Poll: The official I voted/election results thread

Who did you vote for?

  • Alliance Party of Northern Ireland

    Votes: 4 0.3%
  • Conservative

    Votes: 518 39.5%
  • Democratic Unionist Party

    Votes: 6 0.5%
  • Green Party

    Votes: 65 5.0%
  • Labour

    Votes: 241 18.4%
  • Liberal Democrats

    Votes: 99 7.5%
  • Didn't vote / spoiled ballot

    Votes: 136 10.4%
  • Other party

    Votes: 6 0.5%
  • Plaid Cymru

    Votes: 6 0.5%
  • Respect Party

    Votes: 1 0.1%
  • SNP

    Votes: 67 5.1%
  • Social Democratic and Labour Party

    Votes: 2 0.2%
  • Sinn Fein

    Votes: 4 0.3%
  • UKIP

    Votes: 158 12.0%

  • Total voters
    1,313
Caporegime
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If Labour gets less than about 250-260 seats, they won't even try and form a government regardless of whether they can the coalition to make the numbers. The lack of legitimacy would be too disabling and do them too much long term damage.
 
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SNP will have no power though.

Its a large block to be courted or to ensure a powerful voice in parliament no matter who is in charge.

keep in mind im not scottish or SNP supporter but its pretty clear why its happened even discounting residual anger from the independence vote etc
 
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If you lived in a certain part of the country which you felt was getting a rough deal compared to the rest, and there was a strong party whose ONLY ambition was to make things better for that part of the country then I can certainly see the attraction. If you lived in Cornwall and you felt Cornwall was getting a rough deal and suddenly there was a party for Cornwall, I wouldn't be surprised if they go a lot of votes.

The idea of having a party with ONLY regional interest as part of a ruling party just doesn't make any sense to me though
 
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Its a large block to be courted or to ensure a powerful voice in parliament no matter who is in charge.

Bare in mind im not scottish or SNP supporter but its pretty clear why its happened even discounting residual anger from the independence vote etc

I think it's pure nationalism with a party promising things they will never be in a position to give. That sentiment you mentioned achieves nothing of substance.

It is the electorate's right to do that, but Nicola sabotaged Labour and that's backfired.
 
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Why are we still using this backwards system of putting a cross on a piece of paper and having them manually counted?

Shouldn't we be totally electronic now for results in seconds? Why are elections still in the stone age?
 
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Why are we still using this backwards system of putting a cross on a piece of paper and having them manually counted?

Shouldn't we be totally electronic now for results in seconds? Why are elections still in the stone age?

A lot of fear about fraud with electronic voting.
 
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