UK General Election - which areas are the parties campaigning in the most?

As people know, the UK is having a general election on Thursday June 8th, and the polls are tightening, some pointing to a Hung Parliament.

We've been here before - in the 2015 general election, the polls again pointed to a hung parliament, but in the end, the Conservatives won a majority of 17 seats. The only clue that they might have been on course to win, was the presence of David Cameron campaigning in seats where the received wisdom thought the Conservatives had no chance, but when the results came out, they had indeed gone Tory.

So I'm going to be looking at where Theresa May and other prominent Conservative politicians are visiting to see where the Conservatives (who are now the pro-Brexit party) think they may make gains.

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I shall continue updating this page up to the General Election.

The Labour marginals

These are seats which Labour currently hold with a tiny majority.

Halifax
Held by labour with majority of 428 and Conservatives in second place at the last election.
Visit by Theresa May: 18th May 2017 (to launch the Conservative manifesto)

Wolverhampton South West
Seat held by Labour with majority of 801 with Conservatives in second place
Visit by Theresa May: 9th May 2017

North East Derbyshire
Held by Labour with a majority of 1.883 with Conservatives in second place
Visit by Theresa May: 27 April 2017 (to Clay Cross)

Bridgend, Wales
Seat held by Labour with majority of 1.927 with Conservatives in second place
Visit by Theresa May: 25 April 2017

Stoke-on-Trent South
Seat held by Labour with majority of 2,539 with Conservatives in second
Visit by Theresa May: 16th May 2017

Gedling
Seat held by Labour with majority of 2,986 with Conservatives second
Visit by Theresa May: 10th May 2017

Bristol East
Seat held by Labour with majority of 3.980 and Conservatives in second place
Visit by Theresa May: 2nd May 2017

Newport East, Wales
Seat held by Labour with majority of 4,705 with Conservatives in second place
Visit by Theresa May: 25 April 2017

Wolverhampton North East
Seat held by Labour with majority of 5,495 and Conservatives in second place
Visit by Theresa May: 9th May 2017

Leeds North East
Seat held by Labour with majority of 7,250 with Conservatives in second place
Visit by Theresa May: 27th April 2017

Norwich South
Seat held by Labour with majority 7,654 with Conservatives in second place
Visit by Amber Rudd: 11 April 2017 (to Hethersett)

Conservative Marginals

Derby North
Seat held by Conservatives with majority 41 and Labour in second place
Visit by Theresa May: 8th May 2017
Visit by Amber Rudd: 7th May 2017 (to Mickleover)

Plymouth Sutton and Devonport
Seat held by Conservatives with majority 523 and Labour in second place
Visits by Theresa May: 2nd May 2017 and 31st May 2017

Brighton Kemptown
Seat held by Conservatives with majority of 690 with Labour in second place
Visit by Theresa May: 4th May 2017

Eastborne
Seat held by Conservatives with majority 733 and Liberal Democrats in second place
Visit by Theresa May: 4th May 2017

Plymouth Moorview
Seat held by Conservatives with majority of 1,026 and Labour in second place
Visits by Theresa May: 2nd May 2017 and 31st May 2017

Lewes
Seat held by Conservatives with majority 1083 with Liberal Democrats in second place
Visit by Theresa May: 4th May 2017 (to seaford)

Bath
Seat held by Conservatives with majority 3.833 and Liberal Democrats in second place
Visit by Theresa May: 31st May 2017

Sherwood
Seat held by Conservatives with majority of 4,647 with Labour in second place
Visit by Theresa May: 7th April 2017