Sentence examples for marginal suburbs from inspiring English sources

Blacks and Asians are increasingly moving from the solidly Labour inner cities to more marginal suburbs, where they rub shoulders with the centrist voters, cautious but not xenophobic, who decide British elections.

Reid is another key Liberal marginal, covering suburbs along the southern shore of the Parramatta river, including Drummoyne, Concord, Burwood and Strathfield.

Blacks and Asians are moving to marginal constituencies in the suburbs.

The redistribution has taken Perth's margin down to 2.2%, making this 80 square kilometre cluster of affluent inner-north suburbs the most marginal seat in WA.

But the consequences of keeping it could be damaging, too, with many of the clubs situated in working-class suburbs that are marginal Labor seats.

White Democrats are now so dispersed in the conservative suburbs that they are becoming a marginal force in national politics.

Take Edgbaston, a well-heeled suburb of Birmingham and a classic "marginal".

The former prime minister John Howard campaigned in the marginal Labor of Yan Yean in Melbourne's outer suburbs.

The former prime minister John Howard campaigned in the marginal seat of Yan Yean in Melbourne's outer suburbs, where the Liberal party said he was forced to take shelter in a shopping centre because of "thuggish" behaviour by firefighter unionists.

Hindmarsh, covering suburbs to the west of the Adelaide city centre, is the only marginal Liberal seat in South Australia.

By contrast, the suburbs and seaside towns where some social problems have got worse are often marginal seats.