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 political parties, according to results from the previous election in 2017.[1]
List by party
Conservative
| Conservative target seats[2] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Constituency | Winning party 2017 | Swing required |
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 required |
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 required |
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 required |
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 | n/a | Labour | ||
Green Party of England and Wales
| Green Party target seats[8] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Constituency | Winning party 2017 | Swing required |
Winning party 2019 | ||
| 1 | Bristol West | Labour | 26.5% | Labour | ||
Democratic Unionist Party
| Democratic Unionist Party target seats[9] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Constituency | Winning party 2017 | Swing required |
Winning party 2019 | ||
| 1 | North Down | Independent | 1.6% | Alliance | ||
Ulster Unionist Party
| Ulster Unionist Party target seats[10][11] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Constituency | Winning party 2017 | Swing required |
Winning party 2019 | ||
| 1 | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | Sinn Féin | 0.8% | Sinn Féin | ||
| 2 | South Antrim | DUP | 3.7% | DUP | ||
SDLP
| Social Democratic and Labour Party target seats[12][13] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Constituency | Winning party 2017 | Swing required |
Winning party 2019 | ||
| 1 | Belfast South | DUP | 2.3% | SDLP | ||
| 2 | South Down | Sinn Féin | 2.4% | Sinn Féin | ||
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- "Labour Target Seats 2019 - Election Polling". www.electionpolling.co.uk. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
- "Liberal Democrat Target Seats 2019 - Election Polling". www.electionpolling.co.uk. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
- "SNP Target Seats 2019 - Election Polling". www.electionpolling.co.uk. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
- "Plaid Cymru Target Seats 2019". www.electionpolling.co.uk. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
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