Rishi Sunak has said there will be a general election on 4 July. The election boundaries have changed since 2019, but here are a few tables that show where the key battlegrounds are likely to be.
The Conservatives secured an 80 seat majority in the 2019 general election. They would have won by even more - defending a majority of 94 - if that vote had taken place on new boundaries that the 4 July election will be fought on. They have lost several seats to defections and at by-elections since then, but it's still a strong position to be starting from. However, they are also more than 20 points behind in the polls just six weeks out from a general election.
Will the challenge of Reform, who didn't stand in Conservative-held seats in 2019, mean that they are more vulnerable in some of their safer seats on paper? Here are a list of Conservative seats that have the smallest majorities, and who is in second place. The Lib Dems are in second place in 92 seats overall, 85 of them are defended by Conservatives. Most of these seats are in the south of England - 40 are in the South East and 25 in the South West.
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