List of target seats in the 2019 United Kingdom general election

The 2019 United Kingdom general election was held on 12 December 2019. These were the target seats for each of the major political parties, according to results from the previous election in 2017.[1]

Conservative

Conservative target seats[2]
Rank Constituency Winning party 2017 Swing
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Winning party 2019
1 Perth and North Perthshire SNP 0.02% SNP
2 Kensington Labour 0.03% Conservative
3 Dudley North Labour 0.03% Conservative
4 Newcastle-under-Lyme Labour 0.03% Conservative
5 Crewe and Nantwich Labour 0.04% Conservative
6 Canterbury Labour 0.16% Labour
7 Barrow and Furness Labour 0.22% Conservative
8 Keighley Labour 0.24% Conservative
9 Lanark and Hamilton East SNP 0.26% SNP
10 Ashfield Labour 0.44% Conservative
11 Stroud Labour 0.54% Conservative
12 Bishop Auckland Labour 0.58% Conservative
13 Peterborough Labour 0.64% Conservative
14 Oxford West and Abingdon Liberal Democrats 0.68% Liberal Democrats
15 Westmorland and Lonsdale Liberal Democrats 0.75% Liberal Democrats
16 Colne Valley Labour 0.76% Conservative
17 Ipswich Labour 0.81% Conservative
18 Bedford Labour 0.81% Labour
19 Stockton South Labour 0.82% Conservative
20 Edinburgh South West SNP 1.11% SNP

Labour

Labour target seats[3]
Rank Constituency Winning party 2017 Swing
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Winning party 2019
1 Southampton Itchen Conservative 0.03% Conservative
2 Glasgow South West SNP 0.08% SNP
3 Glasgow East SNP 0.10% SNP
4 Arfon Plaid Cymru 0.16% Plaid Cymru
5 Airdrie and Shotts SNP 0.26% SNP
6 Pudsey Conservative 0.31% Conservative
7 Hastings and Rye Conservative 0.32% Conservative
8 Chipping Barnet Conservative 0.32% Conservative
9 Thurrock Conservative 0.34% Conservative
10 Lanark and Hamilton East SNP 0.36% SNP
11 Preseli Pembrokeshire Conservative 0.37% Conservative
12 Motherwell and Wishaw SNP 0.38% SNP
13 Inverclyde SNP 0.49% SNP
14 Calder Valley Conservative 0.52% Conservative
15 Norwich North Conservative 0.55% Conservative
16 Broxtowe Conservative 0.78% Conservative
17 Stoke-on-Trent South Conservative 0.80% Conservative
18 Telford Conservative 0.81% Conservative
19 Dunfermline and West Fife SNP 0.83% SNP
20 Bolton West Conservative 0.92% Conservative

Liberal Democrat

Lib Dem target seats[4]
Rank Constituency Winning party 2017 Swing
required
Winning party 2019
1 North East Fife SNP 0.00% Liberal Democrats
2 Richmond Park Conservative 0.04% Liberal Democrats
3 Ceredigion Plaid Cymru 0.13% Plaid Cymru
4 St Ives Conservative 0.30% Conservative
5 Sheffield Hallam Labour 1.86% Labour
6 Cheltenham Conservative 2.25% Conservative
7 North Devon Conservative 3.89% Conservative
8 Cheadle Conservative 4.13% Conservative
9 Leeds North West Labour 4.56% Labour
10 Lewes Conservative 5.08% Conservative

SNP

SNP target seats[5]
Rank Constituency Winning party 2017 Swing
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Winning party 2019
1 Stirling Conservative 0.15% SNP
2 Rutherglen and Hamilton West Labour 0.26% SNP
3 Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath Labour 0.28% SNP
4 Glasgow North East Labour 0.38% SNP
5 Midlothian Labour 0.98% SNP
6 Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill Labour 1.76% SNP
7 Gordon Conservative 2.43% SNP
8 East Lothian Labour 2.76% SNP
9 Edinburgh West Liberal Democrats 2.83% Liberal Democrats
10 Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock Conservative 3.00% SNP

Plaid Cymru

Plaid Cymru targets[6]
Rank Constituency Winning party 2017 Swing
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Winning party 2019
1 Ynys Môn Labour 7.23% Conservative
2 Llanelli Labour 17.62% Labour
3 Blaenau Gwent Labour 18.38% Labour
4 Caerphilly Labour 20.01% Labour
5 Rhondda Labour 20.87% Labour

Brexit Party

Brexit Party target seats[7]
Rank Constituency Winning party 2017 Swing
required
Winning party 2019
1 Hartlepool Labour Labour

Green

Green Party target seats[8]
Rank Constituency Winning party 2017 Swing
required
Winning party 2019
1 Bristol West Labour 26.5% Labour

References

  1. Barnes, Peter; Jeavans, Christine (13 November 2019). "Where are the seats that could turn the election?" via www.bbc.co.uk.
  2. "Conservative Target Seats 2019 - Election Polling". www.electionpolling.co.uk. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  3. "Labour Target Seats 2019 - Election Polling". www.electionpolling.co.uk. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  4. "Liberal Democrat Target Seats 2019 - Election Polling". www.electionpolling.co.uk. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  5. "SNP Target Seats 2019 - Election Polling". www.electionpolling.co.uk. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  6. "Plaid Cymru Target Seats 2019". www.electionpolling.co.uk. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  7. Proctor, Kate; Perraudin, Frances (5 December 2019). "Farage hits out at three MEPs who quit Brexit party to back Tories" via www.theguardian.com.
  8. Drennan, Sue (2 December 2019). "Bristol West: What you need to know for the 2019 General Election". The Bristol Cable.
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