I believe they actually got more votes

but unfortunately as usual it is hard to tell because we sre still lumbered with a sh*t electoral system (I'll back anyone who promises to replace it with a proper one).

Posted By: mr carra on May 7th 2010 at 09:21:23

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one question from last night. what happened to the supposed rise in support for the libs? (n/m) (General Chat) - Tony Martin, May 7, 09:18:32
- I believe they actually got more votes (General Chat) - mr carra, May 7, 09:21:23
  - So far they have 23% of the vote, 1% up on 2005 (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, May 7, 09:36:21
    - Shocking really (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, May 7, 09:38:45
      - Labour have 1.27 times the number of votes than LD, but 4.84 times the number of seats. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, May 7, 09:51:22
        
        Indeed (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, May 7, 09:58:27
        
        Cons: 1.57 times the LD votes, 5.68 times the LD seats. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, May 7, 09:52:44
  - but less seats, i thought they would end up being far closer to labour (General Chat) - Tony Martin, May 7, 09:23:26
    - All depends where those votes are though (General Chat) - jamesward, May 7, 09:24:51
- It petered out... (General Chat) - jamesward, May 7, 09:20:49
  - They should have no odd MPs (General Chat) - Old Git, May 7, 09:37:07
    - We now have an odd Lib Dem MP (General Chat) - jamesward, May 7, 09:38:27

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