The Conservatives tend to pile up large
majorities in safe seats and because the planned redistribution of seats did not take place after the 2010 election, Labour has a number of seats with below average electorates, making the vote - to - seat ratio work all the more in its favour.
Not exact matches
But his «
safe hands on the economy» message cut through
in the end, with the coalition winning a
majority of
seats in 1998 despite Labor winning 51 per cent of the two - party vote.
Let's have
safe standing areas
in stadiums and relocate the old and young into still the
majority of blocks that will be strictly
seated only areas and understand that those areas will be stewarded accordingly.
Its also a redistricting year and the Republicans can make a few districts districts
safer and combine old marginal districts
in the Bronx, Westchester and Queens to keep the
majority intact and probably expand it by 2 - 3
seats.
He has served the second -
safest seat in the country since 1987, and has a
majority of 18,636.
Ealing Central and Acton has gone from a 274 vote
majority to nearly 14,000 - a 25 %
majority in what has overnight become a rock solid Labour
safe seat.
If, on the other hand, the Lib Dems succeed
in dismantling Goldsmith's
majority in a perceived
safe seat, the Lib Dems could undermine the government on Brexit and force Theresa May into concessions.
This used to be a very
safe Labour
seat, with,
in 2003, a 26.2 %
majority.
Stephen Doughty won the Cardiff South poll with a comfortable
majority in the notionally
safe Labour
seat with an impressive eight per cent swing away from the Conservatives.
The old SDP almost won this
seat in 1987, but Ronnie Campbell has held it with
safe majorities ever since.
His first attempt for Westminster came when he fought the
safe Conservative
seat of South Kensington
in 1959, before being selected for neighbouring Barons Court and winning the 1964 election with a small
majority.
Mr Murphy's once -
safe majority in East Renfrewshire - a
seat he had held for nearly 20 years - was eliminated by the SNP's Kirsten Oswald.
In fact, the notional Conservative majority of 16,913 will make it - in percentage terms - the safest Tory seat in the country, according to the projection of Professors Rallings and Thrasher of the University of Plymout
In fact, the notional Conservative
majority of 16,913 will make it -
in percentage terms - the safest Tory seat in the country, according to the projection of Professors Rallings and Thrasher of the University of Plymout
in percentage terms - the
safest Tory
seat in the country, according to the projection of Professors Rallings and Thrasher of the University of Plymout
in the country, according to the projection of Professors Rallings and Thrasher of the University of Plymouth.
Maybe Mrs Balls will relinquish her
seat (Pontefract & Castleford - 15,000 odd
majority - 18th
safest seat)
in favour of her husband, interesting idea about Hull East.
In fact, it should only apply to a significant political figure (Portillo was defence secretary) losing a
safe seat (he had a
majority of 15,563).
In fact, she will bequeath a notional Conservative majority of 16,913, which - in percentage terms - would makes it currently the safest Tory seat in the country, according to the projection of Professors Rallings and Thrasher of the University of Plymout
In fact, she will bequeath a notional Conservative
majority of 16,913, which -
in percentage terms - would makes it currently the safest Tory seat in the country, according to the projection of Professors Rallings and Thrasher of the University of Plymout
in percentage terms - would makes it currently the
safest Tory
seat in the country, according to the projection of Professors Rallings and Thrasher of the University of Plymout
in the country, according to the projection of Professors Rallings and Thrasher of the University of Plymouth.
He became the biggest casualty of the night when his once
safe majority in East Renfrewshire - a
seat he had held for nearly 20 years - was eliminated as the SNP's Kirsten Oswald swept to victory with 23,564 votes to Labour's 19,295.
Reformers say too many votes are effectively wasted
in safe seats where either Labour or Conservatives have large,
in - built
majorities, and this depresses turnout.
An increasing
majority of parliamentary constituencies are
safe seats where, barring some freak event, the result is not
in doubt.
Note also a couple of wild cards: the
safe (ish) Tory
seat of the Forest of Dean, where the local press claim that Ukip has seen «a surge
in popularity», and Aylesbury, where the Tory Europe minister, David Lidington, has an 11,000
majority, but the unpopularity of the looming HS2 rail line is a big local factor.
In 1992 Jonathan Aitken enjoyed an apparently safe 23 % majority here, but in 1997 he lost his seat to Labour «s Stephen Ladyman and subsequently his liberty after being found guilty and jailed for perjur
In 1992 Jonathan Aitken enjoyed an apparently
safe 23 %
majority here, but
in 1997 he lost his seat to Labour «s Stephen Ladyman and subsequently his liberty after being found guilty and jailed for perjur
in 1997 he lost his
seat to Labour «s Stephen Ladyman and subsequently his liberty after being found guilty and jailed for perjury.
The constituency has undergone several boundary changes since its creation
in 1918 but has remained a
safe Labour
seat since the Second World War, with the exception of a by - election
in 1969 when Wallace Lawler won the
seat for the Liberal Party and immediately surrounding period when its
majority was marginal.
Under the first past the post electoral system, many Labour votes were «wasted» as part of large
majorities for MPs
in safe seats rather than into holding onto marginal
seats.
Well, with all
seats bar Kensington declared (yes, Labour are
in with a chance of winning Tory
safe seat Kensington, which has gone to several recounts), Labour sit on 261, up 32
seats from the start of the election, with the Tories denied an outright
majority on 317 — having lost a net 13
seats.
[8] Hewitt's constituency of Leicester West is a
safe Labour
seat, with a
majority of 9,070 votes
in the 2005 General Election.
Insiders feared the party's 14,738
majority in one of its
safest seats could be slashed to under 1,000
in a head - to - head battle with UKIP.
By piling up votes
in safe seats, it is harder for the party to win a
majority nationally.
The vast
majority of these target
seats were held by the Conservatives
in 1992, and many of them were reckoned to be very
safe, prior to the 1997 defeat.
Does anyone think that
in many
safe Tory
seats at the next general election (Many of which have the Lib Dems
in second place) that the Conservatives will be down by less than the Lib Dems, and so there will perhaps be increased
majorities in these
seats as a direct result, a la 1992?
Politics: Generally a very
safe Labour
seat,
in various guises Salford has consistently returned Labour MPs since 1945, although Hazel Blears «
majority fell sharply
in 2010 after she became embroiled
in the expenses scandal and was targetted by a hostile «Hazel Must Go» campaign.
Bain is defending a
majority of more than 10,000
in the normally
safe Labour
seat, with the main challenge coming from the Scottish National Party.
By length of tenure and
in great
majorities a
safe seat status emerged for Labour (on the basis of these standard criteria)
in the 1950s and 1960s.
The media is also reporting that,
in the meantime, Harper plans to fill five vacant senate
seats, which will give the Conservatives the
majority they need to ensure
safe passage of their legislation.