Chingford and Woodford Green

Chingford and Woodford Green, which has been represented by the former Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith since 1992, is one of Momentum’s top target seats. The Greater London constituency voted 50.1% to 49.9% to remain in the EU referendum and “IDS”, as he is known, saw his majority slashed from 8,400 to 2,400 in 2017, with Labour up 15 points on 2015. The Labour candidate this time is economist Faiza Shaheen, who is seen as a rising star in the party.

Bishop Auckland

This County Durham seat has been Labour since 1918, aside from a four-year period in the 1930s. Constituents voted overwhelmingly to leave the European Union in 2016 (60.9% to 39.1%), though the area’s MP since 2005, Helen Goodman, supported remain. She has a majority of just 500 – and if the Tories take this seat, it would be seen as a signal the “red wall” of longtime Labour-held constituencies is beginning to crumble.

Finchley and Golders Green

Luciana Berger, for the Liberal Democrats, is hoping to take the north London seat despite her party finishing a distant third in 2017. The odds are still that Tory incumbent Mike Freer will hang on, but Berger is running him close. She is firstly seeking to tempt Tory voters in a largely remain-minded urban seat. Berger, who quit Labour after receiving antisemitic abuse, is also targeting her old party in a strongly Jewish area on its failures about antisemitism and a perceived fudge over Brexit. Read more

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