• A safe seat is an electoral district (constituency) in a legislative body (e.g. congress, parliament, city council) which is regarded as fully secure...
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    victories. A safe seat is one that is very unlikely to be won by a rival politician due to the makeup of its constituency. Conversely, a swing seat is one that...
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  • they may be known as target ridings. The opposite is a safe seat. The term ultra-marginal seat refers to a constituency with a majority of single or double...
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  • undue power to independents and lead to more, not less, stability. A safe seat is one in which a plurality or majority of voters, depending on the electoral...
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    legislator can also be described as a "seat", as, for example, in the phrases "safe seat" and "marginal seat". After election, the members may be protected...
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    "General Election 2010: Safe and marginal seats". The Guardian. 7 April 2010. Retrieved 15 November 2017. Wickham, Alex. ""Safe seats" almost guarantee corruption"...
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  • by-election was held following the death of John Forrest. The seat was traditionally a safe seat for the Nationalist Party against the Labor Party, but the...
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    The SEAT León (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈse.at leˈon]), also spelled Leon in some other languages (named after the city of León, which also means "Lion"...
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    defection to Labour in April 2024. Central Suffolk and North Ipswich was a safe seat for the Conservative Party, primarily made up of rural farming communities...
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  • protest voters, especially in constituencies where the party holding a safe seat is unlikely to lose it. Starting in 1963, David Sutch, head of the rock...
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  • States Safe, an object classification in the SCP Foundation storytelling project Safe (baseball), baseball terminology Safe house Safe room "Safe" seat, in...
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  • "Safe" seats require a swing of over 10 per cent to change, "fairly safe" seats require a swing of between 6 and 10 per cent, while "marginal" seats require...
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    Wales, safe standing in practice originated in continental Europe, primarily Germany. This occurred because although UEFA and FIFA required all-seater stadiums...
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    into a fairly safe seat. The seat of Dunkley has been held by both Labor and the Liberals and has traditionally been a marginal seat. The seat has never been...
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  • Lizzo ("Good as Hell") At the beginning of the show, Cowell stated that Safe Seats would no longer be used due to negative viewer reception, therefore all...
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    standing down as an MP at the next general election. It is considered a safe seat for the Conservative Party. Housing is, in the Wokingham district part...
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  • jurisdictions that require party registration) belong to a single party (a "safe seat"), there is likely to be less fear of opposing parties gaining sufficient...
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  • equivalent on a local level to marginal seats. By contrast, a non-swing state is the direct equivalent of a safe seat, as it rarely changes in outcome. The...
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  • England will lose two seats each whereas South East England will gain seven seats and South West England will gain three seats. Based on historic voting...
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    the House of Commons at the 2005 general election for the Conservative safe seat of Mid Bedfordshire. As a backbencher, Dorries introduced several unsuccessful...
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    Called 'Gem of AP'". 6 April 2019. "There is no point in searching for a safe seat: Nara Lokesh". The Times of India. 8 April 2019. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved...
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    general election, one of few seats that can claim this accolade, and is therefore regarded as a Conservative safe seat. Its greatest share of the vote...
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  • Chronicle. 14 April 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2014. "Hyderabad MLAs look for safer seats". The Times of India. 10 March 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2014. "How Raja...
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    Transportation. 1985. pp. 50–51. Retrieved 7 September 2014. "Are Car Seat Covers Safe?". Auto. August 30, 2022. Vitito, Christopher J. "For a motor vehicle...
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    child safety seat, sometimes called an infant safety seat, child restraint system, child seat, baby seat, car seat, or a booster seat, is a seat designed...
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    parliamentary seat in the 2022 general election where he was relocated to contest in Sungai Buloh, an urban Pakatan Harapan safe seat but managed to...
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    won a 17.2% majority and a majority of the votes cast; the seat is now regarded as a safe seat for the Liberal Democrats. 1997–2010: The Royal Borough of...
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    Arthur's Seat (Scottish Gaelic: Suidhe Artair, pronounced [ˈs̪ɯi.əˈaɾt̪ʰəɾʲ]) is an ancient volcano which is the main peak of the group of hills in Edinburgh...
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    party's safe seats". New Statesman. Retrieved 8 June 2017. Little, Mandy (28 April 2017). "Ellie Reeves to fight for Lewisham West and Penge seat for Labour"...
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    his seat to the Labour Party's Vernon Coaker at the 1997 general election. In 2001, he contested Sutton Coldfield in the West Midlands, a safe seat for...
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