title: List of target seats in the 2019 United Kingdom general election
text: # List of target seats in the 2019 United Kingdom general election
  
  The 2019 United Kingdom general election was held on 12 December 2019. These were the target seats for each of the political parties, according to results from the previous election in 2017.
  
  ## List by party
  
  ### Conservative
  
  Conservative target seats :
  
  | Rank | Constituency | Winning party 2017 | Swing required | Winning party 2019 |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Perth and North Perthshire | SNP | 0.02% | SNP |
  | 2 | Kensington | Labour | 0.03% | Conservative |
  | 3 | Dudley North | Labour | 0.03% | Conservative |
  | 4 | Newcastle-under-Lyme | Labour | 0.03% | Conservative |
  | 5 | Crewe and Nantwich | Labour | 0.04% | Conservative |
  | 6 | Canterbury | Labour | 0.16% | Labour |
  | 7 | Barrow and Furness | Labour | 0.22% | Conservative |
  | 8 | Keighley | Labour | 0.24% | Conservative |
  | 9 | Lanark and Hamilton East | SNP | 0.26% | SNP |
  | 10 | Ashfield | Labour | 0.44% | Conservative |
  | 11 | Stroud | Labour | 0.54% | Conservative |
  | 12 | Bishop Auckland | Labour | 0.58% | Conservative |
  | 13 | Peterborough | Labour | 0.64% | Conservative |
  | 14 | Oxford West and Abingdon | Liberal Democrats | 0.68% | Liberal Democrats |
  | 15 | Westmorland and Lonsdale | Liberal Democrats | 0.75% | Liberal Democrats |
  | 16 | Colne Valley | Labour | 0.76% | Conservative |
  | 17 | Ipswich | Labour | 0.81% | Conservative |
  | 18 | Bedford | Labour | 0.81% | Labour |
  | 19 | Stockton South | Labour | 0.82% | Conservative |
  | 20 | Edinburgh South West | SNP | 1.11% | SNP |
  
  ### Labour
  
  Labour target seats :
  
  | Rank | Constituency | Winning party 2017 | Swing required | Winning party 2019 |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Southampton Itchen | Conservative | 0.03% | Conservative |
  | 2 | Glasgow South West | SNP | 0.08% | SNP |
  | 3 | Glasgow East | SNP | 0.10% | SNP |
  | 4 | Arfon | Plaid Cymru | 0.16% | Plaid Cymru |
  | 5 | Airdrie and Shotts | SNP | 0.26% | SNP |
  | 6 | Pudsey | Conservative | 0.31% | Conservative |
  | 7 | Hastings and Rye | Conservative | 0.32% | Conservative |
  | 8 | Chipping Barnet | Conservative | 0.32% | Conservative |
  | 9 | Thurrock | Conservative | 0.34% | Conservative |
  | 10 | Lanark and Hamilton East | SNP | 0.36% | SNP |
  | 11 | Preseli Pembrokeshire | Conservative | 0.37% | Conservative |
  | 12 | Motherwell and Wishaw | SNP | 0.38% | SNP |
  | 13 | Inverclyde | SNP | 0.49% | SNP |
  | 14 | Calder Valley | Conservative | 0.52% | Conservative |
  | 15 | Norwich North | Conservative | 0.55% | Conservative |
  | 16 | Broxtowe | Conservative | 0.78% | Conservative |
  | 17 | Stoke-on-Trent South | Conservative | 0.80% | Conservative |
  | 18 | Telford | Conservative | 0.81% | Conservative |
  | 19 | Dunfermline and West Fife | SNP | 0.83% | SNP |
  | 20 | Bolton West | Conservative | 0.92% | Conservative |
  
  ### Liberal Democrat
  
  Lib Dem target seats :
  
  | Rank | Constituency | Winning party 2017 | Swing required | Winning party 2019 |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | North East Fife | SNP | 0.00% | Liberal Democrats |
  | 2 | Richmond Park | Conservative | 0.04% | Liberal Democrats |
  | 3 | Ceredigion | Plaid Cymru | 0.13% | Plaid Cymru |
  | 4 | St Ives | Conservative | 0.30% | Conservative |
  | 5 | Sheffield Hallam | Labour | 1.86% | Labour |
  | 6 | Cheltenham | Conservative | 2.25% | Conservative |
  | 7 | North Devon | Conservative | 3.89% | Conservative |
  | 8 | Cheadle | Conservative | 4.13% | Conservative |
  | 9 | Leeds North West | Labour | 4.56% | Labour |
  | 10 | Lewes | Conservative | 5.08% | Conservative |
  
  ### SNP
  
  SNP target seats :
  
  | Rank | Constituency | Winning party 2017 | Swing required | Winning party 2019 |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Stirling | Conservative | 0.15% | SNP |
  | 2 | Rutherglen and Hamilton West | Labour | 0.26% | SNP |
  | 3 | Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath | Labour | 0.28% | SNP |
  | 4 | Glasgow North East | Labour | 0.38% | SNP |
  | 5 | Midlothian | Labour | 0.98% | SNP |
  | 6 | Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill | Labour | 1.76% | SNP |
  | 7 | Gordon | Conservative | 2.43% | SNP |
  | 8 | East Lothian | Labour | 2.76% | SNP |
  | 9 | Edinburgh West | Liberal Democrats | 2.83% | Liberal Democrats |
  | 10 | Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock | Conservative | 3.00% | SNP |
  
  ### Plaid Cymru
  
  Plaid Cymru targets :
  
  | Rank | Constituency | Winning party 2017 | Swing required | Winning party 2019 |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Ynys Môn | Labour | 7.23% | Conservative |
  | 2 | Llanelli | Labour | 17.62% | Labour |
  | 3 | Blaenau Gwent | Labour | 18.38% | Labour |
  | 4 | Caerphilly | Labour | 20.01% | Labour |
  | 5 | Rhondda | Labour | 20.87% | Labour |
  
  ### Brexit Party
  
  Brexit Party target seats :
  
  | Rank | Constituency | Winning party 2017 | Winning party 2017 | Swing required | Winning party 2019 | Winning party 2019 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Hartlepool | | Labour | n/a | | Labour |
  
  ### Green Party of England and Wales
  
  Green Party target seats :
  
  | Rank | Constituency | Winning party 2017 | Winning party 2017 | Swing required | Winning party 2019 | Winning party 2019 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Bristol West | | Labour | 26.5% | | Labour |
  
  ### Democratic Unionist Party
  
  Democratic Unionist Party target seats :
  
  | Rank | Constituency | Winning party 2017 | Winning party 2017 | Swing required | Winning party 2019 | Winning party 2019 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | North Down | | Independent | 1.6% | | Alliance |
  
  ### Ulster Unionist Party
  
  Ulster Unionist Party target seats :
  
  | Rank | Constituency | Winning party 2017 | Winning party 2017 | Swing required | Winning party 2019 | Winning party 2019 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | | Sinn Féin | 0.8% | | Sinn Féin |
  | 2 | South Antrim | | DUP | 3.7% | | DUP |
  
  ### SDLP
  
  Social Democratic and Labour Party target seats :
  
  | Rank | Constituency | Winning party 2017 | Winning party 2017 | Swing required | Winning party 2019 | Winning party 2019 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Belfast South | | DUP | 2.3% | | SDLP |
  | 2 | South Down | | Sinn Féin | 2.4% | | Sinn Féin |
  
  ### Sinn Féin
  
  Sinn Féin target seats :
  
  | Rank | Constituency | Winning party 2017 | Winning party 2017 | Swing required | Winning party 2019 | Winning party 2019 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Belfast North | | DUP | 2.3% | | Sinn Féin |
  