LABOUR are on track to win all of the seats across north and west Cumbria as the country prepares to head to the polls on July 4.
According to online polling analyst ‘Election Maps UK’, current polling statistics would mean that Labour would win the Carlisle, Penrith and the Solway and the Workington and Whitehaven constituencies.
🚨 || General Election Nowcast (30/05):
— Election Maps UK (@ElectionMapsUK) May 30, 2024
LAB: 467 (+267) - 45.0%
CON: 101 (-271) - 23.8%
LDM: 46 (+38) - 10.0%
SNP: 12 (-36) - 2.7%
PLC: 4 (+2) - 0.6%
GRN: 1 (-) - 6.0%
RFM: 0 (-) - 11.3%
Oth: 1 (-) - 0.5%
LAB Maj of 284.
Changes w/ GE2019 notionals.https://t.co/Y304WEsKwv pic.twitter.com/IiV3mRnPgl
Winning these three constituencies would represent a remarkable comeback for the party which suffered a series of defeats in Cumbria since 2010 when it first lost Carlisle to the Conservatives.
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The ‘Election Maps UK’ data suggests that winning these seats in Cumbria would help the party to a record landslide of more than 280.
Labour have said they will take nothing for granted during the election campaign and Conservative party figures have dismissed the polls.
The Conservative candidate for Penrith and the Solway, Mark Jenkinson said: “Every activist, on all sides, will tell you that the polls are far from a reflection of the doorsteps.”
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