Firstly, by taking more Tory votes than Labour ones, it means Labour need fewer votes to gain constituencies.
Gain some constituency seats from Labour.
Lord Ashcroft predicted Labour would gain the constituency by a 2% majority.
The work of earning such an unprecedented secular authority not at all unlike that of a politician has involved gradually and tenaciously gaining her constituency's trust.
By Doreen St. Félix January 9, 2018 Oprah Winfrey's work of earning such unprecedented secular authority — not at all unlike that of a politician — has involved gradually and tenaciously gaining her constituency's trust.
In England, by contrast, Labour gained some constituencies and modestly increased its share of the vote, but not enough to outweigh the damage done in Scotland.
In Sarajevo, a predominantly Muslim city, dozens of streets named after Communist revolutionaries were renamed after Muslim heroes, and political parties stressing Muslim identity gained large constituencies.
Gain most remaining constituency seats from Labour, make gains from Conservatives and Lib Dems too.
By talking of loss, he seemed to be seeking to gain a sympathetic constituency and trying to display the nuanced, trustworthy character required of a future prime minister.
Now, he is trying to push the party itself over the vanished wall and gain a larger constituency in the west.
