Saturday, May 07, 2005

Lib Dem targets for 2009 or 2010

Nick Barlow has done us all a service by analysing the general election results and drawing up lists of our new target seats. Below I list our top 12 targets against both Labour and the Tories.

There are some hardy perennials here and it is hard to escape the impression that we are still desperately short of winnable seats, but here are the lists. The percentage given is the size of the Labour or Tory majority over the Liberal Democrats.

Labour held seats
1. Edinburgh South - 0.95%
2. Islington South and Finsbury - 1.56%
3. Aberdeen South - 2.24%
4. Oxford East - 2.30%
5. Watford - 2.33%
6. Edinburgh North - 5.05%
7. Durham City - 7.38%
8. Oldham East and Saddleworth - 8.28%
9. Norwich South - 8.66%
10. Leicester South - 8.77%
11. Bradford North - 10.21%
12. Newcastle Central - 11.08%

Conservative held seats
1. Guildford - 0.67%
2. Eastbourne - 2.32%
3. Totnes - 3.85%
4. Weston-Super-Mare - 4.24%
5. Dorset North - 4.25%
6. Ludlow - 4.36%
7. Dorset West - 4.63%
8. Worcestershire West - 5.36%
9. Devon West and Torridge - 5.53%
10. Wells - 5.74%
11. Newbury - 6.33%
12. Harborough - 8.12%

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