UK General Election 2015 | Conservatives win with an overall majority

How did you vote in the 2015 General Election?

  • Conservatives

    Votes: 67 20.0%

  • Labour

    Votes: 152 45.4%

  • Lib Dems

    Votes: 15 4.5%

  • Green

    Votes: 23 6.9%

  • SNP

    Votes: 9 2.7%

  • UKIP

    Votes: 11 3.3%

  • Independent

    Votes: 1 0.3%

  • Did not vote

    Votes: 43 12.8%

  • Plaid Cymru

    Votes: 1 0.3%

  • Sinn Fein

    Votes: 4 1.2%

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

    Votes: 9 2.7%
  • Total voters
    335
  • Poll closed .
Damien said:
Ah balls. Con hold North Warwickshire. Last time around there were 60 votes between them and Labour.
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:lol: You kidding me

Balls apparently in deep shit too.
 
Smores said:
You vote for the outcome you prefer unless you're a complete idealist.

Its not the SNP voters faults that's not what I'm trying to get at but the momentum of Scottish nationalism looks like it has contributed to another tory government.
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You do. Others vote for the party they prefer.
 
Don't Kill Bill said:
Because the whole election ran with the SNP are going to wipe Labour out in Scotland narrative. Did Scotland really think that wouldn't play in England?
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SNP wiping out Labour has nothing to do with England though.
 
I wonder how the feeling is going to be in Scotland. Considering the likes of myself who were completely against independence now thinking that England politician's can get fecked :boring: Seriously feels like a massive defeat for our voice in politics
 
17 Van Der Gouw said:
Tories mauling the Lib Dem seats. Who'd have thought?
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Thought this was a good rant.(cookdandbombd forum)

''To anyone surprised why Lib Dem votes are going to Tories:

People forget that historically, both Liberals and Tories are two different branches of the same class. The class of the rich and privileged elite. "Liberal" in their case means market liberalism. There's nothing left wing about them in the broader sense and there never has been.

Sure they're a bit progressive on stuff like mental health and civil liberties, but that means squat so long as they continue to represent the capitalist class and private property.

Basically, Lib Dems are just Tories but more socially tolerant. As they always have been.

You could argue the same for New Labour but at least Labour were the first party in this country to come from the trade unions and working class and the labour movement in general. In other words they represented the interests of the people, not the rich few.That's left wing. Not bloody Lib Dems.''
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Attila said:
I wonder how the feeling is going to be in Scotland. Considering the likes of myself who were completely against independence now thinking that England politician's can get fecked :boring: Seriously feels like a massive defeat for our voice in politics
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After this result, the feeling is mutual mate. :p
 
Antisocial said:
Is she channelling Moyes?
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Ed later this morning: "Labour aspires to be like the Conservative Party, and i'm going to try very hard to make that happen."

"I want to see us reaching the by-line as much as possible, be it in the Telegraph or the Guardian."

"We hope to making some fresh additions to the front bench in the summer, as well as retaining the services of Ed Balls with a new five-year-deal."
 
Attila said:
The Scottish people view themselves as a country in a way that the bible belt or the northeast of england don't.
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But they are not a country (in the proper sense of the word). They are a region of Britain like Bavaria is a region of Germany, or Andalusia a region of Spain.

If every region/nation-within-a-nation behaved like Scotland, the stable structure of the nation state would break down and we might as well go back to living as tribal states. It's fecking outrageous the more I think about it. If Scotland goes independent, what happens if Shetland decides that it is a distinct region and wants independence from Scotland? Where does it end?

The nation state is the most stable unit of world politics, and it should not be fecked around with lightly. Just to put it into some historical context, there has never been a region that has broken away from a nation state/country in modern history that has not done so in the context of war, genocide or severe oppression.
 
Nick 0208 Ldn said:
Ed later this morning: "Labour aspires to be like the Conservative Party, and i'm going to try very hard to make that happen."

"I want to see us reaching the by-line as much as possible, be it in the Telegraph or the Guardian."

"We hope to making some fresh additions to the front bench in the summer, as well as retaining the services of Ed Balls with a new five-year-deal."
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:lol:

Ming Campbell putting the rise of the SNP at the doorstep of Cameron.
 
This is like waking up from a nightmare than City had won the title, to realise that really Liverpool had just won the treble.
 
rednev said:
But they are not a country (in the proper sense of the word). They are a region of Britain like Bavaria is a region of Germany, or Andalusia a region of Spain.

If every region/nation-within-a-nation behaved like Scotland, the stable structure of the nation state would break down and we might as well go back to living as tribal states. It's fecking outrageous the more I think about it. If Scotland goes independent, what happens if Shetland decides that it is a distinct region and wants independence from Scotland? Where does it end?

The nation state is the most stable unit of world politics, and it should not be fecked around with lightly. Just to put it into some historical context, there has never been a region that has broken away from a nation state/country in modern history that has not done so in the context of war, genocide or severed oppression.
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Democracy is "outrageous"?

I can think of a more comparable region in Spain...
 
One week ago:
323 seats needed to effectively hold a confidence vote. Based on the most recent projections,

Five Thirty Eight
Conservative - 279
Labour - 270
SNP - 48
Lib Dems - 27
UKIP - 2
Likely Outcome: Labour Minority (Lab+SNP = 318).

Election Forecast
Conservative - 280
Labour - 270
SNP - 47
Lib Dems - 27
UKIP - 2
Likely Outcome: Labour Minority (Lab+SNP = 317).

Seat Calculator - New Statesman
Conservative - 276
Labour - 267
SNP - 56
Lib Dems - 26
UKIP - 2
Likely Outcome: Labour Minority (Lab+SNP = 323).

Electoral Calculus
Conservative - 280
Labour - 275
SNP - 55
Lib Dems - 17
UKIP - 1
Likely Outcome: Labour Minority (Lab+SNP = 330).

Elections Etc
Conservative - 291
Labour - 258
SNP - 53
Lib Dems - 25
UKIP - 0
Likely Outcome: Conservative Minority (Con+LD = 316).

The Guardian
Conservative - 276
Labour - 267
SNP - 55
Lib Dems - 27
UKIP - 3
Likely Outcome: Labour Minority (Lab+SNP = 322).

UK Elect
Conservative - 272
Labour - 272
SNP - 55
Lib Dems - 25
UKIP - 3
Likely Outcome: Labour Minority (Lab+SNP = 327).

Telgraph/ Betfair
Labour Minority - 35.1%
Con/ Lib Dem Coalition - 18.2%
Conservative Minority - 16.4%
Any other Government/ Coalition - 9.8%
Conservative Majority - 9.4%
Labour/ Lib Dem Coalition - 8.5%
Con/ UKIP Coalition - 1.6%
Labour Majority - 1%

Main difference seems to be that the websites now completely buy the reality of the SNP 'wave'. Nothing else has really changed, a late upswing in the polls to the Tories was already factored into most of them, hence why that poll movement hasn't really changed their projections. As it did a month ago, it's hard to see the numbers working out in favour of the Tories, barring a huge late surge in support through England - and considering a 'slight' surge is expected, it would have to be something incredibly significant. Ed Miliband will be our next PM.
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The SNP will tonight start winning seats in England at this rate.
 
Cheesy said:
Inverclyde. Labour safe seat for ages, but SNP got 24,000 to Labour's 13,000.
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That is a bit of a tanking right enough.

Still waiting on mine I think (Glasgow North West). Pretty sure what the outcome will be mind you.
 
The 20 year old just told Paxman she was 3 or 4 when Alexander was first elected :lol:
 
Pink Moon said:
That is a bit of a tanking right enough.

Still waiting on mine I think (Glasgow North West). Pretty sure what the outcome will be mind you.
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Aye, I was expecting this one would be quite close. Not even a hint.
 
Feck me this is depressing.

Talk of Sturgeon saying to a Diplomat that the SNP secretly want a Conservative Majority as it will ensure a referendum after the 2016 Scottish Elections. With a Tory Government the vote could easily be yes for independence then where does that leave the rest of us? Labour will be dead and buried without Scottish votes (as proven tonight)
 
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