Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn paid a visit to Grays today and walked around the town meeting people living in a constituency Mr Corbyn believes Labour can win back.
Documenting his visit via Twitter, Mr Corbyn wrote in one Tweet: "Great to be out on the #LabourDoorstep in Thurrock where we fell short by just 345 votes in June. This is a seat we can, and will, win."
Knocking on doors around the town, Mr Corbyn noticed that Thurrock is a marginal seat that he hopes he can win back from the Conservatives.
I'm in Thurrock, a constituency we lost by just 345 votes. We can win here and across the country by campaigning with our vision of hope. pic.twitter.com/cJ1bFqZPiv
— Jeremy Corbyn (@jeremycorbyn) September 30, 2017
Thurrock was a Labour seat between 1992 and 2010 with Andrew McKinlay as the constiuency's MP.
In 2010, Andrew McKinlay stood down as MP and Carl Morris took his place as the Labour candidate for Thurrock in that year's election.
However, he did not win, losing out to Conservative candidate Jackie-Doyle Price by a very slim 92 votes - who is the sitting MP.
Mrs Doyle-Price increased her majority by 536 in the 2015 election but then decreased it in this year's election to a majority of 345 votes.
Jeremy Corbyn is hoping to take this swing seat back from the Conservatives in the next election.
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