"The Whigs"

Information
The Whigs - a reference to the former political party - are an informal selection of seats which become marginal between the right, as opposed to the traditional left-right divide in most other seats. They refer to seats where the Liberal Democrats are able to creep in and historically have been seen in the South West, Wales and Scotland - although during the 650 seat parliament some seats such as North Norfolk and Eastbourne also fell into this category.

The Liberal Democrat's unique demographic mean these marginals are few and far between and mean effort has to be spent in a small number of seats to really make an effort to take seats.

The Seats
After the 2017 Election most of the Whigs left the category leaving just 9 seats still considered to be part of this bloc of seats.Traditionally a fight between the Liberals and Conservatives, by 2017 these seats saw the FDP and Reform play well in these demographics - questioning whether or not it's still a good way to measure the seats. Just 1/9 or 11% of the seats to play are part of this demographic.

Eastern Highlands and Islands

Western Highlands

Inverness & Aberdeenshire

Fife and Lothian

Powys

Cornwall

Dorset

Somerset

West London