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UK Election: Tory-Labour Marginals

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  • Wednesday, 6 November, 2019
    UK general election
    The general election battleground constituencies

    The marginal seats where the national poll will likely be won and lost

  • Tuesday, 5 November, 2019
    Sebastian Payne
    Conservatives plan to break Labour’s ‘red wall’ in north-east Wales

    Clwyd county is key to Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s efforts to win the election

  • Friday, 15 May, 2015
    UK general election
    How Nuneaton swung behind the Tories

    The economy, SNP, Miliband and Ukip contributed to Labour missing out in the key marginal

  • Wednesday, 13 May, 2015
    UK general election
    Conservative vote rose in seats receiving extra government money

    Think-tank finds link between money for projects and increased majorities in 21 seats

  • Friday, 8 May, 2015
    UK general election
    Ed Miliband resigns after worst Labour election result since 1987

    Shadow chancellor Ed Balls loses seat in painful night for party

  • Friday, 8 May, 2015
    UK Election: Future of the Lib Dems
    General election: The key seats

    A guide to constituencies that will give clues to the outcome of the closest UK election in decades

  • Friday, 8 May, 2015
    UK general election
    Tories heading to best night at the polls since 1992

    Early results endorse exit poll suggesting prime minister is on his way back to Downing Street

  • Wednesday, 6 May, 2015
    UK Election: Future of the Lib Dems
    Last-minute tactical voting could decide the election

    Labour leader has more potential allies in a hung parliament than Tory rival

  • Wednesday, 6 May, 2015
    UK general election
    Hi-vis jackets for a lo-vis UK general election

    Party leaders have been doing their utmost to avoid voters

  • Tuesday, 5 May, 2015
    UK general election
    Atypical Tories spearhead party’s northern fightback

    The party is targeting 13 Labour seats, while defending 20 of their own

  • Monday, 4 May, 2015
    UK general election
    Labour hopes 5m ‘doorstep conversations’ will win over voters

    Party believes it has the upper hand in the face-to-face ‘ground war’

  • Monday, 4 May, 2015
    UK general election
    Campaign tone starts to sour in Pudsey

    Polls suggest a dead heat in constituency where every vote is vital

  • Sunday, 3 May, 2015
    UK general election
    Conservatives go local in final phase of election ‘ground war’

    Emphasis placed on constituency issues and local MPs to win over voters

  • Friday, 1 May, 2015
    UK general election
    General election: Recovery euphoria leaves Bury North underwhelmed

    Conservatives’ message on the economy fails to resonate in Lancashire swing seat

  • Friday, 1 May, 2015
    UK general election
    General election: David Cameron pledges to close north-south gap

    Conservatives push to woo floating voters in northern marginals

  • Wednesday, 29 April, 2015
    Matthew Engel
    London’s terrain proves harder for Conservatives to navigate

    The capital is returning to Labour less grudgingly than anywhere else

  • Monday, 27 April, 2015
    UK general election
    Focus group unsure about Miliband

    PM looks stronger than Miliband, says West Wirral voter group

  • Friday, 24 April, 2015
    UK general election
    Watford witnesses the outbreak of a very civil war

    Matthew Engel at the hustings in three-way marginal

  • Thursday, 23 April, 2015
    UK general election
    Cameron campaign strategy splits opinion

    Business chiefs worry over polls but Tory team sticks to focus on Scots holding Labour hostage

  • Wednesday, 22 April, 2015
    UK general election
    Mansion tax a key election issue for voters in Hampstead and Kilburn

    Residents concerned Labour win could land them with bill

  • Tuesday, 21 April, 2015
    UK general election
    US Republican activists to help Tories in UK marginal seats

    Group of young Americans will spend days campaigning before general election

  • Tuesday, 14 April, 2015
    UK general election
    Tories break with austerity and promise ‘good life’ to voters

    Cameron makes unfunded pledges with aim of winning over electors

  • Tuesday, 14 April, 2015
    UK general election
    Ashcroft poll sends warning to Tories

    Labour ahead in two normally safe Conservative seats

  • Friday, 3 April, 2015
    UK general election
    Small tremor could swing Stockton South in UK elections

    James Wharton is defending a 332 majority in the Conservatives’ eighth most marginal seat

  • Thursday, 2 April, 2015
    News in-depthUK general election
    Northwest marginals hold key to UK election

    Warrington South is a good example of the kind of constituency both parties need to win

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