General Election 2019: West Country Battlegrounds St Ives

We have looked at five constituencies in the East of the region and five constituencies in the West of the region that will have the closest battles between the political parties.

Where are the West Country battlegrounds?

• Bath

• Camborne and Redruth

• Cheltenham

• North Devon

• Plymouth Sutton and Devonport

• South Swindon

• St Ives

• Stroud

• Totnes

• Wells

The Liberal Democrats took St Ives in 1997 after the Conservatives had held it for a long time.

However, in 2015 the Conservatives narrowly took back this marginal seat and held it in 2017 when it became even more marginal.

The Lib Dems missed out on St Ives by 312 votes last time round.

David Wood gives the latest update:

We have been speaking to voters in St Ives and this is what they had to say:

KEY DATES FOR 2019 ELECTION:

Deadline for receiving applications for registration:

• Tuesday 26th November

Deadline for receiving new postal vote and postal proxy applications, and for changes to existing postal or proxy votes:

• Tuesday 26th November

POLLING DAY:

• Thursday 12th December, 07:00-22:00