Labour’s general election candidate Anna Turley has just been elected as the new MP for Redcar – having previously represented the seat from 2015 to 2019.
During her previous spell in Parliament Turley served as a shadow cabinet office minister. She was chair of the North East Child Poverty Commission from 2022 to 2023.
Today we spoke to our 10,000th person in the Redcar Constituency since the election was called.
Thank you so much to everyone who has taken the time to talk to us.
So many people desperate for change – now we need to go out and vote for it
And to the team – you’re amazing… pic.twitter.com/BAALJXcdI4
— Anna Turley 🌹🐝💙🇺🇦 (@annaturley) June 24, 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 5.5 percentage points from its tally at the 2019 general election.
Labour’s target seat list is not public, but this seat ranks 51 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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