The Lib Dems could reclaim seats the Tories have held for a decade

Majorities over time in the 40 seats the Lib Dems could gain in the general election, according to polling based models

Conservative heartlands

Mainly in the south-east, these seats have

been Conservative for more than a decade,

in some cases since the seat was created

Majority

Con

Lib Dem

0%

20

40

60

Projection

Modelled*

2010

15

17

19

24

Constituency (Old name)

Esher & Walton

Woking

Harrogate & Knaresborough

Byelection

Winchester

North Shropshire+

West Dorset

Wimbledon

South Devon (Totnes)

Chesham & Amersham+

Didcot & Wantage (Wantage)

Chichester

Newbury

Henley & Thame (Henley)

Surrey Heath

Chelmsford

+Lib Dems won these seats in byelections after 2019

Former Lib Dem strongholds

These seats – half of which are in the

south-west – have all swung from the

Lib Dems since the 2010 general election

Majority

Con

Lib Dem

0%

20

40

60

Projection

Modelled*

2010

15

17

19

24

Eastbourne

Cheltenham

Cheadle

Lewes

St Ives

Taunton & Wellington

(Taunton Deane)

Carshalton & Wallington

Hazel Grove

Yeovil

North Devon

Sutton & Cheam

Torbay

North Cornwall

Thornbury & Yate

North Norfolk

New constituencies

These constituencies have no clear

ancestor constituency from before the

boundary review

Majority

Con

Lib Dem

0%

20

40

60

Projection

Modelled*

2010

15

17

19

24

Guildford

South Cambridgeshire

Godalming & Ash

Chippenham

Dorking & Horley

No data

Wokingham

South Cotswolds

Honiton & Sidmouth

Harpenden & Berkhamsted

Bicester and Woodstock

Majorities over time in the 40 seats the Lib Dems could gain in the general election, according to polling-based models

Conservative heartlands

Mainly in the south-east, these seats have

been Conservative for more than a decade,

in some cases since the seat was created

0%

10

20

30

40

50

60

Con majority

Lib Dem majority

Modelled*

Projection

2024

2010

2015

2017

2019

Constituency (Old name)

Esher & Walton

Woking

Harrogate & Knaresborough

Winchester

Byelection

North Shropshire+

West Dorset

Wimbledon

South Devon (Totnes)

Chesham & Amersham+

Didcot & Wantage (Wantage)

Chichester

Newbury

Henley & Thame (Henley)

Surrey Heath

Chelmsford

+Lib Dems won these seats in byelections after 2019

Former Lib Dem strongholds

These seats – half of which are in the

south-west – have all swung from the

Lib Dems since the 2010 general election

0%

10

20

30

40

50

60

Con majority

Lib Dem majority

Projection

2024

Modelled*

2010

2015

2017

2019

Eastbourne

Cheltenham

Cheadle

Lewes

St Ives

Taunton & Wellington (Taunton Deane)

Carshalton & Wallington

Hazel Grove

Yeovil

North Devon

Sutton & Cheam

Torbay

North Cornwall

Thornbury & Yate

North Norfolk

New constituencies

These constituencies have no

clear ancestor constituency from

before the boundary review

0%

10

20

30

40

50

60

Con majority

Lib Dem majority

Modelled*

Projection

2024

2010

2015

2017

2019

Guildford

South Cambridgeshire

Godalming & Ash

Chippenham

Dorking & Horley

No data

Wokingham

South Cotswolds

Honiton & Sidmouth

Harpenden & Berkhamsted

Bicester and Woodstock