UK election 2024

[ProfessorDavey]

I agree. Four of our five grandchildren are now of voting age, I hope they have cast their votes. One of them is in the US at present, so I hope he sorted out a postal vote before he went.

Two of my three kids are of voting age - they've both voted and both by post. One was slightly concerned about when the postal vote would arrive as he headed off to the US last week for the summer. My elder son has voted by post in Derby (an actual marginal) and is coming home this evening to watch the results.

Despite the media view that young people don't vote and old people do the difference in turnout between 18-24 year-olds and over 65s has been reducing over the past few general elections.

[Aruntraveller]

So I hope Emma Radacanu loses every game she ever plays.

I didn't know it was the election today. She said.

Fuck me I said. There has been an earthquake from all the suffragettes turning in their graves.

Stupid little child.

[Nearly Sane]

Good advice

[SteveH]

Exit poll prediction:

[Nearly Sane]

First result in Sunderland quite depressing. Turn out 51%, Reform in 2nd with twice as many votes as rhe Tories.

[SteveH]

Three results so far, all Labour holds, and in all of them Reform pushed the Tories into third place.

[SteveH]

It's two o'clock, Labour has 13 seats and the Tories and Lib Dems one each, and I'm off to bed.

[Nearly Sane]

It's two o'clock, Labour has 13 seats and the Tories and Lib Dems one each, and I'm off to bed.

And I got up just in time to see Lee Anderson win for Reform. Fuck!

[Nearly Sane]

Galloway loses, and Neil Kinnock speaks for me in calling him a repulsive chancer

[Nearly Sane]

Starmer wins, but reduced majority, with big vote for Andrew Feinstein, independent socialist with big concentration on Gaza.

[Nearly Sane]

Grant Shapps out.

[Nearly Sane]

Iain Duncan Smith survives after Faiza Shaheen splits the vote for Labour standing as independent.
 

[Nearly Sane]

I think I'll go back to bed before Farage wins.

[SteveH]

Hooray! David Taylor wins for Labour in Hemel Hempstead!

[SteveH]

Iain Duncan Smith survives after Faiza Shaheen splits the vote for Labour standing as independent.

Damn!

[SteveH]

Truss is out!
In ither news, the Greens have won four after all. That was what was predicted in advance, but earlier in the night, they were predicting two.

[SteveH]

A BBC subtitle has just said that the Lib Dems have won their most seats since 1923. The Lib Dems didn't exist in 1923!

[SteveH]

Jacob Ree-Smug is out!

[SteveH]

Fantastic night, nationally and locally. I'm off to bed for a few more hours.

[Nearly Sane]

Fantastic night, nationally and locally. I'm off to bed for a few more hours.

Some cheering results, a particular laugh at Douglas Ross losing, but while I hope things can only get better, the success of Reform is more of a N:ightmare.

[Nearly Sane]

Two thirds of the seats for one third of the vote.

[Nearly Sane]

2% more of the vote for Reform gets 4 seats as opposed 71 for Lib Dems.

[Nearly Sane]

Sinn Fein biggest party in Northern Ireland, and Ian Paisley Jnr loses his seat.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8978z7z8w4o

[Nearly Sane]

Apart from Penny Morduant dropping down for obvious reasons, not huge changes on Tory leadership. Mel Stride shortened a bit to 22s from 150.

[Nearly Sane]

Not really sure why Alba stood in Scotland in the General but look stuffed now.

ETA - worth noting that in Alloa and Grangemouth, a new seat, Alba under their Deputy Leader, Kenny MacAskill standing on a specific local issue, finished 8th, and was beaten by an independent, Eva Comrie, who used to be in Alba.


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2024/uk/constituencies/S14000064