Picture: Mark Andrew/Wikipedia/(CC BY 2.0) licenceEncompassing Cumbria, Lancashire, Merseyside, Greater Manchester and Cheshire, the North West is always majority Labour. Of those 54 Labour seats, 30 are held with more than 60% of the vote, with solid dark red across Merseyside and central Manchester (see map below). Map showing the 2017 general election results in the North West, with key seats labelledSource: Adapted from map by DrRandomFactor & Ch1902 /Wikipedia. The map above highlights some of the key seats in the North West in 2019, discussed below. Seats the Conservatives are defendingOn the latest polling, Conservatives are sure of maintaining their current seats and adding to them in the North West.