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Rishi Sunak has so far held events in 54 different constituencies since the first full day of the election campaign on May 23, according to data compiled by the PA news agency.

Some 45 of these 54 seats are Conservative defences and include nine where Mr Sunak’s party has enormous notional majorities of more than 20,000, such as Hinckley & Bosworth in Leicestershire (22,851), Thirsk & Malton in North Yorkshire (23,337) and Honiton & Sidmouth in Devon (26,229).

In 29 of the 45 seats, the Tories are defending majorities of over 10,000 and include places like Macclesfield in Cheshire, which has been won by the Conservatives at every general election since 1918; Banbury in Oxfordshire, won by the Tories at every election since 1922; and Stratford-on-Avon in Warwickshire, won by the Conservatives at every election since 1950.

By the end of Wednesday, Sir Keir Starmer is due to have visited …