List of target seats in the 2017 United Kingdom general election

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

Conservative

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

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

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

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

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

Plaid Cymru

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

Sinn Féin

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

DUP

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

Notes

  1. ^ Elected in the 2016 by-election

References

  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.
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