General Election 2019: the latest odds for the UK and Sunderland constituencies

Current Prime Minister Boris Johnson and leader of the Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn are the chief contenders to enter Number 10, with the leader of the Conservatives fancied by the bookies at 1/6 to emerge as the country’s leader in the early hours of December 13.

Corbyn is less fancied at 7/2, while the leader of the Liberal Democrats Jo Swinson, who made the audacious claim that she was “Britain’s next Prime Minister'' is an outsider, with odds of 50/1.

According to bookmakers, the most likely outcome of the General Election is a Conservative majority with odds currently floating at 1/4. A hung parliament is the second most probable outcome with odds of 10/3. A Labour majority is highly unlikely if odds are to be believed - that result is listed as 25/1.

Local odds

Sunderland Central was won by the Labour Party in 2017 with a majority just shy of 10,000 and odds of 1/7 for Labour reflect this. Conservative aren’t completely without hope of clinching the seat – they have been pinned with odds of 4/1.

The battle for Washington & Sunderland West is expected to be a more comfortable affair for Labour – they’re backed at 1/14, while the Conservatives are a distant second-favourite at 7/1.

Jeremy Corbyn’s party are also expected to retain Houghton & Sunderland South, with Paddy Power offering odds of 1/10 for them to win, compared to the Conservatives’ 5/1.

Odds also suggest that Easington should represent an easy battleground for Labour with odds of 1/8 for them to triumph over the Conservatives and Brexit Party who are backed at 11/2 and 16/1 respectively.

Note: these odds were taken from paddypower.com and are accurate as of December 9, 2019.