The Prime Minister as well as the leaders of the Labour and Liberal Democrats have focused visits on Conservative seats new data reveals.
As the election enters its final days, the main party leaders have continued their efforts on seats the Conservatives are defending. But they are not all marginals though with some having massive Tory majorities at the last election.
Rishi Sunak has visited 54 constituencies during the campaign up to July 2, according to research by the Press Association and Reach Data Unit. A total of 46 of those voted Conservative at the last general election, 10 of which have notional majorities of over 20,000.
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The leader of the Liberal Democrats, Sir Ed Davey, has visited 47 constituencies on his fun-filled tour of the country. Some 42 of those voted Conservative in the last election.
Sir Keir Starmer, meanwhile, has visited 51 constituencies, 38 of which voted Tory last time around. None of the Labour leader’s visits were to Tory seats with 20,000-plus majorities, but he did visit six constituencies with majorities over 15,000. You can see where the three main party leaders have been visiting by using our interactive map.
The South East of England has seen by far the most visits by the three main party leaders. Almost a quarter (23%) of the visits have been in the region, 36 in total. The South West has seen the next highest share at 14% (22 visits), followed by London with 11% (17 visits).
By contrast, just 3% of visits have been made to the North East – five in total. Wales has received just 4% of visits (six in total), Yorkshire and the Humber 5% (eight in total), and the North West 7% (11 in total). There has only been one visit to Northern Ireland, but the three main parties don’t field candidates there. You can see the number of visits each leader has made to each region using our interactive map.
List of all visits by main party leaders
Ed Davey visits
- North Shropshire
- Chichester
- Stratford-on-Avon
- Torbay
- Romsey and Southampton North
- South Cotswolds
- Runnymede and Weybridge
- Witney
- Chelmsford
- Harpenden and Berkhamsted
- Tunbridge Wells
- Yeovil
- North Norfolk
- Bicester and Woodstock
- Glastonbury and Somerton
- South Devon
- Chippenham
- Wokingham
- Frome and East Somerset
- St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire
- Henley and Thame
- Newbury
- Dorking and Horley
- Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe
- Winchester
- Harrogate and Knaresborough
- Woking
- Eastleigh
- Taunton and Wellington
- St Ives
- Westmorland and Lonsdale
- Hazel Grove
- Lewes
- Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy
- Guildford
- Edinburgh West
- Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
- Cheadle
- Eastbourne
- Mid Dunbartonshire
- South Cambridgeshire
- Cheltenham
- Sheffield Hallam
- Wimbledon
- North East Fife
- Carshalton and Wallington
- Hackney South and Shoreditch
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Keir Starmer visits
- Brighton Pavilion
- Vauxhall and Camberwell Green
- Queen’s Park and Maida Vale
- North West Leicestershire
- Aldershot
- Manchester Central
- Hertford and Stortford
- Brent East
- Kettering
- Reading West and Mid Berkshire
- Sherwood Forest
- Stoke-on-Trent South
- Gillingham and Rainham
- Burton and Uttoxeter
- Banbury
- Stafford
- Buckingham and Bletchley
- Northampton South
- Nuneaton
- North East Derbyshire
- Bassetlaw
- Basingstoke
- Halesowen
- Thurrock
- Monmouthshire
- Hammersmith and Chiswick
- York Outer
- Macclesfield
- Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes
- Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West
- Bathgate and Linlithgow
- Stevenage
- South Ribble
- Uxbridge and South Ruislip
- Filton and Bradley Stoke
- East Worthing and Shoreham
- Bristol North West
- Worcester
- Finchley and Golders Green
- Glasgow East
- Derby South
- Crewe and Nantwich
- Swindon South
- Portsmouth South
- Redcar
- Southampton Itchen
- Chipping Barnet
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Bury North: 1,282Bolton North East
- Holborn and St Pancras
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Rishi Sunak visits
- Honiton and Sidmouth: 26,229
- Worcester: 24,499
- Richmond and Northallerton: 24,331
- South Northamptonshire: 23,671
- Thirsk and Malton: 23,337
- Torridge and Tavistock: 22,899
- Hinckley and Bosworth: 22,851
- Grantham and Bourne: 22,393
- Mid Bedfordshire: 20,509
- South East Cornwall: 20,225
- Cannock Chase: 19,879
- Stratford-on-Avon: 19,020
- Suffolk Coastal: 18,355
- Chesham and Amersham: 18,216
- Brent East: 17,756
- Horsham: 17,353
- Central Devon: 17,300
- Melksham and Devizes: 17,028
- Amber Valley: 16,891
- Witney: 15,674
- Stoke-on-Trent South: 15,393
- Harpenden and Berkhamsted: 15,044
- North Devon: 14,813
- Leeds South: 13,886
- Banbury: 13,799
- Swindon North: 13,250
- Wokingham: 12,750
- Edinburgh East and Musselburgh: 11,796
- Stockton West: 11,749
- Macclesfield: 10,711
- Erewash: 10,606
- Didcot and Wantage: 10,023
- Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes: 9,759
- Chelsea and Fulham: 8,993
- Harrow East: 8,987
- Crawley: 8,360
- Bishop Auckland: 8,113
- Cambridge: 8,099
- Stoke-on-Trent North: 8,077
- Finchley and Golders Green: 6,629
- Blyth and Ashington: 6,118
- Derby South: 6,019
- Cities of London and Westminster: 5,976
- Clwyd East: 5,284
- St Ives: 5,227
- Milton Keynes Central: 4,952
- Redcar: 4,878
- Clwyd North: 2,834
- Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross: 2,788
- Belfast East: 2,626
- Vale of Glamorgan: 2,566
- Stroud: 2,467
- Bury North: 1,282
- Wimbledon: 839