List of target seats in the United Kingdom general election, 2015
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This article describes the likely or potential target seats at the
United Kingdom general election of 2015 The 2015 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday, 7 May 2015 to elect 650 members to the House of Commons. It was the first and only general election held at the end of a Parliament under the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011. Loca ...
that was held on 7 May 2015. In January 2013, Labour published its list of 106 target seats for the next election. UKIP's list of 12 target seats was reported in August 2014, and others external to UKIP have highlighted seats where UKIP may be strongest. A list of Conservative non-target seats was deduced in February 2015. The Green Party of England & Wales describe having 12 target constituencies, including their one current seat. Below are the most marginal seats listed by the party in second for those parties which won seats at the 2005 or 2010 general elections, ranked by the percentage swing required. These may not be the seats where parties choose to target their resources. Opinion polling in individual constituencies is also another indicator for possible target seats.


List by party


Conservative


Labour


Liberal Democrats


SNP


Plaid Cymru


Green Party


Respect Party


Northern Ireland


Notes


References


See also

* List of target seats in the 2024 United Kingdom general election * List of target seats in the 2019 United Kingdom general election * List of target seats in the 2017 United Kingdom general election {{2015 United Kingdom general election 2015 United Kingdom general election Lists of marginal seats in the United Kingdom by election