#boundary-changes

#boundary-changes

Labour will face a difficult task in winning a majority at the 2024 general election due to boundary changes.

Keir Starmer will need to achieve a larger swing than Tony Blair did in his landslide victory to become prime minister. [ more ]

The next general election in the UK will be fought across 650 new constituencies after boundary changes were approved by parliament.

Research by psephologists Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher has estimated how these new seats would have notionally voted in the 2019 election.

The Conservative majority would be 14 seats bigger if the last election had been fought on the new boundaries. [ more ]