In what has been widely heralded as a successful election (despite not winning it) for Corbyn's Labour, 84 % of the gains made were in urban seats, while 40 % of the losses were rural. (bluelabour.org)
On Thursday night when Prasad Panda, 50, won the Wildrose its first urban seat since its previous two were lost in the May general election, Rachel at least got a partial reading of the zeitgeist of... (insightalberta.ca)
In poorer northern England urban seats such as Redcar and Hull, disaffected working - class voters deserted the Lib Dems as the local opposition to Labour, opting instead for Ukip. (theguardian.com)