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:
You realise it sounds equally ridiculous when you say that a party with the support of 3.6 people out of every 10 who voted should have ALL the power to form the next government.
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They don't have all the power do they...
Tory MPs are more likely to vote how they see fit and rebel compared to Labour ones
 
meghatronic said:
Not quite.
They need to be able to command a majority (that is, not be defeated at Queen's speech and so on).

LabLib = 315 - YAYS.
Con = 306 - NAYS.

Difference of 9.

That leaves the SNP (6) and Plaid Cymru (3) and 14 others (excluding 5 Sinn Fein).

Make of that what you will, but it needs 9 NAYS for defeat, or if everyone else abstains = LabLib government.
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Con (307 with the May 27th vote) + DUP = 314 I believe

All it takes is 1 independent
 
rypt said:
LD + SNP + Plaid Cymru + Labour + Green is a majority.
Be prepared for
- all cuts only affecting England and NOT Wales or Scotland
- lots more fuel duty, road tax and so on
- no nuclear power stations
- other green taxes
- another 5 years of socialism
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You're also forgetting that LD + SNP + Green were also opposing renewing trident. So not only would we not have energy security for the future, a "tax the rich" attitude and insufficient cuts in the public sector we would also lose our ultimate insurance policy. Awesome.
 
meghatronic said:
Not quite.
They need to be able to command a majority (that is, not be defeated at Queen's speech and so on).

LabLib = 315 - YAYS.
Con = 306 - NAYS.

Difference of 9.

That leaves the SNP (6) and Plaid Cymru (3) and 14 others (excluding 5 Sinn Fein).

Make of that what you will, but it needs 9 NAYS for defeat, or if everyone else abstains = LabLib government.
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We can get DUP support and the one seat to declare is Tory stronghold.
307 + 8 = 315.
 
Rich_L said:
You realise it sounds equally ridiculous when you say that a party with the support of 3.6 people out of every 10 who voted should have ALL the power to form the next government.
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They certainly have more of a mandate to decide the shape of the government than the party that came third.
 
lucasade1 said:
You're also forgetting that LD + SNP + Green were also opposing renewing trident. So not only would we not have energy security for the future, a "tax the rich" attitude and insufficient cuts in the public sector we would also lose our ultimate insurance policy. Awesome.
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I'm probably forgetting plenty of things, and the issue is that Labour would gladly sell out on all the issues as they WANT to stay in power ... while Cons would not budge on many issues.
 
MrMoonX said:
excellent news about gordo, although I dont think he was that bad this paves the way for a lib/lab coalition, screw you cameron!
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A lib / lab coalition will be terrible for this country because as said above it would need support from various other minor parties. It could not be long standing and Labour simply cannot come back to power in any form.
 
Fair play to Gordon Brown for stepping down, it's the right and honest thing to do.

I truly believe Brown's heart was in the right place and wanted to do good, he was a strong supporter of his wifes excellent charity work (which I know of first hand), which never gets the press it deserves.

Brown was a good technician behind the scenes but just doesn't have the PR skills to be Prime Minister. To be elected PM you need to be liked more as a person than what ever your Policies are nowadays, whilst many look at policies a vast number vote based on their opinions of the leader.

Thanks for all the good work you did put in during the years shame you won't be remembered for any of it.
 
JamesU2005 said:
Fair play to Gordon Brown for stepping down, it's the right and honest thing to do.

I truly believe Brown's heart was in the right place and wanted to do good, he was a strong supporter of his wides excellent charity work (which I know of first hand), which never gets the press it deserves.

Brown was a good technician behind the scenes but just doesn't have the PR skills to be Prime Minister. To be elected PM you need to be liked more as a person than what ever your Policies are nowadays, whilst many look at policies a vast number vote based on their opinions of the leader.

Thanks for all the good work you did put in during the years shame you won't be remembered for any of it.
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LOL Labour ^

Sorry but Labour supporters make me sick , thanks for destroying our country!
 
If Labour and Lib make a deal there will be another GE this year and I wonder how many ex Conservative voters/ new LD supporters will thank the Lib Dems for another Labour leader?
 
oldbag said:
Heh, so we could again end up with 5 years more of labour? Surely they won't have a majority with just the lib dems?
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They'll have to pay off the nationalist and unionist form the rest of the UK to secure a majority.

Can't see it being good for anyone concerted, and certainly won't secure the "strong and stable" government all the politicians keep saying is so important.

If it happens I can only conclude politicians are in it for themselves. That includes the Tories, they should be doing more to make the lib dems see sence.
 
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Ahleckz said:
"Media savvy generations"?
What, the idiots that will vote based on soundbites and other 'cool' things?
Just as well the 'Lib Dem Facebook Army' were too lazy to actually go out and register to vote.

They are support their proposed changes to the electoral system to benefit their own interests, none of them are particular concerned about creating a fair system. There is no such thing as a fair system, people will always be unrepresented and others will be over represented.
I'm all for electoral reform, I'm also a Conservative voter. But we need to find a system that works for the majority - and it can't be born from the wills of ONE political party. There requires an informed, unbiased debate that is kept separate from party politics like the one that has happened before.
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No the media savvy generation who understand what really lies beneath every political smear campaign, every negative daily mail article, every advertising campaign. Every muted american politican about healthcare
 
I am so completely sick of these Labour loyalists constantly spouting the line of "if you add the Labour and Liberal votes together you get the support from the majority of the country".

Honestly, give it up ffs, if you do the same bloody sum with the Conservatives and the Liberals you get an even greater percentage!

Labour - the selective statistic party.
 
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