Birmingham will tell us if Reform’s rise has substance, Bournemouth will show if the Lib Dems can muster gravitas. Liverpool will signal whether Labour has a plan beyond firefighting, and Manchester will see if the Conservatives stay in the season of darkness, or take a first step towards the light.
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Following the general election, here are the 121 MPs who will make up the new Parliamentary Conservative Party: Alan Mak – Havant Alberto Costa – South Leicestershire Alec Shelbrooke – Wetherby & Easingwold Alex Burghart – Brentwood & Ongar Alicia Kearns – Rutland & Stamford Alison Griffiths – Bognor Regis & Littlehampton Andrew Bowie – […]
The challenge in these seats is convincing voters that a vote for Reform could mean waking up on Friday to a Labour or Liberal Democrat MP.
The campaign in Scotland feels very different from the one in England and Wales. Whilst there is still an unhappiness at elements of the Conservative Party, the SNP’s record at Holyrood represents a much bigger bogeyman.
If our journey through Somerset has confirmed one thing it is that the political map of this area will likely look very different when we wake up on 5 July, with many seats changing hands.
Today we are reporting on three constituencies in Wales, where voters are already getting a flavour of a Labour government in the Senedd
This county is noteworthy for the number of key battles and seats which may change hands, shows just how bad things have become for the Conservatives over the last five years.
In many seats, candidates and local activists are putting up an heroic fight against an unpromising national picture. Can name recognition, doubts about Labour, and sheer hard work make the difference?
I also visit Hertford and Stortford, represented by Julie Marson, a member of the 2019-intake. In that once Tory stronghold, the campaign seems to be very much on Party lines.
When Duncan Smith was first elected to the old Chingford seat in 1992, his majority was nearly 15,000. It has since fluctuated up and down, but is never lower than it is now – just 1,262 at the last election.
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