| Percentage of vote | Seats earned | Seats handed out | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 35.20% | 227 | 356 |
| Conservative | 32.30% | 209 | 197 |
| Liberal Democrats | 22.00% | 142 | 62 |
| Others | 10.50% | 68 | 31 |
| 100.00% | 646 | 646 |
So, by and large, we didn’t vote New Labour. Bit of a mystery how we ended up with them in Government really, considering how few people voted for them. Why are Labour votes so much more important than Conservative votes, or Lib Dem votes?
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4 responses to “So Who Did We Vote For?”
So why not tootle over and join in at make my vote count and make it different for next time?
Been there, done that.
if you look at the figures the conservatives did not lose out too much on seats but the lib dems got less than half they deserved. they’ve never been in power to set the boundaries to suit them!
cant say the result suprises me, from what I remember, the tories didnt have much in the way of alternative and it appears almost impossible to get enough people to vote lib dem.
we are in a very fast interbet cafe in singapore and just taken a look at the bbc website results. nice graphics! Good to see George Galloway get in, finger up to Labour there, shame none of the bouncing yoga guys did, they would really shake up parliament!
It seems to me that if you have a two party system, both of the parties will want to see the winners results boosted to give them a good majority.
But we don’t have a two party system, so this means that a third of people are effectively not being represented.
One you missed is Blaunau Gwent’s result. The New party lost their safest seat to Old Labour.