Sea wall (British politics)

The Sea wall is a term used by psephologists to refer to 108 constituencies along the UK coastline, generalising them as marginal.

[1] They formed before the July 2024 election a majority of Conservative pluralities, so seats, many or most marginal enough to be vulnerable to Labour according to opinion polls.

[12] The term was used 2022 local elections when the Labour Party took majority control of Worthing Borough Council just five years after winning their first councillor in the district.

[13] Labour are considered to be competitive in Conservative areas within the South like Plymouth, Bournemouth, Southampton, and Portsmouth.

[16] YouGov polling showed that 44% of voters in the Sea wall said they would never consider voting Conservative.