Sebastian Payne

Ukip struggling in key target seats

Ukip is expected to do well in a handful of seats, but where? Lord Ashcroft has polled four marginal seats where he’s previously found the people’s army doing well. Two of the seats are top targets for Ukip — Castle Point and Great Yarmouth — but the Tory peer has found that the party has failed to move into first place with under two weeks to go.

In Castle Point, where Ukip launched its election campaign earlier this year, Ashcroft has found the Tories are now ahead by five points. There has been a 17 per cent swing to Ukip but it’s not enough to put them into first place. Use the interactive chart above to see the latest polling numbers.

The same is true for Great Yarmouth, another seat Ukip hopes to do well in, but Ashcroft has the party in third place behind the Tories and Labour on 24 per cent.

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