But the Lib Dems hope that their anti-war stance will pay off in some seats very different from the poor city constituencies where new migrants settle.
The Lib Dems hope that in Labour-held Bristol West, which is one of the few three-way marginal seats, an affluent, well-educated and left-leaning electorate will desert Labour over the war.
Nearly all the constituencies which the Lib Dems could hope to gain in future general elections are Tory-held, and the key to winning them would be tactical Labour voting for the Lib Dem candidate.