THE Labour Party are set to win all of the seats in Cumbria according to the last set of polling data for 2023.
Labour have moved ahead of the Conservative Party in the polls over the course of the last two years and are on track for a substantial majority in the commons if a general election were held today according to online analyst ‘Election Maps UK’.
🚨 || General Election Nowcast (31/03):
— Election Maps UK (@ElectionMapsUK) March 31, 2024
LAB: 432 (+232) - 43.2%
CON: 119 (-253) - 24.0%
LDM: 50 (+42) - 10.4%
SNP: 25 (-23) - 3.2%
PLC: 3 (+1) - 0.5%
GRN: 2 (+1) - 6.2%
RFM: 0 (=) - 12.0%
Oth: 1 (=) - 0.5%
LAB Maj of 214.
Changes w/ GE2019 notionals.https://t.co/Y304WEsKwv pic.twitter.com/oJ9hYFhMi3
The latest projections would see Labour win the new seats of Carlisle, Penrith and the Solway and Whitehaven and Workington following boundary changes in Cumbria.
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Victory for Labour in Cumbria would be a complete turn around for the party who lost all the seats in North and West Cumbria as the last election in 2019.
Labour, the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats have all announced their candidates for the three main seats in North and West Cumbria.
The date of the election is set to be announced with speculation rife about a possible election in June or July.
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