General Election 2024

As a Man of Kent I’m fully aware of its social and political makeup and the differences between coastal towns.
It was surprising to see both Dover and Folkestone become labour.
Folkestone has a slightly left leaning/liberal Artsy side develop over the last decade but Dover really is a shite hole and sees at first hand the boats issue, thought that would go Reform.
Nearby Ashford (also a shite hole) had it’s boundaries redrawn losing some of the posh villages and for the first time in it’s history becomes Labour.

Haha, sorry I fell into a hole and missed them 5 pages

As much as I love the idea of haggises getting into the ballot boxes I presume it's this - other half has family in the Dumfriesshire Clydesdale and Tweeddale constituency and said it's par for the course. Although if Skye can beat them (they would have announced by now if it wasn't for the recount) not sure how that holds up.

The borders towns around Peebles, Innerleithen etc. have some of the most extensive 20mph limits I've seen anywhere, so I imagine the Tories are blaming that.

Sad that Farage got in but not surprising, good to see so many of the SNP grifters have been gave the boot as with Tories and Rishi.

Too many of these MPs have sat for too long, done nothing and filled there boots will hoping they would be voted in another for another 5 years with the large salary and expenses.

Now Labour needs to show they can actually do something and not just pretends like a lot of the others before have done

Lowest vote share to ever win a majority, yet they get 411 seats.

FPTP covers up a multitude of sins, but this is the only time I've appreciated it suppressing all the reform votes.

I imagine the delay in Dumfries and Galloway is George Galloway's fault.

Seriously I've not seen anyone mention this - losing Rochdale to Labour after four months! Amazing.

I'm not being obtuse but I don't really understand the constant lowest vote share/lowest number of votes sniping already. That wasn't the task at hand, was it? Seems like +213 seats is a way more relevent piece of data

You're referring to the constituencies specifically that Reform won in?

Sorry, I thought you were responding to the comment about secondary education specifically, my bad

No, we need to stop doing this.

Did read like that but I have the benefit of the doubt.

So, what's happening?

Poole Lab gain, Dumfriesshire Tory hold. 18 votes in it in Poole!

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Perfect. Yoinking that.

And George Galloway got the boot too, they must have seen the snake oil he had sold them at the by election and wanted rid.

He’ll get the golden handshake too I bet for getting put out even tho he was in so short

This cheeky wee haggis looks to have nicked Penny Mourdent's debating wig.

it tallies with the % of the populace who have secondary education as their maximum level of educational attainment.

It tallies in the seats they won or nationally?

I’m going to be concerned when they manage to break out of that group.

Aren't "that group" a significant share of the voting population?

Seriously I've not seen anyone mention this - losing Rochdale to Labour after four months! Amazing.

Par for the course, no? He's good at winning byelections, but almost always loses the seat at a subsequent GE.

well done to the greens in north herefordshire with a 69% turnout. great result. hopefully they can get some action taken on the woefully polluted river wye and hold some water companies to account in the courts after this weeks rulings. .

shame south herefordshire didn't follow suit. 63% turnout though which is decent.

Four months though?

Seems like +213 seats is a way more relevent piece of data

Correct. Labour ran an efficient and effective campaign, the allocation of resources to exactly the right places was masterful.

I hope Rishi's about to get rained on again.

Labour gain Poole by 18 votes

Seen I'm late to the news.

hold some water companies to account in the courts after this weeks rulings. .

I understood the problem with the Wye being due to agricultural pollution more than sewage. The high concentration of chicken farms means that effluent from them is going straight into the river, causing a massive increase in nitrogen levels.

From the Cons side, it's copium: sure the public don't like us, but they don't like you that much either.
More generally, it potentially shows how fragile the coalition of support Starmer has built is and that this could just be seen as an anti-Tory vote rather than a pro-labour vote, indicating it will be tough to maintain.
But, yes the seats and majority are the main thing for now and the best thing Labour can do is improve people's lives and public services in a way that they feel materially before the 5 years are done.