I wonder when any party last did that in the UK?

In 1997, Blair won more seats than anyone ever and still only got something like 43% of the vote from memory

Posted By: Old Git on December 11th 2019 at 09:32:32

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Hung parliament 5/2 from 9/2 the other day (General Chat) - SCC 28, Dec 11, 08:10:06
- Personally I’d approve of a well hung parliament (n/m) (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Dec 11, 13:34:21
- I keep forgetting there is an election tomorrow. (General Chat) - Men without hats, Dec 11, 08:55:05
  - NCFC unites us all (General Chat) - JoeyDeacon, Dec 11, 08:56:36
- Hung parliament, and johnson and corbyn losing their seats is my dream (n/m) (General Chat) - earlydoors, Dec 11, 08:51:43
  - I think thats becoming more likely and wouldn;t be a terrible outcome (n/m) (General Chat) - Jim, Dec 11, 09:20:24
    - We need a centrist gov. (n/m) (General Chat) - MORDENCANARY, Dec 11, 13:33:06
  - Along with Raab and IDS (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Dec 11, 08:56:20
    - I'd Kevin Keegan it if Boris Johnson lost his seat.... (General Chat) - MORDENCANARY, Dec 11, 10:55:40
- Would it not be better for Labour (General Chat) - JoeyDeacon, Dec 11, 08:47:43
  - In my youth the usual reaction of Labour to losing an election was to decide they hadn’t (General Chat) - Old Git, Dec 11, 09:42:22
    - Yep (General Chat) - duke of york, Dec 11, 12:21:20
  - Far left??? Do you mean the policies of the majority (General Chat) - CB41, Dec 11, 08:53:19
    - Buy most you mean about 50% (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Dec 11, 09:00:46
      - yes barely more than 50% is a majority (General Chat) - CWC, Dec 11, 09:42:40
    - Yes far left (General Chat) - JoeyDeacon, Dec 11, 08:55:38
      - The same goes for the Tory party tbf (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Dec 11, 08:58:23
        
        Far right politics have the same effect (General Chat) - JoeyDeacon, Dec 11, 08:59:33
        
        We’ll find that out on Friday (n/m) (General Chat) - JoeyDeacon, Dec 11, 09:07:33
        
        Well they’re never getting over 50% of the vote (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Dec 11, 09:12:04
        
        They will get enough though. (n/m) (General Chat) - KetteringRyu, Dec 11, 10:36:39
        
        I wonder when any party last did that in the UK? (General Chat) - Old Git, Dec 11, 09:32:32
        
        SNP got 50% in May 2015 (if you just count Scotland) (General Chat) - CWC, Dec 11, 09:45:39
        
        Tories got 55% in 1931 (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Dec 11, 09:44:57
        
        Wow, so not since the war (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Dec 11, 09:51:51
        
        No that’s almost certainly true! (n/m) (General Chat) - JoeyDeacon, Dec 11, 09:15:46
        
        I mean totally unpalatable to most people (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Dec 11, 09:02:41
- 🤞 (n/m) (General Chat) - Worthing Yellow, Dec 11, 08:30:34
- Hung parliament would be a great result... (General Chat) - loz, Dec 11, 08:20:17
  - because the alternative is worse (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Dec 11, 08:55:34
  - I'm well hung, not all its cracked up to be (n/m) (General Chat) - inutero, Dec 11, 08:42:00

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