List of target seats in the 2017 United Kingdom general election

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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.[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
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Winning party 2017
1 City of Chester

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Labour 0.09%

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Labour
2 Ealing Central & Acton

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Labour 0.27%

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Labour
3 Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk

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Scottish National 0.30%

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Conservative
4 Brentford and Isleworth

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Labour 0.41%

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Labour
5 Halifax

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Labour 0.49%

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Labour
6 Wirral West

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Labour 0.50%

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Labour
7 Ilford North

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Labour 0.60%

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Labour
8 Newcastle-under-Lyme

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Labour 0.76%

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Labour
9 Barrow and Furness

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Labour 0.92%

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Labour
10 Wolverhampton South West

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Labour 1.00%

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Labour
11 Hampstead and Kilburn

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Labour 1.05%

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Labour
12 Enfield North

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Labour 1.18%

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Labour
13 Hove

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Labour 1.18%

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Labour
14 Dewsbury

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Labour 1.35%

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Labour
15 Southport

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Liberal Democrats 1.50%

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Conservative
16 Lancaster and Fleetwood

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Labour 1.50%

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Labour
17 Carshalton and Wallington

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Liberal Democrats 1.52%

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Liberal Democrats
18 North East Derbyshire

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Labour 1.96%

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Conservative
19 Richmond Park

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Liberal Democrats[a] 2.25%

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Conservative
20 Harrow West

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Labour 2.37%

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Labour
21 Bridgend

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Labour 2.44%

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Labour
22 Middlesbrough South and Cleveland East

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Labour 2.48%

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Conservative
23 Westminster North

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Labour 2.50%

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Labour
24 Walsall North

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Labour 2.63%

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Conservative
25 Wrexham

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Labour 2.80%

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Labour
26 Birmingham Northfield

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Labour 2.95%

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Labour
27 Wakefield

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Labour 3.04%

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Labour

Labour

Labour target seats[3]
Rank Constituency Winning party 2015 Swing
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Winning party 2017
1 Gower

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Conservative 0.03%

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Labour
2 Derby North

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Conservative 0.05%

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Labour
3 Croydon Central

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Conservative 0.16%

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Labour
4 Vale of Clwyd

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Conservative 0.34%

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Labour
5 Bury North

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Conservative 0.42%

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Labour
6 Morley and Outwood

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Conservative 0.44%

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Conservative
7 Thurrock

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Conservative 0.54%

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Conservative
8 Plymouth Sutton and Devonport

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Conservative 0.55%

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Labour
9 Brighton Kemptown

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Conservative 0.76%

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Labour
10 Bolton West

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Conservative 0.82%

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Conservative
11 Weaver Vale

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Conservative 0.86%

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Labour
12 Telford

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Conservative 0.90%

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Conservative
13 Bedford

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Conservative 1.19%

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Labour
14 Plymouth Moor View

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Conservative 1.20%

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Conservative
15 Lincoln

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Conservative 1.54%

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Labour
16 Peterborough

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Conservative 2.04%

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Labour
17 Cardiff North

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Conservative 2.09%

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Labour
18 Sheffield Hallam

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Liberal Democrats 2.12%

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Labour
19 Corby

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Conservative 2.15%

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Conservative
20 Waveney

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Conservative 2.31%

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Conservative
21 Warrington South

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Conservative 2.32%

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Labour
22 Southampton Itchen

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Conservative 2.59%

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Conservative
23 Keighley

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Conservative 3.11%

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Labour
24 Warwickshire North

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Conservative 3.14%

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Conservative
25 Carlisle

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Conservative 3.26%

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Conservative
26 Renfrewshire East

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Scottish National 3.28%

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Conservative
27 Leeds North West

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Liberal Democrats 3.35%

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Labour

Liberal Democrats

Liberal Democrat target seats[4]
Rank Constituency Winning party 2015 Swing
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Winning party 2017
1 Cambridge

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Labour 0.58%

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Labour
2 Eastbourne

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Conservative 0.69%

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Liberal Democrats
3 Lewes

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Conservative 1.07%

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Conservative
4 Thornbury and Yate

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Conservative 1.54%

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Conservative
5 Twickenham

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Conservative 1.63%

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Liberal Democrats
6 East Dunbartonshire

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Scottish National 1.97%

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Liberal Democrats
7 Kingston and Surbiton

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Conservative 2.39%

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Liberal Democrats
8 St Ives

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Conservative 2.56%

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Conservative
9 Edinburgh West

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Scottish National 2.93%

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Liberal Democrats
10 Torbay

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Conservative 3.42%

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Conservative
11 Sutton and Cheam

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Conservative 3.93%

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Conservative
12 Bath

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Conservative 4.06%

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Liberal Democrats
13 Burnley

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Labour 4.08%

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Labour
14 Bermondsey and Old Southwark

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Labour 4.36%

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Labour
15 Yeovil

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Conservative 4.67%

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Conservative
16 North East Fife

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Scottish National 4.80%

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Scottish National
17 Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross

style="width: 2px; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" |

Scottish National 5.62%

style="width: 2px; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" |

Liberal Democrats
18 Colchester

style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |

Conservative 5.74%

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Conservative
19 Cheltenham

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Conservative 6.06%

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Conservative
20 Cheadle

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Conservative 6.08%

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Conservative
21 Berwick-upon-Tweed

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Conservative 6.08%

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Conservative
22 Ross, Skye and Lochaber

style="width: 2px; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" |

Scottish National 6.13%

style="width: 2px; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" |

Scottish National
23 Portsmouth South

style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |

Conservative 6.25%

style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |

Labour
24 Brecon and Radnorshire

style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |

Conservative 6.37%

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Conservative
25 Cardiff Central

style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |

Labour 6.37%

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Labour
26 Devon North

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Conservative 6.44%

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Conservative
27 Wells

style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |

Conservative 6.66%

style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |

Conservative

SNP

SNP target seats
Rank Constituency Winning party 2015 Swing
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Winning party 2017
1 Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale

style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Scottish Conservative Party" |

Conservative 0.77%

style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Scottish Conservative Party" |

Conservative
2 Orkney and Shetland

style="width: 2px; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" |

Liberal Democrats 1.80%

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Liberal Democrats
3 Edinburgh South

style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |

Labour 2.68%

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Labour

Green

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

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Labour 4.4%

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Labour

Plaid Cymru

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

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Labour 0.35%

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Labour

Sinn Féin

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

style="width: 2px; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" |

Ulster Unionist 0.52%

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Sinn Féin

DUP

Sinn Féin target seats
Rank Constituency Winning party 2015 Swing
required
Winning party 2017
1 Belfast South

style="width: 2px; background-color: #2AA82C;" data-sort-value="Social Democratic and Labour Party" |

Social Democratic and Labour 1.16%

style="width: 2px; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" |

Democratic Unionist

Notes

  1. ^ Elected in the 2016 by-election

References

  1. ^ Asthana, Anushka; Mason, Rowena; Elgot, Jessica (April 18, 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.