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General Election Results: Labour Landslide of 411 (feddit.uk)

submitted 3 months ago by flamingos@feddit.uk to c/uk_politics@feddit.uk

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From the BBC:

Party	No. Seats	Δ Seats	Vote %	Δ Vote %
Labour	412*	+211	33.7%	+1.6%
Conservatives	121	-250	23.7%	-19.9%
Liberal Democrat	71	+63	12.2%	+0.6%
SNP	9	-38	2.5%	-1.3%
Sinn Fein	7	0	0.7%	+0.1%
Independent	6	+6	2.0%	+1.4%
DUP	5	-3	0.6%	-0.2%
Reform	4	+4	14.3%	+12.3%
Green	4	+3	6.8%	+4.1%
Plaid Cymru	4	+2	0.7%	+0.2%
SDLP	2	0	0.3%	-0.1%
Alliance	1	0	0.4%	0%
UUP	1	+1	0.3%	0%
TUV	1	+1	0.2%	+0.2%
Workers Party	0	0	0.7%	+0.7%

* Includes Speaker

Turnout: 60% (-7.6% from 2019)

Currently waiting on South Basildon and East Thurrock (Should be out later) and Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire (delayed to Saturday). Will update when they're out.

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[–] flamingos@feddit.uk 19 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Labour gaining only 1.6% more votes from 2019 but getting 211 more seats really shows how unserious our electoral system truly is.

[–] pennomi@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

Just be happy the system is not as dysfunctional as the Americans.

[–] flamingos@feddit.uk 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

5 pro-Gaza independents elected, making them the fifth largest group in Parliament.

The sixth one is a Alex Easton in North Down (banger name), Northern Ireland. He's a former member of the DUP so I doubt he'd be popular around here.

[–] Jackthelad@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Pro-Gaza candidates actually winning seats in a country that can do nothing but give warm words for the conflict. What are they going to do to improve the lives of their actual constituents?

Insanity.

[–] flamingos@feddit.uk 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

We could stop selling Israel weapons.

[–] Jackthelad@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

We send hardly anything to Israel.

The only country in the world that has any influence is the US.

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 2 points 3 months ago

So it won't be a big deal when we totally stop.

[–] plinky@hexbear.net 2 points 3 months ago

reform is a good whipping tool tbh, can regulate elections from outside by strategically abstaining (2019) or participating in elections (2024)