All The Key Seats To Watch On Election Night

With pollsters predicting a heavy defeat for the Conservatives at the General Election, many top Tories are likely to lose their seats – including some which would have considered 'safe' in previous elections.

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt, Justice Secretary Alex Chalk, and Leader of the House of Commons Penny Mordaunt are among the senior Conservatives in the most vulnerable seats.

There are also a number of smaller parties and independent candidates who will be looking to secure representation in Parliament, including the Green Party, former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn battling to keep hold of his north London seat as an independent candidate, and George Galloway of the Workers Party hoping to stay on as MP for Rochdale.

Here are the key seats to watch during election night and the approximate times they are expected to declare their results:

One of the earliest results to watch will be Basildon and Billericay, where Conservative Party chair Richard Holden is fighting to be returned to the House of Commons. Pollsters are split over whether he will keep the seat or Labour candidate Alex Harrison will defeat him.

The Tory decision to make Holden the candidate in this Essex seat outraged some Conservative figures, who complained he had been 'parachuted' in to the constituency after previously representing a seat in the North East.

At around 2.30am, Rochdale is expected to declare its results. George Galloway won a by-election in the seat for the Workers Party earlier this year, after the Labour candidate Azhar Ali lost the support of his party after suggesting that Israel had allowed the 7 October attack by Hamas to go ahead in order to justify an invasion of Gaza.

In the General Election, Galloway is hoping to defend his seat