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The UK Election Results Explained

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Yesterday millions of Brits voted – and this morning we have not only the results but a new government. So we unpack the results of the UK General Election but also what it means for both Labour and the Conservatives.

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  1. Finally we had an election where a great number of people voted for parties other than the main two, or for complete independents. And this is with a lot of people voting for the main two because of the fear of ‘wasting’ their vote.

    • Yeah most were weak minded limp lettuces who cannot use their own minds.
      Most probably only just chose Labour at last minute because they were scared little bunnies to vote outside their usual prehistoric boxes..

      Wimps like these are what ruins our country. At least other European nations like France have the balls for change!

    • No after years by the two parties , and slow hidden , deliberate , dictatorships , and political corruption we are too frightened to vote otherwise , they have citizens right in the Palm of their hands

  2. While I’m personally happy with the result, looking at the vote share vs seat share really does highlight just how messed up FPTP is. Lib Dems are right to be pushing for a change there, though I doubt labour will agree given the circumstances.

    • Ironically the Lib Dems had one of the most proportional seat to vote comparisons. (71 vs 78? with PR)

      Reform got more votes but roughly 5% of LD seats (4), the same number as the half as popular green party.

    • FPTP benefitted labour and lib dem this time, because lots of tory voters jumped ship and voted reform, so the right wing vote was split. In other elections it could work against them if say there’s one tory candidate and one from labour, one from lib dem. Labour lib dem vote will be split, most likely giving the seat to the tories, even though more left wing people voted. It was like that where I live in the last election. The tory won by 1,000 votes, with the left wing vote split between lib dem and labour.

  3. As a Kiwi watching this election I find it crazy that Starmer can win a 400+ seat majority with 33.8% of the vote while Corbyn in 2017 only won 232 seats with 40%, and as much as I detest Reform UK they only win 4 seats with 14.3% while Lib Dems win 71 with 12.2%…
    Ya’ll need proportional representation!

    • The Lib Dems share of seats was about 11%, so pretty close to their share of the vote, but other than that, I agree, the votes to seats ratios were very distorted by FPTP.

    • It’s funny, right wingers are now only complaining about FPTP since they didn’t win, but going PR would basically cement the left in power indefinitely as we have way more left leaning parties getting a combined total over 50% pretty much every time.

    • Honestly yeah, same with UKIP all those years ago.
      If these voters were not so dissatisfied with FPTP then I honestly think Reform would get a small bump in seats, but then die down.

  4. Jeremy Corbyn 2019 = 10,295,912 = 203 seats
    Keir Starmer 2024 = 9,712,011 = 412 seats
    Rishi Sunak 2024 = 6,814,469 = 121 seats
    Nigel Farage 2024 = 4,091,549 = 4 seats
    Ed Davey 2024 = 3,696,419 = 71 seats
    John Swinney 2024 = 708,759 = 9 seats

    Yeah the Uks system is fucked.

  5. What’s interesting is the combined vote share of the two big parties. In 2017, Tories + Labour weighed more than 80% of the vote ; in 2024 only about 55%. That makes the discrepancy between the vote share and the number of seats much more glaring.

    • A lot of people simply stayed home and didn’t vote. Even with a Baath Party margin Labor is still going act like Tory Lite even though they have the ability to do some good.

    • @@han090Literally everyone except Labour would have done better if it wasn’t for FPTP- some less (lib Dems would only gain a few) and some more (Reform would gain hundreds)

    • ​@@Anonyomus_commenter you also need to consider many people voted tactically this time instead of just throwing their vote away (many Reform voters did this — voted for them even though they weren’t anywhere near close to winning an area). I’m sure there’s a decent portion of non-tory supporters who voted libs to secure their seat and ensure the tories didn’t get it.

  6. Funnier still, the Lettuce lost her seat. In 2 years she went from Foreign secretary to Prime minister to International laughing stock to not even being able to get elected to her seat

    • ​@@cdw2468话说多党制下其中某一政党长期执政,其执政经验更加丰富,与各政府部门协调沟通效率更高,面对一些社会治理和经济发展实践经验也更足,而在野党因为长期在野,相关经验比不上前者,如此“恶性”循环下去,就算在野党侥幸当选,也多半可能会因为执政期间工作不力被投下,那么从事实上说不是就变成了一党制了吗[思考]现实实践中我看日本有类似现象,同时美国多党但是实践上仍是两党轮流坐,英国也是保守和工党轮流坐。进一步说,如果我是这样一个社会的某个资本财团,那我就可以在核心政党中通过游说等饭方式达成党派间默认的共同利益,从而避免因为政党更迭和民众社会进步的呼声对政党的压力而影响了我的资产​

    • Yes because each constituency has different needs and different candidates and you vote for your constituency not the whole country. It makes sense as the MP for your area is the person who fights for your issues. Reform just got 2nd in a bunch of different places because very few majorities actually agree with them.

    • @@lukebennett.in germany they have local leaders for each district, but they have floating proportional representation representatives that make the chamber look like the popular vote, so best of both worlds

    • @@nadie8093 “The UK is in a better financial position than it was shortly after the worst financial crash since the Great Depression.”

      Well it would be hard to be _worse_ than that.

    • This planet.
      It’s a disagreement about what “better financial position” means.
      To normal people, “better financial position” means “low inflation and cost of living. Good opportunities for jobs and affordable housing”.
      To Tories, “better financial position” means “the rich get richer”.
      Sunak isn’t wrong, he’s just evil.

    • Sunak: We removed your feet from the fire, it’s better now.

      Electorate: You cut them off at the knee, no anesthetic and we are waiting for prosthetics since then.

  7. Lizz Truss’ story reminds me of Kim Campbell’s story in Canada. They were both deeply unpopular leaders of floundering parties in their respective countries, and were promptly ousted from their chairs as PM

    • Her successor in her seat (who defeated her in 1993) is expected to lose her seat to the Conservatives when the next election happens.

      The Canadian Liberals are toast next election 💀😂

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