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Jeremy Corbyn has told buoyant Labour MPs that he will visit at least 65 Conservative marginal seats in preparation for the possible collapse of the Tory minority government and urged them to be a “government in waiting”.



The Labour leader also told MPs he wanted to learn lessons why they lost in some areas, and said he would be meeting candidates who lost their seats.

Labour’s hopes of unseating the Tories from power are now within its grasp if a general election is called within the next two years, according to Guardian analysis of the new electoral landscape.

Analysis of the new marginal seats shows that a swing of just 1.63% to Labour would deliver the 34 gains that Corbyn needs to make it the largest party in the Commons.

Last Thursday’s general election left 22 Tory MPs sitting on majorities of less than 1,000. The home secretary, Amber Rudd, is now defending a majority of 346 in Hastings and Rye, while the former Northern Ireland secretary, Theresa Villiers, has been similarly left defending a majority of 353 in Chipping Barnet.