title: List of target seats in the 2017 United Kingdom general election
text: # List of target seats in the 2017 United Kingdom general election
  
  The 2017 United Kingdom general election was called by Prime Minister Theresa May on 18 April that year, and held 51 days later on 8 June. 'Election Polling' marked the following as each of the parties' key target seats, ones that were held by a low margin and could feasibly be won by a different party than in the 2015 election
  
  ## List by party
  
  ### Conservative
  
  Conservative target seats :
  
  | Rank | Constituency | Winning party 2015 | Swing required | Winning party 2017 |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | City of Chester | Labour | 0.09% | Labour |
  | 2 | Ealing Central & Acton | Labour | 0.27% | Labour |
  | 3 | Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk | SNP | 0.30% | Conservative |
  | 4 | Brentford and Isleworth | Labour | 0.41% | Labour |
  | 5 | Halifax | Labour | 0.49% | Labour |
  | 6 | Wirral West | Labour | 0.50% | Labour |
  | 7 | Ilford North | Labour | 0.60% | Labour |
  | 8 | Newcastle-under-Lyme | Labour | 0.76% | Labour |
  | 9 | Barrow and Furness | Labour | 0.92% | Labour |
  | 10 | Wolverhampton South West | Labour | 1.00% | Labour |
  | 11 | Hampstead and Kilburn | Labour | 1.05% | Labour |
  | 12 | Enfield North | Labour | 1.18% | Labour |
  | 13 | Hove | Labour | 1.18% | Labour |
  | 14 | Dewsbury | Labour | 1.35% | Labour |
  | 15 | Southport | Liberal Democrats | 1.50% | Conservative |
  | 16 | Lancaster and Fleetwood | Labour | 1.50% | Labour |
  | 17 | Carshalton and Wallington | Liberal Democrats | 1.52% | Liberal Democrats |
  | 18 | North East Derbyshire | Labour | 1.96% | Conservative |
  | 19 | Richmond Park | Liberal Democrats | 2.25% | Conservative |
  | 20 | Harrow West | Labour | 2.37% | Labour |
  | 21 | Bridgend | Labour | 2.44% | Labour |
  | 22 | Middlesbrough South and Cleveland East | Labour | 2.48% | Conservative |
  | 23 | Westminster North | Labour | 2.50% | Labour |
  | 24 | Walsall North | Labour | 2.63% | Conservative |
  | 25 | Wrexham | Labour | 2.80% | Labour |
  | 26 | Birmingham Northfield | Labour | 2.95% | Labour |
  | 27 | Wakefield | Labour | 3.04% | Labour |
  
  ### Labour
  
  Labour target seats :
  
  | Rank | Constituency | Winning party 2015 | Swing required | Winning party 2017 |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Gower | Conservative | 0.03% | Labour |
  | 2 | Derby North | Conservative | 0.05% | Labour |
  | 3 | Croydon Central | Conservative | 0.16% | Labour |
  | 4 | Vale of Clwyd | Conservative | 0.34% | Labour |
  | 5 | Bury North | Conservative | 0.42% | Labour |
  | 6 | Morley and Outwood | Conservative | 0.44% | Conservative |
  | 7 | Thurrock | Conservative | 0.54% | Conservative |
  | 8 | Plymouth Sutton and Devonport | Conservative | 0.55% | Labour |
  | 9 | Brighton Kemptown | Conservative | 0.76% | Labour |
  | 10 | Bolton West | Conservative | 0.82% | Conservative |
  | 11 | Weaver Vale | Conservative | 0.86% | Labour |
  | 12 | Telford | Conservative | 0.90% | Conservative |
  | 13 | Bedford | Conservative | 1.19% | Labour |
  | 14 | Plymouth Moor View | Conservative | 1.20% | Conservative |
  | 15 | Lincoln | Conservative | 1.54% | Labour |
  | 16 | Peterborough | Conservative | 2.04% | Labour |
  | 17 | Cardiff North | Conservative | 2.09% | Labour |
  | 18 | Sheffield Hallam | Liberal Democrats | 2.12% | Labour |
  | 19 | Corby | Conservative | 2.15% | Conservative |
  | 20 | Waveney | Conservative | 2.31% | Conservative |
  | 21 | Warrington South | Conservative | 2.32% | Labour |
  | 22 | Southampton Itchen | Conservative | 2.59% | Conservative |
  | 23 | Keighley | Conservative | 3.11% | Labour |
  | 24 | Warwickshire North | Conservative | 3.14% | Conservative |
  | 25 | Carlisle | Conservative | 3.26% | Conservative |
  | 26 | Renfrewshire East | SNP | 3.28% | Conservative |
  | 27 | Leeds North West | Liberal Democrats | 3.35% | Labour |
  
  ### Liberal Democrats
  
  Liberal Democrat target seats :
  
  | Rank | Constituency | Winning party 2015 | Swing required | Winning party 2017 |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Cambridge | Labour | 0.58% | Labour |
  | 2 | Eastbourne | Conservative | 0.69% | Liberal Democrats |
  | 3 | Lewes | Conservative | 1.07% | Conservative |
  | 4 | Thornbury and Yate | Conservative | 1.54% | Conservative |
  | 5 | Twickenham | Conservative | 1.63% | Liberal Democrats |
  | 6 | East Dunbartonshire | SNP | 1.97% | Liberal Democrats |
  | 7 | Kingston and Surbiton | Conservative | 2.39% | Liberal Democrats |
  | 8 | St Ives | Conservative | 2.56% | Conservative |
  | 9 | Edinburgh West | SNP | 2.93% | Liberal Democrats |
  | 10 | Torbay | Conservative | 3.42% | Conservative |
  | 11 | Sutton and Cheam | Conservative | 3.93% | Conservative |
  | 12 | Bath | Conservative | 4.06% | Liberal Democrats |
  | 13 | Burnley | Labour | 4.08% | Labour |
  | 14 | Bermondsey and Old Southwark | Labour | 4.36% | Labour |
  | 15 | Yeovil | Conservative | 4.67% | Conservative |
  | 16 | North East Fife | SNP | 4.80% | SNP |
  | 17 | Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | SNP | 5.62% | Liberal Democrats |
  | 18 | Colchester | Conservative | 5.74% | Conservative |
  | 19 | Cheltenham | Conservative | 6.06% | Conservative |
  | 20 | Cheadle | Conservative | 6.08% | Conservative |
  | 21 | Berwick-upon-Tweed | Conservative | 6.08% | Conservative |
  | 22 | Ross, Skye and Lochaber | SNP | 6.13% | SNP |
  | 23 | Portsmouth South | Conservative | 6.25% | Labour |
  | 24 | Brecon and Radnorshire | Conservative | 6.37% | Conservative |
  | 25 | Cardiff Central | Labour | 6.37% | Labour |
  | 26 | Devon North | Conservative | 6.44% | Conservative |
  | 27 | Wells | Conservative | 6.66% | Conservative |
  
  ### SNP
  
  SNP target seats :
  
  | Rank | Constituency | Winning party 2015 | Swing required | Winning party 2017 |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale | Conservative | 0.77% | Conservative |
  | 2 | Orkney and Shetland | Liberal Democrats | 1.80% | Liberal Democrats |
  | 3 | Edinburgh South | Labour | 2.68% | Labour |
  
  ### Green
  
  Green Party target seats :
  
  | Rank | Constituency | Winning party 2015 | Winning party 2015 | Swing required | Winning party 2017 | Winning party 2017 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Bristol West | | Labour | 4.4% | | Labour |
  
  ### Plaid Cymru
  
  Plaid Cymru target seats :
  
  | Rank | Constituency | Winning party 2015 | Winning party 2015 | Swing required | Winning party 2017 | Winning party 2017 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Ynys Môn | | Labour | 0.35% | | Labour |
  
  ### Sinn Féin
  
  Sinn Féin target seats :
  
  | Rank | Constituency | Winning party 2015 | Winning party 2015 | Swing required | Winning party 2017 | Winning party 2017 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | | Ulster Unionist | 0.52% | | Sinn Féin |
  
  ### DUP
  
  Sinn Féin target seats :
  
  | Rank | Constituency | Winning party 2015 | Winning party 2015 | Swing required | Winning party 2017 | Winning party 2017 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Belfast South | | SDLP | 1.16% | | DUP |
  