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
Labour
Liberal Democrats
SNP
SNP target seats | ||||||
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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
- ↑ Elected in the 2016 by-election
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "CONSERVATIVE TARGET SEATS". ukpollingreport.co.uk. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
- ↑ "Labour Targets". ukpollingreport.co.uk.
- ↑ "LIBERAL DEMOCRAT TARGET SEATS". ukpollingreport.co.uk. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
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