Election '97: The 57 Tory seats Labour needs to win
Majority
Vale of Glamorgan 19
Hayes & Harlington 44
Halesowen & Rowley Regis 125
Croydon North 160
Stirling 236
Corby 342
Blackpool South 394
Luton South 532
Edmonton 593
Bury South 728
Preseli Pembrokeshire 603
Dover 860
Leicestershire North West 866
Batley & Spen 845
Plymouth Sutton 1060
Amber Valley 1283
Middlesborough South
& Cleveland East 1401
Brentford & Isleworth 1675
Derbyshire South 1947
Harlow 1687
Mitcham & Morden 1734
Crawley 1890
Eltham 1780
Norwich North 2270
Chester, City of 2360
Chorley 2524
Basildon 2646
Ilford South 2530 Warrington South 2753 Exeter 3064
Vale of Clwyd 2177
Brighton Pavilion 2530
Coventry South 2904
Kingswood 3340 Stevenage 2919
Worcester 2947
Elmet 3261
Cardiff North 2969
Monmouth 3204
Tynemouth 3529
Keighley 3596
Redditch 3287
Loughborough 3492
Burton 4127
Northampton North 4067
Waveney 4376
Derby North 4453
Falmouth & Camborne 4418
Birmingham Hall Green 3665
Calder Valley 4878
High Peak 4818
Bury North 4764
Bolton West 4281
Leeds North East 4244
Gloucester 5407
Erewash 5732
Bedford 4545
Total 146,373
Number of "switchers"
Labour needs (divide the total by 2) 73,187. Constituencies in italics have a Labour MP, but are now Tory because of boundary changes.
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