Mapping The Vote : A Day of Participative Discussion

Name: Mapping The Vote : A Day of Participative Discussion
Start: 2024-07-13T12:00:00+01:00
End: 2024-07-13T17:30:00+01:00
Location: Lewes Town Hall, Fisher Street, Lewes BN7 2QS

Schedule

Sat Jul 13 2024 at 12:00 pm to 05:30 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Lewes Town Hall, Fisher Street, Lewes BN7 2QS | Lewes, EN

A unique event profiling in detail the prospects and pitfalls for Labour's General Election prospects across the 'Blue Wall'
About this Event

If Labour is to win the General Election the worst possible starting point is to take a lead in the polls as a guarantee of victory.

The Conservative Party may be in crisis but there's a reason why since 1979 the Tories have been in government for 32 out of the past 45 years. They know how to win General Elections.

Labour has made considerable advances across the 'Blue Wall'. In local government, Brighton, Crawley and Worthing, Hastings and Crawley are now marginals, both Worthing seats winnable. How to turn expectation into victory?

How will Reform UK affect both the Tory and Labour vote? Will we see widespread tactical voting to futher increase Tory losses? How significant might be disaffected Labour voters switching to the Greens and Independent Socialists?

Mapping the Vote will seek both to provide the answers and a space to discuss ways in which we respond.

Two hugely respected experts on voting trends open the day.
Christabel Cooper is Research Director at the Labour Together think tank.
Tim Bale is the author of The Tory Party after Brexit: Turmoil and Transformation
Christabel and Tim's keynotes will provide an insight into the politics behind the polls. Q&As with each give all participants the opportunity to quiz their analysis.

And in the afternoon small group discussions including the resistible rise of the populist Right; media framing of the General Election campaign; it's the economy, not stupid; 'canvassing for beginner' practical workshops.
The day closes with a roundtable question time featuring Labour's Sussex target seat candidates and campaigners.

With pop-up bookshop, Keir Hardie Café and afters at the Lewes Arms.

Saturday 13 July 10am to 5.15pm.
All welcome, our only entry qualification an open mind.

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Presented by Lewes Constituency Labour Party.