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safe seat

British

noun

a Parliamentary seat that at an election is sure to be held by the same party as held it before

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The "principles of equality we fight for as adults must begin with a safe seat in a classroom for every child", it said in a statement.

From Barron's • Feb. 3, 2026

Any seat is a safe seat if you’re buckled in.

From Slate • Mar. 14, 2025

She also dismissed the suggestion that she could not be prime minister because her Portsmouth North Constituency was not a safe seat.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2024

Johnson has never spent much time fundraising — he hails from a safe seat and hasn’t done much campaigning for others in past years.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2023

Markiss, thinking it over one day, recalled the fact that Hubbard had absolutely safe seat in City.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93. August 6, 1887. by Various

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