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UNITED KINGDOM Examples of safe seats are in the Labour Party heartlands of northeast England and those of the Conservative Party in the Shire s. An example of a safe Labour seat is Houghton & Washington East, where in the 2005 General Election Labour recieved 64.3% of the vote, giving them a 46.3% majority over the second-placed Liberal Democrats (at 18.0%). An example of a safe Conservative seat is Richmond (North Yorkshire). In the 2005 General Election the Conservatives gathered 59.1% of the vote, giving a 39.4% majority over Labour (at 19.7%). Even in the safest of seats upsets can, and sometimes do, occur. Whilst it is rare for the opposition to take such seats, outside candidates may be able to. Recent examples include the election of Peter Law and George Galloway to very safe Labour seats in 2005, and Martin Bell to the safe Conservative seat of Tatton in 1997. UNITED STATES Many American commentators have decried the tendency of most House seats to become safe seats, decreasing the number of contested seats in every cycle. Specific U.S._State s, Congressional District s, and Senate Seats since the 1990s are sometimes referred to as "solid blue" or "solid red" after the use of these colors in television maps on election night. SEE ALSO
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