UK elections 2015

pollardfreek

Really? The BBC exit poll is saying that the Tories have a projected 316 out of 326 necessary seats for a majority and Labour only 239. I doubt it though, everything leading up to this has said the 35%/35% split like you said between the two.

I really want to stay up for the night but don't think I can...

pollardfreek

Wow, I'm here in America so **** and envious of your parliamentary system. We have a tyrannous two party system (even though the only difference between them is the R or the D next to their names.) The SNP went from 6 seats to 56 seats! Over here it would be a miracle if a third party won a single seat. I hope one day Americans can pluck up the courage to vote third party in large numbers and really make an effort to change the direction of this country.


Edit- Looks like the BBC exit polls were right Barry. The Tories won an outright majority garnering 330 seats. It was a really exciting election, elections over here are so boring. There are almost never any surprises in our elections since there are only two options and the exit polls are so thorough.

ghallmark814

The breakdown in Scotland was amazing... It was 56 SNP - 1 LAB - 1L LIB - 1 CON. :shock:

L_B_123XD

331 con
232 lab
56 snp
8 lib dem
3 Plaid
Ukip 1
Green 1

Personally I'm soso , they have improved our economy but im very worried about our NHS.
One thing I will say though is our vote system is ridiculous, whatever you think of UKIP it is a bit unfair they were third overall in terms of vote and md up with 1 seat, whilst snp got 56

I can't believe how wrong the predictions were though, no one but David Cameron expected a conservative majority

juliet603

L_B_123XD wrote:

331 con
232 lab
56 snp
8 lib dem
3 Plaid
Ukip 1
Green 1

Personally I'm soso , they have improved our economy but im very worried about our NHS.
One thing I will say though is our vote system is ridiculous, whatever you think of UKIP it is a bit unfair they were third overall in terms of vote and md up with 1 seat, whilst snp got 56

I can't believe how wrong the predictions were though, no one but David Cameron expected a conservative majority

I hate UKIP but even I agree that there's something wrong with the system if they get 3 million votes but only one seat!

barrymcerlea

UKIP should be happy with ther one seat, the Monster Raving Loony Party has none yet again!

juliet603

barrymcerlea wrote:

UKIP should be happy with ther one seat, the Monster Raving Loony Party has none yet again!

it's an unfair world we live in!

L_B_123XD

juliet603 wrote:

L_B_123XD wrote:

331 con
232 lab
56 snp
8 lib dem
3 Plaid
Ukip 1
Green 1

Personally I'm soso , they have improved our economy but im very worried about our NHS.
One thing I will say though is our vote system is ridiculous, whatever you think of UKIP it is a bit unfair they were third overall in terms of vote and md up with 1 seat, whilst snp got 56

I can't believe how wrong the predictions were though, no one but David Cameron expected a conservative majority

I hate UKIP but even I agree that there's something wrong with the system if they get 3 million votes but only one seat!

Ukip got 2,426,693 votes more than the SNP yet got 55 less seats
Lib dens got 961,452 votes more the SNP but got 48 less seats
Lib dems got the same number of seats( 8 ) as the DUP with 2,231,628 more votes, that's 13.1 times more people voting for the same representation in Westminster. It's too biased for small locations with passionate people.
That should tell you the scale of the problem out voting system has

pollardfreek

Scotland should have just broke away in that referendum they had last year. It was so close, I remember watching the coverage on CNN international.

As someone who considers themself a constitutional libertarian, I would like to see UKIP's popularity continue to increase just as the libertarian movement is in America.

barrymcerlea

To be honest the DUP and the UUP didn't deserve the seats they gained. They made a pact with eachother to not campaign against the other in 4 constituencies, including the most marginal in the UK, Fermanagh and South Tyrone, which Sinn F?in won by only 4 votes last time. They also gained the Alliance Party's only seat. If any other parties did that there would be uproar.