Of course all members of the shadow cabinet will be travelling the length and breadth of the country during the campaign, but there will doubtless be particular interest in the constituencies which David Cameron visits. This will be a record of those visits (N.B. Target numbers are based on the figures of the notional majorities calculated by Profs Rallings and Thrasher at the University of Plymouth).
Friday 16th April
The morning after the TV debate in Manchester, David Cameron headed to Nantwich in the Crewe and Nantwich constituency which Edward Timpson gained at the 2008 by-election (but which would otherwise have been on paper Target 147). At the Brine Leas High School he was joined by Take That's Gary Barlow to launch the School Stars competition. It was then on to North Wales for the launch of the Welsh Conservatives' manifesto in Prestatyn in the Vale of Clwyd constituency (Target 140) being contested by Matt Wright. Finally, Mr Cameron headed down to the West Midlands and the marginal seat of Wolverhampton South West (Target 50) where he visited an Asda supermarket with candidate Paul Uppal.
Thursday 15th April
Having stayed overnight in the North of England, Mr Cameron visited a charity centre in Halifax (Target 80) where Philip Allott is standing, before spending the rest of the day preparing for the TV debate in being held Manchester.
Wednesday 14th April
David Cameron began the day by visiting 'Women Like Us', a social enterprise supporting mothers looking for flexible work and businesses seeking part-time staff, which is in the Bermondsey and Old Southwark constituency. He then flew north to visit BAE Systems at Barrow-in-Furness in the Barrow and Furness constituency (Target 121) where John Gough is the Conservative candidate. In the evening he spoke at a campaign rally in Bury, where David Nuttall is contesting Bury North (Target 46) and Michelle Wiseman is contesting Bury South (Target 211).
Tuesday 13th April
David Cameron's day was dominated by the launch of the manifesto at Battersea Power Station in Battersea (Target 9) where Jane Ellison is candidate. He made no other campaign visits during the day, instead having members of the shadow cabinet travelling across the country for regional launches of the manifesto.
Monday 12th April The day began for Mr Cameron in Reading West (Target 108) at the builders'' merchant Jewson, where he spoke in support of local candidate Alok Sharma. He then headed bacl towards London, where he visited the Fullers brewery in Chiswick (pictured), which is in the Brentford and Isleworth constituency (Target 75) being contested by Mary Macleod. Later in the afternoon, he visited Loughborough (Target 36) to speak at a rally in support of Nicky Morgan.
Sunday 11th April
Mr Cameron spent part of the day in Sutton Coldfield, not on poltical business, but joining Sir Ian Botham for a leg of his charity walk in aid of Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research. He later returned to his own Witney constituency.
Saturday 10th April
David Cameron visited Kingston Hospital with Zac Goldsmith as the hospital falls within the boundaries of the constituency he is fighting, Richmond Park (Target 65). He then went on to Sutton and Cheam (Target 59) where he joined Philppa Stroud on the campaign trail in Cheam village.
Friday 9th April David Cameron started the day in Hammersmith (Target 78) with Conservative candidate Shaun Bailey, where they visited the SPEAR training centre (pictured). Mr Cameron then went on to the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, to meet Chelsea Pensioners with Boris Johnson in the new Chelsea and Fulham seat which will be defended by Greg Hands. The Tory leader then flew up to Scotland where he visited a Stewart Milne Group factory in the Aberdeenshire West and Kincardine constituency (Target 175), where Alex Johnstone MSP is the Conservative candidate.
Thursday 8th April
After the launch of the National Citizen Service with Sir Michael Caine in Westminster, the pair visited Southwark's Globe Academy in the Bermondsey and Old Southwark constituency with Conservative candidate, Loanna Morrison. David Cameron then went to Norwich where Chloe Smith is defending the by-election gain of Norwich North (which would otherwise have been Target 162) and Antony Little is standing in Norwich South (Target 157). In the evening, he went to a community meeting in Plymouth, where Oliver Colvile is fighting Plymouth Sutton and Devonport (Target 105) and Matthew Groves is standing in Plymouth Moor View (Target 184)
Wednesday 7th April David Cameron cycled into Westminster before spending the morning preparing for and then doing Prime Minister's Questions in the Commons. He then travelled up to Bolton, where two key target seats are situated, both with female candidates, which coincidentally appear next to each other on the target list: Bolton West (Target 114) and Bolton North East (Target 115), where Susan Williams and Deborah Dunleavy are standing. He addressed workers at the Warburton's bakery there (pictured) before going to an evening event at a cash and carry warehouse in Cardiff, the city where Jonathan Evans hopes to return to the Commons as MP for Cardiff North (Target 22).
Tuesday 6th April After launching the campaign at County Hall, London, the first port of call was Birmingham Edgbaston (Target 39), where he visited the Queen Elizabeth Hospital with Conservative candidate Deirdre Alden. In the evening he spoke to party members at an event in the city of Leeds, home to several target seats, including Leeds North West (Target 95) and Leeds North East (Target 148) where Julia Mulligan and Matthew Lobley are standing - with a number of other key targets nearby in West Yorkshire.
Jonathan Isaby
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