Will Jeremy Corbyn persuade the Calder Valley to swing red? | ITV News

As Jeremy Corbyn launches Labour’s election bid in Battersea we thought we would head the other way. 250 miles the other way: to West Yorkshire and the ultra-marginal seat of the Calder Valley. The election result in London has been called ‘the jewel in Labour’s crown in 2017’… and that’s true: it delivered the party’s biggest regional swing and their largest vote share in 25 years. But the thing about crowns is that they usually have some other jewels, or at least something else to say for themselves: so what about elsewhere in the country? Like the Calder Valley in West Yorkshire. It’s Labour’s 14th target seat and the Tories currently hold it by only 609 votes. It should fall nicely into Labour’s lap and be one of the 64 extra seats Labour need to win for a majority. • Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http://bit.ly/2lOHmNj • Get breaking news and more stories at http://www.itv.com/news Follow ITV News on Facebook:   / itvnews   Follow ITV News on Twitter:   / itvnews   Follow ITV News on Instagram:   / itvnews