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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Richard Adams Education editor

Students going home could put 35 Tory seats at risk in election, analysis says

Esther McVey walking in Downing Street
The analysis suggests Esther McVey, a Cabinet Office minister who was first elected MP for Tatton in 2017, will struggle to hold on to the seat. Photograph: James Veysey/Rex/Shutterstock

More than 30 Conservative seats are at risk of changing hands because of students returning home for the summer holidays, according to analysis of how student voters could influence the outcome of the UK’s general election.

The cabinet minister Esther McVey’s Tatton constituency is one of the 35 suburban or rural seats where Tory hopes could be dashed by students registered to vote at their family home, rather than their university term-time address.

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