Poll: *** 2010 General Election Result & Discussion ***

Who did you vote for?

  • Labour

    Votes: 137 13.9%

  • Conservative

    Votes: 378 38.4%

  • Liberal Democrats

    Votes: 304 30.9%

  • UK Independence Party

    Votes: 27 2.7%

  • Green Party

    Votes: 2 0.2%

  • Scottish National Party

    Votes: 10 1.0%

  • British National Party

    Votes: 20 2.0%

  • Plaid Cymru

    Votes: 1 0.1%

  • DUP

    Votes: 4 0.4%

  • UUP

    Votes: 1 0.1%

  • Sinn Fein

    Votes: 2 0.2%

  • SDLP

    Votes: 3 0.3%

  • Other

    Votes: 16 1.6%

  • Abstain

    Votes: 80 8.1%
  • Total voters
    985
  • Poll closed .
Rich_L said:
So put your voice behind a Lib/Con alliance/coalition with PR then.
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Like I've said, my support for PR at all is with caveats. Ideally I would like to see just what you describe, assuming the other criteria are met. However if it can't be done, PR is not a deal breaker in my mind.
 
GB should have stepped down before the election.

I bet a hell of a lot of people voted away from labour just because of GB. So i think this is great news, if it does indeed pan out that way.
 
sorry dont have time to read much, but does this mean that Peter Mandelson will become PM with Nick Clegg as Home Secretary ?
 
Perhaps a referendum on PR is 'dangerous' or that people are in favour of a more proportional system of government because even a 5-year old can understand that

36% - 306
29% - 258
23% - 57

Is clearly not in any way representative of how people voted? :eek: It's not rocket science after all.
 
meghatronic said:
Which PR?

Not least, we'd have a month of backrrom deals after every election. Or, the case as in Israel where the minority parties control the majority.
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This is why we need both fixed terms and an automatic selection of PM based on largest party. Force them to adopt a more concillary tone and prevent this sort of uncertainty.
 
Rich_L said:
Perhaps a referendum on PR is 'dangerous' or that people are in favour of a more proportional system of government because even a 5-year old can understand that

36% - 306
29% - 258
23% - 57

Is clearly not in any way representative of how people voted? :eek: It's not rocket science after all.
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It is representative of how the people voted, just not on a national level ;)
 
Will Lucky said:
We entered the election with the understanding if he won he would stay for 5 years as PM, if a Lib-Lab pact occurs we will have a new PM no one elected and I doubt many of the British Electorate even knew about.
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Too bad, that's not how our system works. And being as the likely new leader of the Labour party will be an MP they will have been voted for, by their constituency.
 
meghatronic said:
They only need to get through the Queen's speech and Budget. ANY party that tries to bring them down there does NOT have the nation's interest at heart.
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But you're basing that on your own view. Other people (and I am not saying I am one of them) may feel that a Conservative minority Government is not in the best interests of the Country.

Personally, I am not sure what position to take now. I was preparing myself for a Con/Lib coalition, so I need to mull this over for a bit. Immediate reaction to news of a possible Lab/Lib coalition is: No Like :(
 
Boulton: "why not do the dignified thing and admit you lost, go quietly and let Con/Lib govern in the national interest?"

Campbell: "that wouldn't be the right thing to do".
 
Will Lucky said:
...occurs we will have a new PM no one elected ......
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But no one has ever voted for a PM you only ever vote for the person you want to represent you in the constituency in which you are registered. There in lies the major problem with our current electoral system, it is archaic, it stems from a time before political parties truly existed, hell it stems from a time before the majority of people even had a vote.
With our system as it stands you need to get it out of your head that you are voting for a PM, you are voting for yourself and which local constituency candidate's policies and philosophies most appropriately align with yours and you feel can best represent you in the seat of Government. If your choice happens to win and they belong to a group that are able to dominate the House of Commons then they can apply to the Queen to have a member appointed the Prime Minister but at no point have you voted for that person if they are not the person representing your constituency.

A flawed system I know but it was never designed to be used by political parties the way it is.
 
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