Tactical Voting against Greens

This is our tactical voting guide to keeping out Green candidates in the 2024 general election. This page takes the set of constituencies where Green candidates stood last time and divides them into three categories using the rules below.

Rules

We assume that tactical voting is only a good idea against a Green candidate in a particular constituency when, in the last election, they held the constituency and were no more than 40 percentage points ahead of the second placed candidate or did not win the constituency and were no more than 40 percentage points behind the winning candidate.

  1. The first table contains the constituencies which meet the above criteria.
  2. The second table contains the constituencies where the previous Green candidate was so far behind that it appears they cannot win.
  3. The third table contains the constituencies where the previous Green candidate was so far ahead that it appears they are unlikely to be beaten.

If a by-election has taken place after the last election then that result is used instead of the one from the last election.

Usage Guide

In my opinion, the best way of using this guide is as follows:

  1. Pick the name of a constituency.
  2. Find which table the constituency is in.
  3. Check the recommended advice above the table.
  4. Open the link to your selected constituency and verify whether our advised tactical vote seems plausible to you.

For tactical voting against other parties see here.
For the newer (and more sophisticated) tactical voting calculator see here.

Constituencies where tactical voting may help

Our recommendation: Vote for the parties recommended in this table. If there are two such parties, the first choice is probably the most effective.

LondonVote For
Beckenham and Penge1. Labour
2. Conservative
Cities of London and Westminster1. Conservative
2. Labour
Kensington and Bayswater1. Labour
2. Conservative
Wimbledon1. Conservative
2. Liberal Democrat
South EastVote For
Brighton Pavilion1. Labour
2. Conservative
Isle of Wight West1. Conservative
2. Labour
South WestVote For
Bristol Central1. Labour
2. Conservative
Stroud1. Conservative
2. Labour
East MidlandsVote For
Ashfield1. Conservative
2. Minor
Chesterfield1. Labour
2. Conservative
Yorkshire and the HumberVote For
Barnsley North1. Labour
2. Reform UK
Barnsley South1. Labour
2. Reform UK
Doncaster Central1. Labour
2. Conservative
Doncaster North1. Labour
2. Conservative
Hull East1. Labour
2. Conservative
Leeds North West1. Conservative
2. Labour
Normanton and Hemsworth1. Labour
2. Conservative
Rawmarsh and Conisbrough1. Labour
2. Conservative
Sheffield Hallam1. Labour
2. Liberal Democrat
North EastVote For
Durham, City of1. Labour
2. Conservative
Houghton and Sunderland South1. Labour
2. Conservative
Sunderland Central1. Labour
2. Conservative
Washington and Gateshead South1. Labour
2. Conservative
North WestVote For
Burnley1. Conservative
2. Labour
ScotlandVote For
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross1. SNP
2. Liberal Democrat
Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy1. SNP
2. Labour
Dunbartonshire Mid1. SNP
2. Liberal Democrat
Edinburgh West1. Liberal Democrat
2. SNP
WalesVote For
Ceredigion Preseli1. Plaid Cymru
2. Conservative
Newport West and Islwyn1. Labour
2. Conservative
Northern IrelandVote For
Strangford1. DUP
2. Alliance NI
Tyrone West1. Sinn Fein
2. DUP

Non-Green constituencies where they are too far behind for tactical voting against them to be worth it

Our recommendation: Vote for whichever party you like.

London
Barking
Battersea
Bermondsey and Old Southwark
Bethnal Green and Stepney
Bexleyheath and Crayford
Brent East
Brent West
Brentford and Isleworth
Bromley and Biggin Hill
Carshalton and Wallington
Chelsea and Fulham
Chingford and Woodford Green
Chipping Barnet
Clapham and Brixton Hill
Croydon East
Croydon South
Croydon West
Dagenham and Rainham
Dulwich and West Norwood
Ealing Central and Acton
Ealing North
Ealing Southall
East Ham
Edmonton and Winchmore Hill
Eltham and Chislehurst
Enfield North
Erith and Thamesmead
Feltham and Heston
Finchley and Golders Green
Greenwich and Woolwich
Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Hackney South and Shoreditch
Hammersmith and Chiswick
Hampstead and Highgate
Harrow East
Harrow West
Hayes and Harlington
Hendon
Holborn and St Pancras
Hornchurch and Upminster
Hornsey and Friern Barnet
Ilford North
Ilford South
Islington North
Islington South and Finsbury
Kingston and Surbiton
Lewisham East
Lewisham North
Lewisham West and Dulwich East
Leyton and Wanstead
Mitcham and Morden
Old Bexley and Sidcup
Orpington
Peckham
Poplar and Limehouse
Putney
Queens Park and Maida Vale
Romford
Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner
Southgate and Wood Green
Stratford and Bow
Streatham and Croydon North
Sutton and Cheam
Tooting
Tottenham
Uxbridge and Ruislip South
Vauxhall and Camberwell Green
Walthamstow
West Ham and Beckton
East of England
Basildon and Billericay
Basildon South and Thurrock East
Bedford
Bedfordshire Mid
Bedfordshire North
Braintree
Brentwood and Ongar
Broadland and Fakenham
Broxbourne
Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket
Cambridge
Cambridgeshire North East
Cambridgeshire North West
Cambridgeshire South
Clacton
Colchester
Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard
Ely and Cambridgeshire East
Epping Forest
Essex North West
Great Yarmouth
Harlow
Harpenden and Berkhamsted
Harwich and Essex North
Hemel Hempstead
Hertford and Stortford
Hertfordshire North East
Hertfordshire South West
Hertsmere
Hitchin
Huntingdon
Ipswich
Lowestoft
Luton North
Luton South and Bedfordshire South
Maldon
Norfolk Mid
Norfolk North
Norfolk North West
Norfolk South
Norfolk South West
Norwich North
Norwich South
Peterborough
Rayleigh and Wickford
Southend East and Rochford
St Albans
St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire
Stevenage
Suffolk Central and Ipswich North
Suffolk Coastal
Suffolk South
Suffolk West
Thurrock
Watford
Waveney Valley
Welwyn Hatfield
Witham
South East
Aldershot
Arundel and South Downs
Ashford
Aylesbury
Banbury
Basingstoke
Beaconsfield
Bexhill and Battle
Bicester and Woodstock
Bognor Regis and Littlehampton
Bracknell
Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven
Buckingham and Bletchley
Buckinghamshire Mid
Chatham and Aylesford
Chesham and Amersham
Chichester
Crawley
Dartford
Didcot and Wantage
Dorking and Horley
Dover and Deal
Earley and Woodley
East Grinstead and Uckfield
Eastleigh
Epsom and Ewell
Esher and Walton
Fareham and Waterlooville
Farnham and Bordon
Faversham and Mid Kent
Folkestone and Hythe
Gillingham and Rainham
Godalming and Ash
Gosport
Gravesham
Guildford
Hamble Valley
Hampshire East
Hampshire North East
Hampshire North West
Hastings and Rye
Havant
Henley and Thame
Herne Bay and Sandwich
Horsham
Hove and Portslade
Isle of Wight East
Lewes
Maidenhead
Maidstone and Malling
Milton Keynes Central
Milton Keynes North
New Forest East
New Forest West
Newbury
Oxford East
Oxford West and Abingdon
Portsmouth North
Reading Central
Reading West and Mid Berkshire
Reigate
Rochester and Strood
Romsey and Southampton North
Runnymede and Weybridge
Sevenoaks
Sittingbourne and Sheppey
Slough
Southampton Itchen
Southampton Test
Spelthorne
Surrey East
Surrey Heath
Sussex Mid
Sussex Weald
Thanet East
Tonbridge
Weald of Kent
Winchester
Windsor
Woking
Wokingham
Worthing East and Shoreham
Worthing West
Wycombe
South West
Bath
Bournemouth East
Bournemouth West
Bridgwater
Bristol East
Bristol North East
Bristol North West
Bristol South
Camborne and Redruth
Chippenham
Christchurch
Cornwall North
Cornwall South East
Cotswolds North
Cotswolds South
Devon Central
Devon North
Devon South
Devon South West
Dorset Mid and Poole North
Dorset North
Dorset South
Dorset West
Exeter
Exmouth and Exeter East
Filton and Bradley Stoke
Forest of Dean
Frome and Somerset East
Glastonbury and Somerton
Gloucester
Honiton and Sidmouth
Melksham and Devizes
Newton Abbot
Plymouth Moor View
Plymouth Sutton and Devonport
Poole
Salisbury
Somerset North
Somerset North East and Hanham
St Austell and Newquay
St Ives
Swindon North
Swindon South
Tewkesbury
Thornbury and Yate
Tiverton and Minehead
Torbay
Torridge and Tavistock
Truro and Falmouth
Wells and Mendip Hills
Weston-Super-Mare
Wiltshire East
Wiltshire South West
Yeovil
East Midlands
Amber Valley
Bolsover
Broxtowe
Daventry
Derby North
Derbyshire Dales
Derbyshire Mid
Derbyshire North East
Derbyshire South
Erewash
Gedling
Grantham and Bourne
Harborough, Oadby and Wigston
High Peak
Hinckley and Bosworth
Kettering
Leicester East
Leicester South
Leicester West
Leicestershire Mid
Leicestershire North West
Leicestershire South
Lincoln
Loughborough
Melton and Syston
Newark
Northampton North
Northampton South
Northamptonshire South
Nottingham East
Nottingham North and Kimberley
Nottingham South
Rutland and Stamford
Sherwood Forest
Sleaford and North Hykeham
South Holland and the Deepings
Wellingborough and Rushden
West Midlands
Aldridge-Brownhills
Birmingham Edgbaston
Birmingham Erdington
Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley
Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North
Birmingham Ladywood
Birmingham Northfield
Birmingham Perry Barr
Birmingham Selly Oak
Birmingham Yardley
Bromsgrove
Burton and Uttoxeter
Cannock Chase
Coventry East
Coventry North West
Coventry South
Droitwich and Evesham
Dudley
Halesowen
Hereford and Herefordshire South
Herefordshire North
Kenilworth and Southam
Kingswinford and Staffordshire South
Lichfield
Meriden and Solihull East
Newcastle-under-Lyme
Nuneaton
Redditch
Rugby
Shrewsbury
Shropshire North
Shropshire South
Smethwick
Solihull West and Shirley
Stafford
Staffordshire Moorlands
Stoke-on-Trent Central
Stoke-on-Trent North
Stoke-on-Trent South
Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge
Stourbridge
Stratford-on-Avon
Sutton Coldfield
Tamworth
Telford
Tipton and Wednesbury
Walsall and Bloxwich
Warwick and Leamington
Warwickshire North and Bedworth
West Bromwich
Wolverhampton North East
Wolverhampton South East
Wolverhampton West
Worcester
Worcestershire West
Wrekin, The
Wyre Forest
Yorkshire and the Humber
Beverley and Holderness
Bradford East
Bradford South
Bradford West
Bridlington and the Wolds
Brigg and Immingham
Colne Valley
Dewsbury and Batley
Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme
Goole and Pocklington
Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes
Halifax
Harrogate and Knaresborough
Huddersfield
Hull North and Cottingham
Hull West and Haltemprice
Leeds Central and Headingley
Leeds East
Leeds North East
Leeds South
Leeds South West and Morley
Leeds West and Pudsey
Ossett and Denby Dale
Richmond and Northallerton
Rother Valley
Rotherham
Scunthorpe
Selby
Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough
Sheffield Central
Sheffield Heeley
Sheffield South East
Shipley
Skipton and Ripon
Spen Valley
Thirsk and Malton
Wakefield and Rothwell
Wetherby and Easingwold
York Central
York Outer
North East
Bishop Auckland
Blaydon and Consett
Blyth and Ashington
Cramlington and Killingworth
Darlington
Durham North
Easington
Gateshead Central and Whickham
Hexham
Jarrow and Gateshead East
Middlesbrough and Thornaby East
Middlesbrough South and Cleveland East
Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West
Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend
Newcastle upon Tyne North
Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor
Northumberland North
Redcar
South Shields
Stockton West
Tynemouth
North West
Altrincham and Sale West
Ashton-under-Lyne
Barrow and Furness
Birkenhead
Blackburn
Blackley and Middleton South
Blackpool North and Fleetwood
Blackpool South
Bolton North East
Bolton South and Walkden
Bolton West
Bootle
Bury North
Bury South
Carlisle
Cheshire Mid
Chester North and Neston
Chester South and Eddisbury
Chorley
Congleton
Crewe and Nantwich
Ellesmere Port and Bromborough
Fylde
Gorton and Denton
Hazel Grove
Heywood and Middleton North
Hyndburn
Knowsley
Lancashire West
Lancaster and Wyre
Leigh and Atherton
Liverpool Garston
Liverpool Riverside
Liverpool Walton
Liverpool Wavertree
Liverpool West Derby
Macclesfield
Makerfield
Manchester Central
Manchester Rusholme
Manchester Withington
Morecambe and Lunesdale
Oldham East and Saddleworth
Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton
Pendle and Clitheroe
Penrith and Solway
Preston
Ribble Valley
Rochdale
Rossendale and Darwen
Runcorn and Helsby
Salford
Sefton Central
South Ribble
Southport
St Helens North
St Helens South and Whiston
Stalybridge and Hyde
Stockport
Stretford and Urmston
Tatton
Wallasey
Warrington North
Warrington South
Westmorland and Lonsdale
Whitehaven and Workington
Widnes and Halewood
Wigan
Wirral West
Worsley and Eccles
Wythenshawe and Sale East
Scotland
Aberdeen North
Aberdeen South
Airdrie and Shotts
Alloa and Grangemouth
Ayrshire North and Arran
Bathgate and Linlithgow
Coatbridge and Bellshill
Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch
Dunbartonshire West
Dunfermline and Dollar
East Kilbride and Strathaven
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh
Edinburgh North and Leith
Edinburgh South
Edinburgh South West
Falkirk
Glasgow East
Glasgow North
Glasgow North East
Glasgow South
Glasgow South West
Glasgow West
Glenrothes and Mid Fife
Hamilton and Clyde Valley
Inverness, Skye and Ross-shire West
Livingston
Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey
Stirling and Strathallan
Wales
Aberafan Maesteg
Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney
Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe
Bridgend
Caerphilly
Cardiff East
Cardiff North
Cardiff South and Penarth
Cardiff West
Gower
Monmouthshire
Neath and Swansea East
Newport East
Pontypridd
Rhondda and Ogmore
Swansea West
Torfaen
Vale of Glamorgan
Wrexham
Northern Ireland
Antrim East
Belfast South and Down Mid

Green held constituencies where their lead is probably too large for tactical voting to make a difference

There are no such constituencies.

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