AROUND a dozen Scottish seats could change hands on June 8, Holyrood strategists believe, with all three Unionist parties hoping to add to their solitary MPs at the SNP’s expense.
The LibDems were the most gung-ho, naming a clutch of seats they lost to the SNP in 2015.
Top of their target list is Edinburgh West, where Michelle Thomson sits as an independent after being suspended by the SNP because of a police and Crown Office probe.
The seat was held by the LibDems before 2015, and LibDem Alex Cole-Hamilton won the Holyrood equivalent from the SNP last year.
Next is East Dunbartonshire, where the SNP’s John Nicolson has a majority of just 2167.
After LibDem leader Willie Rennie won North East Fife at Holyrood, the LibDems also fancy retaking the Westminster version, Fife North East, from the SNP’s Stephen Gethins.
Also on the LibDem radar are Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross, held by the SNP's controversial Paul Monaghan, and, on a good day, Gordon, held by Alex Salmond.
The Tory focus is on the border seats of Dumfries & Galloway and Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk, which sit either side of Scottish Secretary David Mundell’s Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale.
In Dumfries, the SNP’s Richard Arkless has a decent 6514 majority, but in Berwickshire, Calum Kerr is on a wafer thin 328.
Tory MSP John Lamont, who previously stood in Berwickshire, is tipped to do so again.
The Tories will also target Aberdeenshire West & Kincardine, where they came 7033 votes behind the SNP’s Stuart Donaldson in 2015, then won the equivalent Holyrood seat in 2016.
East Renfrewshire is another target, especially after Tory Jackson Carlaw won the Holyrood equivalent of Eastwood, although the Tories start here in third place.
Labour’s focus is clinging on to its sole Scottish seat, Edinburgh South, which is held by Kezia Dugdale’s close ally Ian Murray.
However Labour also has an eye on East Lothian - the Holyrood version was held by former Labour leader Iain Gray last year - and Glasgow East, where former SNP MP Natalie McGarry is also suspended and under investigation.
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