Sentences with phrase «on key marginal seats»

I had undertaken an analysis of the potential impact of the issue on key marginal seats and sent the findings to the Chairman of the Tory Party.

[10][11] He was also a target of the strategy led by Lord Ashcroft to concentrate resources on key marginal seats which saw # 50,000 donated to the Conservative campaign to unseat him.

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This meant looking at polling data on voting intentions in key marginal seats, votes in the most recent local elections and the resources each party is likely to have to spend on campaigning in the area.

Key marginal seats, UK big names, Tory and Labour target constituencies - they're all here in our summary of the most exciting ones to watch on election night 2017

Both the main parties could count on winning hundreds of safe seats each and the electoral battle would be won or lost in a smaller number of key marginal seats.

The Labour parliamentary candidate for a key marginal seat was arrested after crashing into a roundabout on Monday.

Finally, despite the important effects of the substantial rise of UKIP on the shares of the vote for the two main parties, UKIP are not set to win many seats nor have a disproportionate effect on the competition for seats between the two main parties in their key marginals.

As part of our profiles on key constituencies, Craig Johnson looks at the prospects of a Lib Dem Gain in the marginal seat of Cardiff Central.

Conservative backbenchers were expressing fears on Saturday that Ukip — which leapfrogged the Conservatives into second place in Thursday's Eastleigh byelection — represents a serious threat to their support not just in the south of England but also in the north, where the Tories face a struggle to defend a number of key marginal seats at the 2015 general election.