Labour’s general election candidate Emily Darlington has just been elected as the new MP for Milton Keynes Central.
Milton Keynes South Labour members chose local councillor Emily Darlington as their next general election candidate, with boundary changes seeing her become the candidate for the new seat of Milton Keynes Central. Darlington was first elected to represent Bletchley East ward on the council in 2018 and is currently deputy leader of the Labour group, as well as serving as cabinet member for adults, housing and healthy communities.
Since the election was called last week, me and my team have spoken to almost 1,500 people across Milton Keynes Central. They told us that the country cannot go on like this. We all agree it is time for change. #voteLabour 🌹 pic.twitter.com/ELvm7eFgBQ
— Emily Darlington (@emily4MK) May 31, 2024
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The seat was a key battleground Labour that analysis suggests Labour had needed to win to secure an overall majority, assuming a uniform national swing.
To win the constituency, Labour had required a swing result of at least X percentage points from its tally at the 2019 general election.
Labour’s target seat list is not public, but this seat ranks X on LabourList‘s unofficial list of targets – based on the smallest swings required versus the 2019 election.
Nationally, experts suggest Labour needs a swing from the Tories of 8.2pp to be the largest party, 12.7pp to gain an overall majority and 13.8pp for a majority of 30+.
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