.18% Labour
13 Hove Labour 1.18% Labour
14 Dewsbury Labour 1.35% Labour
15 Southport Liberal Democrats 1.50% Conservative
16 Lancaster and Fleetwood Labour 1.50% Labour
17 Carshalton and Wallington Liberal Democrats 1.52% Liberal Democrats
18 North East Derbyshire Labour 1.96% Conservative
19 Richmond Park Liberal Democrats[a] 2.25% Conservative
20 Harrow West Labour 2.37% Labour
21 Bridgend Labour 2.44% Labour
22 Middlesbrough South and Cleveland East Labour 2.48% Conservative
23 Westminster North Labour 2.50% Labour
24 Walsall North Labour 2.63% Conservative
25 Wrexham Labour 2.80% Labour
26 Birmingham Northfield Labour 2.95% Labour
27 Wakefield Labour 3.04% Labour

Labour[edit]

Labour target seats[3]
Rank Constituency Winning party 2015 Swing
required 		Winning party 2017
1 Gower Conservative 0.03% Labour
2 Derby North Conservative 0.05% Labour
3 Croydon Central Conservative 0.16% Labour
4 Vale of Clwyd Conservative 0.34% Labour
5 Bury North Conservative 0.42% Labour
6 Morley and Outwood Conservative 0.44% Conservative
7 Thurrock Conservative 0.54% Conservative
8 Plymouth Sutton and Devonport Conservative 0.55% Labour
9 Brighton Kemptown Conservative 0.76% Labour
10 Bolton West Conservative 0.82% Conservative
11 Weaver Vale Conservative 0.86% Labour
12 Telford Conservative 0.90% Conservative
13 Bedford Conservative 1.19% Labour
14 Plymouth Moor View Conservative 1.20% Conservative
15 Lincoln Conservative 1.54% Labour
16 Peterborough Conservative 2.04% Labour
17 Cardiff North Conservative 2.09% Labour
18 Sheffield Hallam Liberal Democrats 2.12% Labour
19 Corby Conservative 2.15% Conservative
20 Waveney Conservative 2.31% Conservative
21 Warrington South Conservative 2.32% Labour
22 Southampton Itchen Conservative 2.59% Conservative
23 Keighley Conservative 3.11% Labour
24 Warwickshire North Conservative 3.14% Conservative
25 Carlisle Conservative 3.26% Conservative
26 Renfrewshire East SNP 3.28% Conservative
27 Leeds North West Liberal Democrats 3.35% Labour

Liberal Democrats[edit]

Liberal Democrat target seats[4]
Rank Constituency Winning party 2015 Swing
required 		Winning party 2017
1 Cambridge Labour 0.58% Labour
2 Eastbourne Conservative 0.69% Liberal Democrats
3 Lewes Conservative 1.07% Conservative
4 Thornbury and Yate Conservative 1.54% Conservative
5 Twickenham Conservative 1.63% Liberal Democrats
6 East Dunbartonshire SNP 1.97% Liberal Democrats
7 Kingston and Surbiton Conservative 2.39% Liberal Democrats
8 St Ives Conservative 2.56% Conservative
9 Edinburgh West SNP 2.93% Liberal Democrats
10 Torbay Conservative 3.42% Conservative
11 Sutton and Cheam Conservative 3.93% Conservative
12 Bath Conservative 4.06% Liberal Democrats
13 Burnley Labour 4.08% Labour
14 Bermondsey and Old Southwark Labour 4.36% Labour
15 Yeovil Conservative 4.67% Conservative
16 North East Fife SNP 4.80% SNP
17 Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross SNP 5.62% Liberal Democrats
18 Colchester Conservative 5.74% Conservative
19 Cheltenham Conservative 6.06% Conservative
20 Cheadle Conservative 6.08% Conservative
21 Berwick-upon-Tweed Conservative 6.08% Conservative
22 Ross, Skye and Lochaber SNP 6.13% SNP
23 Portsmouth South Conservative 6.25% Labour
24 Brecon and Radnorshire Conservative 6.37% Conservative
25 Cardiff Central Labour 6.37% Labour
26 Devon North Conservative 6.44% Conservative
27 Wells Conservative 6.66% Conservative

SNP[edit]

SNP target seats
Rank Constituency Winning party 2015 Swing
required 		Winning party 2017
1 Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale Conservative 0.77% Conservative
2 Orkney and Shetland Liberal Democrats 1.80% Liberal Democrats
3 Edinburgh South Labour 2.68% Labour

Green[edit]

Green Party target seats
Rank Constituency Winning party 2015 Swing
required 		Winning party 2017
1 Bristol West Labour 4.4% Labour

Plaid Cymru[edit]

Plaid Cymru target seats
Rank Constituency Winning party 2015 Swing
required 		Winning party 2017
1 Ynys Môn Labour 0.35% Labour

Sinn Féin[edit]

Sinn Féin target seats
Rank Constituency Winning party 2015 Swing
required 		Winning party 2017
1 Fermanagh and South Tyrone UUP 0.52% Sinn Féin

DUP[edit]

Sinn Féin target seats
Rank Constituency Winning party 2015 Swing
required 		Winning party 2017
1 Belfast South SDLP 1.16% DUP

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Elected in the 2016 by-election

References[edit]

  1. ^ Asthana, Anushka; Mason, Rowena; Elgot, Jessica (18 April 2017). "Theresa May calls for UK general election on 8 June". The Guardian – via www.theguardian.com.
  2. ^ "CONSERVATIVE TARGET SEATS". ukpollingreport.co.uk. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  3. ^ "Labour Targets". ukpollingreport.co.uk.
  4. ^ "LIBERAL DEMOCRAT TARGET SEATS". ukpollingreport.co.uk. Retrieved 22 September 2013.

See also[edit]

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