A safe seat is an electoral district which is regarded as fully secure, for either a certain political party, or the incumbent representative personally...

relatively small number of swing seats usually determines the outcome of the entire election. Parties aspire to have as many safe seats as possible, and high-level...

Garrett was preselected as the Australian Labor Party's candidate for the safe seat of Kingsford Smith at the federal election that year due to the intervention...

they may be known as target ridings. The opposite is a safe seat. The term ultra-marginal seat refers to a constituency with a majority of single digits...

independents and lead to more, not less, stability.[original research?] A safe seat is one in which a plurality or majority of voters, depending on the electoral...

legislator can also be described as a "seat", as, for example, in the phrases "safe seat" and "marginal seat". After election, the members may be protected...

seats can be considered as safe. It has been claimed that members involved in the 2009 expenses scandal were significantly more likely to hold a safe...

Arthur's Seat (Scottish Gaelic: Suidhe Artair, pronounced [ˈs̪ɯi.əˈaɾt̪ʰəɾʲ]) is an ancient extinct volcano that is the main peak of the group of hills...

by-election was held following the death of John Forrest. The seat was traditionally a safe seat for the Nationalist Party against the Labor Party, but the...

party's safe seats". New Statesman. Retrieved 8 June 2017. Little, Mandy (28 April 2017). "Ellie Reeves to fight for Lewisham West and Penge seat for Labour"...

The SEAT León (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈse.at leˈon]), also spelled Leon in some other languages (named after the city of León, which also means "Lion"...

jurisdictions that require party registration) belong to a single party (a "safe seat"), there is likely to be less fear of opposing parties gaining sufficient...

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for the Pontefract and Castleford constituency. Dromey again sought a safe seat in 2007, when there were plans for a general election to be called. Peter...

result when prominent Conservative Michael Portillo lost the previously safe seat to Stephen Twigg of the Labour Party. Further to the completion of the...

2016 to 2019. Prior to the 2024 general election, it was considered a safe seat for the Conservative Party. Housing is, in the Wokingham district part...

Wales, safe standing in practice originated in continental Europe, primarily Germany. This occurred because although UEFA and FIFA required all-seater stadiums...

"Safe" seats require a swing of over 10 per cent to change, "fairly safe" seats require a swing of between 6 and 10 per cent, while "marginal" seats require...

protest voters, especially in constituencies where the party holding a safe seat is unlikely to lose it. Starting in 1963, David Sutch, head of the rock...

to the way that Benn became the official Labour Party candidate in a safe seat. Maynard took fourth place in the by-election. On 4 September 1989, Maynard...

parliamentary candidate for the constituency of Holborn and St Pancras, a safe seat, following the decision of its sitting MP Frank Dobson to retire. Starmer...

child safety seat, sometimes called an infant safety seat, child restraint system, child seat, baby seat, car seat, or a booster seat, is a seat designed...

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won a 17.2% majority and a majority of the votes cast; the seat is now regarded as a safe seat for the Liberal Democrats. 1997–2010: The Royal Borough of...

eliminated in 1989. The riding was located in north-end Winnipeg, and was a safe seat for the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation and New Democratic Party for...

equivalent on a local level to marginal seats. By contrast, a non-swing state is the direct equivalent of a safe seat as it rarely changes in outcome. The...

pilot to a safe height even if the aircraft was on or very near the ground. In the early 1960s, deployment of rocket-powered ejection seats designed for...

seats. The 95 seats listed below are considered competitive (not "safe" or "solid") by at least one of the rating groups. Of the remaining 340 seats,...

his seat to the Labour Party's Vernon Coaker at the 1997 general election. In 2001, he contested Sutton Coldfield in the West Midlands, a safe seat for...

the House of Commons at the 2005 general election for the Conservative safe seat of Mid Bedfordshire. As a backbencher, Dorries introduced several unsuccessful...