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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