trophyshy 7056 Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 first green MP elected here. baby steps, but to be celebrated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 42591 Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 My constituency (and Renton's) did its duty with a Labour hold. Renton will be pleased. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonatine 11121 Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 Labour held Durham City too, according to the local news half the peeps who said they were going to vote Lib Dem voted Tory instead. So much for the Clegg effect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 Some woman has just been on saying she went to vote after work but there was a bit of a queue so she thought she'd pop back later. The vibration you can feel is Emily Pankhurst doing 15000 rpm underground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 Glad the BNP have won nowt yet. Sad to see how much they've grown in the North though. Seems to be more than any other party.... 6.7% in central Newcastle 6.5% up in South Shields. 7% up in Jarra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 Glad the BNP have won nowt yet. Sad to see how much they've grown in the North though. Seems to be more than any other party.... 6.7% in central Newcastle 6.5% up in South Shields. 7% up in Jarra Griffin actually fell further behind in his personal run for Barking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 (edited) UKIP win 851,774 votes and still no seats. As it stands, none of the 'other' parties that won seats have as many votes. Only one has more than half. Democratic Unionist Party have won 8 seats with 168,216 votes Scottish National Party have won 6 seats with 482,823 votes Sinn Fein have won 4 seats with 150,638 votes Plaid Cymru have won 3 seats with 165,394 votes Social Democratic & Labour Party have won 3 seats with 107,396 votes Green have won 1 seats with 255,030 votes Alliance Party have even won 1 seat with just 42,325 votes. Less than 5% of UKIPs total Bit of a plane crash that like. Edited May 7, 2010 by Happy Face Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonpack 8684 Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 UKIP win 851,774 votes and still no seats. As it stands, none of the 'other' parties that won seats have as many votes. Only one has more than half. Democratic Unionist Party have won 8 seats with 168,216 votes Scottish National Party have won 6 seats with 482,823 votes Sinn Fein have won 4 seats with 150,638 votes Plaid Cymru have won 3 seats with 165,394 votes Social Democratic & Labour Party have won 3 seats with 107,396 votes Green have won 1 seats with 255,030 votes Alliance Party have even won 1 seat with just 42,325 votes. Less than 5% of UKIPs total Bit of a plane crash that like. Just goes to prove that our democracy, isn't democratic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trophyshy 7056 Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 please, for the love of God, let me go to bed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 29479 Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 Hardly a surprise that regional parties perform better with less votes. Can't see that changing much unless a list system is introduced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 Hardly a surprise that regional parties perform better with less votes. Can't see that changing much unless a list system is introduced. Aye, I wouldn't call it undemocratic at all. Just interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Barrack Road Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 The whole of Tyneside Labour again. It always will be. My constituency has the smallest Labour vote on Tyneside though, and I don't think any other party can win here. Attitudes are too ingrained. The T word from the 80's is still on peoples lips regardless of policies, for that reason it's a waste of time voting I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonraider 0 Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 Easington held by Labour. Torbay is...................held by the Lib Dems, by a few thousand Putney is.............held by the Tories easily. Glad I got my vote in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 Conservative Theresa May says: "I find it slightly strange that, at a time when we're facing such severe economic problems in this country, when there are so many other problems in our society that we need to resolve, that the one issue that seems to be the key for the Liberal Democrats is indeed electoral reform." Stupid cow's on the BBC going on as if the Tories have won a landslide. Saying Labour have lost more seats than at any elections since '31 and the Tories have gained more than ever since then. Aye, but that's only because labour shit on you from such a great height in the last 13 year you've only just managed to pull level even at Labour's least popular. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonraider 0 Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 I feel quite depressed by it all. It shouldnt matter but I just cant stand to see Camerons smug face Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4433 Posted May 7, 2010 Author Share Posted May 7, 2010 Its the mish mash result that basically hamstrings the country. An outright Labour or Tory win would have been better. Now it will all be about back room deals and jobs for the boys. If I was Cameron I would probably avoid any shady deals, let the Lib Lab pact have a go and then wait for the next general election in November. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 20414 Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 My constituency (and Renton's) did its duty with a Labour hold. Renton will be pleased. Aye, Alan won a comfortable majority, Tynemouth only had a 0.4% swing to the tories! This means that there are still NO tories in the NE, in fact it's solid red apart from Redcar. This has been a total and utter tory FAIL. Can't say I'm happy though, in some ways its just about as bad a result for stability as could have happened. I can't see any coalitions working, and the country is more polarised than ever before. What next? We should all be concerned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 Overall swing still around 5% which is still good news for Labour. Need to get in a room quick with Clegg. Tories will be seething. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 Hilarious watching Cameron do his speech in front of Boss Hog though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 20414 Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 Its the mish mash result that basically hamstrings the country. An outright Labour or Tory win would have been better. Now it will all be about back room deals and jobs for the boys. If I was Cameron I would probably avoid any shady deals, let the Lib Lab pact have a go and then wait for the next general election in November. Lib Lab coalition wouldn't be big enough though. You should be gutted by last night. Given all the factors against Labour, the poor Lib Dem showing, and the media influence the tories have had in a bankrolled tory campaign, they've been unable to even get a majority. Cameron should resign imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Barrack Road Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 I feel quite depressed by it all. It shouldnt matter but I just cant stand to see Camerons smug face He's won fuck all though, and he won't be prime minister. Brown will still be there in 2 years time, and that's the thing to get angriest about of all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 How the fuck do the Tories gain places like Wolverhampton??! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJS 4252 Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 Anyone else's vote go a third place by a fucking mile? (25k/20k/5k) Then again the Liberal would only just have won if every single Labour voter had voted for him so he can fuck off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 I feel quite depressed by it all. It shouldnt matter but I just cant stand to see Camerons smug face He's won fuck all though, and he won't be prime minister. Brown will still be there in 2 years time, and that's the thing to get angriest about of all. Doubt it. Any minority government is going to have to include the party with the largest minority. ...and even if Labour did retain any semblence of power, Brown would go the journey. Maybe Miliband Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJS 4252 Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 How the fuck do the Tories gain places like Wolverhampton??! My favourite is Harlow - I used to work there and it's a fucking shithole that wouldn't be out of place in the North East. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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