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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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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...

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"...

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...

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"...

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...

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...

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

selected as the Conservative prospective parliamentary candidate for the safe seat of Reigate. The incumbent MP, Crispin Blunt, was elected as a Conservative...

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...

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

successfully selected as the Conservative candidate for Saffron Walden, a safe seat for her party, which she won with 37,629 votes and a majority of 24,966...

independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 25 July 2023. "Batley and Spen MP ignores safe seat advice as constituency is split". BBC News. 18 May 2023. Retrieved 2 December...

boundary changes in 2005. Before 2015, it could have been described as a safe seat for the Labour Party, who held it with a majority of over 12,000 votes...

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...

the Liberal Democrat Adrian Collett, in what has traditionally been a safe seat for the Conservatives. In the 2002 Hackney borough council election, Akehurst...

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

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...

"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...

who went on to retain the seat for Labor at the election. In February 1998, Shorten won preselection for the safe Labor seat of Melton at the 1999 state...

that gets them into their safe seat, and they need backroom political skills in the state legislature to keep their safe seats every 10 years." Gelman also...

2020. Murphy, Simon (5 October 2019). "Labour reopens applications for safe seat after 'stitch-up' accusations". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 October 2019...