Lib Dems to target Labour voters in ‘blue wall’ swing seats, says Ed Davey

Party leader hopes letter campaign in commuter belt areas can tempt voters to switch in order to beat Tories

The Liberal Democrats will directly court Labour voters in “blue wall” swing seats to try to build a critical mass of tactical voting in advance of the next election, Ed Davey has said before the party’s first in-person conference since 2019.

The planned campaign of letters in Conservative-held commuter belt constituencies where the Lib Dems are the main challengers will be intended to not just persuade Labour supporters to lend their vote as a means to change the government but because “they feel an affinity with us”, Davey said.