All 650 parliamentary constituencies are worth the same, but some hold a particular value to parties. For Labour, Sir Keir Starmer is determined to win back seats in Scotland and the Red Wall. For Rishi Sunak, focus has long been on retaining the Blue Wall — seats in southern England that in some cases have been Conservative-held for decades.
In an exclusive interview with the Evening Standard, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt, standing in the new constituency of Godalming and Ash in Surrey, has vowed that the Tories intend to “defend the Blue Wall brick by brick” while acknowledging his own seat is on a “knife edge”.
