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How do you intend to vote in the 2017 General Election if eligible?

  • Conservatives

    Votes: 80 14.5%

  • Labour

    Votes: 322 58.4%

  • Lib Dems

    Votes: 57 10.3%

  • Green

    Votes: 20 3.6%

  • SNP

    Votes: 13 2.4%

  • UKIP

    Votes: 29 5.3%

  • Independent

    Votes: 3 0.5%

  • Plaid Cymru

    Votes: 2 0.4%

  • Sinn Fein

    Votes: 11 2.0%

  • Other (UUP, DUP, BNP, and anyone else I have forgotten)

    Votes: 14 2.5%
  • Total voters
    551
  • Poll closed .
finneh said:
On a single anecdotal piece of evidence the left wing hysteria on social media seems to be being replicated in reality. My other half was physically assaulted a few hours ago outside a polling station for asking what turned out to be a Labour supporter what they're polling number was (she works for a Conservative MP so was asked to be a "teller" this AM).
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I just had to google what a teller is, I've voted my whole life and never once been asked outside the polling centre what my polling number was. I'd definitely have told them to mind their own fecking business. That's one of the shit things about our UK political system, its never really just clearly explained to potential voters how it all works. I'm a full on politics nerd and have been for over 20 years, so if I didn't know about this, then someone voting for the first time isn't likely to either.
 
Kentonio said:
I just had to google what a teller is, I've voted my whole life and never once been asked outside the polling centre what my polling number was. I'd definitely have told them to mind their own fecking business.
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It's pretty standard, nothing partisan and certainly nothing to get violent about.
 
Ubik said:
It's pretty standard, nothing partisan and certainly nothing to get violent about.
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No-one should ever get violent of course, but if I've never seen it happen in over 20 years of voting, then its not that standard. Perhaps they only bother in potential swing constituencies?
 
finneh said:
On a single anecdotal piece of evidence the left wing hysteria on social media seems to be being replicated in reality. My other half was physically assaulted a few hours ago outside a polling station for asking what turned out to be a Labour supporter what they're polling number was (she works for a Conservative MP so was asked to be a "teller" this AM).
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Why was she doing that?
 
matherto said:
Nobody in the voting place when I went to vote at 11ish. Safe seat for Labour in any case.

First time voting so I didn't realise you only vote for your local constituency and it counts towards the total, thought I'd not been given the extra ballot sheet asking which party you want and which leader you want as PM.
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Are you in St. Helens North or South?

I voted at 7.30ish. Was about five voters there and I was the youngest by at least three decades.
 
Kentonio said:
No-one should ever get violent of course, but if I've never seen it happen in over 20 years of voting, then its not that standard. Perhaps they only bother in potential swing constituencies?
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Must differ from place to place, I've had it at every (even local) election. All they're doing is tracking turnout.
 
Damien said:
I voted at 7.30ish. Was about five voters there and I was the youngest by at least three decades.
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That's the perfect time to casually say 'Oh my god, I can't believe that Theresa May wants to ban Custard Creams AND Werthers Originals'. Worth a shot.
 
Kentonio said:
No-one should ever get violent of course, but if I've never seen it happen in over 20 years of voting, then its not that standard. Perhaps they only bother in potential swing constituencies?
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Yeah, I've never seen it happen either though I've only started voting since 2010 (when I was first eligible to vote).
 
Ubik said:
Must differ from place to place, I've had it at every (even local) election. All they're doing is tracking turnout.
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If you've never seen it before though, and you're already edgy about vote tampering, you can understand why it could freak people out. Not to the point of violence though of course.
 
ChrisNelson said:
I vote in Bolsover now which has never been anything other than red! I'll keep trying though! :)
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Some rumours that the Tories were thinking they had a chance there, but Skinner's personal vote must be pretty hard to beat.
 
ChrisNelson said:
I vote in Bolsover now which has never been anything other than red! I'll keep trying though! :)
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You never know, if most of the UKIP vote goes blue. To say Skinner would be hard to beat is an understatement though.

Ignore the title of the video below. Someone arguing with Helen Harrison on fox hunting.

 
I just did the school run and I have to walk past my local polling station and just seen about 15 young people walk out. Apparently it was their first time to vote. I wish I high fived them all.
 
finneh said:
On a single anecdotal piece of evidence the left wing hysteria on social media seems to be being replicated in reality. My other half was physically assaulted a few hours ago outside a polling station for asking what turned out to be a Labour supporter what they're polling number was (she works for a Conservative MP so was asked to be a "teller" this AM).
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It's a perfectly harmless process and a standard part of elections. No idea at all why it would prompt animosity.

Was there security at the polling station by the way, on account of the recent terrorist attacks?


Kentonio said:
I just had to google what a teller is, I've voted my whole life and never once been asked outside the polling centre what my polling number was. I'd definitely have told them to mind their own fecking business.
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I think i've been asked at every GE i've voted in, as well a few of the more local elections. Why would be rude to them thought, it's just research and data keeping.
 
Zarlak said:
I'm a Labour voter and have voted Labout but I still think Tories will win. So when I filled that out and it said 'Thank you, you have voted Theresa May' I felt dirty. I'd never vote for her.
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:lol:

Yeah thought I'd throw that in at the end. We'll all be winners that way.
 
I just did the predictions and after some doing some basic excel based formulae and it predicted a Tory win :(

So is Hung parliament any good for Labour? looks like that's the best case scenario. But if Corbyn wins, I'm going to buy some Shawarma today
 
fishfingers15 said:
I just did the predictions and after some doing some basic excel based formulae and it predicted a Tory win :(

So is Hung parliament any good for Labour? looks like that's the best case scenario. But if Corbyn wins, I'm going to buy some Shawarma today
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Hung parliament would be great for the ducks
 
fishfingers15 said:
I just did the predictions and after some doing some basic excel based formulae and it predicted a Tory win :(

So is Hung parliament any good for Labour? looks like that's the best case scenario. But if Corbyn wins, I'm going to buy some Shawarma today
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Hung Parliament is a Labour win at this stage, hell a smaller or same majority is probably a victory too. If Corbyn wins it will be a miracle.
 
Ubik said:
Some rumours that the Tories were thinking they had a chance there, but Skinner's personal vote must be pretty hard to beat.
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Damien said:
You never know, if most of the UKIP vote goes blue. To say Skinner would be hard to beat is an understatement though.

Ignore the title of the video below. Someone arguing with Helen Harrison on fox hunting.

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Yes indeed Mr Skinner is a very formidable opponent! I moved to where I live now around 3 and a half years ago and though it's only 8 miles from where I grew up they couldn't be more different, my hometown is notoriously blue and my dad was even on the Council for a few years.
 
Nick 0208 Ldn said:
I think i've been asked at every GE i've voted in, as well a few of the more local elections. Why would be rude to them thought, it's just research and data keeping.
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A random stranger with no official position asking for my polling number outside the polling station? If you've never seen it before, why wouldn't you think it was damn weird?
 
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