Conservatives: 314
Labour: 266
SNP: 34
Lib Dems: 14
Plaid Cymru: 3
Greens: 1
Ukip: 0
Others: 138
To put this into context, a party needs 326 seats to win a majority. This poll shows Conservatives losing 17 seats, and Labour gaining 34.
Before this election, they only held one seat anyway, even though they had millions of votes. Same with the greens.
SNP is popular in Scotland, and Lib Dems have a few seats here and there. Other than that, it is purely a two party race.
Before this election, they only held one seat anyway, even though they had millions of votes. Same with the greens.
SNP is popular in Scotland, and Lib Dems have a few seats here and there. Other than that, it is purely a two party race.
Before this election, they only held one seat anyway, even though they had millions of votes.
That explains it. Now does that count for or against the parliamentary system? :-)
>Before this election, they only held one seat anyway, even though they had millions of votes.
That explains it. Now does that count for or against the parliamentary system? :-)
SNP voters are switching to Conservative because the majority of scots do not want another independence referendum. SNP will not form a coalition with the Conservatives, but depending on the results, negotiation with Labour could happen.
The biggest shock so far is the UKIP voters. In some cases, they have been splitting 50/50 down the line, some voting Labour, which is unbelievable. That alone could really hurt the Conservatives in areas they are barely clinging onto.