Poll: General election voting round 5 (final one)

Voting intentions in the General Election?

  • Alliance Party of Northern Ireland

    Votes: 3 0.3%

  • Conservative

    Votes: 403 42.2%

  • Democratic Unionist Party

    Votes: 2 0.2%

  • Green Party

    Votes: 59 6.2%

  • Labour

    Votes: 176 18.4%

  • Liberal Democrats

    Votes: 67 7.0%

  • Not voting/will spoil ballot

    Votes: 42 4.4%

  • Other party (not named)

    Votes: 8 0.8%

  • Plaid Cymru

    Votes: 1 0.1%

  • Respect Party

    Votes: 1 0.1%

  • Scottish National Party

    Votes: 37 3.9%

  • Social Democratic and Labour Party

    Votes: 1 0.1%

  • Sinn Fein

    Votes: 2 0.2%

  • UKIP

    Votes: 154 16.1%
  • Total voters
    956
  • Poll closed .
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Moses said:
No. And I'm not saying this is particularly likely, just that it shouldn't be ruled out... but the SNP could accept a Tory government if they get significant concessions in Scotland - so more devolved power. More power over money. A changing of the funding formula so a cut in spending in England doesn't affect funding in Scotland. Etc. That wouldn't require a coalition.

Especially if the alternative is fewer concessions from a Labour government which could then try and rebuild it's support in Scotland, at the expense of the SNP.
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Seems remote, but p > 0.0
 
do_ron_ron said:
Polling nationally is a poor way of prediction. getting 50000 people in one constituency to vote for you will give you one seat whereas 50000 over 600+ seats gets you nothing. Adding the greens and ukip who will gets a max of 4 but probably less seats while ignoring the DUP and SNP who will get 50-60 seats between them does not make sense.
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The national polls aren't used to predict seats precisely for that reason.

Constituency polling data is used instead.
 
scorza said:
Jeez - insulting someone's kids, that's pretty low even for GD :(
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I thought that too tbh, I still feel bit like punching him to a bloody pulp:cool:

However as my dad warned me as I started drinking in my teenage years "avoid talking about religion or politics or I'll be fetching you from the nick"

The adrenaline has disipated.
 
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ghutchison14078 said:
I know, imagine the audacity of Scotland being allowed to influence UK politics.
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Scotland has had an influence in UK politics - look at the disproportionate number of Scottish ministers in the last Labour government. If "Scotland" wants to be irresponsible and vote for a mischief making party like the SNP in their general election then that's up to them but you can't blame everyone else for being extremely wary of them.
 
lowrider007 said:
I don't really follow politics but was just wondering is there an actual real possibility of there being a Lab-Con government? because tbh right now that is the only option I'd choose.
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Virtually impossible I'd have thought, as both parties hardcore voters wouldn't forgive them for generations for siding with "the enemy" just to get their grubby hands on POWER!!!!!
 
ghutchison14078 said:
I know, imagine the audacity of Scotland being allowed to influence UK politics.
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No problem with Scotland influencing UK politics, they are after all still a part of the UK. A separatist party who wanted no part in the union however, doesn't sit well with me.
 
Malevolence said:
UKIP all the way.
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LOL.. I'm beginning to suspect there's something in the water over in South Thanet. I just had a little look out of interest; other party candidates include.

Al-Zebabist Nation of Ooog - Zebadiah Abu-Obadiah
We Are The Reality Party - Nigel Askew
Manston Airport Independent Party - Ruth Bailey
Party for a United Thanet - Grahame Birchall.
 
McBain said:
No problem with Scotland influencing UK politics, they are after all still a part of the UK. A separatist party who wanted no part in the union however, doesn't sit well with me.
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Fully understand your feelings towards the nationalist element of the SNP.

However, from a Scottish point of view I believe the reasons so many voters up here have turned to the SNP is because Labour has drifted too far from its traditional Left-wing socialist roots; which is what made it the go-to party for the majority of Scottish voters for so many years. Scot's aren't necessarily voting for the SNP in this election to show they back the separatist policies of the SNP (I believe a recent referendum also backs this opinion), they just want a stronger left-wing Scottish representation at Westminster level. In an ideal world we would be voting for the SP (Scottish Party), pretty much the same as the SNP but without all the separatist bits.

Tories are a write off in Scotland, so they don't even equate.

Lib Dems, whilst they have some sound policies and are a bit more center, they are never going to form the core of a government so whats the point in voting for them.

Greens, good for the environment; not much good for anything else (we'll probably all be voting green in 50 years anyway when the oil has ran out and there's no food left)

UKIP, LOL.

So whats left?

Obviously I cant't speak for everyone in Scotland - but what I've outlined above is how that majority of people in my circle of friends and family feel about the political landscape up here, particularly since the referendum.
 
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DampDog said:
LOL.. I'm beginning to suspect there's something in the water over in South Thanet. I just had a little look out of interest; other party candidates include.

Al-Zebabist Nation of Ooog - Zebadiah Abu-Obadiah
We Are The Reality Party - Nigel Askew
Manston Airport Independent Party - Ruth Bailey
Party for a United Thanet - Grahame Birchall.
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Dave (the TV channel) are doing an election night special from South Thanet, wouldn't surprise me if a few of those were set up purely for the 'witty banter'.
 
scorza said:
Dave (the TV channel) are doing an election night special from South Thanet, wouldn't surprise me if a few of those were set up purely for the 'witty banter'.
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That will do for me. I'll take "witty banter" over 'political rhetoric and squirming' any day of the week.
 
Moses said:
In recent history, the Tories actually got quite a lot of support in Scotland... it's just spread out. In the recent polling they're on 17% compared to the Labour 20%. Then in 2010 they got 412 855 votes, compared with 465 471 and 491 386 for the Lib Dems and SNP (1 035 528 for Labour :p). Obviously if you combine all the votes for the parties to the left of the Tories, they're outweighed quite a bit... but it's still interesting how much support they get, considering how they're talked of as being super unpopular north of the border.
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Still, Tories in Scotland are a moot point. The number of votes and MP's they get up here is never going to be a factor in any government making. They are quite popular with the farmers and the big money finance sector types in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen but they certainly don't resonate with the working Joe's. (Thatcher, Miners, Poll tax, Eton boys club etc etc)

It's a two horse race North of the border; Labour and SNP, and it ain't looking good for the red team this year!

Whatever your political persuasion is, this GE should prove to be an interesting one if nothing else.

The SNP and UKIP spanners thrown into the works might make for some interesting scrambles to make coalitions to get the next lot of professional lairs into the power seats.
 
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