3 WHERE TORIES SHOULD VOTE FOR MINORITY PARTIES

IN SEATS where the Tory candidate has little hope of victory, the best chance of keeping the Conservatives in power nationally is to vote for a third party in order to deny Labour the seat. Here’s how…

VOTE LIB DEM IN … 68. Sheffield Hallam

many tory voters will have mixed feelings about nick Clegg. yet supporting him in his Sheffield seat is the best way to deny Labour a ‘gain’. in 2015, Clegg won with a reduced majority of 2,353. the tory candidate was miles behind. (2015: LD 22,215, Lab 19,862, Con 7,544).

69. Cambridge

the city is the 17th most marginal seat in the country but there is little chance of the tories prevailing. Labour’s Daniel Zeichner has a majority of just 599, with former Lib Dem MP julian huppert best-placed to defeat him. (2015: Lab 18,646, LD 18,047, Con 8,117).

70. Burnley

the Lancashire mill town is not natural Conservative territory but the Lib Dems’ Gordon birtwistle does have a chance of unseating Labour’s julie Cooper — with help from voters who plumped for the tories last time. (2015: Lab 14,951, LD 11,707, Con 5,374).

71. Bermondsey and Old Southwark

This southerly flank of Central London, scene of Saturday’s terror attack, isn’t going to turn blue in a hurry, but tory voters can help Lib Dem Simon hughes unseat Labour and win back the seat. (2015: Lab 22,146, LD 17,657, Con 6,051).

72. Cardiff Central

the river taff will run dry before the tories win Cardiff Central, but Lib Dem candidate eluned Parrott could unseat Labour’s jo Stevens here with a bit of help from the Welsh capital’s diehard blues. (2015: Lab 15,462, LD 10,481, Con 5,674).

VOTE GREEN IN … 73. Bristol West

Given the tories came fourth here last time, they might consider supporting Green candidate molly Scott Cato in what is her party’s biggest target seat and so help unseat Labour MP thangam Debbonaire. ( 2015: Lab 22,900, Green 17,227, LD 12,103, Con 9,752).

VOTE PLAID CYMRU IN… 74. Arfon

Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood is not everyone’s cup of tea, but Conservative-minded voters might consider supporting Plaid Cymru’s former leader, hywel Williams, in arfon, since Labour, but not the tories, have an outside chance of catching it. (2015: PC 11,790, Lab 8,122, Con 3,521).

75. Ynys Mon

And just across the menai Strait, Plaid Cymru’s ieuan Wyn jones is just 229 votes away from capturing the seat from Labour’s albert owen. tactical voting here might make the difference between a Labour and Conservative government. (2015: Lab 10,871, PC 10,642, Con 7,393).